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This series will aim to connect us with nature’s quiet yet profound rhythms, offering a visual meditation on the resilience and grace found within the sea and along its shores.</p> 420 421 422 423<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The paintings in this series will reflect the intimate gaze of observing the sea floor while the tide is low. I am searching to see if this new series will deepen my understanding of how our observation and connection with nature can contribute to a broader understanding of how peace is derived. If I hold the objective of understanding peace in my thoughts and as a direct intent of my painting process will this desire and learning be discernible and available to viewers?</p> 424 425 426 427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My working definition of peace is best summarised in a quote from Etty Hillesum. </p> 428 429 430 431<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âUltimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.â (Hillesum, 2002, p. 535)</p> 432 433 434 435<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hillesum was born January 15, 1914 in Middelburg, Netherlands. She died in Auschwitz concentration camp on November 30, 1943 at the age of 29. </p> 436 437 438 439<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For this series, I am working with a rough definition of nature which includes flora and fauna in its natural state and the activities of humans who live and work respectfully in harmony with their natural environment, specifically as observed on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada where I live.</p> 440 441 442 443<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Plans: </strong></p> 444 445 446 447<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My best guess is that I will likely have at least twenty of these small painting sketches for my project over the next two years and I hope to have about twelve larger paintings tentatively in the size of 48 x 40 inches completed in oil on canvas. I have ordered some 12 x 10 inch canvas for the smaller painting sketches and studies and I will also likely complete some medium size paintings that are 24 x 20 inches. To answer some of my questions about impact of this work I will also want to create a viewer feedback opportunity. I am not sure how this will be designed yet or how formal or informal the process will be. </p> 448 449 450 451<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A few of my draft questions in relation to this body of work include –</p> 452 453 454 455<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How will I know if my focused intention on peace during my painting process creates a change in the areas of peace within me and/or in the amount of peace that is reflected and received by the viewers of the artwork?</p> 456 457 458 459<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Is there any noticeable difference in the paintings in this series from my previous work?</p> 460 461 462 463<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Could this work be powerful enough to impact both myself as the creator of the paintings and the viewers of the paintings by enhancing our ongoing experience of peace over time?</p> 464 465 466 467<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This completed body of work can then be shown together in a suitable public gallery or venue space or in part in my own gallery. It will also be possible to place it in a virtual gallery for online viewing using something like Kunstmatrix art spaces :</p> 468 469 470 471<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en">https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en</a></p> 472 473 474 475<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Practice: </strong></p> 476 477 478 479<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Separation between my act of living and my art practice are fleeting and microscopic at best. Sitting and walking in nature is accomplished within a flow of activities such as getting groceries, picking up the mail, car picnics, daily walks and providing primary care for my husband, David, who had a severe stroke fifteen years ago. As his cognitive abilities become more compromised, he can no longer stay on his own overnight and is finding it difficult to travel away from the island. My art practice exists within this tension of daily living and responsibilities. My studio is within our living space and painting breaks are used for putting such things the laundry in the dryer and getting potatoes into the oven to bake. The business side of my art practice is its own creature with a gallery space at our front gate that is open daily for walk-in self-browsing supported by an online gallery, social media posts and a monthly newsletter to art collectors and serious fans. Then there are the galleries and venues that represent my work that require less time but not none.</p> 480 481 482 483<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since 2020, I have less ability to spend whole days traversing the shores and seaside trails. I have extremely limited ability to explore shores and trails off of our island. It is simply a fact. The constraint has meant taking my practice deeper into this specific place. I call it âthriving in placeâ and I completed a year of artwork in 2022 â 2023 with this intention. In fact, these constraints are what led me to examining and considering the sea floor as a subject of study. </p> 484 485 486 487<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several times a week, I wander down to the sea shores around Mayne Island at various times of day to gather inspiration and photographic sketches for later reference in the studio. In my reference gathering of these photographic sketches, I often take a childâs view and get low to the earthâs surface. I have found this releases a kind of inner curiosity and strengthens my ability to observe without having to know what I am observing. It is a way of framing by shape and texture in those moments before my brain begins the naming of things. This allows me a more fuller multiple sensory experience and memory. </p> 488 489 490 491<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once back in the studio, I edit and keep these photographic sketches in an album of references for my sea floor series painting project. I then take the images that resonate the most and decide how I might use them individually or together in a composition. From there, I choose a surface and set my intension of rendering the essence of peace as I worked from memory, references and intuition. I tend to work my surfaces wet-into-wet in a wholistic way building up passages in overall layers while standing at the easel and moving repeatedly back and forward from the surface.</p> 492 493 494 495<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Context: </strong></p> 496 497 498 499<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>What other painters and artists have approached this subject of peace through history and in contemporary art?</strong></p> 500 501 502 503<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Historical – </p> 504 505 506 507<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monetâs Waterlilies panels at the Musée de lâOrangerie Paris, France that were a gift to France. These are of particular interest for their all over painting quality. </p> 508 509 510 511<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rothkoâs Chapel in Houston, Texas, U.S.A </p> 512 513 514 515<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Matisseâs Chapel in Vence, south of France</p> 516 517 518 519<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Richard Diebenkorn, U.S.A and his series of work that moved between abstract and figurative landscapes.</p> 520 521 522 523<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Contemporary – This I am still researching though the work of Lois Dodd, Alex Katz, and Peter Doig seems like a possible place to start. </p> 524 525 526 527<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>What artists and writers have a strong influence on my painting practice?</strong></p> 528 529 530 531<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since January 2010, when I made a commitment to develop a full-time painting practice, there have been many painters, poets and writers who have figuratively and sporadically sat with me as I worked. However, so far there are just tw
531o individuals and three books that have provided me enduring company during my journey. My frequent visits to these three books is evident in their tattered covers, pencil and pen marked pages and frequent bent over sticky notes. In no particular order, they are The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori (2007) and New Selected Poems, Volume One (1992) and Two (2006) by Mary Oliver. Both Looriâs book and Oliverâs two volumes of poems bring me back to how I want to approach nature and my art practice. There is an emphasis on observing, noticing while at times waiting for permission to access what the land and sea have to offer. There is an underpinning of honesty and respect that is devoid of naivety and false reverence. </p> 532 533 534 535<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Reference list</strong></p> 536 537 538 539<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hillesum, E. (2002) <em>Etty the Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943</em>. Edited by K.A.D. Smelik. Translated by A.J. Pomerans. Grand Rapids, Mich. Eerdmans.</p> 540 541 542 543<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Loori, J. (2007) <em>The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life</em>. New York: Ballantine Books.</p> 544 545 546 547<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meiers, A. (2020) <em>How the Rothko Chapel Creates Spiritual Space</em>, <em>JSTOR Daily</em>. Available at: <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-rothko-chapel-creates-spiritual-space/" rel="nofollow">https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-rothko-chapel-creates-spiritual-space/</a> (Accessed: 30 October 2024).</p> 548 549 550 551<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monet, C., Kendall, R. and Marzo, B. (2000) <em>Monet by himself : paintings, drawings, pastels, letters</em>. Boston ; London: Little, Brown.</p> 552 553 554 555<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Oliver, M. (1992) <em>New and Selected Poems, Volume One</em>. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press.</p> 556 557 558 559<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Oliver, M. (2006) <em>New and Selected Poems, Volume Two</em>. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press.</p> 560 561 562 563<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Rothko Chapel</em> (no date) <em><a href="http://www.rothkochapel.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.rothkochapel.org</a></em>. Available at: <a href="https://www.rothkochapel.org/learn/about/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rothkochapel.org/learn/about/</a> (Accessed: 30 October 2024).</p> 564 565 566 567<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The Silence of Mark Rothko: Documentary – YouTube</em> (2016) <em>Youtu.be</em>. YouTube Movies & TV. Available at: <a href="https://youtu.be/VT8tvCCbmYI?si=uhhIeQ5jArycfV9o" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/VT8tvCCbmYI?si=uhhIeQ5jArycfV9o</a> (Accessed: 30 October 2024).</p> 568 569 570 571<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Virtual galleries for art | present your art in 3Dâ | art.spaces | KUNSTMATRIX</em> (no date) <em>artspaces.kunstmatrix.com</em>. Available at: <a href="https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en" rel="nofollow">https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en</a> (Accessed: 30 October 2024).</p> 572 573 574 575<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 576 577 578 579<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Additional notes from lecture:</strong></p> 580 581 582 583<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thursday, October 31, 2024</p> 584 585 586 587<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Has the group session broadened or challenged your thinking in relation to your field of practice? How and why?</p> 588 589 590 591<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are several observations worth noting: </p> 592 593 594 595<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I appreciated the reminder that we live in a globally influenced world where artists create discussion and discourse. </p> 596 597 598 599<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am intrigued by the work of Dorothy Hood and her âHomage to Gorkyâ 1969, oil on canvas, Overall: 70 1/8 Ã 60in. (178.1 Ã 152.4 cm) that is currently held in the Whitney Museum of American Art collection. I am assuming that she means Arshile Gorky whose work and life I have recently been studying. Out of curiosity, I will do some further research to see where their work intersects. </p> 600 601 602 603<p class="wp-block-paragraph">New Materialism – read more about:</p> 604 605 606 607<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Arts and New Materialism: A Call to Stewardship through Mercy, Grace, and Hope </strong>by <strong>
607Nicholas Leonard</strong></p> 608 609 610 611<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Art and Design Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA</p> 612 613 614 615<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Humanities</em> <strong>2020</strong>, <em>9</em>(3), 84; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/h9030084"><strong>https://doi.org/10.3390/h9030084</strong></a></p> 616 617 618 619<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Submission received: 24 June 2020 / Revised: 7 August 2020 / Accepted: 13 August 2020 /Published: 17 August 2020</strong></p> 620 621 622 623<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/3/84">https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/3/84</a></p> 624 625 626 627<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am always fascinated with how artists use their bodies within their art, not just in the making of a art but how bodies can become part of the work such as that of Joseph Beuys in his 1974 âI like America and America Likes meâ and also Florence Peake âThe Keenersâ performance, 2015. The idea of art being temporary in its physical form where only
627imperfect and partial residue is left behind in memory, photographs and video. Could this be true of all art, that in the process of creating, the work is already dissolving because the artist has changed, the viewer has changed and the art product has changed?</p> 628 629 630 631<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Story About My Making</strong> <strong>Practice</strong></p> 632 633 634 635<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Saturday, 2 November 2024</p> 636 637 638 639<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. There are stories we tell others about ourselves. Then there are stories others tell about us. All these stories are predominantly fictional with a skeletal structure of facts. It is not that we intend these stories about ourselves to be fictional. Rather, in the process of flawed remembering and telling and retelling, they come to be this way. With this acknowledgment, I have done my best to concisely tell others about my making process. </p> 640 641 642 643<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my art practice, I make a conscious effort to remove myself as the hero in the work and allow my subject to hold this central role in conversation with the viewer, with the first intimate viewer being me. </p> 644 645 646 647<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This is the story I tell others about my making of a painting in 297 words: </strong></p> 648 649 650 651<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When painting, I do most of my exploring before I start through incessant internal iterations developed from my reference gathering practice of photographic sketches and small plein air studies. Once an idea holds my sustained excitement, I begin. </p> 652 653 654 655<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I squeeze oil pigments in my left-handed, muscle memory order onto palette paper. I quickly mix a few colours knowing that I will make refinements later, sometimes right on the painting. </p> 656 657 658 659<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I begin with two brushes, one each for light and dark. The specific brushes are decided by the size and material quality of the surface and the marks I want to make.