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I am honored to have three pieces in this year's Sidney Fine Art Show, October 14-16, at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, BC.

Porcelain

Pics of all three pieces in the show can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157627736870892/

blog.sidneyfineartshow.com/

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Nancy and Keith

My latest portrait commission, of this lovely couple, was a total delight.

See more pics of the shoot here: www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157627556433940/with/6097150877/

Dance of the Arbutus

I am honored to be one of this year's featured artists at this extraordinary celebration of nature and the arts. With over 60 artists and musicians scattered throughout the beautiful Glendale Gardens, this promised to be a wonderful opportunity to bring lovers of art and nature together in an inspiring and delightful atmosphere.

Event dates: August 6&7, 2011

Hours: 11am-5pm

glendalegardens.ca/artists2011.php

A couple of new works:

How You Hold My Heart

Diamonds Are Not Forever

You can see these images in larger size and detail here: www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157627041624814/

Just click on slideshow.

Efren Quiroz from exhibit-v came to the opening of my show and again later to interview me about the works. His video of the show is here: www.youtube.com/watch

Thank you, Efren, for your continued support of myself and the arts in Victoria.

www.exhibit-v.ca/index.html

Large sized images of most of the works in this show can now be found on my Flickr site here:

www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157626686287718/

View them as a slideshow for greatest impact.

Cheers and enjoy.

Show continues at Collective Works Gallery until June 9, 2011.

www.collectiveworks.ca/

Thsi past April I had the immense pleasure of hosting another weekend workshop, teaching a variety of printmaking techniques. The students were fabulous and the prints they created were outstanding. Below are some pics of their amazing works.

Weathered Dreams, detail

The work for my upcoming show, The Body Speaks, at Collective Works Gallery is nearly complete and I am thrilled at how well this new body of work has all come together into a cohesive and exciting show. I am very proud to present these works, some of which I feel are the best I have ever done. The works express a wide range of human emotion and experience that I hope will resonate with and engage the viewer.

A selection of images in the show are presented here:

www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157626686287718/

More works will be uploaded to a gallery here closer to the opening of the show.

Show runs May 20-June 9, with an opening reception on May 21, 7-9pm.

Collective Works Gallery, 1311 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC

www.collectiveworks.ca/