Corrina DiLella Cameron

I’m finally back at the easel after weeks of being ill and then preparing for the new school year. I thought I’d finally finish this one up! It’s another study of the winter hills and sky at retreat center. Do you think I should try doing this composition in a larger format?

Winter Lullaby
Oil on Canvas
8" x 10"

I'm in a group art show this week with some other beautiful people: .taf and more!

Join us for the London Christian Community Art Gathering! Meet other visual artists in London who are followers of Christ, and display your artwork alongside theirs at Mosaic Church. Submit your art today! Fellowship with other artists through the Drop-off & Social where artists drop off their artwork and stay to socialize and build community. Celebrate what God is doing through His artists at the Closing Night Celebration where the artists and community are invited to break bread together! See details and link below:

Location: Mosaic Church, 1750 Huron St, London, ON

Deadline for Submission: August 10th

Drop-off & Social: Saturday, August 17th between 1PM and 3PM

Art Show open to the public: Monday, August 19 to Friday, August 23 between 4PM and 8PM

Closing Night Celebration: Friday, August 23 from 5PM to 8PM
Click the link to fill out the Submission Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW2YbvxO2oQbyrLcriNTiPN8_aY2csYZgO8n1_5JiFn76CPg/viewform

Winter Ash Vase/Tumbler
Stoneware Clay, underglaze, glaze, India Ink

Currently available

A Gift
Oil on Canvas
36”x36”

Catching clouds for future paintings.

Winter Ash Bowls
Stoneware clay, underglaze, glaze, India Ink

Towards the tail end of this past winter, I noticed how the colours, textures, and shapes of the winter season were deeply resonating with my soul. In February, I came to the realization that a long-held dream may be coming to an end. An image came to my mind from childhood of taking the ash out of the fireplace, putting it in a copper bucket, and trudging out into the snowy field surrounded by darkened trees. I would dump the ash into the field to become part of next year’s crop. A giving back of something borrowed and used. What once was green and alive lay in a pile of cracked and crumbled bits of charcoal and grey lime mixed with ice crystals. These colours and textures formed the visual language of this series.

On Saturday I dropped off 3 large paintings to for The Landscape Show! The show starts tomorrow and goes until August 10th.

Did you know that I got into Westland Gallery this Spring? Here I am standing next to one of my paintings in Westland's ApARTment, their upstairs gallery. Come check it out!

Winter Ash Nest Bowl
Stoneware with glaze and underglaze

Some exciting news! I will be in The Landscape Show this summer! I feel very honoured to have my work hung on the same walls as all these amazing artists.

Exhibition: June 25, 2024 - August 10, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 6th, 1pm to 3pm *(I will not be able to attend the Opening Reception. However, I will be there July 20th for a live painting demo).

Location: Westland Gallery, 156 Wortley Rd., London Ontario

https://westlandgallery.ca/ag-exhibitions/canadian-landscape-show/

My painting "Half Moon" has made it into Paint Ontario, a juried art competition, exhibition, and sale in Grand Bend, Ontario. This year it will be held at the Grand Bend Legion from May 3rd to 20th. Hours are Sunday to Thursday 10AM-5PM, Friday & Saturday 10AM-7PM.

Half Moon
12" x 12"
Oil on Canvas

Finding Some Peace
9"x12"
Oil on Canvas

This painting is based off of a photo I took this winter in a rolling farm field south of Cambridge, Ontario. After a tough couple of weeks of work and other things, my husband and I were on a retreat getting some much needed rest and time with God. I always bring my camera with me when I travel, but I don’t always get the privilege of seeing really stunning sunsets like we did the second night we were there. It was frigid in the wind, but I managed to stay out there for almost an hour taking photos as the sunset evolved. The reference photo for this painting was taken close to when the sun was about to disappear behind the treeline. The purples and yellows were quite vibrant in contrast to the soft wintery and wind-whipped clouds. This contrast made this painting a fun challenge as I tried to make it both "sparkly" and soft at the same time.

Magenta Flare
Oil on Wood Panel
24”x36”

Magenta Flare
Oil on Canvas
24”x48”

I’m not sure what to name this new oil painting. Any suggestions?

My prayer for the childless was recently published in along with a photo from my Empty Nursery series. I hope this prayer will be a blessing to families, friends, and communities unsure of how to pray for those struggling with this journey. The holiday season is particularly hard for people struggling with childlessness. After muscling through, I'm emotionally exhausted and I'm sure others are too. If you have a minute, please take some time to pray for those in your life who are struggling with childlessness:

A Prayer for the Childless Among Us

Lord, be with those who are walking the lonely path of childlessness.
Tread softly with those who carry pictures in their minds of biological children (with his nose and her eyes) that they will never hold.
Weep with them when they’ve tried every doctor, every treatment, jumped through every adoption hoop, considered every heartbreaking situation, every fertility option, and were rejected, unmatched, still not pregnant, or have miscarried again.
Be patient with them when the broken dream of being a parent at a certain time, in a certain way, tastes bitter and turns their downcast eyes away from You.
Protect their hearts when others’ baby announcements salt their open wounds only to be followed by first birthdays, first days of school, and first jobs.
Grant them strength for uncomfortably quiet Christmas mornings, Mother’s Days without wildflowers, and Father’s Days without construction paper ties.
Silence the questions and the unsolicited advice of the prejudiced and naïve whose words add to the shame.
Send disciples under their care so their knowledge of the world and the Word doesn’t go to waste.
Fill their loneliness with friendships and community that will persist with intention.
Bring wholeness to them and their families with Your healing hand.
Gently teach them the melody of their future song as You lay the foundations of their joy,
filling their home with the community of Christ (Isaiah 54:1-8)
or giving them children of their own (1 Samuel 2:1-10).