</p> 660 661 662 663<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I lightly hold an intention for the work and then start with minimal lines in paint or pencil to guide my process on the dry, often complementary coloured, ground or underpainting. </p> 664 665 666 667<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Developing the whole surface in rhythmic motion, I stand to paint and settle deeply into the core of my body rather than painting from my wrist or arm. At regular intervals, I move back and forth about six feet from the easel. There is no music playing. I prefer to work in silence allowing my subject to take up most of my internal and external meditative attention.</p> 668 669 670 671<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eventually, the surface is loosely covered in paint. At this point, my reference materials are of little value and I set them aside. I again breathe into my intention. With soft focused eyes, I continue somewhere between my full-sensory memory for the work and fragments of information from other experiences. My brush-to-canvas movements are equally spontaneous and considered. After a while, I step back and pause. My critical thinking fully engages. I review what is left behind on the surface. Does it work? Is it asking for anything more? 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764shape my ideas for what it is I want to explore now? How are my plans influenced and formed by my current practice? Letâs start here.</p> 765 766 767 768<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Integrating living within my art practice:</strong></p> 769 770 771 772<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Separation between my act of living and my art practice are fleeting and microscopic at best. Sitting and walking in nature are accomplished within a flow of activities such as getting groceries, picking up the mail, car picnics, daily walks and providing primary care for my husband who had a severe stroke fifteen years ago. As his cognitive abilities become more compromised, he can no longer stay on his own overnight and is finding it difficult to travel away from the island. My art practice exists within this tension of daily living and responsibilities. My studio is within our living space and painting breaks are used for putting such things as the laundry in the dryer and getting potatoes into the oven to bake. The business side of my art practice is its own creature with a gallery space at our front gate that is open daily for walk-in self-browsing supported by an online gallery, social media posts and a monthly newsletter to art collectors and serious fans. Then there are the galleries and venues that represent my work that require less of my time but not none. Which reminds me the island fall studio tour is two weeks away! And I need to order my husbandâs new prescription! Where was I? Yes, I integrate living within my well honed art practice.</p> 773 774 775 776<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I find moments to slip deeply into the place of waiting to be invited by nature to receive her gifts. I never seem to tire of this Mayne Island small bay.<br></p> 777 778 779 780<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9677-1024x768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-247" style="width:840px;height:630px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tuesday, October 22, 2024 4:13 PM Reef Bay, Mayne Island, British Columbia. </figcaption></figure> 781 782 783 784<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reef Bay is its colonial name given for the sandstone reefs angling out into the Salish Sea along the Strait of Georgia on our small island, accessed by ferry, private boat or float plane with a full-time population of about 1,200 people, located between the mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. The view is to the southeast and, on a good day, Mount Baker in Washington State of the United States of America is visible. Standing here purposely breathing, I recognize and acknowledge that I am on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish People. Stolen lands. An issue that I likely will need to uncomfortably endure for my lifetime. <br></p> 785 786 787 788<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My husband is comfortably waiting in the car. He will watch my progress along the shore with a patience I cannot match. I pause and scrunch down close to the water just looking and half listening to the seagulls and the soft rolling waves farther out towards the strait. I am not looking for anything in particular in the soup of life at the tideâs edge. I first grasp overall shapes and colours. Then shadows and forms begin to gain meaning as I recall and name my observations. Shells. Clamshells. Mussel shells. Snail shells. Broken shells. Bits of barnacles. And do you see the wee crab at the top middle?</p> 789 790 791 792<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9680-835x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-248" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Tuesday, October 22, 2024 4:14 pm Sea floor at Reef Bay, Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada.</figcaption></figure> 793 794 795 796<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I wander a bit further but on this day, not out of sight of the car where my husband is waiting. Yes, my art practice has changed in how I gather reference and sink into and meander through the landscape. Since 2020, I have less ability to spend whole days traversing the shores and seaside trails. I have extremely limited ability to explore shores and trails off of our island. It is simply a fact. The constraint has meant taking my practice deeper into this specific place. I call it thriving in place and I completed a year of artwork in 2022 – 2023 with this intention. In fact, these constraints are what led me to examining and considering the seafloor as a subject of study. My plans are influenced and formed by what is available to me. I choose to take the paths that are open to me without complaint or regret. I recognize this time as precious and accept it with sacred grace, a gift.</p> 797 798 799 800<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now, I had better move those reference books up to the loft. But before I do, a few lines from âWild Geeseâ by Mary Oliver on page 110 of <em>New and Selected Poems, Volume One</em> to take with us into the dayâ¦</p> 801 802 803 804<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>â¦Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,</em></p> 805 806 807 808<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>the world offers itself to your imagination,</em></p> 809 810 811 812<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and excitingâ</em></p> 813 814 815 816<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>over and over announcing your place</em></p> 817 818 819 820<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>in the family of things.</em> <br></p> 821 822 823 824<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Monday, October 28, 2024</p> 825 826 827 828<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Before I begin a summary of notes for my latest painting sketch, letâs get these notes from my research on another artistâs specific body of work, Mark Rothkoâs Chapel, that may be of interest in painting an intension to enhance our sense of inner peace. <br></p> 829 830 831 832<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Pockets of Silence and Mark Rothko Chapel </strong></p> 833 834 835 836<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âMany who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where they can root and grow.â </p> 837 838 839 840<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âThe struggle is beyond painting, not with painting.â</p> 841 842 843 844<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âThere is more power in telling little than telling all. Silence is so accurate.â </p> 845 846 847 848<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marc Rothko, <a href="https://youtu.be/VT8tvCCbmYI?si=KdWhrzaNVLRkr-og">The Silence of Mark Rothko, YouTube Movies & TV, released 2016</a>. Documentary narrated by his son.</p> 849 850 851 852<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Within silence is a contemplation propelling bold action.</p> 853 854 855 856<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
856How the Rothko Chapel Creates Spiritual Space by Allison Meier, March 2, 2020 JSTOR </p> 857 858 859 860<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-rothko-chapel-creates-spiritual-space/">https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-rothko-chapel-creates-spiritual-space/</a></p> 861 862 863 864<p class="wp-block-paragraph">âIn the stillness of the Rothko Chapel, all are invited to have peace or silence, with the paintings providing an enigmatic portal to contemplation.â</p> 865 866 867 868<p class="wp-block-paragraph">About the Rothko Chapel <a href="https://rothkochapel.org/learn/about/">https://rothkochapel.org/learn/about/</a></p> 869 870 871 872<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Saturday morning, October 26, 2024 at 9:40 am, finds me again on the beach at Reef Bay. The storm from the night before mostly missed us but not the Salish Sea which has tossed up large bull kelp seaweed along the shore. </p> 873 874 875 876<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="266" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/09/what-is/looking-east/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/looking-east1.jpg" data-orig-size="781,591" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1265737781","focal_length":"35","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.025"}" data-image-title="looking east" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/looking-east1.jpg?w=676" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9735-1024x663.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-266" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Saturday, October 26, 2024 9:40 am. Reef Bay, Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada. Looking East. </figcaption></figure> 877 878 879 880<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my reference gathering of photographic sketches, I often take a childâs view and get low to the earthâs surface. I have found this releases a kind of inner curiosity and strengthens my ability to observe without having to know what I am observing. It is a way of framing by shape and texture in those moments before my brain begins the naming of things. This allows me a more fuller multiple sensory experience and memory. <br></p> 881 882 883 884<div data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":11127811,"permalink":"https://creativepotager.com/2026/10/04/brief-thoughts-on-ideas-plans-and-practice/"}' class="wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular"><div class=""><div class="tiled-gallery__gallery"><div class="tiled-gallery__row"><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:36.64124%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="267" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/09/what-is/mist/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mist.jpg" data-orig-size="800,533" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1265579101","focal_length":"50","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0125"}" data-image-title="mist" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mist.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9737-1024x553.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9737-1024x553.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9737-1024x553.jpeg?strip=info&w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1382" data-id="267" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=267" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9737-1024x553.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9737-1024x553.jpeg" /></figure><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9745-1024x688.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9745-1024x688.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9745-1024x688.jpeg?strip=info&
884w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1719" data-id="268" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=268" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9745-1024x688.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9745-1024x688.jpeg" /></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:63.35876%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9741-1024x722.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9741-1024x722.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9741-1024x722.jpeg?strip=info&w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1805" data-id="269" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=269" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9741-1024x722.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9741-1024x722.jpeg" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div> 885 886 887 888<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>The day has intermittent sun through hazy mist and the overall light feels a little flat. Knowing that what I seek will still be intriguing, I slowly walk along the bottom of the reef.</p> 889 890 891 892<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9791-746x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-270" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Saturday, October 26, 2024 10:05 am. Reef Bay, Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada. Looking East. </figcaption></figure> 893 894 895 896<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I wasnât disappointed. In this tile of image are a few of my photographic reference sketches that have been added to my album of materials for later use in the studio.</p> 897 898 899 900<div data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":11127811,"permalink":"https://creativepotager.com/2026/10/04/brief-thoughts-on-ideas-plans-and-practice/"}' class="wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular"><div class=""><div class="tiled-gallery__gallery"><div class="tiled-gallery__row"><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:70.52788%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="271" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/10/possible/studio-mess/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/studio-mess.jpg" data-orig-size="781,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1265820300","focal_length":"41","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.05"}" data-image-title="studio mess" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/studio-mess.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9746-1024x664.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9746-1024x664.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9746-1024x664.jpeg?strip=info&w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1660" data-id="271" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=271" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9746-1024x664.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9746-1024x664.jpeg" /></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:29.47212%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="272" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/10/possible/three-sisters/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/three-sisters.jpg" data-orig-size="800,501" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1265583003","focal_length":"85","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.000625"}" data-image-title="three sisters" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/three-sisters.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9757-1024x768.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9757-1024x768.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9757-1024x768.jpeg?strip=info&
