New Year, New Challenges

What a lovely Christmas present - I'm happy to report that Amanda, Kirk and I have been successful in our bid to bring PechaKucha Night to Victoria. We are dead excited and have been busily organizing our first show for the 25th of February at the Victoria Events Centre. We hope the creative community in Victoria will embrace PechaKucha Night and see it as an opportunity to inspire, be inspired and consider other creative avenues.

I have been getting more involved as a member of Ground Zero Printmakers. It must be the Aquarius in me that tries to engage authority figures to imagine other opportunities and consider alternative methods in problem solving. Fortunately for me, Alain and Victoria have been very responsive and supportive of my ideas and suggestions. I'm happy to report that it has been a positive and rewarding experience working in their studio. Even though there is an age gap of about 20 years between us, we have been able to teach each other quite a lot.

My second series of prints were inspired by the Johnson St. Bridge, AKA the blue bridge. All are currently being shown in a group exhibition at the MacPherson Gallery in Victoria. We had quite a successful opening night on Monday. The show represents the work of about 30 members of Ground Zero Printmaking Society.

Blue Bridge. Photo Transfer and Colour Pencil.

The last print inspired by the blue bridge controversy over the proposal for a new bridge to replace the old one. Recent reports have concluded that the campaign to convince the city to hold a public referendum has resulted in 10,000 signatures. I hope they are successful.