I want to thank the Turtle Girlz at the Painted Turtle and the Waterfront’s Baggage Building for nominating me for a 2012 Thunder Bay Arts and Heritage Award for Visual Arts. I attended the awards ceremony on December 13 and was thrilled to have been selected as this year’s winner! What an honour to receive recognition for doing what I love to do!
I am also excited to be the featured artist in the January edition of The Walleye. I truly appreciate the chance to articulate my intent, share my sources of inspiration, as well as some of my techniques. Furthermore, I would like to congratulate The Walleye for accepting awards in two categories during the 2012 Thunder Bay Arts and Heritage Awards.
I have been using the cold days as incentive to build up a body of new work. I am actually feeling inspired by the “frozen greyness” to experiment with new colours and blending techniques. I hope to upload images for viewing within the next week. I am so blessed with having support to continue creating. Thank you to all and Happy New Year!