vanvoorst

visage

I am thrilled to have two portraits from my Little Saints series included in this portrait themed exhibition. Gallery hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 3pm to 6pmView more information and images of the exhibition on Rockslide Gallery’s webpage and Instagram

permission to grieve

“During the global pandemic, personal grief has increased for the entire Capital Regional District community, as individuals have, and currently, are mourning things like losing their job, deaths, and just everyday changes and routines that are now lost. These major life events are uprooting individual’s once grounded existence and causing grief to happen in isolatedContinue reading “permission to grieve”

resilient creatives

I am honoured to be included in the premier of the podcast Resilient Creatives. “Artist Cornelia van Voorst shares how developing an art practice in her fifties helped her explore the benefits of art, in a world shaken up by the intergenerational trauma of war and colonialism.”I invite you to take in the podcast “ArtContinue reading “resilient creatives”

small

Small, ink on watercolour paper, 8.5 cm x 8.5cm This piece done while I was immersed in my series A Complex Grief is a response to an historical image of a refugee child. During the Second World War, so many children bore the brunt of violence that in a PBS documentary about children and war,Continue reading “small”

spring in winter

It’s Mardi Gras today. A very subdued one due to pandemic. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, which marks the time of fasting and contemplation in preparation for Easter. Emmaus Community, AbbeyChurch and St Matthias ( host of the Chapel Gallery ) have made a booklet of reflections and prayers by communityContinue reading “spring in winter”