CLAYWORK

   

                          

SEASCAPE
Chinese ink and watercolour on Stonehenge paper, 8" x 30" 
Unframed archival prints / $100

For more than 8 years, I had the privilege to be living almost at the tip of the Beachcomber Peninsula in Nanoose Bay, only 5 minutes walk away from its unique Beachcomber Regional Park.

My studio/gallery is a quiet place where I spend a lot of time, always feeling at peace.

As soon as a clay object or a brush exploration is completed, it is displayed in the gallery section.

It is always a great pleasure to have visitors stopping by and I enjoy explaining how  "pots" and "paintings" came to life.

 FEEL WELCOME TO STOP BY AT

1372 PILOT WAY, NANOOSE BAY(corner of Marina Way)

ESPECIALLY IF MY OPEN SIGNS ARE UP.

YOU CAN ALSO PHONE OR TEXT ME BEFORE COMING

OR EVEN FROM THE DRIVEWAY: 

250-240-2366

mariepaquette@shaw.ca

ONE INK STROKE WITH A CEDAR BARK BRUSH

silencing the mind

emptying it of any intention

of any expectation

 

hand, arm and body

moving the brush

in harmony with the breath

eye gazing on the white of the paper 

ahead of the stroke taking shape

 

putting the brush to rest

welcoming a unique stroke

complete and perfect 

marie

In the following 20-second video,

my dear friend Ann Gruchy captured

the unpredictable dance of a cedar bark brush:

“You don’t know what’s going to happen – it’s like flying.” 

(Kazuaki Tanahashi, “Brush Mind”) 

For more about how I came to explore with cedar bark brushes, see full text published on line in the Island Arts Magazine, issue #54

https://islandartsmag.ca/

BEACHCOMBER IMPRESSIONS: A UNIQUE LINE OF CLAY OBJECTS

Weather permitting, I walk to Beachcomber Park with small blocks of clay looking for interesting rock formation to press my clay against; I need a surface that once imprinted into the clay will give a "rocky" character to it. Then I start carving out the clay to create a container: a goblet, a box or little vases.

Stoneware, 5" x 3.5' x 1.5" / $55

Some other times, I press a slab instead of a block onto the rocks, stretching it at the same time; it can then become a plate or be shaped as a vase. 

It is a perfect activity for warm sunny days when the rocks are dry!

Stoneware, 5.5" high x 3.75" in diameter/SOLD

READ MORE ABOUT THESE 

"PLEIN AIR CLAYING" SESSIONS
IN THE ON-LINE ISSUE #50/JUNE-AUGUST OF
ISLAND ARTS MAGAZINE