The Artistic Blog

Featured Artist: Eva Butowska

About the Artist:
Eva Butowska is a visual artist and the owner of Red Shore Studio.
Red Shore Studio is located in a beautiful Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
It’s a breathtaking area of rolling hills, reddish sand beaches, red stone cliffs, and famous red soil known to many people around the world.
Eva draws inspiration from the magnificent scenery right on her doorstep.
She paints in oil and her painting techniques range from thick to thin brush and palette knife strokes.

Since early childhood, she has had a love for strong colour, drawing and painting landscapes and flowers. Her colourful landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, flowers, and still life paintings are both intense and dramatic. She prefers using oils on huge canvas or boards. Eva has a background in architecture and many of her interests are often reflected in her art. European history, culture, and architecture are very special to her. Born in Gdansk, Poland, Eva is currently residing in Prince Edward Island. She has also lived in Ontario and Germany. Her original works may be found in private collections in Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Eva Butowska on the web: http://redshorestudio.com/
Eva Butowska on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/redshorestudio1

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Featured Artist: Sherry Cousins

Notes from the Artist:
I loved the arts from very young age. In fact one of my earliest Whether my focus was drama, visual art or music at the time, my artistic interests were encouraged throughout childhood.

I became very serious about visual art around 2004 – 2006 and put great focus on self study, skill building and participation in showings, but it was cut short by the sudden onset of a severe depression that abruptly brought it all to a halt.

Late in the year , 2009 and the beginning of 2010, after very hard work climbing out of the depression, I again had the energy,inspiration and desire to pick up a paint brush. One of my first paintings during that post recovery period was ‘Earth Blood’, inspired by lava and volcanoes All that bottled up art from those lost years , did literally explode like a volcano, from that painting onward.

I had been doing a little bit in every genre. Landscapes, portraits, still life and abstract, but it was the abstracts that really excited people, including myself. That is where the passion REALLY flowed.
In early 2011, I was encouraged to continue in that direction.

The name Lightening in a Bottle , was taken from a description of my art, that was summed up as grasping something right out of the air or nothingness, visualizing it , then composing it on canvas with skill and intention. ….Like capturing lightening in a bottle.

I have been passionately and prolifically creating new works and collections , making use of opportunities and involving myself in the Calgary Arts community.

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