Ladner Village Market

Spring seems to have been a long time coming in the Lower Mainland and here we are almost at the start of summer! Well, nothing says warm weather fun like the wonderful Ladner Village Market held every other Sunday right through to September.

Treat yourself to fresh produce, aromatic baking and a great blues band! Join me and a great variety of 140 vendors from all over the southern province for the first market of 2010.

* Sunday, 13 June 2010
* 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
* 48th Avenue - 3 blocks long - Historic Ladner Village -   Click for map
* Rain or shine

Live Music at the Market

Every market features great live music! Here is the line-up for June 13:

10am - 1pm 

Wes Mackey -- "Wes Mackey is a Bluesman who has a totally unique, individual sound and identity and very few emerging artists can lay claim to those very important and refreshing traits. Wes Mackey has definitely paid-his-dues in full and he's got a special gift that he wants to share . Wes Mackey has arrived." - Andy Grigg of Real Blues Magazine

1pm - 4pm
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne -- "There's no boogie-woogie-blues piano man out there today who pounds the 88s with the conviction of Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne." - Jeff Johnson/Chicago Sun-Times

Upcoming Market Dates

June 13 and 27
July 11 and 25
August 8 and 22
September 12

I'll be attending every market this summer and would love to see you! I won't know my exact location until the morning of the market, so if you have trouble finding me, call me on my cell at 604-812-3782 and we'll get you going in the right direction. Weather forecast for Sunday -- sun, 24 degrees!!

What's in the Studio

This coming fall will be the first time I've participated in the Eastside Culture Crawl — the well-established event in Vancouver where the public are invited into artist's studios located in the general area of Strathcona to Commercial Drive. Although this event isn't until November, I've started working on a number of new artworks and hope to have at least 20 new pieces for exhibit.

My work has become more abstract in nature as I work pulling the pixels from photos, discarding their containers, the shapes and objects they form, and creating new substances, new compositions from this raw material. After printing the new image onto canvas, I then glaze the surface with a number of sheer colours to deepen and enrich the surface.

Here is a preview of some of the works in progress:

These three artworks above are all waiting for glazing so it'll be interesting to see how much they change before being finished!

It's Easy Being Green

I recently changed web hosting providers for my website and I'm now with HostPapa. Based out of Ottawa, this company offers certified green hosting by purchasing 100% green renewable energy to power their data centers, offices and more. I'm happy to reduce my carbon footprint by supporting this company committed to using renewable energy.  If you'd like to consider using green energy yourself at home or work you can learn about accredited green energy providers on the HostPapa website.

If I can assist you with any art need or enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact me at 604.436.4176 or at escobie@verosimile.com.

Kind regards,

Ellen Scobie

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Posted: June 11, 2010