Local #YYJ #artist Jessica Hickman is the festival organizer & #ArtDirector for Esquimalt Lantern Festival 2024.

I'm working with her, next Saturday, for the whole day 🥰

Here's some past #lanterns & #puppets that she has created:
https://jessicahickman.net/mixedmediamonsters/

#VictoriaBC #LekwungenTerritory #Esquimalt #MixedMediaMonsters #PuppetMaker #VanIsle #VancouverIsland #BCartists #YYJarts #PacificNorthwest #PNW

Come out, for the 25th Annual #Arts on the Avenue Festival!
 
Celebrating art, all kinds of art, on August 26th, 2023 with an evening Art Jam and August 27th, 2023 with Arts on the Avenue Market.

#Ladysmith #VancouverIsland #vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #BCartists #ArtsFestival #CommunityFestival #VanIsleArtists #LiveDemos #LiveMusic #livePaintings #ArtShow #ArtsAndCulture #SummerFestival #WestcoastArt #SupportLocalArtists #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #ArtJam

Goldstream Trees
24x36" Acrylic on Canvas

I based this painting on a photo I took in Goldstream Park. I took that photo the day my youngest son said his first word, which was “Trees”, although it sounded like “Tees”. I remember he was on my shoulders, pointing up at a scene that looked like this.

#landscape #canadianart #bigleafmaple #art #painting #bcartists'