If you are in Victoria on Sunday Dec 10th check this out:
Myself and some other artists and freinds will be hawking our wares and sharing Christmas Cheer.

Alesha Fowlie Fine Art
I will be at the Victoria Conference Centre for the Out of Hand Show Nov 23-26

Many people have seen my Spirit Bear Painting but I will have prints available at the Out Of Hand Fair.

Wow its been a long time since I posted anything! Disgracefull really.This is a really terrible picture of the piece I put into "Art Incognito" an auction at the Vancouver Island School of Art which took place in Sept. It has a fish [as usual] I think I am not finished with fish, I still like to paint them. Unfortunately I forgot to scan it before I submitted it so I had to take a picture of it in the frame behind glass which never works very well.

Cannery Row Products

Busy week- Two days of teaching, kids classes at Vancouver Island School of Art. Sculpture is a great class because it offers so many possibilities. Then I am flying up to Comox for four days of the Filberg Festival. I am mainly taking my Cannery Row stuff but also prints and art cards. Should be fun! Then week and a half of holiday with my family, then two days of teaching teens at Island Blue, Then a whole week teaching adults with my Creative Acrylic Class [also at Island Blue.] I am really looking forward to that one.

I am going to be at the Moss St. Paint In Saturday July 15th between 12-4. It should be fun, if you come see me look for spot #75 behind the Fairfeild Church. I will be working on a series of paintings based on these small collage paintings. I didnt get to keep these, they were created to be included in corporate sponsership packages for the Vancouver Island School of Art. I did find them inspiring however, the yet untitled series was started today and am very excited about them.

This is a painting I created for the show the Victoria art gallery is putting on. They wanted to have paintings 15X15 or smaller. I am not too sure what it is about, I got the letter to submit with my Moss St. Paint In letter. I think I called this one" After Hours In the Garden of Lilies."

Here is a photo of my "pin up drawing" kind of a smorgasbord of different elements I have drawn, painted or collected.

It has been a while since I posted anything, I have been busy. Taking care of kids,filling Cannery Row orders, teaching, volunteering, working in the art store, and......I am working on a series for my gouache and drawing classes. Yes I am cheating and combining both projects. I am even incorporating in a few things from the classes I am teaching. The series originally was extinct animals, small paintings and drawings but I think there may be more on the horizon...I want to incorporate found objects,sew things on to my paintings, all the stuff real artists do.
Current Events
I am demonstrating at Art Fair at Island Blue Sat June 3rd
Watercolor Portrait Workshop June 10th
Kids classes at VISA in July and Adult classes at Island Blue
www.vancouverislandschoolart.com and www.islandblue.com

Well I decided if I wait to finish a painting no one would ever see anything from me. Here are a few that are close but not quite done. At any given time I have about 20 works on the go. These are three I have been actively working on in the last couple of days

Work In Progress

Watercolor

Work In Progress

Watercolor and Inks on Yupo

Work in Progress

Watercolor and Mixed Media on Hot Press Paper

I had a great monoprinting workshop on the weekend and I am really looking forward to doing more acrylic monotype with my Acrylics class. There is still time to register for that, it starts Tuesday the 19th at 1:30 pm.
Today I am going down to my new space at the Art School to do some painting, hopefully I will have a new picture to post here soon!

Beeswax Collage
"Chaos"

Beeswax Collage
"Chaos"

Well I am not one of those people who use thier blog as a form of creative expression. Too bad. My friend Amy Rubin has a couple of interesting ones on the go right now,[See links.] I appreciate the opportunity to let people know what I am currently up to.
I am filling my wholesale orders right now and spend many days assembling my "canned art." I have enough orders right now to keep me going through April, May, & June. But I am still hoping to have at least one of my art classes go at Island Blue. I have never had such a sluggish session. I will be disapointed if they dont run for a couple of reasons: My students inspire me creatively, and the steady income of teaching is very handy to pay those pesky bills.
I am very excited about joining the residency program at the Vancouver Island School of Art this month. I will have space there and feedback from the instructors and students. My art room here is chock full of stuff from my home based business and the home environment is just too distracting to paint in. I have been painting at the open painting studio at the schoolMaybe I will have a chance to finish some of the hundred or so paintings that are unfinished? Keep an eye on this space i will do my best to put some new works on in the next little while. My classes coming up are: April 8th Monoprinting [one day workshop] and Experimental Acrylics [ eight weeks starting April 18th] and Beginner Watercolor 2 [starting April 27th]

Well I am busy trying to get ready for yet another wholesale show. I am in the By Hand section of the Vancouver Gift Show March 12-14th. I was hoping to have another product by now, I would like to create prints or some other product based on my artwork but I dont seem to find the time. I have managed to create some new designs for my Canned Art Line and I guess that will have to do for now.
I continue to pursue my main passion-painting, athough I usually only have time to paint in brief intervals, small amounts during my classes and a couple of hours during the open painting sessions at the Vancouver Island College of Art. I am currently working on several, who knows if I will ever finish any single one. I am going back and forth between acrylics and watercolors [mixed with mixed media] Most have some type of imagery attached but I am having some fun with abstracts as well. I will post some photos when I can.
I have several classes coming up. Expressions in Watercolor and Mixed Media at the end of March is the first one. I fear it will be cancelled however, I dont have enough sign ups and time is getting close. If that one doesnt go I also have Experimental Acrylics and Absolute Beginner Painting 2 in April. One of them at least will probably run. If anyone is interested they should check out www.Islandblue.com