tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22360403985092824322024-03-14T00:12:24.417-07:00Destanne's Art and MusingsDestanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-80931475915921671682017-05-27T08:30:00.001-07:002017-05-27T08:30:30.010-07:00Coincidence? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Daughter Tekarra made me this striking collaged card for Mother's Day! What's especially intriguing is that she had already made this card when I told her that my vision and plan is to develop my public speaking skills, and using my art practice and life as a platform, be open to taking it to new audiences, new locations! Her image is just that. Coincidence? </div>
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a surprise image when I opened my painting rag...</div>
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<br />Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-48410095064592151992016-10-14T08:07:00.000-07:002016-10-14T08:07:25.143-07:00Run and Leap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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challenge yourself,</div>
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face your fears</div>
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follow that dream.</div>
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Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-67249639505753767392016-10-12T08:07:00.000-07:002016-10-12T08:07:26.233-07:00the ARTIST'S WAY<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Just over twenty years ago Julia Cameron helped usher me onto a new path with her creative teachings in her book, <i>the Artist's Way</i>.<br />
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Our journey through this life is a mixture of peaks and valleys, twists and turns, comings and goings...and the list goes on. And through it all, I found my way back to her book six months ago. Within one week of writing, whatever came to mind, my 'morning pages', as Cameron calls them - wondrous events occurred. Three of these - a exhibition date at the VPAG, a visual presentation date at OPUS and reestablishing my relationship with Mountain Galleries - were physical manifestations of what I had written and verbally expressed to others. Enlightening. A quickening. An opening to focus and engage more fully in my art practice and life.<br />
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Cameron writes, "Morning pages map our own interior. Without them, our dreams may remain incognito." Thank you for your insight, wisdom and sharing, Julia! This is just the beginning (again)...<br />
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<i>Quick, Quick, Slow 2 </i>oil on canvas 18" x 36"<br />
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So pleased when a piece finds a new home with delighted owners!<br />
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Thank You to the team at Mountain Galleries at the Fairmont <u>and</u> Fairmont Banff Springs for the memorable Art Residency experience. Thank you for the warmth, friendliness and attention <u>and</u> the 'pinch-me-am-I-going-to-wake-up-from-a-dream' setting. <u>Everything</u> was exceptional!!<br />
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My painting, "Lift Off" has found a new home in the quiet lounge on the Fairmont Gold floor. Here I am presenting the painting to Liam Ransome, Fairmont Gold Manager.Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-23771417986527839652016-06-07T15:22:00.000-07:002016-06-07T15:49:43.550-07:00Banff Art Residency May 30 - June 8, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So happy to be here in the 'Castle' art room after hanging a selection of paintings and preparing my painting area for my Banff Springs and Mountain Galleries at The Fairmount Residency which begins tomorrow. Nine full days of painting in the Rocky Mountains! Oh how these mountains make my heart race. I am here to immerse myself back into their splendor and capture some of their essence and power in my new Mountainscapes. A BIG Thank you to Wendy and her super team at Mountain Galleries and the Banff Springs.</span>Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-46597640085744401472016-05-25T08:35:00.001-07:002016-05-25T08:35:59.668-07:00The Hills are Alive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I delivered this oil painting, "The Hills are Alive" and others to Kal and Maria Molnar at Gallery Odin last evening as they prepare for their Summer Exhibition and Sale, which opens at the end of June, and coincides with the Summer Season on Silver Star Mountain, BC. They exhibit a variety of work from Canadian artists in a unique setting offering experienced, personalized service. More details on Opening Dates and times to follow in June.</span></span><br />
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It's good to be back and to let the light shine in! Wanted to capture the glow of candle light as a reminder, that we all may need at some time, to let our light shine. "Let Your Light Shine" oil on board, 12" x 12" Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-56133973876090863972014-04-16T13:58:00.001-07:002014-04-16T15:28:11.584-07:00Sotto Voce<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Listening to Nina Simone sing, "It's a New Dawn. It's a New Day. It's a New Life"...and Feeling It!<br />
