Honestly, I cannot tell you where the time has gone. I have been so busy doing art and teaching workshops and courses and the time flows on... I had the wonderful experience of working with the Markham Group of Artists and we enjoyed a day of doing Mixed Media together. The art coming out of that group was so unique and exciting. I really was amazed at what they could do. I had some truly interesting emails: a participant from last summer's workshop at Southampton Art School was selected to be in a juried show and also had the painting, called The Red Dress published [...]

I had the opportunity to drive along Highway 118E this week, and if this is not one of the recognized beautiful roads of the world it should be. This is typical Muskoka beauty: huge rock outcroppings of pink and striations of so many colours, jack pines doing imitations of the Group of Seven paintings, marshes with forlorn trees, trunks sunk deep in water. [...]

This is the best. I started off spring workshops with a totally wonderful group of artists at the Barrie Art Club. We created in Mixed Media Collage and the results were amazing. When I arrived in the morning, we got that coffee on and I had spread all the supplies out on the middle of the long table, which was the format we were following. It was just right. There were 10 participants this time, all ready to get to work immediately. After a brief demonstration of the methods that could be used, and then a talk on theory - although the theme was [...]

I am rolling out my art programs for the spring with new courses in Richmond Hill. And now that the weather is going to cooperate, it will be wonderful to do something exciting. Of course, as I write this, it is pouring rain. Two adult courses are set to go at the Richmond Hill Group of Artists’ Mill Pond Gallery at 314 Mill Street, Richmond Hill, ON 905 770 7449 (leave a message) or email me directly: artistvalerieatyahoo.ca which will give you the information you need to register. Course descriptions are also available here at www.valeriekent.com and at www.rhga.ca The eight [...]

Please be on the Elvis lookout trail. Elvis has left the building, but in reality, he left the street in front of the liquor store in Collingwood, and we do not know where he ended up. [...]

Summer has been wonderful. Hope all artists have had some opportunity to enjoy some plein air opportunities. This September I am looking forward to beginning some of the Autumn programs on my horizon: There are new courses and workshops. Hope you will join me and settle into painting and creating something new and exciting for the season. First on the roster is the Young Artists Series starting on September 19th, 2010. This is for artists from 6 through 13th and will be run at my Studio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. This is always such a joy and I have been looking at [...]

Okay okay, where did the time go and why did I not add to my Blog Log. It is fooling myself to say that it was just yesterday that I added my last post, but boy, that was a while ago. I can give you every excuse in the book, “The dog ate it.” (Poor Princess Coco Bunny falsely accused…) or in fact, if no excuse works then I will have to take responsibility. There have been many classes I have taught between the last post and today and it never fails to renew me and teach me lovely new ways of working. This learning [...]

Launching this updated website has been quite an adventure, particularly because I was fortunate enough to receive many insightful and pertinent suggestions. Many of the remarks will make the site better and I can see solid reasons for implementing them to make the website more responsive, work more smoothly and provide the information in a salient and cogent fashion. [...]

I would like to welcome you to my first Blog on my newly updated site. Here I will share with you some of the exciting things I was working on recently, as well as some of the upcoming events and workshops I will be participating in... [...]