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The Manzanita Muse Studio Newsletter


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What you'll find in THIS newsletter --

Summer events
Summer workshops past and new for 2008
New Artwork from the Studio
New gallery and print publisher
Newly achieved membership
More Studio Wish List

Scroll down to check it all out, and be sure to visit the rest of our site. There's lots to see.

NOW LISTED
Workshops for 2008
including
Hollyhock
Firesign Art & Design
Denman Island Art Centre

Recent acylic paintings by Dianne are now on view. Click Here.




		Dianne is pleased to announce that she is now represented by MIMA Gallery for large, quality reproductions of her acrylic paintings. "Two images have already been selected for their catalogue and I'm busily working on a series of paintings that will meet their exacting standards for originality and excellence in execution." Click Here to visit their web site.

			Another announcement from Dianne! "I'm also pleased to be welcomed by the Island Illustrators Society following a juried portfolio review in September. They are a dynamic and artistically diverse group, who create some very interesting opportunities for group exhibition and promotion of illustrative fine art." Click Here to visit their web site.

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Studio Newsletter for October 29, 2007 by Dianne Bersea and Jodi Forster

Hello Everyone! Thanks for dropping in.

This summer, despite the unseasonal weather, it seems that all the important things happened on a sunny day. Here Elizabeth Anderson, a Cortes Island felt, fabric and print artist, with our own Jodi Forster at the 2nd annual Linnaea Farm Harvest Festival, a cornucopia of talent, veggies and hay.

Dianne brought her watercolours and painted the activity. The resulting sketch raised $100 at the afternoon Linnaea Farm Fundraising Auction.

Other activities included the ever-popular gum boot toss, apple-juicing and baking contests.

Summer was all about workshops and sketching and making new friends. And looking for new ways to "see" the world, such as this charming picture of an artist at work with hat at the ready. The following photos are Jodi's vision. We're so pleased with her photographic imaging, we are thinking about making prints available.

Jodi's photos:

Lattice Crust Pie
Framed Leaves
Oysters
Apples

This large watercolour (with watercolor pencil) Size 48" x 16", by Dianne, is a wonderful example of her recent work. Purchase enquiries welcome!!

We had some crazy fun with watercolour media at summer workshops, taking off with blind color selection and subjective colour application. It's amazing how right a red sky and red mountains can look! For more workshop photos Click Here.

Speaking of workshops, Dianne will be back at Hollyhock in 2008, facilitating a "Painting the Hollyhock Garden" Workshop (see Hollyhock chard above). "This is the workshop for garden lovers, nature lovers and watercolour artists who want to immerse themselves in the scent and color of an extraordinary garden. We'll look at things from up and down, and every which way, bringing a new perspective and energy to our work, plein air and all". For more info on upcoming workshops, Click here or click on link in side bar panel..

Jodi's New Work

This installation / assemblage (photo to right above and detail to right) is one of Jodi's new hide mask creations, "Kuan Yin:". Jodi cast goat hide over a ceramic form and suspended it in a cedar drum hoop and fir root. A goddess earring of cast silver, also made by Jodi, completes Kuan Yin's compassionate image. To see more of Jodi's scultural work Click Here.

Wish List for Manzanita Muse Studio

Thanks for browsing our late October newsletter. There's lots more to see on our site to please keep exploring. There's lots of artwork tucked away in easy to find places and not-so-easy to find places. And a lot of it is for sale. Just e-mail us with any questions, purchase enquiries, suggestions. We're always happy to hear from friendly art folks.

Wish list:
1. More feedback about our site. All suggestions welcomed..
2. Quilters, fabric artists, stained glass artisans to test our designs.
3. A fabric design company to buy designs.
4. More opportunities for exhibition of our work.
5. And more of all the good things that keep coming our way -- fine friends and incredible support for our creative vision as a studio and as individual artists. Thank you! With love from Jodi and Dianne

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