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Can Serrat Exhibition: ¨And Then There Were Three¨



Just three of us left now at Can Serrat. On Saturday we had an exhibition of the work we´ve done while we have been at the residency.



Colores del Monasterio de Montserrat    174x201cm (68x79¨)   Janice Mason Steeves 2010


View of the studio/exhibition space

Pinhole Cameras by Natalie McQuade 2010


Natalie McQuade exhibited a  video comprised of her black and white photographs of ceramic sidewalk tiles in Barcelona and El Bruc.  She also created a sculpture using three Spanish cigar boxes she found here that she made into pinhole cameras.

Erica Scourti´s piece was a video remake of the movie Three Kings.

My painting, called Colores del Monasterio de Montserrat was an edited assemblage of the more than eighty small acrylic/monastery pigment paintings I´ve made while I´ve been here. 

The residency is over.  It´s getting cold here in the hills of El Bruc overlooking Barcelona.  I´ll be happy to get home to central heating. And just happy to get home.
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  1. Sharon BarfootNovember 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    What a fabulous experience for you. I look forward to hearing all about it when you return home.

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  2. Rebecca CrowellNovember 29, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    I just spent awhile reading through all of the posts from your residency--I haven't looked at the blog for awhile and it's great to see photos of the things you have emailed about. I love the shot of your piece in the show seen through the arched doorway in the gallery! Who knows where all of this will lead...also love the landscape shots. Strange mountain forms indeed.

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  3. Susan BuretNovember 30, 2010 at 8:19 PM

    The work looks wonderful Janice. It sounds like you have had a great time.

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