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900w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1762" data-id="277" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=277" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9773-1024x705.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9773-1024x705.jpeg" /></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:47.86165%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="278" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/11/everyday-objects/quick-sketch-of-bialetti/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/quick-sketch-of-bialetti.jpg" data-orig-size="600,780" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1265908982","focal_length":"33","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0125"}" data-image-title="quick sketch of bialetti" 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900w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="2051" data-id="283" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=283" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9795-1024x820.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9795-1024x820.jpeg" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div> 901 902 903 904<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Though I have a large DSL camera, I primarily collect my photographic sketches with my 11 plus pro iPhone. I find the immediacy of this tool most relevant for my needs. <br></p> 905 906 907 908<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Sunday morning, I pull an 11 x14 inch gessobord with a yellow acrylic ground from the studio shelf and I set up my small easel. As my 66 year old hips demand, I lay the anti-fatigue mat down onto the hot water-heated floor that is warm under my bare feet.</p> 909 910 911 912<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9811-915x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-287" /></figure> 913 914 915 916<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> <br>I squeeze out the various M.Graham walnut oil based pigments in my tailor-made, left-handed, muscle memory order, onto disposable palette paper and then quickly mix a few starting colours while knowing that as I work, more and more of my paint will be mixed and adjusted right in the painting surface. <br></p> 917 918 919 920<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9814-1024x754.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-288" /></figure> 921 922 923 924<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I have chosen two images to turn and collage together for this painting sketch and study. I use my Apple Pencil to guide my eye in the second image rather than physical or digitally merging the photographs into one composition. I trust my intuitive ability to later scale and adjust the composition as necessary onto the painting surface. <br></p> 925 926 927 928<div data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":11127811,"permalink":"https://creativepotager.com/2026/10/04/brief-thoughts-on-ideas-plans-and-practice/"}' class="wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular"><div class=""><div class="tiled-gallery__gallery"><div class="tiled-gallery__row"><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:60.59838%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="284" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/12/pulse/at-the-heart-of-things-we-are-all-simply-human/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/at-the-heart-of-things-we-are-all-simply-human.jpg" data-orig-size="800,530" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1223216896","focal_length":"20","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.005"}" data-image-title="heart of things " data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/at-the-heart-of-things-we-are-all-simply-human.jpg?w=676" srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9778-1024x764.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9778-1024x764.jpeg?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9778-1024x764.jpeg?strip=info&w=1024 1024w" alt="" data-height="1911" data-id="284" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=284" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9778-1024x764.jpeg" data-width="2560" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9778-1024x764.jpeg" /></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:39.40162%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img srcset="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9758-891x1024.jpeg?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9758-891x1024.jpeg?strip=info&
928w=891 891w" alt="" data-height="1823" data-id="285" data-link="https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/twmafineartjournal/?attachment_id=285" data-url="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9758-891x1024.jpeg" data-width="1586" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9758-891x1024.jpeg" /></figure></div></div></div></div></div> 929 930 931 932<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I save the two primary images so I can easily move between them on my iPad, similarly to how they are shown above.</p> 933 934 935 936<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I go to where my brushes rest next to south window overlooking the valley. <br></p> 937 938 939 940<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="289" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/15/naked/img_7923/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/img_7923.jpg" data-orig-size="518,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1266169365","focal_length":"22","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.00625"}" data-image-title="on the line" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/img_7923.jpg?w=518" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9812-1024x768.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-289" /></figure> 941 942 943 944<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I pick out two angle quarter inch brushes and two small rounds. One each for painting light and dark. It is a small surface and I want the ability to add lines to my usual wet-into-wet painting process. I will save the large brushes for larger surfaces later on. <br></p> 945 946 947 948<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have few consistent approaches to painting a painting. The grounds or underpaintings are often in complementary colours to the over paintings. The surfaces range from canvas, linen on wood, wood and gessobord. I sometimes start by roughing in with paint or, like in this painting, a few minimal pencil lines to guide my process.</p> 949 950 951 952<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="290" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/15/naked/sunday-stroll/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sunday-stroll.jpg" data-orig-size="800,569" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1266186978","focal_length":"17","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0005"}" data-image-title="Sunday stroll" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sunday-stroll.jpg?w=676" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9807-1024x791.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-290" /></figure> 953 954 955 956<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I tend to work my surfaces in a wholistic way building up passages in overall layers. In this case I started from the outside-in with my darkest colours.</p> 957 958 959 960<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="291" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/15/naked/rockface/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rockface.jpg" data-orig-size="573,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1266187327","focal_length":"33","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.00125"}" data-image-title="rockface" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rockface.jpg?w=573" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9815-1024x797.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-291" /></figure> 961 962 963 964<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>From there, I continued to develop the painting by working with my dark and light areas in rhythmic motion while reminding myself that my intention for this work is inner peace. Even on this small surface, I stand to paint and settle deeply into the core of my body rather than painting from my wrist or arm. I move back and forth about six feet from the surface at regular intervals. There is no music playing. I prefer to work in silence with only the natural sounds in the room surrounding me. In this case, the rain on our tin roof is most prominent. Light breaks and recedes behind the rolling clouds in my less-than-ideal south exposure studio. However, it is what I have and I make it work. Thankfully the southwest coast of Canada is part of a northern rainforest and we have many overcast days, particularly in the winter. <br></p> 965 966 967 968<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="292" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2010/02/15/naked/arbutus-tango/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/arbutus-tango.jpg" data-orig-size="800,533" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","camera":"Canon EOS 40D","created_timestamp":"1266186363","focal_length":"24","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.001"}" data-image-title="arbutus tango" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/arbutus-tango.jpg?w=676" src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9821-1024x801.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-292" /></figure> 969 970 971 972<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Eventually, the surface is covered and the painting is what I refer to as blocked in. At this point, my reference material is of little value and I set it aside. The painting must now stand on its own through to completion. I breathe into my memory. I am deeply embedded in the painting process somewhere between what I have witnessed and fragments of information from other experiences. I am drifting between the tides and flouncing over and between the stones and seaweed. My brush-to-canvas requires no thought as sensations and intuition guide my mark making. After a while, I step back and pause.</p> 973 974 975 976<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9827-1024x804.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-293" /></figure> 977 978 979 980<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I am having trouble seeing where I need to go next or even if I need to go anywhere. I have been painting for a little over two hours. It is almost 1:00 pm. I take a break and we go out for a late lunch. I take photograph of the painting sketch before leaving so I can glance at it if I choose. I am not completely disengaged from my creative process and will come back to in my mindâs eye frequently and occasionally check my phone image to see what is currently on the painting surface. This process is familiar to David and he reads his book while we wait for our lunch to be served and is quietly indulgent.</p> 981 982 983 984<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When we return home, it is getting close to 4:00 pm. The light is heavy as more rain threatens. I go straight to the studio and begin painting again. Within an hour, the painting sketch is complete and resting. The light is now terrible for taking a photograph but I do it anyway. <br></p> 985 986 987 988<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9874-1024x794.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-294" /></figure> 989 990 991 992<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>This way, during the evening while we watch a show, I can look at it, if I wish – and I almost always wish, without physically getting up and going to the studio. </p> 993 994 995 996<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the morning, I get up and study the painting sketch. I pull open the palette box just in case. <br></p> 997 998 999 1000<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9884-789x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-295" /></figure> 1001 1002 1003 1004<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I can find no way in. There is no brush mark insisting to be made. The small study is complete. There is nothing more I can say for now. Though it is still too shiny and wet for a decent photograph, for better or worse, it is finished. </p> 1005 1006 1007 1008<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://oca-wp-journals.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6199/2024/10/IMG_9895-2-1024x807.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-301" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>âShells Gathering Studyâ by Terrill Welch 11 x 14 inch walnut oil on gessobord.</strong> Completed Sunday, October 27, 2024. <strong>Artist notes:</strong> After the storm, interesting broken and worn bits on the sea floor at Reef Bay were arranged by the Salish Sea. I accepted natureâs invitation to explore and discover their shapes and patterns in a delicate collage of reference materials that only become integrated under my brush.</figcaption></figure> 1009 1010 1011 1012<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I will not likely always journal my painting process in such detail unless there is something specific I have done differently that I want to remember. My guess is that I will likely have at least twenty of these small painting sketches for my project over the next two years and I hope to have about twelve larger paintings tentatively in the size of 48 x 40 inches completed in oil on canvas. But we shall see. For now, I have started. </p> 1013 1014 1015 1016<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>
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It was a good question and a practice that Tracey Emin embraced with rigor and is discussed in detail in <em><strong>My Heart Is This Tracey Emin On Painting</strong></em> by Martin Gayford (2026). So I thought, why not? Give it a go. What is the worst that could happen? A bad painting? Yes, the results were a bad painting.</p> 1082 1083 1084 1085<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I began plein air with a grand manicured view in a location I was not familiar with on southern Vancouver Island at Otter Point Place. Possibly the most awkward part was the landscaped view. I had no idea what I might do with it. I started to paint the mountains on the far side of the strait and the sea and sky. It fell apart. Then I decided to lean into the feeling of the place through abstract mark making. Well things went from bad to worse.<br></p> 1086 1087 1088 1089<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7405" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/28/the-risks-of-surprising-myself-and-other-plein-air-adventures/img_5634/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg" data-orig-size="2236,2502" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5634" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=676" width="915" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=915" alt="" class="wp-image-7405" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=915 915w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=1830 1830w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=134 134w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=268 268w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5634.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 915p
1089x) 100vw, 915px" /></a></figure> 1090 1091 1092 1093<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I stopped there because I had absolutely no idea how I could salvage it.</p> 1094 1095 1096 1097<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7407" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/28/the-risks-of-surprising-myself-and-other-plein-air-adventures/img_5637/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg" data-orig-size="2134,2622" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Unsigned and untitled exercise in painting something I didn\u2019t know and surprising myself. Plein air 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen at Otter Place, BC. Saturday, 26 September 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5637" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Unsigned and untitled exercise in painting something I didnât know and surprising myself. Plein air 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen at Otter Place, BC. Saturday, 26 September 2026.</p> 1098" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="833" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=833" alt="" class="wp-image-7407" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=833 833w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=1666 1666w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=122 122w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=244 244w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5637.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Unsigned and untitled exercise in painting something I didnât know and surprising myself. Plein air 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen at Otter Point Place, BC. Saturday, 26 September 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1099 1100 1101 1102<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I will paint over it at some point but first, I spent some time with it to see if there was anything at all I wanted to bring forward into the next work. Nothing came to mind⦠except maybe stop trying to surprise myself. </p> 1103 1104 1105 1106<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The next day late in the morning we went to the Jordan River beach area. My dignity was still smarting from the disaster from the day before. But I shrugged it off and set up my easel on a flat area of sea washed rounded, flat stones.</p> 1107 1108 1109 1110<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7410" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/28/the-risks-of-surprising-myself-and-other-plein-air-adventures/img_5660/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg" data-orig-size="2731,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5660" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="767" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7410" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5660.