WE PAINT started out as a small group of painters. Twenty-two years ago, in Kimberley, there were four regular painters looking for an opportunity to paint on a regular basis.

Going to workshops was great, but the learning and the practice was too sporadic. Having a place to paint more regularly was what was needed.

After about 10 years of meeting in someone’s house, they decided to come up with a name for the expanding group and move to new digs. When someone asked them what they did, the reply was, “We Paint!” It stuck!

And, they moved into Kimberley’s Centre 64 Studio and continue to meet there every Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

There is still a core group of painters, as young as 14 and as old as ‘retired’; in fact, most of the painters are retired. Most members are women, but there are a few men who attend regularly. No masterpieces are expected, but some of the results are pretty darned good – it’s a broadly-based group who support each other wholeheartedly. You’ll find watercolours, acrylics, oils, ceramics, and abstracts in every conceivable format from abstract to realism.

We Paint has had several shows over the years at Centre 64 and at the Cranbrook Arts Council Gallery. Often local artists will put on workshops for the group and now and again members will share something they’ve just learned with the evening gathering.

Everyone is welcome to join the group; all you have to do is join Kimberley Arts Council, Centre 64 located on Deer Park Avenue. It will cost you $25 a year.

Come and visit their new month-long show in Cranbrook at the Cranbrook Arts Council Gallery on Baker Street starting June 5.

And, if you would like to learn more about the We Paint group please join them on Saturday, June 9 at 2 p.m. for an opening reception.

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