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I have once again been honored with an award at CACGV's LOOK Show this year, the Island Blue Print Award for my piece entitled Fragile. Both pieces in the show are shown below.

Fragile, Island Blue Print award

Crossing Over

The show runs till March 4th at the Bay Center in downtown Victoria, in Unit 123A. I will be sitting the show Monday, the 14th from 12-3pm. If you're around please drop by and have a 'Look". Lots of wonderful art to feast your eyes on.

Mirror, Mirror opened with a blast with a photoshoot by Jonathon Howe for his Red Chair Portrait Project. It made for a fun, laughter-filled evening.

More pictures from that shoot can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiarina606/sets/72157624642238082/

More pictures from the Red Chair project can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106876172670366#!/event.php?eid=106876172670366

Thank you, Jonathon, for your wonderful photos!

The Sooke Fine Art Show opening night was once again a wonderful gala affair, with many lovely supporters and fellow artists in attendance. The artwork was stunning and it gave me great pride to see so many of my fellow Stinking Fish Studio Tour and Collective Works Gallery artists with works in the show and receiving awards.

I was fortunate to receive an Honorary Mention for one of my pieces, Gravatar. Pics can be found here:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5306085&id=623456178&ref=notif¬if_t=photo_reply&fbid=417249021178#!/album.php?aid=254898&id=219619521520

July is proving to be a busy month with works in two shows, three and an award at The Sooke Fine Arts Show, July 24-August 2, and a whole lot more in my solo show at The Collective Works Gallery, July 30-August 12. Check out the blog for further info: http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/im-an-exhibitionist-yes-i-am/

Spring has come and gone, in a flash it seems, with little time for creative activity other than some considerable spring cleaning at home. Time, with his dark mask and soft, slippery tread, continues to take off with my plans and schedules. I wrote about him in this post, Time, The Beckoning Thief: http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/time-the-beckoning-thief/

A beautiful full moon in April reminded me of a poem I had written and an accompanying etching that I had created. This post, April Dream She Will - from poem to print, discusses the inspiration, process and flow of my work. http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/april-dream-she-will-from-poem-to-print/

A rock concert attended in May was the inspiration for the following post, No More Yellow Brick Road. I find tremendous inspiration in songs and often refer to song lyrics in the creation and titles of my artwork. This concert not only led me back to the print described in the post but to an incredibly brave and inspirational man, Nick Vujicic. http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/no-more-yellow-brick-road/

June finds me working furiously on my upcoming show which I have titled Mirror, Mirror. Taking the concept of personal journey from my previous show in January, In Her Eyes, further along its labyrinthine path, this show explores the themes of self perception and presentation. This post, Will You Look In The Mirror?, presents one of the key pieces in this new show, which will take place at Collective Works Gallery in Fernwood, Victoria from July 30 to August 12. http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/will-you-look-in-the-mirror/ Stay tuned for further information about the show in the upcoming days and weeks!

Metamorphosis

Received an Honorable Mention for Metamorphosis at the LOOK Victoria 2010 show, on at the Bay Center in downtown Victoria from Feb 27-March 20, 2010.

Check out my latest blog post here: http://chiaink.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/the-art-of-submission-playing-the-game/

Just spent the weekend with four fabulous, eager students at the School House Studio, teaching the art of photo etching. Thank you Rose, Jane, Joanne and Kit for your enthusiasm and generosity with your praise. It was a pleasure and an honour to guide you through this process. The beautiful results are below.

The first photo etching workshop of this year will take place this weekend, February 6&7. Looking forward to a fun, creative weekend with new and returning students. Two spots are still open. Below are some images from the fall workshop.