ART SHOW LISTING

ART SHOWS

and workshops

Recent workshop/art demostration

DeCosmos Fine Arts Society Parksville

ONGOING:

Artisan’s Studio 70 Bastion St Nanaimo BC
The Old School House Cafe 122 Fern Rd W, Qualicum Beach, BC
Rainforest Gallery 9781 Willow St Chemainus

Genoa Bay Cafe 5000 Genoa Bay Rd (genoabaycafe.com)
Home Showing by appointment 1135 Thunderbird Dr. Nanaimo BC

CURRENT:

Bean Time 18 High St, Ladysmith, BC (April 15-June 1 2024)

Hot and Cold Cafe 313 Cook St, Victoria, BC (June 2024)

Royal Lapage Window 410 A 1st Ave, Ladysmith, BC (June 25-July 16 2024)

THE BAYSIDE RESORT 240 Dogwood St, Parksville, BC (July 3-September 30 2024)

Bean Around the World  2104 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay, BC (Beginning July 15 2024)

The Spiral Cafe 418 Craigflower Victoria
(October 2024)

Comox Community Centre 1855 Noel Ave Comox BC (October 2024 – December 15 2024)

Duncan Garage Cafe 330 Duncan St, Duncan, BC (Novermber 1-December 31 2024)

CHEMAINUS THEATRE CHRISTMAS SHOW 9737 Chemainus Rd Chemainus BC (December 2024)

2025

Just Jakes 45 Craing St Duncan BC (January 2025)

THE MAC (McMillan Art Centre) 133 McMillan Street (September 1-September 28 2025)

Coffee Over the Moon 501 Canada Ave, Duncan, BC (August 1-September 30 2025)

JACK DUCKWORTH ARTIST NEWSLETTER

NUMBER 8 Spring 2024,

Breakthroughs in art often come in small
increments. I have made progress in my art
through three points I recently discovered plus
one idea from my classical guitar experience.

“Look three times, think twice, and paint
once.” In short, look and imagine as best you
can what needs to be done. Then think before
the brush is put to the canvas. Then paint. My
classical guitar life offers the idea of “aim
direct motion.” This means, from one position
to the next, your eyes lead your movement and
your wrist leads your hand. In art, your eye
leads, and the brush strokes follow to where
the stroke ought to end. This way you make
minimal strokes creating a cleaner line.

The issue of overpainting with acrylics means
the canvas becomes ridged by paint layers.
The economy of painting means that when you
choose to reuse the canvas on which the first
painting did not work you can resize the
surface and try sanding the ridges down.
However, the latter is delicate and you can
easily damage the canvas. It is also expensive
to discard a canvas. So, thanks to the writing
of Robert Genn (see The Twice-Weekly
Letters), there is a more hopeful way. His three
rules and the one from my guitar life go a long
way to creating a clean and smooth canvas.

These habits have developed in increments and
offer opportunities for breakthroughs in my
work, less frustration, freer advancements, and
greater satisfaction, delight, and growth in
future work.

I hope you enjoy my work and will take the
time to view one of the shows listed above.

Sincerely

Jack