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This paper painting is one of my works featured in the exhibition, <i>Sotto Voce</i>, curated by Katie Brennan at The Lake Country Art Gallery that is on until May 2, 2014. Katie writes, "Sotto voce when translated means "under voice" and denotes an intentional lowering of the volume of one's voice for emphasis." In the past, it has been in the speaking about my work that I tended most to "lower the volume". Time to change!Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-52561523879193221322012-06-03T08:20:00.001-07:002012-06-03T08:23:15.113-07:00Drifting Through Two<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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"Drifting Through Two" is an a new oil on canvas painting delivered to Mountain Galleries in Whistler in May.<br />
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It is the last painting in the "River of Golden Dreams" series, as I now turn my focus on vistas and skyscapes inspired by living on a mountain and constantly observing the light and ever-changing, dynamic movement above which effects everything below.<br />
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This new work, to be posted soon so stay tuned, will be exhibited in Gallery Odin and in The Pinnacles Suite Hotel on Silver Star Mountain, Vernon, BC this summer.<br />
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Gallery Odin Summer Group Exhibition Opens June 29, 2012 www.galleryodin.com<br />
<br />Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-10117846799775563002011-07-21T05:37:00.000-07:002011-07-21T18:30:53.989-07:00Live Auction in Progress at Midsummer's Eve<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pjWT9Kuafs/TigdtfOWpoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dQAFinXpK1E/s1600/Midsummer%2527s%2BEve%2B2011%2B004.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pjWT9Kuafs/TigdtfOWpoI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dQAFinXpK1E/s320/Midsummer%2527s%2BEve%2B2011%2B004.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-10779719750097181582011-07-21T05:22:00.000-07:002011-07-21T18:05:52.296-07:00Smiles abound at VAG Midsummer's Eve<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aTnf7334-Js/TigaO5KCtPI/AAAAAAAAAGA/sLDf2uyTF_w/s1600/Midsummer%2527s%2BEve%2B2011%2B001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aTnf7334-Js/TigaO5KCtPI/AAAAAAAAAGA/sLDf2uyTF_w/s320/Midsummer%2527s%2BEve%2B2011%2B001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"> </a>Catherine Christensen (Vernon), Camille Clark, Paul Crawford and Glenn Clark (Penticton)<br /></div>Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-1280019216490849982011-07-20T12:26:00.000-07:002011-07-20T12:34:14.380-07:00Missing My B(u)oy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tfwsflNyfI/Tictqng3hKI/AAAAAAAAAEo/CeKtGzPeegk/s1600/buoy.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tfwsflNyfI/Tictqng3hKI/AAAAAAAAAEo/CeKtGzPeegk/s320/buoy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631520069234689186" border="0" /></a><br />While yesterday and today have been good days to catch-up (if there is ever such a thing) on correspondence, blogging, etc... in preparation for painting time in the studio - I must say - I am missing my B(u)oy! who's off sailing on a wooden schooner on the coast of Maine. 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I am looking forward to the evening...and have added a midsummer's eve quote for contemplation:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />From far, from eve and morning</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And yon twelve-winded sky,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The stuff of life to knit me</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Blew hither: here am I.<br /></span>A.E.Housman (1859-1936), British Poet<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span class="clsq"> </span>Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-3137640024383004382011-07-20T10:36:00.000-07:002011-07-20T11:06:05.040-07:00Destanne and her oil painting, WATER & STONES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0IXC6T8UAw/TicVyMvfq7I/AAAAAAAAAEA/Ap9ynKaYYy0/s1600/DNwater%2526stones.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0IXC6T8UAw/TicVyMvfq7I/AAAAAAAAAEA/Ap9ynKaYYy0/s320/DNwater%2526stones.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631493811208170418" border="0" /></a><br />WATER & STONES is in the Penticton Art Gallery permanent collection. It is an honor to be part of this three person exhibit on the theme of water. My thanks go to Director/Curator, Paul Crawford; Art Preparator, Glenn Clark; the Administrative Staff & Board of Directors; and to those of you who take the time to view the exhibition in person and/or read about it and view it virtually.<br /><br />There are paintings from my MFA research project being shown for the first time in a Canadian exhibition - having only been exhibited previously in Tasmania, Australia. Other pieces have been exhibited at the Fina Gallery, University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, BC and at Touchstones: Museum of Art & History in Nelson, BC. Two paintings are in private collections and both are on loan to the PAG for this show.