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*~I tend to be the dreamer
Always waiting for love to find her.
I try to make myself stronger
Only to find that I'm falling faster.

22nd Annual Moss St. Paint-In

Sat Jul 18, 2009, 9:38 PM
  • Mood: Mesmerized
  • Listening to: Lost ~Park Hyo Shin (korean song)
  • Reading: music history notes o.O
  • Drinking: Tea.
“ Painting is silent poetry, poetry is painting that speaks.” Simonides (500.BC.).

Today I was volunteering at the 22nd Annual Moss St. Paint-In! Roughly 35,000 attend this event every year!! This year there were around 138 artists all along Moss St. from Fort St. to Dallas Rd! You may not know this but it's a really long street >_< After my shift I walked from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, all the way down to Dallas Rd and the beach, looking at all the artwork and absorbing inspiration...also collecting business cards from the artists which I was interested in. Then I walked back to the art gallery again to meet a friend >_< That walk took about....20mins??? but yea I'm so tired now.

I'm looking at the websites on the business cards now and I want to share the links on here~

Lightrivers Photography~Nathan Kelerstein is a local photographer who graduated from the Western Academy of Photography.
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Ravens row studios~Jay Hildybrant is an artist/illustrator. His work is amazing >_< his website is still in the process of being set up unfortunately but here is a link anyway :) I think he was one of my favourite artists today~
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Martycultural art~Martin Machacek's paintings are framed uniquely! Very cool irregular frames :) and the paintings of course are amazing~ He's another of my most favourites :)
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Annie Pelletier~She was one of my most favourites >_< I don't even know how to describe it...She paints...flowers but there's also a surreal/abstract twist.
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Linda Skalenda~She paints beautiful nature scenes :)
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Colour of Life Artwork~Sheryl Sawchuk paints beautiful nature scenes too~~I loved the "Lilypads and Blooms" painting >_< soooo brilliant~
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Chris Broadbent~He paints many different subjects. I especially love the landscape and nature ones :)
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Brandy Saturley~Her business card looked so cool lol I wish you could see >_< or I'm just easily impressed haha...maybe it's because it's a black card with gold and silver writing...but it's really cool >_< ANYWAY, her art is super cool too :)on her website it says her art is "vibrant and curvacious"~
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Lisa Hebden~She is a figurative painter :)some of her more recognizable paintings (well...recognized by me anyway >_<;) are crows sitting on telephone wires =P it's really interesting!
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Leslie Redhead~This artist paints a lot of figurative/portraits~~very realistic ^_^
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M. Morgan Warren~This artist is regarded as one of North America's finest painters of birds!
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S.K. Graphics~Steve and Lee Kergin's original artwork can be viewed from their website :)
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Suzanne Mir~She does collages, paintings, and is a photographer. Her photography is a little creepy from what I saw >_< she uses like...mangled dolls >_< but it's kinda interesting at the same time haha...just scare me a little...
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Eva Campbell~She's an African-Canadian artist ^_^ Her current works focus on the body and it's relations to race and gender~
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Kiln Art Glass~Jo Ludwig spends most of his time creating ToBs which stands for "Thing of Beauty" >_< his glass works are amazing!
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Shi Studio~Shi means ‘;poem’ in Chinese, and like poetry Shi Studio’s accessories combine “ancient beauty with modern form” and concludes in a perfect fusion of style and substance. From earrings, pendants, cuff links and belt buckles of stunning Chinese silk brocades set under glass; with evocative skill Shi Studio details the allure of a single, silken moment. I wish I had enough cash on me >_<
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Chibi Planet Critters~This is a random cute thing I came upon in the market place area >_< Kim McKay is the artist :) She also teaches kids and adults how to make their own chibis >_<
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Ok~~~that's all I got. It was a good day full of artiness :)
Thanks to everyone who donated to support the art gallery! At first I was a little skeptical of our bright lime green volunteer shirts but now I've grown to love it haha~ it looks good ^_^
I smiled a lot today at maybe thousands of strangers, plus some people who I hadn't seen in a long time (like my Gr.9 gym teacher!!)

...but as always when I'm alone with my thoughts again, of course I had that one person on my mind. *aigh*

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Canada
  • Interests: music, art, languages, astronomy, photography, writing, poetry, stuffed animals, piano, singing, etc
  • Favourite movie: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru; Back to the Future trilogy; Harry Potter; and lots more :)
  • Favourite band or musician: Yamapi ♥, NewS, almost all asian boybands :P, Josh Groban, Ryan Cabrera, etc
  • Favourite genre of music: anything but heavy metal and most techno
  • Favourite artist: Renato Muccillo, Rene Magritte, Ron Parker, and others :)
  • Favourite poet or writer: Diane Wynne-Jones, Margaret Haddix, etc :)
  • MP3 player of choice: ipod 80gb :)
  • Wallpaper of choice: Yamapi~~
  • Favourite cartoon character: Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon, Doraemon, McDull etc
  • Personal Quote: ~A song isn't always a love story but a love story is always a song~
  • Tools of the Trade: pen, pencil, paper, paint etc~

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hello deviant I am making a servae for a collage paper i a writing
so im have to ask 100 pplz
(so whats more fun then to ask around here)

if you could have any super power..what would that be
(you dont have to say why)

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my beans fell off my plate..(crys)
I'd want healing powers =P

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~A song isn't always a Love Story, but a love story is always A Song~
You'll have lots of fun :) I really love UVic and all the bunnies =P Nope I don't have my BFA haha I decided to switch majors halfway through >_< I finished 3rd year this year :)

The visual arts program is pretty good but it's more contemporary art oriented. You'll have to take the contemporary art theory class which I thought was SO boring T__T if you need the text book I can give it to you~ I wanted to burn it after I finished that class but yea haha I still have it =P

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~A song isn't always a Love Story, but a love story is always A Song~
yeahhh.. i just realised that while registering for the courses today. Most of the classes are lectures-ish.

ahah alright! I'll buy it off you instead k ;)
will you still be in vic in sept?

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~cheerflexie~
yea you have to do some history too but it's interesting stuff most of the time :P I just really didn't like contemporary art theory >_< and the teacher was kinda scary (there's only one teacher for that course so you'll probably get her too >_<;)

lol ok sounds good =P I won't be in vic in september but I live here so I'll come back pretty often :) I'll just let you know when I'm coming back :P

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~A song isn't always a Love Story, but a love story is always A Song~

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