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 1111 1112 1113 1114<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>I didnât take many in-progress images besides this one.</p> 1115 1116 1117 1118<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7412" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/28/the-risks-of-surprising-myself-and-other-plein-air-adventures/img_5664/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg" data-orig-size="2406,2326" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5664" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="989" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7412" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1118w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5664.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 1119 1120 1121 1122<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>And then forty-five minutes from start to finish, it is done.</p> 1123 1124 1125 1126<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7419" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/28/the-risks-of-surprising-myself-and-other-plein-air-adventures/img_5800/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg" data-orig-size="3519,2789" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"\u201cBy The Sea at Jordon River\u201d by Terrill Welch, acrylic on linen board. Plein air, Sunday, 27 September 2026.\n\nArtist notes: With a warm sun and underlying cool breeze the temperature reached 19 degrees Celsius as I stood on the round flat rocks at the easel. In 45 minutes, I gathered the main sensations and shapes and chose to leave it rough and fully of sensory information. This is the last day of full sun for the week as cooler more unsettled weather moves it.","created_timestamp":"1790781754","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00023397285914834","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5800" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>âBy The Sea at Jordon Riverâ by Terrill Welch, acrylic on linen board. Plein air, Sunday, 27 September 2026.</p> 1127<p>Artist notes: With a warm sun and underlying cool breeze the temperature reached 19 degrees Celsius as I stood on the round flat rocks at the easel. In 45 minutes, I gathered the main sensations and shapes and chose to leave it rough and fully of sensory information. This is the last day of full sun for the week as cooler more unsettled weather moves it.</p> 1128" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="676" height="535" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=676" alt="" class="wp-image-7419" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=676 676w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=1352 1352w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5800.jpeg?w=1024 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">âBy The Sea at Jordon Riverâ by Terrill Welch, acrylic on linen board. Plein air, Sunday, 27 September 2026.<br><br><strong>Artist notes:</strong> With a warm sun and underlying cool breeze the temperature reached 19 degrees Celsius as I stood on the round flat rocks at the easel. In 45 minutes, I gathered the main sensations and shapes and chose to leave it rough and fully of sensory information. This is the last day of full sun for the week as cooler more unsettled weather moves it.</figcaption></figure> 1129 1130 1131 1132<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As usual, when something doesnât work, it is important to remember that it is just paint on a surface. Life and limb havenât been risked in the process of mark making. Let it go and move on. I am not sure I am interested in surprising myself any further but it was insightful to paint what I didnât know before moving on to being with nature beside the sea. I will likely say more in the data collection post for this painting a little later on but this will do for now.</p> 1133 1134 1135 1136<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>
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1188home-art-journal category-painting category-studio tag-art tag-artist tag-british-columbia tag-canada tag-canadian-art tag-creativity tag-landscape-oil-paintings tag-oil-painting tag-painting tag-painting-data-collection tag-terrill-welch tag-travel tag-west-coast"> 1189 <header class="entry-header"> 1190 <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/" rel="bookmark">Harbouring Hope Painting Data Collection</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> 1191 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-22T13:57:09-07:00">September 22, 2026</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="sep"> / </span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://creativepotager.com/author/creativepotager/">Terrill Welch</a></span></span> <span class="comments-link"><span class="sep"> / </span><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> 1192 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1193 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1194 1195 <div class="entry-content"> 1196 1197<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Painting Data Collection </h1> 1198 1199 1200 1201<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tuesday, 22 September 2026</h2> 1202 1203 1204 1205<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>Title: Harbouring Hope</td><td>Date Completed: Monday, 21 September 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Materials: oil on linen</td><td>Size: 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> 1206 1207 1208 1209<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Figurative/Abstract Self Assessment Band-Scale Rating between 1-10: 5-8</h2> 1210 1211 1212 1213<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This painting still has strong impressionist leaning in the reflections but it also has an overall abstract sensibility to the shapes at the top of the painting. </p> 1214 1215 1216 1217<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reference Gathering: </h2> 1218 1219 1220 1221<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My reference gathering was thoughtful but cut short. I hadnât planned on painting this scene. It was just an irresistible moment, like when a dog spots a squirrel. Their reaction is predictable and almost involuntary. My leash was that my husband David needing a bathroom and the ones in the park were closed. So we packed up and headed for the ferry with me turning back several times to look at the boats in the marina as we walked along the path back to the car. Their abstract shapes formed an enticing composition that wouldnât let go of me.</p> 1222 1223 1224 1225<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is one of those reference images.</p> 1226 1227 1228 1229<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7397" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/img_5366/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg" data-orig-size="2686,2082" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Marina at All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia mid September 2026. Photograph by Terrill Welch.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5366" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Marina at All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia mid September 2026. Photograph by Terrill Welch.</p> 1230" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="793" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7397" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5366.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Marina at All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia mid September 2026. Photograph by Terrill Welch.</figcaption></figure> 1231 1232 1233 1234<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The next morning I pulled up the images and thought, if I just take this one small area here on the right, it will make a painting. That small suggestion from my mind to my heart was all it took. Now we have a painting! </p> 1235 1236 1237 1238<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Process:</h2> 1239 1240 1241 1242<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The making process was a process of simplifying to reach the core elements of my investigation and curiosity. <br></p> 1243 1244 1245 1246<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7399" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress on \u201cHarbouring Hope\u201d by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Sunday, 20 September 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="FA398CF8-378B-4F09-B6D9-8A9A0B2EC806" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress on âHarbouring Hopeâ by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Sunday, 20 September 2026.</p> 1247" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7399" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1247w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fa398cf8-378b-4f09-b6d9-8a9a0b2ec806.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress on âHarbouring Hopeâ by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Sunday, 20 September 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1248 1249 1250 1251<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I took a step back and then leaned into the spaces between the shapes and the light. This gave breadth as well as depth for emotion and energy in the work. The painting took shape over a period of six days beginning with oil sticks over a yellow acrylic ground on stretched linen.</p> 1252 1253 1254 1255<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Finished Painting:</h2> 1256 1257 1258 1259<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7395" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/22/harbouring-hope-painting-data-collection/img_5526/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg" data-orig-size="3347,2863" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"\u201cHarbouring Hope\u201d by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Monday, 21 September 2026. \n\nArtist notes: I had just come from visiting a friend in the hospital and we stopped to have a picnic dinner in the park beside the marina at (what is now called) All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia. I took some reference images because the shapes and colours felt hopeful and there was a peaceful, reflective, deep calm about munching on sandwiches and looking out into the bay. I want to investigate the big gestures and emotions in this moment without getting caught in the weeds of visual or thought preciseness.","created_timestamp":"1789991767","focal_length":"6","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0082644628099174","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5526" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>âHarbouring Hopeâ by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Monday, 21 September 2026. </p> 1260<p>Artist notes: I had just come from visiting a friend in the hospital and we stopped to have a picnic dinner in the park beside the marina at (what is now called) All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia. I took some reference images because the shapes and colours felt hopeful and there was a peaceful, reflective, deep calm about munching on sandwiches and looking out into the bay. I want to investigate the big gestures and emotions in this moment without getting caught in the weeds of visual or thought preciseness.</p> 1261" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="875" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7395" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5526.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">âHarbouring Hopeâ by Terrill Welch, 23.6 x 27.5 inches (60 x 70 cm) oil on linen. Monday, 21 September 2026. <br></figcaption></figure> 1262 1263 1264 1265<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Notes:</h2> 1266 1267 1268 1269<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I had just come from visiting a friend in the hospital and we stopped to have a picnic dinner in the park beside the marina at (what is now called) All Bay in Sidney, British Columbia. I took some reference images because the shapes and colours felt hopeful and there was a peaceful, reflective, deep calm about munching on sandwiches and looking out into the bay. I want to investigate the big gestures and emotions in this moment without getting caught in the weeds of visual or thought preciseness.</p> 1270 1271 1272 1273<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflective Analysis:</h2> 1274 1275 1276 1277<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The painting of boats in a harbour is an old subject and likely has been happening as long as there have been boats. The question is, can I offer something more or unique in my approach? I reach into the big abstract-like shapes of the boats to carry the emotion of the work through their soft reflections. I pushed the horizon line high and let the sea in the bay hold the sky for me. I focus on the feeling of the moment rather than the details which allows the structure of the work to read true without getting caught up in the weeds of specifics and my own thinking. To pull this off, my brushstrokes must be filled with concentration, intuition and repeatable, confident, decision making. No second guessing. Make a mark and leave it. Make another mark and leave it. Paint something out, then paint it back in with the same confidence. It is not about getting it right but knowing what must be left behind, from the first mark to the last mark. The relationship of the marks within the composition outweighs architectural accuracy. The boats may feel like they are floating in the painting but no boat maker would build them this way. The most important aspect is that the work, in my first viewerâs eyes, reads as emotionally and physically whole. </p> 1278 1279 1280 1281<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflexive Analysis: </h2> 1282 1283 1284 1285<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have been musing about how there are no shortcuts in painting as there is in life. I must bring my whole vulnerable self to the easel, every time. I must be willing to investigate and admit, at least to myself, why I paint what I paint. In this case, it is part of processing the illness and healing of a dear friend who is in the hospital. We have been friends for over thirty years and I feel we are somehow both too young to be faced with her circumstances. But in truth, age has nothing to do with it. Illness has no fixed criteria. The details are private and personal but the experience is universal to human kind. Again, my painting practice takes on an undeniable reparative or healing undercurrent that isnât visible in either the painting process or the end result, unless I choose to share it. I donât usually paint boats in a harbour. In fact, I know little about boating or marinas. But I do know the sun and the sea. The boats are simply supporting actors for using shapes, forms and colour to facilitate a harbouring of hope. </p> 1286 1287 1288 1289<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key Findings: </h2> 1290 1291 1292 1293<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is an openness in the space offered in this paint through the boldness of the shapes. This reminds me of painting the seafloor and focusing on the close up views of the seafloor and allowing abstract elements to press against more figuratively mark making. </p> 1294 1295 1296 1297<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anything else: </h2> 1298 1299 1300 1301<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I like the freshness and the depth of this work. I couldnât have stopped myself from painting this painting no matter the risks of the derivative nature of the subject. I am glad that critique didnât create a barrier but was left as – duly noted, before I proceeded. </p> 1302 1303 1304 1305<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>