Amen
in.hope

Winter Nest Bowl & Cup

The nest of last spring lay dormant, frozen. Slivers of ice cut through the claybody, deteriorating what was once a warm home that held life. Like the ruins of a castle, it is both sad and stunning.

Brilliant
8"x10" oil on canvas

Empty Nursery Tryptic
Stoneware clay, glaze, underglaze

A Prayer for the Childless Among Us

Lord, be with those who are walking the lonely path of childlessness.
Tread softly with those who carry pictures in their minds of biological children (with his nose and her eyes) that they will never hold. Weep with them when they’ve tried every doctor, every treatment, jumped through every adoption hoop, considered every heartbreaking situation, every fertility option, and were rejected, unmatched, still not pregnant, or have miscarried again. Be patient with them when the broken dream of being a parent at a certain time, in a certain way, tastes bitter and turns their downcast eyes away from You. Protect their hearts when others’ baby announcements salt their open wounds only to be
followed by first birthdays, first days of school, and first jobs. Grant them strength for uncomfortably quiet Christmas mornings, Mother’s Days without wildflowers, and Father’s Days without construction paper ties.
Silence the questions and the unsolicited advice of the prejudiced and naïve whose words add to the shame.
Send disciples under their care so their knowledge of the world and the Word doesn’t go to waste. Fill their loneliness with friendships and community that will persist with intention. Bring wholeness to them and their families with Your healing hand. Gently teach them the melody of their future song as You lay the foundations of their joy,
filling their home with the community of Christ (Isaiah 54:1-8) or giving them children of their own (1 Samuel 2:1-10). Amen.

Part of the Wilderness Women Series, this painting has a special place in my heart because of where it was painted. It reminds me of the many contented hours spent in the beautiful library of . I would take breaks from reading and writing to paint and process my deep questions and new learnings. Like a time machine, looking at it brings me back to that place of safety, peace, community, and beauty. I hope those feelings continue with the piece as it settles into it’s new home.

Holy Spirit
Watercolour on paper
SOLD

Some beautiful moments from the Live Painting event last Saturday at the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre. Thank you to everyone who came out to see the art, ask questions, and enjoy each other's company on a sunny November day. It was lovely to talk about my process with you, see you interact with the art, and engage with each other through story. I felt so blessed by you presence.

The show is up for one more week. I hope you get a chance to see it.

Screen shots by kigaana.moses
Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre

Yobitsugi bowl from the Creating Space series.

See this one and more from November 3 to December 2, 2023

Me in my finery painting at the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre yesterday.
📸 kigaana.moses

I'll be at the Tillsonburg Station Arts Centre this Saturday from 10-12 painting some clouds. You should come! It'll be great to see you and show you my painting process. Hope to see you there!

📷 (2016)

Summer Nest Bowl & Cup
Part of the Empty Nursery Series
Stoneware clay and glaze
Currently available

Opening Night for my show (Be)Longing was wonderful. I felt incredibly loved and supported. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and everyone who wished they could have and sent me their best wishes and prayers. I am so grateful for this community. I am honoured by the space you made for me in your lives.

Here are just some of the amazing photos taken by photographer Aveleen Schinkle.

Spring Nest Bowl & Cup

Creating nest forms has been cathartic for me, a physical manifestation of the real life work of preparing for and waiting for a child that is hoped for. The colours for the Spring Nest Bowl & Cup are drawn from the deep turquoise of robins eggs when they are first laid and the earthy oranges of dark wet leaves when they finally emerge from the snow.

Currently on display from November 3 to December 1, 2023 as part of the Empty Nursery Series.

"Creating Space" is a series of hand thrown vessels made to accept broken pottery shards of other vessels. After the vessel is thrown and trimmed, space is cut away to accommodate the orphaned piece. After firing and glazing is complete, the pottery shards are fused into place with kintsugi. The more specific name for this technique is yobitsugi, or "called into mending." Here is the poem that accompanies this series of work:

Creating Space

Hearts locked tight
like our houses,
gated like our
communities.
Silent streets greet
the sojourner,
the wanderer,
the orphaned
the newcomer,
the lost.
But we are called,
called into mending,
called into yobi-tsugi,
called into friendship,
into hospitality,
into welcoming
the stranger.
Called into making
space,
into wrapping
The Other
in gold.
There is sacrifice,
a breaking open,
an acknowledgement
of our own cracks.
How beautiful
we could be together.
For it is only
together
that we will find
healing.

Corrina DiLella Cameron

My dad built me this giant easel after I graduated from the HBFA program. He was inspired by the easels in York’s painting studios that are 3x this size! I was painting pretty large at the time and needed something that would support large canvases. Dad to the rescue! I haven’t always been able to find the time and energy to paint large, but when I have, I’ve been so grateful for this gift!

This weekend, I took a little time to spruce up this corner of my studio, to make it cleaner, brighter, and more functional. The big easel got a fresh coat of paint. I can’t wait to get going on my next painting and mess it up ;)