Visions Art Tour Society

Here it is! The interactive map for phones & tablets of all fifteen artists who will be part of the Visions Art Tour on July 5-7. Come out and visit the beautiful working studios of some of Vancouver Island's best creative artists!
Clink on the link and save the map link on your phone to follow along during the tour.
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2024 Visions Art Tour Map - Google My Maps Free, self-guided Visions Art Studio Tour July 5, 6 and 7 in the Cowichan Valley. Fifteen artists are taking part, ready to greet you to studios alive with images and imagination.

Announcing our 2024 dates! Put it on your calendar now 🎨

Visit Sue Colmans Artist /Author and see her paintings,books and more. www.suecolman.ca https://goo.gl/maps/YrgKDtQp66wmCQTH7

Visit Neil Fatin and share in his visions at VISIONS Art Studio Tour Cowichan for more details and a google tour map @
www.visionsarttour.ca/map

Visions Artist Jocelyn West welcomes you to her studio July 7,8 & 9 www.visionsarttour.ca/map for downloable map and more information about all 14 participating tour artist.VISIONS Art Studio Tour Cowichan

Tour Map

Metis artist, Brigette Furlonger, creates beautiful bead and leather pieces and has her photography available in a variety of forms. Visit her spacious Poetic Imagery by Brigette Studio as part of our 2023 Visions Artists Studio Tour.
Download a Tour map at www.visionsarttour.ca or pick up a copy of The Valley Voice July edition for a center pull-out.

Thank you Cowichan Valley Voice for such great help in letting people know about our Visions Studio Tour July 7th ,8th & 9th.Click below for July copy. https://issuu.com/cowichanvalleyvoice/docs/july_2023_issue_176_web
see Visions Artist Tour...pg 39,about our group 40 -41 about this year Artist on the Tour ,Tour Map pg 42 And Feature article on pgs 43-44

July 2023 Issue 176 For those who love to eat, live, play and shop in the Cowichan Valley.

Carolyn McDonald paints colorful vibrant scenes and playful abstracts Visit her beautiful waterfront Seagate Studio as part of our 2023 Visions Artists Studio Tour.
Down load a Tour map at www.visionsarttour.ca or pickup a copy of The Valley Voice July edition.for a center pull out .

Visions ARTIST PROFILE - Charlotte Haggart
*in Mill Bay for 2023 Visions
Charlotte Haggart lives in Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, where she currently works on paintings in oil, and handmade prints. She completed a Diploma of Art from the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University). Charlotte worked in film animation as a background artist and painter.
Artist demonstrations throughout the weekend FREE
www.visionsarttour.ca for info & map
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Visions ARTIST PROFILE - Eileen McGann
Mill Bay
Eileen works en plein air and in studio in acrylic, pastel and watercolour. Her paintings are notable for their intense and beautiful colour, and expressively interpreted representations of Canada’s trees, mountains, lakes and oceans. Distinctive compositions featuring light, colour, glow and vibrancy will fill her outdoor tent and indoor gallery.
Artist demonstrations throughout the weekend FREE
www.visionsarttour.ca for info & map

Visions ARTIST PROFILE - Catherine Fraser
At the studio enjoy the ambiance of estuary views and many media. Visit Catherine’s studio and multi media artworks with guest artist Linda Weech artist and photographer. Images are representational and imaginative of landscapes and figures.
New artwork was done outdoors in Spain during an artist residency in June 2023. I used the three colours of yellow, red and blue. I chose to mix the colours with water and medium to paint thinly in layers. I was interested in the light, the sunrise and the shapes of the trees.

I have a new painting called “Long Beach Luminescence”. It’s a 16” x 40” acrylic. I’ve painted this view to Lovekin Rock many times but never when the day was fading into twilight. When I lived nearby, years ago now, I would walk the length of this beach, rain or shine, with my children and earlier as a teenager, often alone but never lonely. There were even times when I was there in the dark with friends, all of us young then, when we would be wrapped up in the mystery of night, the warmth of friends and the excitement of our daring, searching the sky and looking to the waves for signs of bioluminescence. These were the days before the area became a national park, a time of innocence and optimism for our lives and futures, none of us yet shouldering—or even imagining— the weight of adult concerns. Even so, I know that at any time a walk along the shore will dispel most burdens and lift the spirit. Whether alone or with another, it’s always going ‘home’.

www.catherinetaron.ca

The Visions Art Studio Tour is happening for the first time in two years! Friday the 8th, Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th. 10-5. So many great artists. I will have my art displayed and for sale all weekend... outside. Would love to see you for a visit.

An important part of being a painter is having your creative work find a ‘home’. My watercolour painting, “Cherry Point Bridge”, found its home on Saturday, sold at the “Art in the Garden” show. Thank you to its new owners! As an artist, it’s so satisfying when someone appreciates your work to the extent they’d like to have it in their own home; that’s a true compliment and encouragement. Someone wise once said that a painting isn’t truly finished until it starts on its independent journey, beyond the painter. Whether gifting or selling, a painting travels into the life of another person or family, often extending beyond the life span of the originating artist, into future generations and an unknowable ultimate destination. I love that mystery; it spurs me on to paint even more!

www.catherinetaron.ca

Thank you to everyone who came out to the "Art in the Garden" show yesterday! It was a fabulous day. Now we're approaching the return, after the too-long pandemic interruption, of the three-day Visions Open Studio Tour, starting on Friday. So if you'd like to see more of my art and that of other local artists', plan to visit our studio spaces this coming weekend. All participating artists and studio locations are online at: https://visionsarttour.ca/map

Hope to see you then!
www.catherinetaron.ca

Mark your calendar! It is just one week until the three-day Visions Open Studio Tour returns, on July 8th, 9th and 10th, after missing two years to the pandemic. I’ll be participating and hope you’ll stop by for a browse of my work and a chat. Information and a map of all artists’ locations are on the Visions web site at: https://visionsarttour.ca/map
Also visit my web site at www.catherinetaron.ca

On Saturday, July 2nd, about 18 or so of my Maple Bay Painter friends are gathering for an art show in one of our member’s garden, a truly lovely place, and I’ll be there! Generously hosted by Rae and Ted Rhodes at 2229 Tarn Place, the show will run from just 2 to 4 pm, so aim not to miss it! Look for the ‘sunflower’ art show signs along Lakes Rd, turning onto Lochsyde and then onto Tarn Place. The ‘sunflower’ signs will guide you to the show in Rae and Ted's beautiful backyard garden. Once there, you’ll meet all of the participating artists, each sharing an original painting as a sample of their individual work and each keen to have a chat with you—all very casual and comfortable, rain or shine. Mark your calendar! And thanks in advance if you could share this post with your Facebook friends, inviting them too. You can tell by the poster, created with two of Rae’s paintings—she’s been busy, both painting and gardening! Looking forward to seeing you!

See more of Rae’s art at: www.raerhodes.com
See my own art at: www.catherinetaron.ca