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Murals And Music From Mayerthorpe
Windi Scott and her pa r tne r, Lanc e Arn-ell, moved to a ranch in the May-erthorpe, Alberta area in 2007. It’s a long way from Manitoba where Scott grew up, and although she lived in the city she spent as much time as possible on her grandparents’ farm. She loved to ride horses […] Read more
From Broken To Beautiful
Although the population of Swan Hills, Alberta is only around 2,000, artist Jan Black says the community support she receives is phenomenal. Working out of her garage, Jan calls her home-based enterprise Broken Stone Mosaics. Using pieces of broken tile, usually floor tiles, she creates pictures that are used in a variety of ways. So […] Read more
Alberta woman creates works of art
Artworks by Sandra Scherger encompasses a wide variety of art forms — pencil sketches, acrylics, coloured pencil, watercolours and DVD slide shows. Sandra, who has always been involved in art and was always encouraged by her family, was nine when she realized that perhaps she did have a talent for art. At this point her […] Read more
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.