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Water has no taste, no color, no odor, it can not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.</span><br />Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) <span style="font-style: italic;">Wind, Sand & Stars,</span> 1939Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-43661088559912531232011-07-20T10:30:00.000-07:002011-07-20T10:31:50.933-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0JY-M13dAU/TicQ_FcU2SI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Nas27rZP65I/s1600/JDwithpainting.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0JY-M13dAU/TicQ_FcU2SI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Nas27rZP65I/s320/JDwithpainting.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631488535028881698" border="0" /></a><br />Judith DesBrisay with her painting.Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-4904781706869892862011-07-20T10:24:00.000-07:002011-07-20T10:29:55.976-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_2NBBlyOHw/TicQhF5M6oI/AAAAAAAAADw/_8Tidrqh0AE/s1600/BBwithscupture.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N_2NBBlyOHw/TicQhF5M6oI/AAAAAAAAADw/_8Tidrqh0AE/s320/BBwithscupture.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631488019753921154" border="0" /></a><br />Brent Bukowski with sculpture installation, FLOW.Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-51219734098177293262011-07-20T10:05:00.000-07:002011-07-20T11:10:20.354-07:00Opening Reception of EBB & FLOW at the Penticton Art Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2DoVeviZU4/TicMxiYUm2I/AAAAAAAAADo/SlmP7fiFry4/s1600/JD%252CDN.BB.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2DoVeviZU4/TicMxiYUm2I/AAAAAAAAADo/SlmP7fiFry4/s320/JD%252CDN.BB.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631483904232037218" border="0" /></a><br />Pleased to be exhibiting with artists, Judith and Brent, whom I met at the opening reception of the exhibition EBB & FLOW ~ EQUILIBRIUM, curated by Paul Crawford, at the Penticton Art Gallery on Friday, July 15. If you are able, drop by the gallery to see the exhibit - it is featured in the main gallery until September 11.<br />see www.pentictonartgallery.com for more informationDestanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-48437998914746850132011-02-04T11:58:00.000-08:002011-02-04T12:15:24.592-08:00Kalamalka Vertigo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/TUxa84HGDdI/AAAAAAAAAC0/hsV8BAEHyyk/s1600/KalVertigoEx1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/TUxa84HGDdI/AAAAAAAAAC0/hsV8BAEHyyk/s320/KalVertigoEx1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569926841051254226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Selected Works from the Embodied Pool Series</span> are paintings which I completed as part of my Master of Fine Art degree research project. This exhibition is hanging in the exhibition space, Kalamalka Vertigo, in the Okanagan College Kalamalka campus until the end of February.<br /><br />In conjunction with this exhibition, I gave an artist presentation entitled, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Life, Art, Nature & Healing</span>, on Thursday, January 27 and I will be presenting again at the Lake Country Art Gallery in Lake Country on Thursday, February 24 at 7pm.Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-85163686801856195452010-12-12T15:07:00.000-08:002010-12-12T15:36:03.733-08:00Quiet Light in the Okanagan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/TQVWa2J4RWI/AAAAAAAAACg/7c5hTBzlvzs/s1600/Quiet%2BLight%2Bin%2Bthe%2BOkanagan.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/TQVWa2J4RWI/AAAAAAAAACg/7c5hTBzlvzs/s320/Quiet%2BLight%2Bin%2Bthe%2BOkanagan.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549937135017543010" border="0" /></a>I seem to have lost track of time - it's been just over nine months since my last posting. 2010 has been a very eventful and memorable year both professionally and personally. And on this gray and snowy white afternoon as we near the shortest day of the year, while I am taking a break from working on some winter landscape paintings in my studio, my thoughts drift back to making this painting this past summer and feeling grateful for all of the four seasons in nature and our lives.Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236040398509282432.post-26470989054091090242010-03-05T20:42:00.001-08:002010-03-05T21:04:53.492-08:00Plant Life 1<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/S5HeLcqsITI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u5ZuFq070MI/s1600-h/PlantLife1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_muLhexEwaeU/S5HeLcqsITI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u5ZuFq070MI/s320/PlantLife1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445377712722813234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Plant Life 1, 2010<br /></span>acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The air was warm as the sun glazed my body while I ran through Kal Park this morning. Enter Spring. And the lively green shoots that will be popping their heads out of the yellow ochre grasslands soon. My thoughts were on this time of rebirth, earlier this winter, while I played with acrylics in my studio.<br /><br /></div></div>Destanne Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464756376344685612noreply@blogger.com0