Author: Sheri

• First solo (actually duo) Show – the dynamic Durham duo…

  We were able to get 28 paintings up on the two walls where you enter into the Town Hall and the two receptionists were very pleased with their view for the next few months. We had passersby all day oohing and ahhhing and gasps of breath as they walked by and one of the receptionists said she has never seen a show like this one and that it seems to be seriously grabbing people’s attention and they are instantly stopping to look.

• Fabulous quote that sums it all up!

  “Art is our one true global language. It know no nation, it favors no race, and

• Pondering creativity, change, and the Industrial Age…

  The thought dawned on me that artistic and creative expression can look many different ways, and likely we are all creative, since we were created in the image of our Creator. Therefore we must each have the desire and capacity to be creative.

• Perspectives Art Show and Opening of The Conference Place Art Gallery

  Great Event opening last Saturday at The Conference Place at Whitby Mental Health! Great facility, great connection to bring art into a healing atmosphere. The speaker David Aurandt that opened the event is a wonderful speaker and advocate of the Arts, I have heard

• The Solitary Nature of Artists

  It seems to me that there is an underlying solitary nature that is integral, and part of the heart of an artist. There is a separateness, perhaps that of observation, but also the ability to appreciate and almost become part of your surroundings,

• Great Quote by Henri Nouwen

  You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in — so long as you stay unsatisfied with the status quo and keep saying that a new world is yet to come. — Henri Nouwen

• Considering The Lilies Still

  Rhythmic curls of white

  Stained with pink

  Rest upon simple green stems.

• Considering the Lilies II

  The brightness of the glory

  is done,

  but the tired and lovely

  blooms somehow settle

  into a gentle softness

• I have been Considering the Lilies

  …so I sent my husband out on a mission one night…I said “can you bring me home some lilies, a flat screen tv, and some ice cream…” It worked! He came home with all three and only had about 15 min. to find a tv (I guess he was wanting a new tv) but the lilies were not the same colour as the last ones…