Art classes

One of the things that I love about the place I live is that I am able to learn from other artists. I met with my art club today and we enjoyed the afternoon together learning from an artist that lives about two blocks from me, Donna Marie. She taught us how to put a light wash onto our pencil drawings and then continue to build light layers to build depth and warmth into our paintings. We worked in Acrylic today and I did a picture of sunflowers. I need to do some more work on it. This is just a practice painting it is no masterpiece but I am really happy with how it is looking so far. It was nice when our instructor came over to where I was working and asked if she could hold up my painting to show the class, she thought it was really good and I had just started it. I am going to do three new peices to put into the Art show that is coming to Lacombe in April. My friend Sonja Z is the feature artist at the show this year, she lives close by as well. Tomorrow night I am looking forward to the first of three water color classes with Susan Woolgar. There are art classes running all the time around here and they are not too expensive and so much fun. It is good for your health to spend time doing something artistic. What ever you like to do just do it.
I feel good about making a nice supper for my family tonight and inviting some good friends over to share it with us I feel good about the fact that we had a fun time together tonight in family home evening. Singing (that was a little off key) playing the whisper in your ear game (telephone I think it is called) and we topped it off with a really yummy dessert that my teenagers whipped up, lemon meringue tarts. Life just can't get much better than this. God is good to us and I know he loves me. Shelley Wees

The auction has started.

I have a great feeling that I have done my part in preparing this silent auction to raise money for my friend Wanita and her family. I am leaving the rest to you and God. I feel so blessed to have my health and to have four funny lovely daughters and a loving hard working husband who spoils us all. It is so cold here in Canada that my nose is cold and I am inside my warm house. One good thing about the cold is that there is alot of snuggling that goes on around here!! Look at the Lacombe globe this week to see an article about my friend Wanita and the beautiful quilt we relief society sisters made for her. You will find a photo of me smiling with my paintings to start off this silent auction. life is good. Please help me spread the word. God Bless you and be with you on your trip through life. Love to you. Shelley Wees.

Aurora Borealis

Can you see a turtle or a bird in the lights? What else do you see? This 9x12 unframed original acrylic on canvas is filled with light and movement. The Aurora Borealis is lights in motion in the northern sky. Donated by Alberta artist Shelley Wees to raise funds for a young mother in her fight against cancer. Reserve bid of $100.00. Place your bid at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe Alberta, Canada. Bid on line at ebay starting on April 24.

Peek-a-boo

The moon peeks out from behind the horizon on this night ride, "mush" across the frozen lake and tundra of the Canadian arctic. Northern lights dance across the sky and reflect on the icy surfaces. You can feel the cold white snow and hear it crunching under your sled. This original acrylic on 8x10 canvas is number nine in the northern lights collection. Reserve bid of $100.00. You can bid at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Bid on line at ebay starting on April 24th 2009. Funds raised from the sale of this painting done by Alberta artist Shelley Wees will be donated to an Alberta family who's mother is fighting cancer. See the week of March 9th Lacombe globe for details.

True love strong and free

Two snow people, one pink and one blue, stand embracing on the edge of this northern pine forest watching the moon rise over the great white north. Their button eyes are wide with delight at the northern lights as they dance in the sky. This original 8x10 acrylic on canvas has been donated by Alberta artist Shelley Wees to raise funds to support a young Alberta mother in her battle against cancer. $100.00 reserve bid. Place your bid at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe Alberta, Canada. Bid on line at ebay starting on April 24 2009.

Snow

Snow and the northern lights, a sight you don't see together very often since the northern lights usually dance on clear dark nights. These two forces of nature are often seen in Canada. This cool acrylic on canvas is 8x10 and is an original by Alberta artist Shelley Wees. It has been donated and is on auction to raise funds for a young Alberta mother who is fighting cancer. Reserve bid of $100.00. You can bid on this painting at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta Canada or on ebay starting on April 24th 2009.

The tree of life

This fun bright painting looks two dimensional, the bushes in the front seem to be raised. The use of colors brings life and movement to this original acrylic on canvas. This 8x10 painted by Alberta artist Shelley Wees is up for auction to raise money for a young mother fighting cancer. With a reserve bid of $100.00 this painting will be a welcome addition to your collection. Stop in at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada to place your bid. Or bid on ebay starting on April 24th.

You're not alone

The pink lights of the Aurora borealis are seen in the far north. This bright night reflects its rainbow of colors deep into the fields of snow that wrap this northern land. 8x10 Original Acrylic on canvas by Shelley Wees. This painting is number five in a series of northern lights paintings that have been donated to raise funds for a young Alberta mother fighting cancer. Reserve bid of $100.00. To bid on this painting go to The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Bid on line at ebay starting on April 24 2009.

