Off to Art School

I'm heading out on Friday for a few days of creativity at Island Mountain School of the Arts for a bricolage workshop with artist Ken Flett. I first saw his work about 20 years ago at The Old Schoolhouse Gallery in Qualicum Beach, BC where he was an artist in residence. He wasn't in at the time, so no chance to ask questions about the artwork. I did, however, spend an awfully long time making note of every jar of paint, glaze and emulsion on the shelf behind his work table. It was arranged in a way that the shelf was inaccessible to visitors (like me). I was just dying to get in there to discover a few of his secrets.

It was the dark moodiness of his canvasses, along with his rich and mysterious layering process that had a great influence on my own direction in art. All from that 15 minute visit, sans artiste, long long before collage meant pointy hats!

A friend asked me if I was going to the bricolage workshop and when she mentioned the name Ken Flett the first thought was "You're kidding!", second thought was "What do we need to bring?"

Gotta go finish packing.....for painting, gluing, artists talks, exhibitions, opening reception, barbecue.....did I mention Barkerville?

If you've ever seen Robert Altman's great, gritty, muddy McCabe and Mrs. Miller, you will have seen Barkerville.

I think I'll need at least a 2Gig ScanDisk!