I love painting portraits! I'm starting a new series
called "A Display of Emotion". First painting completed: "Sharlene...Resignation".

If you are fabulous at showing your emotion through your facial expressions, or you'd like me to paint you, email me at jansich@telus.net.

For those people who were still in bed at 7:45 Saturday morning, here is the link to her show: (I'm about 2/3 of the way through) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/north-by-northwest/episode/15668017


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With the snow falling today, I'm really looking forward to Spring, even though I know we've got a couple more months of winter, But this recent painting helps me block out the grey/white days and dream of blue skies and flower blossoms. 
The  picture I used as reference was  taken by me last April in my friend, Pat's backyard in Sudbury, Suffolk. 

At's a my Pop! I'm not sure how old Mike was for this painting.  At least 94. I'll have to do some figuring out.  

​Now I have paintings of both parents whom I miss dearly.

I felt I needed to loosen up a bit. This 24 X 30 piece, entitled Primary, is the  third intuitive work I've done my whole life. And I loved it! It was freeing and didn't take me months to execute. Stay tuned for more!

Just in time for Canada Day! You can find 8 new oil painted Canadian Maple Leaves at Ritchcraft Gallery on Lakeshore Rd., Kelowna. Happy Canada Day, eh?

Duane looks fierce and defiant in this
"Making Faces" portrait. It won third prize in the Thompson Nicola Shushwap
Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition last month in Kamloops! Way to go Duane!

This year I joined the local chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists and as an active member, I've contributed to 3 shows already. One show, called "Retro", is online. For that I submitted a graphite drawing (framed) titled "Steam Punk". 

From my "Making Faces" series, I've submitted "Milton", for the "Active Member Exhibition". For the "Artists' Choice" show I submitted "Marion", which surprised me by selling!  Both shows were at the Federation's Gallery on Granville Island in Vancouver.

I wonder if the buyer actually knows Marion, or knows someone with that name?

Making Faces show is being shown at Ritchcraft Gallery on Lakeshore Rd., Kelowna, BC, for the month of January 2018. OpenHouse on Fri., Jan. 12 from 5- 7 PM. Come and have some chuckles. If you are interested, I can do commissions.