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And this, a shoutout to the best grocery store in the Kootenay's, Ferraro Foods. A proper Italian Superstore with prices and selection that easily beat Save-On, Safeway and the Real Canadian Superstore.
But today I'm just in for a sandwich. Their sandwiches, a variety, cold cuts, mortadella, I go for the "Beef Dip". All are priced at $13.99. And after about 3-4 minutes when they're done making it I'm left with a 5 pound monstrosity in my hand.
I'm not kidding. It's loaded, a side of AuJus, double, triple the size of a Subway sub, 5X the meat, healthier vegetables, I'm going to be making my way there again soon...
You couldn't even buy the bun for that at Kootenay Coop, let-alone the meat and vegetables. 5 Stars, Ferraro Foods.
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And visited the Nelson Art Gallery today, the members show and sale, 40% to the gallery, the rest to the seller. Limited to one artwork per member, I was so impressed at the diversity of styles and the quality of work that I'm going again tonight to take down a few of the names of the artists. The Gallery, unfortunately, does not have their works posted on their website.
Interesting as well how I recognize some of the artists - their appearance frequently belies their talent.
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So I bought 3 of them, Daler-Rowney, Cyan, Magenta, Process Yellow, trying them out, experimenting, I doodle, sketch, these might be an asset. I like the colours, the vibrancy, not so sure about the mixing, the combining of blue-yellow to make green, or the red-blue to make purple(violet), but... I'm not a "Watercolour" sort of person, despite the abundance of supplies, but these might have a purpose above and beyond...
We'll see. I've got a lot of mixed-media paper and art supplies to be addressed and these may come in useful.
Now, where the fuck are my watercolour pencils and sharpeners?
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Another rant for the morning, that in almost all the "galleries" and restaurants displaying art there's been a new trend. Photographers printing their pictures on Canvas, (what was wrong with a photo?) and digital and physical artists making stretched "canvas" prints and selling them for hundreds of dollars.
Hardly anyone anymore is touching brush to paper or canvas.
Now - to rebel against these trends, these digitally printed canvases, they're worth nothing, about as much as Robert Bateman's "limited edition 1, 000, 000 prints, all signed by the author, for the WWF..."
These will never be worth the paper their printed on, and he's famous. And they have a "Limited Run"; even if it is a million copies, these other printed canvases, well, the author just goes back and prints as many as he sells you own nothing unique or of any value whatsoever.
If you were knowledgeable about art, and mindful of costs you could buy a limited edition print by Matisse or Dali; genuinely limited, and if you had an eye you could buy an original piece - one off; for the same price.
Anyways, there's no arguing the times, and these printed canvases are everywhere and will keep their value like a "Bored Ape" or NFT.
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A new one to me, and rare in that I admired her technique, heavy impasto acrylic on boards, painted flowers, thick, like bad Italian Porcelain designed to catch dust and be dusted.
I know it sounds bad, but actually I'm a bit impressed, and it takes a lot to impress me. Not that I'd own it, but - if ownership were ever a thing again, maybe, just maybe I might...
Link: Kpartistry.ca