The McMillan Arts Centre is looking to present;
The Painter
‘The eye, which is said to be the window of the soul is the primary means by which the sensus communis of the brain may most fully and magnificently contemplate the infinite works of nature, and the ear is the second, acquiring nobility through the recounting of things which the eye has seen.’ Leonardo de Vinci
This is a beginner to intermediate series of classes in watercolour and or acrylic. We will learn about the tools, surfaces, colour and composition and work to a chosen theme. These workshops are about the relationship between language and landscape and how we dialogue with the natural world. When nature speaks we celebrate the poem of inner landscapes experienced and imagined. What was seen and not heard, what is heard and not seen
Instructor Bio M. Elizabeth Symons MA
Before graduating in 1998 with a MA from Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C., Elizabeth was actively involved in the arts community in Vancouver and the lower mainland teaching, coordinating and adjudicating art exhibits and literary readings. After completing her thesis in Value Based Leadership, she engaged once again in the creative process of the art and the craft of writing fiction and poetry. She has written three novels and two poetry manuscripts and is published in both academic and local journals.
Elizabeth has taught creative writing, painting and drawing through the Shadbolt Art Centre in Burnaby, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, Malaspina College, Parksville, The Old School House, Qualicum Beach, North Island College in Comox. Her exhibits include: Place des Art, Coquitlam, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, Klee Wyck Gallery, West Vancouver. Her work has sold through Sharli Gallery in North Vancouver and the Michelle Frost Gallery and Gallery 1248 in Victoria, The Old Schoolhouse and her own studio gallery both in Qualicum Beach, The BaffleGab Fine Art Gallery, formerly Studio Reconnaitre. In 2009 she had a one woman show at Collective Works in Victoria and then again more recently at the Victoria Library through Community Art Centre of Greater Victoria.
She is a founding member of Collective Works in Victoria, a member of the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, The League of Canadian Poets, The Writer’s Federation of B.C., and The Nanaimo Art Gallery. Her interests include gardening, swimming, and environmental issues.Presently her work is available for sale or rent through the Nanaimo Art Gallery or her studio in Qualicum Beach. More of her work can be found at Symonsart.com
If you are interested in the above please contact the Arts Council office at 250-248-8185