It was a fabulous summer with great support for my works from both tourists and locals.   As always, the “bread and butter” of my business are my art cards and this year I found it quite a struggle to keep my inventory up.  Every day I had both printers humming and was at my work station engaged in the myriad of steps that it takes to put a finished card in the gallery.   I love making cards, but did find myself dreaming of the day when I would not have to do it every day and could do some rock painting again.  For the past two weeks, that is what I have been doing and having a super time!

Strange Times / The Newscaster Paleolithic-style Rock Painting by Lynne Gerard “Let me make some greeting cards using images from my Paleolithic-style rock paintings!” , methought one day.  As you cannot scan a rock painting into the computer (at least not that I am aware is possible), I took photos of some of those I made earlier this year and uploaded the photos to my computer.  I composed new verses, did the calligraphy and made my templates then printed out the base card, hand-painted each one, glued on the art prints, scored and folded them and soon was able to add four new greeting cards to my product list.  They are on sale in the gallery or available online, priced at $7 each. Strange Times / The Newscaster Outside text: Sometimes the best we can do is sit and dream — of a friendly face or a favourite place or some exquisite thing — taking their essence within like a breath — being energized by, refreshed — now able to carry on in a beautiful way. Inside text: Per...

The Ravenseyrie Art Gallery has been open for sometime now, albeit on truncated hours as the Gore Bay Harbour Centre is following a cautious reopening due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Several of the shops/studios are closed completely until the virus is no longer a threat.  The marine museum is closed as is the lower level. Four of our tenants have been willing to be open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4pm. For myself, I have been keeping my usual hours (Tuesdays thru Saturdays, 10am to 4pm) all through the pandemic lockdown and am continuing in that manner even now, though the rest of the building may be a darkened cavern at times.  Should visitors come on one of the days when the Harbour Centre is closed, they may come around to my studio door on the 2nd floor lakeside of the building and ask for permission to view my gallery.  Facemasks and sanitized hands are part of our protocol.  I provide wipes I make using alcohol and tea tr...

Six new hand made fine art greeting cards have been added to the gallery.  To see more about these new cards, click this link Fine Art Greeting Cards .

Fine Art Greeting Card by Lynne Gerard Percussive assaults of a cold, windblown rain are providing a sort of power-washing on my studio windows overlooking the heaving, steely blue bay. Today's view from my studio window I am thankful to be insulated from the elements today, wrapped in a wonderful  Norlha  shawl (a gifted "hug" from a dear friend), sipping my third infusion of Nup Gong La Sheng Puerh and contemplating the lovely sights and sounds that I draw inspiration from. Enjoying gong fu cha at my tea table while the rain pelts the window Up on the bluff, our wild stallions are likely positioned in one of the many forest windbreak sectors, nibbling the fringe of spring green that has begun to soften the otherwise bleak, post-winter landscape.  Were I not here working on creative offerings for the gallery, a day like this might find me feeling the urge to don wool under-layers and rainproof outer-layers and hike across the preserve to h...