Winter Moon - A Work in Progress

It is 20 F (-7C) overcast and snowing, just a typical Canadian winter day.

I thought I would like to do a little more work on this painting of a winter night with a full moon that I had started a few years ago (see post on 21 May 2010).

The moon needed to be made circular so I drew in the outline and from there I used lemon yellow and created the rings around the moon that you can often see on a cold night.

While the area around the moon was drying I lifted some of the moon glow from the snow where it had gotten out of alignment from the moon.

The cast shadows from the fence rails were in the wrong position and I lightened them.

Next I went back in and redefined the trees on the distant hills.

The background hills needed a few more blue shadows added to the top of the snow and while the background was drying I added a little burnt sienna to the moonlit side of the fence posts.

Once the background hills were dry I added the moon glow onto the snow.

I will post this painting again at a later date once I have painted in the growies at the base of the fence posts and added the shadows

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Caribou - A Work in Progress

Finally 8F (-13C) and sunshine. It was a lovely sunrise with beautiful of pastel colours.

I have wanted to do a series of paintings of animals that have either antlers or horns.

For the first one I drew the antlers and then started drawing parts of the Caribou in behind them rather than do a head study of the animal.

In the background I lightly sketched in the head.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Strumming - A Work in Progress

It is a cold day -6F (-21C) and with the wind blowing feeling like -10F (-23C), but it is sunny which is something to enjoy.

I pulled out this painting of my daughter Christine that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 19 October 2011).

First I started by painting her shoes which would complete the lower half of her body; although I may wash pale blue over her pants.

Continuing with the black paint which was a mix of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a touch of alizarin crimson I added more shading on the guitar, guitar strap and darkened the sun glasses.

Using a wash of raw sienna I painted in the neck and bridge of the guitar.

With a pale wash of alizarin crimson I added a little colour into her cheeks, ear and neck.

I will post this painting at a later date as more work on this painting is completed.

Sully - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and I chose to work on a portrait of Christine's dog Sully.

I transferred the image (see post on 13 January 2014) onto Omni 70lb. drawing paper and working from left to right started putting in the background shading and defining the outline of the body.














I will post this painting at a later date once more of the work on Sully has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.

Morning Lake 2 - A Work in Progress

8F (-13C) and dropping steadily to -6F (-14C) with a lot of wind causing white out conditions and drifting snow; although around noon the sun came out and visibility was finally clear.

I pulled this painting out that I had started last month (see post on 08 Dec 13) and using French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna made a grey and painted in the distant shore.














I added a few rocks into the base of the island and making a darker mixture of the same two colours painted in the silhouettes of the trees.

I will post this piece at a later date once the painting has been completed.

Co-Co

It was -14F (-25.6C) and it had been bright and sunny even though the snow was crunching under my feet as I headed down to do the barn chores. That was all changed in less than an hour as the sun was hidden behind clouds and it had started to snow and the wind was picking up again.

I came across a couple of old sketch books that I used back in the early 70's. My art work certainly has changed a fair amount since then.

This is a drawing I had started of one of my second horse. Her name when I purchased her for back board was Co-Co and no one knew that she was in foal until she presented me with a lovely filly.

I later registered her with the Pinto Horse Association as Freedom's Lady Anne. She was very versatile and was shown in Conformation Hunter over Fences and Under Saddle, Pleasure Driving, Western Pleasure, Trail, Reining, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Keyhole and Flag Race.

Yellow Sky 4-6 - Three Works in Progress

We are having a heat wave of sorts. It is 14F (-10C) and the wind is howling making the temperature feel more like -4F (-20C) and the snow is blowing and I have just returned from doing the barn chores.

It is time to put the kettle on for a hot cup of tea and get myself warm, then make some breakfast before I do some painting.


Yellow Sky 4

With it being such a cold and grey day I decided that I would like to brighten things up a little and used a limited palette of burnt sienna and raw sienna to paint morning skies.

But the nice thing with using these two colours in a sky is that they can also be used for sunsets as well, neither of which I will see today due to the cloud cover and snow storm.


