Lady In August

Mona In July

A Walk In The Park

Seen on Somerset St. in Ottawa

New Blocks

HELENE LACELLE at CARMEN' VERANDA

The opening on Tuesday night was fantastic. The food was amazing,{Thank You Carmen}, the mood was warm and so receptive. The photographs and stories of Jacques seemed to touched everyone there. Many people came up to me to say they were moved by the show. I was also very pleased with how all my artwork looked against the cherry red walls. READ MORE: article that appeared in 'BETWEEN THE BRIDGES'

The Jacques Show

~ Artist Helene Lacelle is having a show of her art and retrospective photographs of her close friend Jacques Couillard who was taken by brain cancer in February of 2010 - the show is dedicated to his memory and all his friends are invited to share those memories - at Carmen's Veranda, 1169 Bank Street, Ottawa from Oct.4 to Dec.31, 2011.

These photographs are snapshots of Jacques (and Helene) between 1977 and 1987, the college years, the dancing years, the traveling years, the shopping at Goodwill years, and the 'who the hell am I years'.

~ "It was impossible not to be affected by Jacques' sense of humor and desire to participate in fun"~


Please Join us for an evening of happy memories:


Opening reception: Tuesday, October 4, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Carmen's Veranda, 1169 Bank St., Ottawa

Cash Bar, nibblies provided by Carmen.

Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society in the memory of Jacques Couillard, will be greatly appreciated.

More prints

New illustration

'My Helping Hand' an illustration I made on the back of a very old book I found in the garbage at a church bazaar.

Fun with old embroidery.

If I see the word 'vintage' posted one more time I'm going to puke.

Mounting old embroidery on woodblocks - a project

I'm getting a whack ready for QWAC. Yes, I'm getting a whack of woodblocks ready for the Queen West Art Crawl , Sept17-18,  in Toronto. My big thing is painting, collaging, mosaicing bright images on woodblocks. I must have sold thousands by now. Am I running out of ideas? Heck no. In these images I demonstrate how to mount embroidery on a woodblock. 1}- I cut the pieces of embroidery to fit the size of woodblock.

I trim the excess edges of my embroidery off.

Then using regular carpenter glue I spread it evenly all over the embroidery. I mix my glue with water to make it easier to spread. Let it dry. {CLICK on READ MORE to see entire project}

NEW work for OSA

Cathy from the Ottawa School of Arts is hanging the NEW summer show this week in the boutique and here are my 2 entries. Original drawings on photographic paper in distressed vintage frames.
Also, I was at the IDLE Hands Spring show last Saturday at St-Lukes, CHinatown. It was full of artisans and crafters that I had never seen before. The organic treats were fabulous (maybe a bit too fabulous!) Jennifer Stone the organizer, puts on a good show, thanks Jenn!