Fire Lights

A warm glow lights the snow and sky on this northern winter night. This unframed 8x10 original acrylic on canvas was hand painted and donated by Alberta artist Shelley Wees. This collection is on display at the Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Funds raised from this silent aution will be given directly to a young mother to assist her and her family in her painful struggle against cancer. Place your bids at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Bid on line at ebay on April 24. There is a reserve bid of $100.00.

Rocky Mountain Lights

I was tempted to name this painting "luv in lights." If you look at the sky it looks like the word LUV is writen in the night sky. My girls call this the butterfly painting because it looks like there is a couple of big blue butterflies right where I think it looks like the word LUV. Someone told me they thought it looked like Chief Mountain, a southern alberta land mark but I think it looks more like crows net mountain where I camped in the pass when I was a young girl. This is the third of 10 paintings inspired by the Northern Lights. These paintings have been donated by me Alberta artist Shelley Wees. Funds raised from the sale of these paintings will be donated to an Alberta family who's mother is suffering from ovarian cancer. This collection of northern lights paintings are currently up for auction, $100 reserve bid. Bids may be placed at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. Place your bids at the gallery or on line at ebay after April 24. This signed painting is 8x10 inches, unframed acrylic on canvas.

Northern Lights

The red glow gives a rich warm color on this cold dark night. Watching the northern lights dance in the sky is one of my favorite things to do. I have tried to photograph them but my camera only captures the dark and not the light. I lived in Nome Alaska when I was 21 years old and I was absolutly amaized at the different colors that were contained in the Aurora borealis. There was every color that you can imagine. I think Heaven must be the colors of the northern lights. I have often woken my four young girls to take them outside in the middle of the night just to look at the sky. When they were little they loved it but now that they are teenagers...well sometimes I am afraid to wake them up!!! I love painting, drawing, taking art classes, watching other people paint, teaching classes, as well as homeschooling my four daughters and spending time with my wonderful husband. This is the second of 10 paintings. These paintings have been donated by me, Alberta artist Shelley Wees. Funds raised from the sale of these paintings will be donated to an Alberta family who's mother (my friend of 18years) is suffering from ovarian cancer (that has spread). She lives in a small town in Alberta and has two children at home and two young grand children who live with their parents just east of us. This collection of northern lights paintings are currently up for auction, $100 reserve bid. Bids may be placed at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada or visit ebay starting April 24 to place bids online.

Faces

This is the first of 10 paintings inspired by the Northern Lights and other things in my life. There are horses in the lights and faces in the hill looking up to the sky. The hills are filled with words in English and other languages, all of us speaking to a higher power. Words of kindness and love and power. This is an original acrylic and ink on 9x12 unframed canvas.
We have three horses, they bring us endless joy but they also come with endless work and expencess. They were my inspiration for this fun, brightly colored painting. At church one sabbath day the teacher asked the class to think about the most special thing that happend to us in the past year. My mind began to search through the year to see what my warmest memory was. A few months earlier we had recieved a gift from a good friend of ours. She is an equine dentist and horse trainer and she helped us buy our first two horses. She was sitting in church worried about what she was going to do about a problem that she had when our names came into her mind. She asked us if we would like to have a brand new baby foal that had just been born the night before. This was a surprise, unwanted foal that was born late in the fall. We were thrilled and could hardly wait for the horse trailor to arrive. The owners sent the mare with the foal so that she could take care of her baby for three or four months. Our twelve year old daughter had been looking for a horse for about a year because I told her when she was twelve she could have a horse of her own. The neat thing about this story is that I knew the mare 'Shadow' from when we got our first horse Gemini. We kept our horse in Ponoka with Shadow in a herd of 40 horses. Shadow was one of my favorite mares and I wished that I could buy her but at the time we could not afford two horses and she had already been sold. Now we own the filly of one of my favorite horses. Our daughter Jenika named her new baby horse Twilight. This was my warmest memory of 2008 she has been an absolute wonder. We all just love having a foal to raise and look forward to our future with her. When you send out love and service it comes back to you.
Seventeen years ago when my daughter, who was ten months old at the time, started having seizures, I was upset and afraid. My friend Wanita came over and sat with me all day. Her daughter and my daughter were the same age and I will never forget the love and support she gave me when I was struggling. I have painted these ten paintings to raise funds to help their family through this hard time. Traveling into Calgary for surgery and chemo and her loss of income have all had an impack on thier financial situation. I want to help them and I am asking you to please reach out and help touch a life. You will make a differance in the lives of my friend and her family. These paintings are on a silent auction with a reserve bid of $100. Bids may be placed at The Gallery on Main in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada or visit ebay starting April 24 to place bids online. Bidding will close on April 30th at midnight. When you send out love it comes back... look and you will find it.