ArtistGwenda

08/30/2026

08/29/2026

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08/21/2026

I am honoured to be participating in the St. Thomas Elgin Art Center's annual juried exhibition "In View of the the Artist." The show runs until October 3rd and opens on Saturday, August 29 at 1 pm till 3 pm. I will be at the opening and would love to connect with you there.

07/25/2026

First day of the Introduction to Marbling class and lots of beautiful papers have been made! I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we try over-marbling.

07/20/2026

Just raking my mind for something to post on social media. These are rakes and combs for the marbling class I will be teaching this coming weekend. I'm looking forward to meeting new students and the beautiful papers they will make!

07/19/2026

I am honoured to have won best in show in Visual Elements 68 at Woodstock Art Gallery! Thank you jurors 𝑪𝒉𝒆. | ᴄʜᴇʟꜱᴇᴀ ʙʀᴀɴᴛ and Jen J M Hamilton.
It was great meeting some of the other artists at the opening. Thank you Monique Campbell for the photo!
If you are in the area, check out the show which is on till September 19th.

Other photo Joseph Hartman

07/11/2026

I finally committed to gluing this collage together (no going back) and dropped it off at the framer's. Some artwork takes its sweet old time.

06/23/2026

This weekend I am teaching a paste paper class in London ON. The class is nearly full, but registration is still open (even though the image says otherwise.) Making paste paper is a lot of fun! I'm looking forward to meeting new people and seeing the beautiful papers everyone creates. Come and join us!

04/25/2026

This Saturday I will be at Wayzgoose in the Grimsby Art Gallery. Wayzgoose is an annual book fair where you can satisfy all your bookish desires, including buying paste paper made by me! If you go, be sure to say hi. I'll be at the Canadian Bookbinding and Book Arts Guild's table. See you there!

04/18/2026

This drawing was begun in 2006 when I had a one year old son and a 4 year old daughter. It was finished in 2019. By that time I had two more children and some very full years.
The thing that really held me back was the snake. I tried different ways of drawing the scales, but wasn't happy. In between the busy family, thinking about what to do, and different attempts, I put it aside for a couple years. When I finally pulled it out again to git-r-done I was shocked to see that I had already completed the snake! That was a pleasant surprise (and a reminder to spend more time drawing rather than thinking).