(Erika Somogyi, “Divining Light,” 2005, 30” x 36”, watercolor, gouache, color pencil on paper)
Ahhh, summer love. Love in summer. I love summer. There’s something about all that thick sunlight flowing through leaves and shooting into prisms of color when you lay on your back in the grass and squint your eyes up at the sky. It’s like seeing life through a new set of seasonally-tinted lenses, and it is all the more enhanced when you’re looking at something you love.
That’s how I’m feeling as this weekend gets closer with each wonderfully sunny day. The PARKSALE has been a labour of love for all of us over the past year and some, and as I look at it skipping closer through all those lovely leaves on the University of Calgary campus I can’t help feeling like I should burst into a rainfall of rainbow colour that sets the trees on fire.
The PARKSALE is something we’ve been passionate about, and that we’ve really thrown our hearts into in the hopes that we can spread that light and excitement and vibrancy through the Calgary community and amongst fellow creative minds. This is our big, fireworks kiss with the wonderful city we’re excited to contribute to, in the beautiful green space its provided, at the start of the best season there is.
It’s been a lot of good work, but we’re hoping this energy pays forward, through the networks we’re making and the people we hope get interested, inspired, and entertained by what they see, hear, and feel at our PARKSALE.
(PS- for more amazing images that look like the best dream you’ve ever had + the colour of your chakras + somewhere you should find the elves of Lord of the Rings put onto a canvas in vivid mixed mediums, have a peep at New York artist Erika Somogyi’s website.)