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It happens but that doesnât mean it should be allowed to erode my forward momentum. I am waiting for some new art supplies and there are other art business tasks to complete before I embark on a week-long painting trip at the end of the month. However, the truth is I have many ideas on what I want to begin in the studio and nothing is settling yet. So my solution is often to work on what I do know as a way of moving myself forward. In this case, I know for sure that I need some grounds on surfaces that are dry and ready to go. So, I begin there. <br></p> 1371 1372 1373 1374<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7382" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/14/gaining-momentum-when-a-studio-practice-stalls/img_5344/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg" data-orig-size="2731,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5344" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="767" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7382" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1374w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5344.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 1375 1376 1377 1378<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 1379 1380 1381 1382<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have begun to add Tri-Art, a Canadian brand of acrylic paints when I need replacements for my Golden acrylics that are made in the United States.<br></p> 1383 1384 1385 1386<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7385" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/14/gaining-momentum-when-a-studio-practice-stalls/img_5345/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg" data-orig-size="2751,2035" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5345" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="757" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7385" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5345.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 1387 1388 1389 1390<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 1391 1392 1393 1394<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is one of my many small moves to help protect and build our Canadian economy. The principle is that we can do more for each other than anyone can take away from us. The Tri-Art paints do handle differently and are more fluid in consistency but I am willing to give them a try, especially for grounds which I want thin anyway. We each must do everything we can, consistently and repeatedly, as citizens and as small businesses.</p> 1395 1396 1397 1398<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now, I have two larger linen canvas and three small boards ready to go. Ta-da!</p> 1399 1400 1401 1402<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7387" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/14/gaining-momentum-when-a-studio-practice-stalls/img_5346/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg" data-orig-size="2740,2042" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="IMG_5346" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="763" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7387" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5346.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> 1403 1404 1405 1406<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 1407 1408 1409 1410<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That is likely all the painting I will get done today but it was necessary and important work in preparation for another day. I am now not stalled. I have moved forward in a meaningful way to support the next couple of weeks of my painting practice. </p> 1411 1412 1413 1414<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What about you? What do you do when you are working on a project and get stalled? </p> 1415 1416 1417 1418<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now I am off to check the mail and see if I have a notice in the mailbox for those art supplies I am waiting for to arrive. </p> 1419 1420 1421 1422<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p>
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1499This is a plein air contemporary impressionist quick acrylic study to capture sensory information in the moment. </p> 1500 1501 1502 1503<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reference Gathering: </h2> 1504 1505 1506 1507<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The references for this work were observations in the moment as I stood on the top of an exposed piece of sandstone in front of my easel in Oyster Bay on (what is now called) Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada. <br></p> 1508 1509 1510 1511<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7368" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/07/oyster-bay-late-august-painting-data-collection/img_5096/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg" data-orig-size="2166,2583" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Setting up to plein air paint at Oyster Bay in late August. Photograph by Terrill Welch, Friday, 28 August 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5096" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Setting up to plein air paint at Oyster Bay in late August. Photograph by Terrill Welch, Friday, 28 August 2026.</p> 1512" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="859" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=859" alt="" class="wp-image-7368" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=859 859w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=1718 1718w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=126 126w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=252 252w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5096.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Setting up to plein air paint at Oyster Bay in late August. Photograph by Terrill Welch, Friday, 28 August 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1513 1514 1515 1516<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When I began there was a couple making their way along the shoreline and a couple of construction workers building a bench up above them. Other than this, I had the place to myself for the painting session. </p> 1517 1518 1519 1520<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Process:</h2> 1521 1522 1523 1524<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The painting process was direct and immediate as I captured the light first and then began to build up the forms of the sandstone.</p> 1525 1526 1527 1528<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7369" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/07/oyster-bay-late-august-painting-data-collection/img_5104/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg" data-orig-size="2689,2081" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress \u2014 Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5104" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</p> 1529" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="792" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7369" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5104.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1530 1531 1532 1533<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was working with an older palette from a previous painting sketch that had ran a bit from being tilted in my plein air backpack. But it worked.</p> 1534 1535 1536 1537<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7371" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/07/oyster-bay-late-august-painting-data-collection/img_5109/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2731" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress 2 \u2014 Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5109" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress 2 â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</p> 1538" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="768" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=768" alt="" class="wp-image-7371" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=112 112w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=225 225w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5109.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress 2 â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1539 1540 1541 1542<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eventually I managed to get everything blocked in and was able to slightly refine the piece before my available time came to an end.</p> 1543 1544 1545 1546<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7373" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/07/oyster-bay-late-august-painting-data-collection/img_5117/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg" data-orig-size="2738,2044" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Still on the easel \u2014 Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5117" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Still on the easel â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</p> 1547" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="764" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7373" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1547w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5117.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Still on the easel â Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Photograph by Terrill Welch. Friday, 28 August 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1548 1549 1550 1551<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Finished Painting:</h2> 1552 1553 1554 1555<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7375" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/09/07/oyster-bay-late-august-painting-data-collection/img_5124/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg" data-orig-size="3055,2435" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed August 28, 2026. \n\nArtist notes: I set the plein air easel on top of the sandstone and looked east over to the rocks exposed in a low tide. The day is pleasant with blue skies holding shapely clouds in the late August sun. I stay for a while with my brush in hand and drift through an hour of painting. It is my birthday and this is my gift to me.","created_timestamp":"1787922639","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00020798668885191","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5124" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed August 28, 2026. </p> 1556<p>Artist notes: I set the plein air easel on top of the sandstone and looked east over to the rocks exposed in a low tide. The day is pleasant with blue skies holding shapely clouds in the late August sun. I stay for a while with my brush in hand and drift through an hour of painting. It is my birthday and this is my gift to me.</p> 1557" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="816" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7375" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5124.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Oyster Bay Late August by Terrill Welch, 8 x 10 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed August 28, 2026. </figcaption></figure> 1558 1559 1560 1561<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Notes:</h2> 1562 1563 1564 1565<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I set the plein air easel on top of the sandstone and looked east over to the rocks exposed in a low tide. The day is pleasant with blue skies holding shapely clouds in the late August sun. I stay for a while with my brush in hand and drift through an hour of painting. It is my birthday and this is my gift to me.</p> 1566 1567 1568 1569<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflective Analysis:</h2> 1570 1571 1572 1573<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I had been offered a chance to go out on my own while knowing someone was with my partner who has dementia but still is able to stay by himself for a few hours at a time, if set up with a note to remind him when I will be back and where I have gone. But it is always more freeing if someone is with him. It was a generous offer. She thought I could go for lunch with a friend or something for my birthday. I responded that what I would like to do is go plein air painting because I already had family coming over to visit on several different days for my birthday. She laughed and replied â of course you want to go paint for your birthday! </p> 1574 1575 1576 1577<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflexive Analysis: </h2> 1578 1579 1580 1581<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the odd things to me about being a full time caregiver is that I do n
1581ot crave time with friends or other people so much. We go out for breakfast or lunch a couple of times a week and then there are the times I see people when getting groceries or picking up produce at the Saturday market plus, I engage daily online while presenting my work. I was invited to join a philosophers café that meets once a month and I accepted as a way to have meaningful deep discussions in-person on topics of interest. This complete package of in-person engagement with others always seems like enough socializing for me. What I crave most is just a few hours at a time on my own. I can still get this but it canât be for very long at a time. Two hours is ideal and three is stretching my partner’s ability to feel confident on his own. So when given a choice to go for lunch or go plein air painting, the painting wins. This is because I am certain that my time at the easel will offer regeneration and delight. It fills my personal bucket like nothing else has ever been able to do. Just me and nature working together for a focused 45-60 minutes. This is all it takes. Hiking the trails alone does a similar thing but painting is the very best
1581! I always come home filled with satisfaction and refreshed. This is the reparative element to my painting practice in action. </p> 1582 1583 1584 1585<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key Findings: </h2> 1586 1587 1588 1589<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I thought I would do more with this small study back in the studio. But as I spent the next few days glancing at it on the window ledge amongst various other small works, I decided nothing more I did would improve my impressions of this time beside the sea. So I have left it just how it was when I packed up to come home. </p> 1590 1591 1592 1593<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anything else: </h2> 1594 1595 1596 1597<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am still considering what or if I will do anything on larger surfaces with these recent small painting sketches. I am in no rush to make a decision. The weather to best enjoy painting outside with the golden fall light is brief and will soon come to an end. 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1653home-art-journal category-painting category-painting-data-collection category-plein-air-painting tag-creativity tag-painting tag-west-coast tag-mayne-island tag-terrill-welch tag-british-columbia tag-canada tag-art"> 1654 <header class="entry-header"> 1655 <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/" rel="bookmark">Arbutus in August Painting Data Collection</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> 1656 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-08-31T13:09:24-07:00">August 31, 2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-07T08:53:02-07:00">September 7, 2026</time></a></span><span class="byline"><span class="sep"> / </span><span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://creativepotager.com/author/creativepotager/">Terrill Welch</a></span></span> <span class="comments-link"><span class="sep"> / </span><a href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/#comments">2 Comments</a></span> 1657 </div><!-- .entry-meta --> 1658 </header><!-- .entry-header --> 1659 1660 <div class="entry-content"> 1661 1662<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Painting Data Collection </p> 1663 1664 1665 1666<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>Title: Arbutus in August </td><td>Date Completed: Wednesday, 19 August 2026<br></td></tr><tr><td>Materials: acrylic on linen board<br></td><td>Size: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.32 cm)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> 1667 1668 1669 1670<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Figurative/Abstract Self Assessment Band-Scale Rating between 1-10: 5</h2> 1671 1672 1673 1674<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This small plein air study is clearly responsive to the seasonal moment and light and has an impressionist immediacy. I can still feel the warmth of the sun on my back when I look at it. </p> 1675 1676 1677 1678<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reference Gathering: </h2> 1679 1680 1681 1682<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The reference was the view itself as I stood at the easel.</p> 1683 1684 1685 1686<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7354" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/img_4977-2/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="2719,2058" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Still on the easel - \u201cArbutus mid August Study\u201d by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4977" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Still on the easel &#8211; âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada.</p> 1687" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="775" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7354" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4977-1.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Still on the easel – âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada.