Jenkins Showler Gallery Opening New Location Today

Jenkins Showler Gallery is opening their doors to a new location today at

The Shops at Morgan Crossing

Unit 101 - 15735 Croydon Drive

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

V3S 2L5

I am exhibiting these 2 pieces for the first time at Jenkins Showler:

The Love that Surrounds Me 1 and 2                             36" x 36" ea

These two pieces hanging together are 3 high by 6 feet long and give the viewer a feeling of being surrounded by lush cedars in one of British Columbia's grand forests.

Making a trip to this new location makes for a great day of visiting beautiful shops and restaurants.

Painting Two Loves

I like to switch back and forth from painting my admiration of the free flowing trees of British Columbia and my fascination and love of architecture:  Italian and of beautiful Vancouver, BC.

I finished a couple of new paintings of Italy after returning from my last trip there in September.  They are both from the Cinque Terre region... I love painting these because the scenes put me right back there when I'm working on them... >> sigh <<

Riomaggiore Harbour                    36x24 

Italian Afternoon in Vernazza                           24"x24"

I am continuing to work on new pieces for my Vancouver City Series of paintings this week.  If you have any favourite places, views of or buildings in Vancouver that you'd like to see painted, I love to know about them.

New Arbutus Tree Paintings

Better When We're Together   24x36

Dance Like No One's Watching     24x36

We've Got the Whole World (in Our Hands)  48x18

With Arms Wide Open 30x24

In with the New and Out with the Old

In keeping with the West Coast theme, I've decided to compliment the Tree Series I am still working on, with a Vancouver City series.  These are the first two pieces, more to come!

I introduce to you, The New:

"We Simply Have It All"   24" x 36"   

[View of English Bay, Downtown Vancouver from Point Grey Road, Kitsilano Beach]

"Friendly Neighbours"  36" x 36" 

[view from 29th Floor, Sheraton Wall Centre, Burrard Street]

As I was working, I had a story going on in my head for this painting:  I was imagining the middle building to be a woman, the two outside buildings were men who were chatting her up at sunset... 

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And Out with the Old, being, of course, the aftermath from focused creativity and the constant decision making involved.

   

So, yep... out with the Old to get ready to begin more New!

Artea Art Academy & Art Cohousing, Rome, Italy. Chrissandra Unger Artist in Residence in September

Cohousing Artea Art Artist Residency Sharing Art: artist Chrissandra Unger -  Residence in September.   Rome, Italy


Artea Art Academy Art Cohousing website:  Italian  English

"The Hands of an Artist"

THE FOLLOWING MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL VIEWERS.  VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

"The Hands of an Artist" (or "How to Attract a Man in 5 Minutes or Less")

My hands.  Feminine they're not, they're worker hands.

I'm not necessarily self conscious of them in public, but I do make an effort not to draw attention to them either.  I love rings - have some really nice hand made ones - don't wear 'em very often though.

I've been working non-stop for the last two weeks preparing for an exhibition in downtown Vancouver with Lions Bay Art Gallery:  constructing panels, working with plaster, soaking rags, cleaning dusty floors, carving, painting, mixing various chemicals and materials, scraping and so on (and on...) but these digits dig it!

When one of my friends or family say that I've got "the hands of an artist", I know it's coming from a good place... they love me :) 

When someone else says it, I'm not exactly sure how to interpret it...  

It doesn't really matter anyway... I actually clean up pretty good.

(My dear mom bought me a manicure gift certificate - I guess she knew exactly what I'll be needing!)