Jill's Newsletter

"INSPIRATION QUOTES"

"Art like life is a journey, not just a destination, so enjoy the trip. The process."

Jill Segal's Newsletter

Spring 2008

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Greetings Friends,

Happy Spring! I love this time of the year when “Mother Nature” wakes up and comes alive. After our long, intense winter it is so exciting and joyful to witness everything bursting forth again with such creative life force and energy. I hope this surge of creative energy is inspiring you all to express yourselves in your own unique creative way.

Travel News

Fearless Leader at Pafuri Gorge,
Kruger National Park

In February, Lee Kraemer (photographer, psychotherapist) and I, took a group of artists and photographers on a Magical Journey to South Africa. Have a look at her site and photographs: www.innerscapes.ca/southafricatour.html

It was an amazing trip, and we visited places and experienced things which would not be included in many commercial tours. South Africa is a country of such contrasts and so many complex dimensions, and we were able to experience its enormous diversity; artistic, cultural,
social and geographical.

Stellenbosch Wine Country

The scenery is exquisite, and we covered a large area of the country, from Cape Town in the South to The Kruger National Park and Botswana in the North. The highlights included wildlife safaris and being charged by an extremely disgruntled elephant matriarch. That experience certainly was nerve wracking and makes a good story in retrospect.

There was plenty of time for sketching and painting on location, and a myriad of exciting photographic opportunities.

African Plains
Mashatu Elephant Park,
Botswana

Everyone returned from the trip filled with enthusiasm and creative inspiration, and I’m really looking forward to seeing the works of art that will come out of this wonderful experience.

We are planning to have an art and photography show, and to continue supporting The Kliptown Ark, which is a daycare centre for Orphans of Aids, part of the NOAH organization. (Nurturing orphans of Aids for Humanity). We were fortunate to be able to visit this Daycare Centre, and to see the wonderful work they are doing with these children in their community.


School Friends, Cape Province	Children at Kliptown Ark	Lioness

Charging Elephant	After the Charge	Table Mountain at Sunset

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I have some exciting workshops coming up at the
Haliburton School of the arts.

Upcoming Classes, Workshops, & Events

SUMMER WORKSHOPS

Watercolour - Exploring Alternate Techniques:

DATES: June 29 –July 4 2008
LOCATION: Haliburton School of the Arts
TO REGISTER: (705) 457-1680
WEBSITE: www.HaliburtonSchoolofTheArts.ca

This exciting, process-oriented, course is for developing artists who are ready to break free and explore new directions in watercolour painting and self-expression. You will be encouraged to loosen up and explore the interesting effects and textures created by combining watercolour with various mixed media, such as water-soluble crayons, oil pastels, collage materials (tissue, oriental rice papers, old watercolour paintings to recycle and resurrect), black ink, wax and gouache.

Using still life, landscape and non-objective subject matter, you will be inspired to move beyond pure representation to personal expression and abstraction. Composition and design will be addressed.

Teaching methodology will include demonstrations, group sharing, individual attention and critique. Creativity, fun, and individual uniqueness will be emphasized. There will be a material fee of $10 payable to the instructor.

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ART SHOWS & GALLERIES

I've updated the galleries on my site with many new paintings http://www.jillsegal.com/online_art_gallery_canadian.htm and would love you to view them - I hope they inspire you to create your own. And feel free to share images of your creations with me. I'd love to see them.

I will be exhibiting exciting new work in the following galleries this summer:

The Framing Place and Gallery
Huntsville, Ontario
www.framingplace.net
1-800- 863-0066

The Ethel Curry Gallery
Haliburton, Ontario
www.ethelcurrygallery.com
1-705-457-9687

The Oxtongue Craft Cabin
Dwight, Muskoka
www.oxtonguecraftcabin.on.ca
1-705-635-1602

Studio 737 Art Gallery
Tweed, Ontario
www.studio737.com
1-800-420-7964

If you are in the area, have a look at the galleries. I am always pleased to get your feedback.

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FALL WORKSHOPS

Collage and Acrylic Explorations:

DATES: October 20 -24 2008
LOCATION: Haliburton School of the Arts
TO REGISTER: (705) 457-1680
WEBSITE: www.HaliburtonSchoolofTheArts.ca

Using still life, landscape and non-objective subject matter, you will be inspired to move beyond pure representation to personal expression and abstraction. Composition and design will be addressed.

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Spring Blessings

“Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems.”
Rainer Maria Rilke

“Spring is when life's alive in everything.” Christina Rossetti

“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.” Nadine Stair

“The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.”
Edwin Way Teale

Have a very happy, creative spring and summer. I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Happy spring!
Jill Segal

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