</figcaption></figure> 1688 1689 1690 1691<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Process:</h2> 1692 1693 1694 1695<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My making process was familiar in the sense that I wanted to catch the light references first and then build up the painting from there. <br></p> 1696 1697 1698 1699<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7356" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/img_4949/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg" data-orig-size="2731,2049" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Sketched in \u2014 \u201cArbutus mid August Study\u201d by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4949" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sketched in â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</p> 1700" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7356" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1700w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4949.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sketched in â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</figcaption></figure> 1701 1702 1703 1704<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7357" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/img_4956/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2732" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress \u2014 \u201cArbutus mid August Study\u201d by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4956" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</p> 1705" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="768" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=768" alt="" class="wp-image-7357" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=112 112w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=225 225w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4956.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</figcaption></figure> 1706 1707 1708 1709<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7359" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/img_4960/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg" data-orig-size="2106,2657" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress \u2014 \u201cArbutus mid August Study\u201d by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4960" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</p> 1710" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="812" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=812" alt="" class="wp-image-7359" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=812 812w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=1624 1624w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=119 119w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=238 238w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4960.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress â âArbutus mid August Studyâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</figcaption></figure> 1711 1712 1713 1714<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Finished Painting:</h2> 1715 1716 1717 1718<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7360" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/img_5022/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg" data-orig-size="2777,3485" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"\u201cArbutus in August\u201d by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.\n\nArtist notes: I focus on catching the full range of my sensory experience in the small plein air painting from the light breeze to breaking waves, seagulls squawking and the feel of the sun on my shoulders and the dryness of the acrylic paint on my brush as it contacts the linen surface. There is a powdery dry feeling mingling with the coolness from the sea to the mid August air. I linger after packing up. The moment is pleasant and yet holds a warning, like splitting the winter\u2019s wood on a warm summer\u2019s day. That freshness foreshadows the coming of shorter days and brisk winds and heavy rains. This arbutus tree will be ready and so will I.\n\nThis is a quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada and the second reference work for my current \u201cClose to Home\u201d series. The range of brushstrokes are impressionist in a painting language that I find best facilitates my sensory conversation with nature.","created_timestamp":"1787144951","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0022883295194508","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5022" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>âArbutus in Augustâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.</p> 1719<p>Artist notes: I focus on catching the full range of my sensory experience in the small plein air painting from the light breeze to breaking waves, seagulls squawking and the feel of the sun on my shoulders and the dryness of the acrylic paint on my brush as it contacts the linen surface. There is a powdery dry feeling mingling with the coolness from the sea to the mid August air. I linger after packing up. The moment is pleasant and yet holds a warning, like splitting the winterâs wood on a warm summerâs day. That freshness foreshadows the coming of shorter days and brisk winds and heavy rains. This arbutus tree will be ready and so will I.</p> 1720<p>This is a quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada and the second reference work for my current âClose to Homeâ series. The range of brushstrokes are impressionist in a painting language that I find best facilitates my sensory conversation with nature.</p> 1721" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="816" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=816" alt="" class="wp-image-7360" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=816 816w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=1632 1632w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=120 120w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=239 239w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5022.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 816px) 100v
1721w, 816px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">âArbutus in Augustâ by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.<br><br></figcaption></figure> 1722 1723 1724 1725<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Making Notes:</h2> 1726 1727 1728 1729<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I focus on catching the full range of my sensory experience in the small plein air painting from the light breeze to breaking waves, seagulls squawking and the feel of the sun on my shoulders and the dryness of the acrylic paint on my brush as it contacts the linen surface. There is a powdery dry feeling mingling with the coolness from the sea to the mid August air. I linger after packing up. The moment is pleasant and yet holds a warning, like splitting the winterâs wood on a warm summerâs day. That freshness foreshadows the coming of shorter days and brisk winds and heavy rains. This arbutus tree will be ready and so will I.</p> 1730 1731 1732 1733<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a quick plein air painting sketch at Georgina Point on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada and adds to my reference work for my current âClose to Homeâ series. The range of brushstrokes are impressionist in a painting language that I find best facilitates my sensory conversation with nature.</p> 1734 1735 1736 1737<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The painting is already listed so you are welcome to visit my online gallery if you wish at: <a href="https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/terrill-welch/artwork/arbutus-in-august">https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/terrill-welch/artwork/arbutus-in-august</a> </p> 1738 1739 1740 1741<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflective Analysis:</h2> 1742 1743 1744 1745<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These long moments of observation while plein air painting anchor me within the seasons and the rhythm of my daily living. A walk or a photoshoot doesnât have the same sustained intensity of experience that standing at the easel in front of my subject while the lights and shadows progress with an unstoppable certainty. It is that tension between a full stop and infinity which spirals endlessly as I squint and make yet another mark on the surface of the canvas. </p> 1746 1747 1748 1749<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reflexive Analysis: </h2> 1750 1751 1752 1753<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are things I do where I feel the strength of every cell that is engaged in preserving my life force. The intensity of plein air painting is right near the top of this list of things. I seem to become permeable with my surroundings through my all encompassing sensory awareness that results from settling in with nature. This is the reparative or healing aspect of my work in its most tangible form. It is not a state that I maintain for more than about 45 or 60 minutes at a time but the effect of these painting sessions can last for hours and even days with the distinct possibility of tapping back into them every time I look at the sketch or use it as a reference for a larger work in the studio. It feels like muscle or cellular memory that is stored in various parts of my body and then used and replenished as I view the sketch or work on a new work that recalls that moment through the sketch. Most often these sketches are less about experimenting and much more about gathering information in substantial abundance that it can be used later on. </p> 1754 1755 1756 1757<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key Findings: </h2> 1758 1759 1760 1761<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have a habit of either dismissing my quick painting sketches or else expecting too much from them. They are my first impressions of an idea or composition and complete in their own right. </p> 1762 1763 1764 1765<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anything else: </h2> 1766 1767 1768 1769<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Not at this time. </p> 1770 1771 1772 1773<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 1774<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1775 data-shared="sharing-twitter-7351" 1776 class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" 1777 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/?share=twitter" 1778 target="_blank" 1779 aria-labelledby="sharing-twitter-7351" 1780 > 1781 <span id="sharing-twitter-7351" hidden>Share on X (Opens in new window)</span> 1782 <span>X</span> 1783 </a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1784 data-shared="sharing-facebook-7351" 1785 class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" 1786 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/?share=facebook" 1787 target="_blank" 1788 aria-labelledby="sharing-facebook-7351" 1789 > 1790 <span id="sharing-facebook-7351" hidden>Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span> 1791 <span>Facebook</span> 1792 </a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1793 data-shared="sharing-pinterest-7351" 1794 class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" 1795 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/31/arbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection/?share=pinterest" 1796 target="_blank" 1797 aria-labelledby="sharing-pinterest-7351" 1798 > 1799 <span id="sharing-pinterest-7351" hidden>Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)</span> 1800 <span>Pinterest</span> 1801 </a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 1802 data-shared="sharing-email-7351" 1803 class="share-email sd-button share-icon" 1804 href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Arbutus%20in%20August%20Painting%20Data%20Collection&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativepotager.com%2F2026%2F08%2F31%2Farbutus-in-august-painting-data-collection%2F&share=email" 1805 target="_blank" 1806 aria-labelledby="sharing-email-7351"
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Attention has been paid to light, relationships between elements and sensory records of the fragrance of dark coffee, fresh morning air through an open window and the softens of wool socks cozying around bare feet sticking out from under the edge of a blanket. </p> 1847 1848 1849 1850<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Reference Gathering: </strong></h2> 1851 1852 1853 1854<p class="wp-block-paragraph">References for this study are minimal with most mark making relying on repeated mornings of similar moments that created a bank of memories. </p> 1855 1856 1857 1858<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But there are two images that provide a starting point. </p> 1859 1860 1861 1862<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7349" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/25/memories-of-mornings-by-the-studio-window-painting-data-collection/img_3791/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2731" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Sun catching the hill as seen from the chair beside the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_3791" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sun catching the hill as seen from the chair beside the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.</p> 1863" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="676" height="901" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=676" alt="" class="wp-image-7349" style="width:676px;height:auto" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=676 676w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=1352 1352w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=112 112w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=225 225w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3791.jpeg?w=768 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 676px) 100v
1863w, 676px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Sun catching the hill as seen from the chair beside the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1864 1865 1866 1867<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7340" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/25/memories-of-mornings-by-the-studio-window-painting-data-collection/img_3784-3/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="2034,2751" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Mornings in the chair of the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_3784" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Mornings in the chair of the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.</p> 1868" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="757" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=757" alt="" class="wp-image-7340" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=757 757w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=1514 1514w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=111 111w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=222 222w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_3784-1.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mornings in the chair of the studio window. Photograph by Terrill Welch Sunday 28 June 2026.</figcaption></figure> 1869 1870 1871 1872<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Making Process:</strong></h2> 1873 1874 1875 1876<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The making process is equally sparse because once I settled down to paint, I forgot to take many photographs as the work developed. But there are a few. </p> 1877 1878 1879 1880<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7342" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/25/memories-of-mornings-by-the-studio-window-painting-data-collection/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Work-in-progress collage of images for Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="F45C9B54-9E31-44BF-BCD0-0DFC48252CEA" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Work-in-progress collage of images for Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</p> 1881" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7342" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/f45c9b54-9e31-44bf-bcd0-0dfc48252cea.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Work-in-progress collage of images for Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</figcaption></figure> 1882 1883 1884 1885<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Finished Painting:</strong></h2> 1886 1887 1888 1889<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7344" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/25/memories-of-mornings-by-the-studio-window-painting-data-collection/img_5023/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg" data-orig-size="2684,3384" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.