This past year I was very fortunate to have my artwork chosen to grace the cover of several Art Books and Magazines
Faces of Collage an international book featuring collage artists from around the world.
The Valley Voice a Vancouver Island Art and Community Magazine
Ekphrastic Reversed a book about Poetry and Art
Sea and Cedar A Vancouver Island Magazine featuring Literature and Art. I have ten photos and an Interview in this one.
Solo Show at the Mc Millan Arts Centre in Parksville March 4-31 2024
133 McMillan street Parksville BC
Please Join me at the Opening Reception March 9, 1 to 3pm 2024, all are welcome.
I will be showing the majority of my available work…33 pieces ranging in themes from the whimsical to the curious, to the the thoughtful. Come and see for yourself.
If you can’t make it, you can see my work April 27,28 during the Open Studio Tour with the Cowichan Artisans..https://www.cowichanartisans.com/events
As the new year begins, I like to create an inspiration board for my studio, that will inspire me to create interesting work. It is a collection of bits and bobs from my studio that pique my interest. It changes through out the year as I pluck a treasure from the board and replace it with some new-found delight.
Like many of my fellow artists, I LOVE art supplies, especially antique and vintage ones. I inherited some old art supplies from my dear Aunt Billy. I decided to create some artist boxes using some of her supplies and others that I have collected over the years.
I used old wooden boxes to house the pieces. The backgrounds are made from old documents, vintage map legends and old colour charts.
Enjoy!
Artist Box #1 Not for Sale
Backgroud
Artist Box #2 Available at Artful the Gallery in Courtenay BC
Artist Box # 3 SOLD
Pigment Not For Sale
Detail of powdered pigment vials that belonged to my Aunt
An Artist Box that was gifted to me with some lovely supplies.
True to Nature , true to himself
Mother Nature’s Son
Respect for life, Respect for others
Mother Nature’s Son
Mixed Media Portrait. The face is made entirely out of original vintage maps and papers. Background is acrylic paint.
Size 30 inches by 30 inches
The ephemera: original vintage documents from the 1800s, maps and start charts from the early 1900s.
I enjoy choosing the maps and trying to fit in interesting places and words.
Available in the Studio. 2400 CAD
*positive re-framing of your thoughts * forward thinking * hopeful *looking for the lesson in set backs *community-minded *making a positive change…
Size 24 inches by 24 inches
The ephemera: original vintage maps, charts and star charts; words from vintage magazines.
SOLD to David C.
Orbiting round and round, viewing the earthlings from afar.
The ephemera: original 1948 marine chart of Russia, original sky charts from 1933, high quality reproductions of celestial charts from the 18th century.
Found objects: vintage metal moon globe.
Size 15 inches by 20 inches
Cat: Youki, photo bomber.
Little Robin Redbreast Sat upon a tree,
Up went the Pussy-Cat, And down went he;
Down came Pussy-Cat, Away Robin ran,
Says little Robin Redbreast— Catch me if you can.
The ephemera: original vintage papers: vintage city plans, atlas maps, lunar maps, mars map, notarized documents.
Size : 10 inches by 10 inches
Surcyclage Cartographique
Une ancienne carte, un vieil atlas, une jolie carte céleste du 19ième, un ancien plan de ville, une carte marine tâchée avec l’usage… de quoi faire rêver ! Tout ceci forme le matériel de base pour mes œuvres de collage. Elles sont déjà imbibées d’histoire, de vécu, de mystère, d’aventure. Je vous invite à regarder de près et à explorer toutes les surprises dissimulées dans les tableaux. Allez, réinventez une nouvelle histoire pour ces anciens documents cartographiques.
*Le surcyclage ou recyclage valorisant consiste à récupérer des matériaux dont on n’a plus l’usage afin de les transformer en produits de qualité, souvent esthétiques.
My new show in Vancouver at the Francophone Cultural Centre feb.24 to march 30.
Upcycling Map Art
Wilma Millette
An old map, a vintage atlas, a lovely star chart from the 1800’s, an antique city plan, a marine chart stained from much use, these all are pleasing to me. They form a large part of the base materials for my collage art work. They come already rich with a past life, with history, mystery and adventure. I invite you to take a closer look and to explore the surprises hidden in each piece. Go ahead; invent a new story for these old maps and charts.
*Up-cycling consists of re-using discarded materials and transforming them into a quality product that is often of aesthetic value.
A stormy sail under the moonlight.
The ephemera: vintage maps, marine charts and celestial charts, old letters and stamps
The bound objects: vintage metal moon globe.
Encaustic Collage
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