\n\nArtist notes: So many mornings seated in the studio window with coffee and breakfast just like this morning. I worked from memory though there are references. My attention drifted from what I might be reading to the dark savoured bitterness of the coffee then over to where the rising sun is catching the far hill in the valley. The fields are cut and dry and a cool breeze is coming in the window next to the one I am sitting beside. There is a precious sense of optimism swinging on the branches of the fir trees. I sigh and blink my way into the day. This quick sketch is a brief reminder of something that as of yet has no words other than the importance of waking up.","created_timestamp":"1787144991","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0017361111111111","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_5023" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.</p> 1890<p>Artist notes: So many mornings seated in the studio window with coffee and breakfast just like this morning. I worked from memory though there are references. My attention drifted from what I might be reading to the dark savoured bitterness of the coffee then over to where the rising sun is catching the far hill in the valley. The fields are cut and dry and a cool breeze is coming in the window next to the one I am sitting beside. There is a precious sense of optimism swinging on the branches of the fir trees. I sigh and blink my way into the day. This quick sketch is a brief reminder of something that as of yet has no words other than the importance of waking up.</p> 1891" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="812" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=812" alt="" class="wp-image-7344" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=812 812w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=1624 1624w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=119 119w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=238 238w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_5023.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board. Completed Wednesday, 19 August 2026.<br><br></figcaption></figure> 1892 1893 1894 1895<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Making Notes:</strong></h2> 1896 1897 1898 1899<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So many mornings seated in the studio window with coffee and breakfast just like this morning. I worked from memory though there are references. My attention drifted from what I might be reading to the dark savoured bitterness of the coffee then over to where the rising sun is catching the far hill in the valley. The fields are cut and dry and a cool breeze is coming in the window next to the one I am sitting beside. There is a precious sense of optimism swinging on the branches of the fir trees. I sigh and blink my way into the day. This quick sketch is a brief reminder of something that as of yet has no words other than the importance of waking up.</p> 1900 1901 1902 1903<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here is a digital room view for size context. </p> 1904 1905 1906 1907<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7346" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/25/memories-of-mornings-by-the-studio-window-painting-data-collection/screenshot/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg" data-orig-size="2731,1970" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Screenshot","created_timestamp":"1787148961","title":"Screenshot","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Memories of mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="738" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7346" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=1024 1024
1907w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4422.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Digital viewing room with Memories of Mornings by the Studio Window by Terrill Welch, 10 x 8 inch acrylic on linen board.</figcaption></figure> 1908 1909 1910 1911<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Reflective Analysis:</strong></h2> 1912 1913 1914 1915<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mornings have always been an important part of my day and this appreciation has deepened over the years. Though I most often rise early it is not a busy time of day. I like to wake up before others can have any demands on my time or my thoughts. Sometimes, this is only a brief ten minutes. Other times I can be gifted a couple of hours. It all feels like the intervention of chance really. I used to swear that my young children heard my eyes flutter open and then they leaped out of bed so as not to miss out on anything. Now, my partner often does the same. But there is always a chance that everyone will sleep just a little longer and I can watch the day begin, wrapped up cozy, from one window or the other. </p> 1916 1917 1918 1919<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Reflexive Analysis: </strong></h2> 1920 1921 1922 1923<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Strong dark roast black coffee is my morning beverage of choice and comes with a whole ritual of hand grinding (by hand, no electric whirring noises for me) locally roasted coffee beans. The beans are coarsely ground for a 30 year old stainless steel insulated French press. Once brewed, a cup is poured into a favourite Ital
1923ian mug and the rest is put into a heated stainless steel thermos that takes me most of the morning to drink. This ritual is a mix of childhood references of the practices of my parents and a west coast of Canada coffee culture that started developing around about the late 1980âs, early 1990âs, while I was going to the University of Victoria with two young children as a single parent, who also worked part time while going to school full time. Now, when I sit peacefully in the art studio chair by the window, still in my pajamas, drinking my whole first cup of coffee while it is hot, without having it answer questions, sign notes for school, add a childâs birthday party coming up on the weekend to my calendar, be reminded to pick someone up after school, I feel particularly blessed. I loved parenting and yet, I am still thrilled when my mornings begin by easing into the day instead of starting at full throttle. </p> 1924 1925 1926 1927<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Key Findings:</strong> </h2> 1928 1929 1930 1931<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When I think back, I remember one of my high school principals who picked me up while hitchhiking in our small village to the place I was living a few miles away in the rural farmlands. He was very clear that, though I had graduated grade twelve, I was going to grow up to be poor white trash. I was unmarried, pregnant with my first child and not yet 19 years old. I mean â who says this to a young kid finding her way after having made some difficult choices!? I am ever-so-glad that I simply just didnât believe him. I have always had a strong inner self-motivating pull to problem-solve around ways to achieve whatever is of most driving interest to me. These ritualized morning coffees are the foundation for my thinking and of my organizing structures. It is when I prioritize the items written into my calendar into the order that either must be done that day or that I have the most desire to complete. It is also where I look ahead over the coming weeks and months and see what needs to be refined and it is when I measure how well I am fulfilling any intentions I might have set. This small sketch holds all of this for me. </p> 1932 1933 1934 1935<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Anything else: </strong></h2> 1936 1937 1938 1939<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is usually the case that we can accomplish far more than we and others think we can. There is a cost of course and this canât be discounted. This isnât usually what stops us from trying. More often than not it is a fear of failure or fear of something awful happening. I have learned to ask myself during my morning coffee â what is the worst that can happen and can I live with it? What is the worst that will happen if I do and what is the worst that will happen if I donât? If I can live with the worst in relation to the decision I most want to make, that will generally be the route I will take. 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2012home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/developing-red-collage-paper-by-terrill-welch-august-8-2026/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,2922" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"Developing red collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","created_timestamp":"1786189962","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.0081967213114754","title":"Developing red collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Developing red collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026." data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Developing red collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</p> 2013" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="989" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7326" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4783.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Developing red collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</figcaption></figure> 2014 2015 2016 2017<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2018 2019 2020 2021<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To answer this question is to first observe aspects of my contextualized autoethnographic references. The first and most obvious factor is that I am a full-time, primary caregiver for a partner that can quite happily no longer go further than the geographical territory mentioned above. I remain close to home because, to provide the best care for someone else, I must. The alternatives are to place my special human in respite care or to have someone come to stay with them. Neither of these options are easily workable in practice. By the time I get someone or someplace up to speed on this special beingâs needs and them familiar with something they donât want to do, the brief break becomes more of a traumatic ordeal for both of us than an actual opportunity. At least, this has been our experience so far. Eventually when regular weekly respite breaks become necessary, we will then have someone familiar providing additional support on ongoing. This might then present some opportunities for longer breaks for me to be able to at least go see my elderly parents which is a 7-10 day round trip visit away. For now, primary caregiving responsibilities take a central role, as a wife and as the human that is closest to the person in need. There are children. But the personal care needs and ongoing vascular dementia monitoring and prompting have gone well beyond their comfort levels and therefore not an option except possibly during a short term emergency until other care could be put in place. Community health home support services have been limited and expensive for what is provided. This leaves just me for now. We muddle through as best we can together which for now is pretty well. As an almost 68 year old white woman of settler ancestry, living on a rural small island on the southwest coast of Canada, I am resourceful, resilient, organized and pragmatic with a strong work ethic. I will face poverty level cash flows if/when the time comes to manage only on my own pensions. For now, there is enough to comfortably support both of us. But this reality is partly why I spent the past two years completing my MA Fine Art degree. It is a way to recognize the seriousness with which I take my painting practice that then might possibly lead to my artwork offering a small financial buffer if it is needed in the future. Global instability may make this a difficult proposition to realize but it would be even less of a possibility as an older woman artist without doing this degree. <br></p> 2022 2023 2024 2025<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7328" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-
2025home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/yellow-gauche-covered-collage-paper-by-terrill-welch-august-8-2026/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg" data-orig-size="3002,3655" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"Yellow gauche covered collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","created_timestamp":"1786190695","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.0081967213114754","title":"Yellow gauche covered collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Yellow gauche covered collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026." data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Yellow gauche covered collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</p> 2026" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="841" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=841" alt="" class="wp-image-7328" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=841 841w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=1682 1682w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=123 123w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=246 246w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4786.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Yellow gauche covered collage paper by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</figcaption></figure> 2027 2028 2029 2030<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2031 2032 2033 2034<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This brings up other aspects about being âClose to Homeâ including a sense of loss of freedom, of heavy sadness/grief about slowly losing someone to their disease, as well as facing my own limitations and mortality. How long can I reasonably keep up with these responsibilities? How long can I manage living on this rural island as the only person who is able to drive?</p> 2035 2036 2037 2038<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7330" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/three-sheets-of-collage-paper-created-by-terrill-welch-august-8-2026/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg" data-orig-size="3487,2664" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"Three sheets of collage paper created by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","created_timestamp":"1786191946","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0082644628099174","title":"Three sheets of collage paper created by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Three sheets of collage paper created by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026." data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Three sheets of collage paper created by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</p> 2039" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="782" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7330" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4789.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Three sheets of collage paper created by Terrill Welch. August 8, 2026.</figcaption></figure> 2040 2041 2042 2043<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2044 2045 2046 2047<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then I return again to my painting practice and its central role in making all challenging situations much more possible, pleasurable and endurable. This is especially true if I turn my painting practice directly towards what is challenging. In doing this, I seem to find my footing and my strength as well as my joy and pleasure with simply being alive.</p> 2048 2049 2050 2051<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These are the thoughts that came to mind as I created the collage paper, cut it up and then decided I wanted to paint instead. So, I packed up the paper cuttings and put them in a bag for another day.</p> 2052 2053 2054 2055<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7333" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-
2055home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/img_4910/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg" data-orig-size="2216,2524" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Collage paper cuttings and a sketched ready to paint in Terrill Welch\u2019s art studio.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4910" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Collage paper cuttings and a sketched ready to paint in Terrill Welchâs art studio.</p> 2056" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="899" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=899" alt="" class="wp-image-7333" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=899 899w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=1798 1798w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=132 132w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=263 263w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4910.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Collage paper cuttings and a sketched ready to paint in Terrill Welchâs art studio.</figcaption></figure> 2057 2058 2059 2060<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2061 2062 2063 2064<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I expect to have much more to discover about my focus on âClose to Homeâ as I proceed but for now, it is time to work on a small painting sketch featuring morning coffee in my studio chair.</p> 2065 2066 2067 2068<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2069<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2070 data-shared="sharing-twitter-7324" 2071 class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" 2072 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/?share=twitter" 2073 target="_blank" 2074 aria-labelledby="sharing-twitter-7324" 2075 > 2076 <span id="sharing-twitter-7324" hidden>Share on X (Opens in new window)</span> 2077 <span>X</span> 2078 </a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2079 data-shared="sharing-facebook-7324" 2080 class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" 2081 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/?share=facebook" 2082 target="_blank" 2083 aria-labelledby="sharing-facebook-7324" 2084 > 2085 <span id="sharing-facebook-7324" hidden>Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span> 2086 <span>Facebook</span> 2087 </a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2088 data-shared="sharing-pinterest-7324" 2089 class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" 2090 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/17/defining-close-to-home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice/?share=pinterest" 2091 target="_blank" 2092 aria-labelledby="sharing-pinterest-7324" 2093 > 2094 <span id="sharing-pinterest-7324" hidden>Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)</span> 2095 <span>Pinterest</span> 2096 </a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2097 data-shared="sharing-email-7324" 2098 class="share-email sd-button share-icon" 2099 href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Defining%20%E2%80%9CClose%20to%20Home%E2%80%9D%20as%20a%20focus%20within%20my%20nature-centric%2C%20reparative%20painting%20practice&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativepotager.com%2F2026%2F08%2F17%2Fdefining-close-to-home-as-a-focus-within-my-nature-centric-reparative-painting-practice%2F&share=email" 2100 target="_blank" 2101 aria-labelledby="sharing-email-7324"
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I have references going back years but chose just a few, between August 2023 and August 2025.</p> 2150 2151 2152 2153<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7312" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-2/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Collection of reference images between August 30, 2023 and August 20, 2025 by Terrill Welch in preparation for painting \u201cLady Arbutus\u201d in August 2026.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="FF8FAE7F-827B-4611-ABBD-3E0B8B7580B9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Collection of reference images between August 30, 2023 and August 20, 2025 by Terrill Welch in preparation for painting âLady Arbutusâ in August 2026.</p> 2154" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7312" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=1024 1024
2154w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ff8fae7f-827b-4611-abbd-3e0b8b7580b9-1.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Collection of reference images between August 30, 2023 and August 20, 2025 by Terrill Welch in preparation for painting âLady Arbutusâ in August 2026.</figcaption></figure> 2155 2156 2157 2158<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Making Process:</strong></p> 2159 2160 2161 2162<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My studio making process proceeded over a few days in 2-3 hour painting sessions. I required pauses to really listen to the painting and what it was asking of me. I also mentally invited the art collector into my musings with nature so that I could draw on the abundance of influences between us three. The focus is on a portrait of the arbutus tree while keeping a sense of context and hints of the ocean behind and beside the viewer. I have a special relationship with not just the arbutus tree but also the polar trees on the middle left. There are very few on Mayne Island but they grew in abundance around my childhood home. <br></p> 2163 2164 2165 2166<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7313" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg" data-orig-size="2048,2048" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Collage of work-in-progress images for Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="482A07DD-2986-418C-8167-A02973996CEE" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Collage of work-in-progress images for Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.</p> 2167" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7313" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/482a07dd-2986-418c-8167-a02973996cee.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Collage of work-in-progress images for Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.</figcaption></figure> 2168 2169 2170 2171<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Finished Painting:</strong></p> 2172 2173 2174 2175<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7314" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/img_4746/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg" data-orig-size="2680,3433" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","camera":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","caption":"\u201cLady Arbutus\u201d by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood. Completed Wednesday, 5 August 2026.\n\nArtist notes: A ferry whistles in Active Pass on the other side of the island and echoes a response to the August sun pressing towards it through the trees. The calm ocean behind me pools at the bottom of the ridge next to a group of scrubby polar trees. Deep shadows offer a counterbalance to the bright trunks of the arbutus trees and rich soft greens of the grove. What would it like to be this arbutus tree tucked in next to a few strong firs beside the Salish Sea? I can feel the effort of stepping up on the weathered sandstone beside it as I traverse the narrow trail from the point. I like to pause for a few moments and just share its company before moving on. The artwork is a complex interconnected view to render in paint between dancing sunlight and thick growth reaching for the skies. Much is left to interpretation in an integrated network of suggestive figurative to abstract mark making.","created_timestamp":"1785927875","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4746" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>âLady Arbutusâ by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood. Completed Wednesday, 5 August 2026.</p> 2176<p>Artist notes: A ferry whistles in Active Pass on the other side of the island and echoes a response to the August sun pressing towards it through the trees. The calm ocean behind me pools at the bottom of the ridge next to a group of scrubby polar trees. Deep shadows offer a counterbalance to the bright trunks of the arbutus trees and rich soft greens of the grove. What would it like to be this arbutus tree tucked in next to a few strong firs beside the Salish Sea? I can feel the effort of stepping up on the weathered sandstone beside it as I traverse the narrow trail from the point. I like to pause for a few moments and just share its company before moving on. The artwork is a complex interconnected view to render in paint between dancing sunlight and thick growth reaching for the skies. Much is left to interpretation in an integrated network of suggestive figurative to abstract mark making.</p> 2177" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="799" height="1023" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=799" alt="" class="wp-image-7314" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=799 799w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=1598 1598w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=117 117w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=234 234w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4746.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">âLady Arbutusâ by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood. Completed Wednesday, 5 August 2026.<br><br></figcaption></figure> 2178 2179 2180 2181<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For scale, here is the painting in a digital viewing room.</p> 2182 2183 2184 2185<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="7317" data-permalink="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/img_4394/" data-orig-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg" data-orig-size="3360,3248" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"caption":"Digital room view - Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_4394" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Digital room view &#8211; Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.</p> 2186" data-large-file="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=676" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="989" src="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-7317" srcset="https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=1024 1024
2186w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=2048 2048w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://creativepotager.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/img_4394.jpeg?w=1440 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Digital room view – Lady Arbutus by Terrill Welch, 14 x 11 inch oil on linen covered birch wood.</figcaption></figure> 2187 2188 2189 2190<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Making Notes:</strong></p> 2191 2192 2193 2194<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A ferry whistles in Active Pass on the other side of the island and echoes a response to the August sun pressing towards it through the trees. The calm ocean behind me pools at the bottom of the ridge next to a group of scrubby polar trees. Deep shadows offer a counterbalance to the bright trunks of the arbutus trees and rich soft greens of the grove. What would it like to be this arbutus tree tucked in next to a few strong firs beside the Salish Sea? I can feel the effort of stepping up on the weathered sandstone beside it as I traverse the narrow trail from the point. I like to pause for a few moments and just share its company before moving on. The artwork is a complex interconnected view to render in paint between dancing sunlight and thick growth reaching for the skies. Much is left to interpretation in an integrated network of suggestive figurative to abstract mark making.</p> 2195 2196 2197 2198<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Reflective Analysis:</strong></p> 2199 2200 2201 2202<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For this painting, the complexity of vegetation and terrain was demanding to navigate into paint on a surface without over simplifying or offering so much information that the poetry of the moment is lost. I held significant pauses as I worked in order to make decisions about the order of things and then worked in a flurry for a while only to pause again to consider. The types of brushstrokes were decided by subject as I was mindful of only offering just enough to bring the work to life and present the essence of being this specific arbutus tree on this specific day. </p> 2203 2204 2205 2206<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Reflexive Analysis:</strong> </p> 2207 2208 2209 2210<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Commissions are different from work that is solely decided by my commitment and curiosity. I do have a formal process that allows maximum artistic freedom but it is still unique from my self-directed body of work. With my commission process, the art collector chooses the subject and size and a price is determined. I gather my own references and then paint the subject as I see fit. The art collector then decides if the work is to their satisfaction. If not, the work goes into my inventory and I try again. Payment for an artwork happens once a final decision to accept a painting has been made. This gives me maximum freedom as the painter and is the lowest risk for the art collector. Over the years this has been a win-win for everyone. That said, I only accept a very few commissions each year as they frequently take me away from whatever I am working in my studio practice. Not this painting though. It fits nicely into my current focus. </p> 2211 2212 2213 2214<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For this painting, I am aware that there is an alignment between how I approach my work and the lived experience of the art collector. So there is the Lady Arbutus tree and her immediate environment on this specific day that is then enriched by around nineteen years of my having walked and sat next to her in all kinds of weather and throughout the seasons. Then there is my awareness of the art collectorâs numerous similar experiences and her many conversations with me over about half as many years. The art collector has entrusted me to bridge these various experiences and bring them to the surface of the painting in as much of an unencumbered way as I can imagine. But influences are like seed burs. They sink their hooks into my experiences and come along for the ride every time I dip my brush into the paint. It is something I must notice and also make peace with in order to bring the best I have to whatever work I am creating. Like all experiences, painting is not a pure isolated practice. The process is embedded in a multitude of interrelated and related variables. From this sea of information, a painting comes to rest uneasily on a
2214surface as if by some alchemical, divine intervention. Even though the brushstrokes are made by my own hand, from my own observations and study, no one really owns these results in a lineage sort of way. It would be like saying that the dried thyme added to a stew was the only ingredient that mattered. It is important but, as with the painting, it wouldnât be much without everything else. </p> 2215 2216 2217 2218<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Key Findings: </strong></p> 2219 2220 2221 2222<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This painting was a great reminder to trust my creative process and stick with it, even when small doubts creep in around the edges. </p> 2223 2224 2225 2226<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Anything else: </strong></p> 2227 2228 2229 2230<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The directness of working on this painting reminds me that I can benefit from creating without direct canvas and paint contact, even if it does not result in finished work. While I finished this painting, I also made some painted paper to cut up for collage puzzles. These never seem to amount to anything but they do offer a sort of different texture to my practice. Now that I have finished this work, I have set my paints aside to further explore these bits of hand coloured paper while I think about my overall research question and working definitions for this next body of work – Close To Home. </p> 2231 2232 2233 2234<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 2235<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2236 data-shared="sharing-twitter-7309" 2237 class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" 2238 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/?share=twitter" 2239 target="_blank" 2240 aria-labelledby="sharing-twitter-7309" 2241 > 2242 <span id="sharing-twitter-7309" hidden>Share on X (Opens in new window)</span> 2243 <span>X</span> 2244 </a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2245 data-shared="sharing-facebook-7309" 2246 class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" 2247 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/?share=facebook" 2248 target="_blank" 2249 aria-labelledby="sharing-facebook-7309" 2250 > 2251 <span id="sharing-facebook-7309" hidden>Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span> 2252 <span>Facebook</span> 2253 </a></li><li class="share-pinterest"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2254 data-shared="sharing-pinterest-7309" 2255 class="share-pinterest sd-button share-icon" 2256 href="https://creativepotager.com/2026/08/10/lady-arbutus-painting-data-collection/?share=pinterest" 2257 target="_blank" 2258 aria-labelledby="sharing-pinterest-7309" 2259 > 2260 <span id="sharing-pinterest-7309" hidden>Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)</span> 2261 <span>Pinterest</span> 2262 </a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 2263 data-shared="sharing-email-7309" 2264 class="share-email sd-button share-icon" 2265 href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Lady%20Arbutus%20Painting%20Data%20Collection&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativepotager.com%2F2026%2F08%2F10%2Flady-arbutus-painting-data-collection%2F&share=email" 2266 target="_blank" 2267 aria-labelledby="sharing-email-7309" 2268 data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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