Yellow Sky 5

I worked on all three paintings at the same time starting with a wash of pure raw sienna and then gradually adding burnt sienna into the sky creating interest.

I was going to finish these paintings today but I had a fire in the fireplace and a book to read that were calling my name. So I will post these paintings at a later date when they are completed.

Yellow Sky 6

Sail Softly On By I - A Work in Progress

Another day in the deep freeze -17F (-27C) and more snow for the afternoon with high winds. Oh joy!

This is another sketch I did while on a two week vacation in the Jardines del Rey archipelago (Garden of the King) a number of years ago (see post on 22 January 2014).

Most of the drawing has been inked in and I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the mother and child watching the boats.

On the Saturday morning after spending a week at the Tryp Cayo Coco we took a taxi to go to the Iberostar Daiquiri. Cayo Coco is linked by a short causeway to Cayo Guillermo to the west and it wasn't long before we were settled into our room and could go out and explore.













The beach was well groomed and the turquoise water inviting. The facilities while smaller than the Tryp were well maintained, the staff extremely friendly and helpful. The differences between the two resorts were like night and day.

On the second day we saw a diver walking along the beach and asked him where the dive shop was and what the equipment was like. He pointed to a boat belching out black diesel smoke called "La Perla" (The Pearl) and said that at least four of the people who were on the last dive with him became sick from inhaling the diesel exhaust and that his tank failed when he was down 50' (15.5m) and fortunately his dive buddy was close by and they shared his tank to get him back to the surface.

We thanked him for the information and decided that we would not dive this week but would go on two tours instead. I wanted to go and take the catamaran tour again and Ron wanted to take the sped boat tour with snorkeling through the mangroves and we had a wonderful time on both.

Flower Power 1 - A Work in Progress

It is a warmer day today starting off at -10F (-23.3C) and we will see just how warm it does manage to get, but I won't hold my breath waiting.

Today I worked on this small painting that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 09 May 2012).

I started by adding a few green leaves and painting in the negative to create some petals.

Using raw sienna I started giving the yellow flowers near the top of the vase some shape by adding shadows and a small amount of definition to the centers.

With a little burnt sienna I added the stamens into the flower centers.

I will post this painting again as I do more work on the flowers and the vase.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.

Watching the Boats I - A Work in Progress

Starting the morning off at -24F (-31C) and if I am lucky the high today will be 0F (-18C), so it is a good thing that I came across some of the sketches I did while lying on the beach in Cuba a few years ago.

I have inked in some of the drawing and I will post this piece at a later date once it is completed.

On that vacation we spent two weeks in Jardines del Rey Gardens (Gardens of the King) which is an archipelago or a chain of islands off the northern coast of Cuba that extends 125miles (200km). It developed on the coral reef system that lines the shore between the Bay of Buena Vista and the Atlantic Ocean.

The cays and islands include: Cayo Guillermo, Cayo Coco, Cayo Romano, Cayo Guajaba, Cayo Sabinal, Cayo Paredón, Cayo Grande and Cayo Cruz.

For the first week we stayed at the Tryp Cayo CoCo and I was very disappointed with a number of things. But I do have to say their entertainment was well worth watching, the dance routines were wonderful as was the music and singing.

We had booked this resort because it was supposed to have a dive shop on site, but when we asked at the front desk, they said they didn't have one and of course they were wrong. We finally found the dive shop at the far end of the property while taking a walk along the beach on the fourth day we were there so I managed to get three dives in using some of their equipment; it is a good thing I made sure I brought my own regulator unlike Ron.













He had expected the equipment to be of the same quality as the kind that was in the dive shop in the Breezes Veradero, unfortunately it wasn't and Ron had three pieces of equipment break before he even got into the boat to get taken out for our first dive. But the reef was well worth going out on with plenty of fish and a wide variety of different species.

The beaches were in deplorable condition, covered in seaweed and about mid-day when many of the tourists started to complain about the stench of rotting vegetation they brought out an ancient tractor and the beach then reeked of diesel fumes while they cleared the offending seaweed.

I had wanted to go back to the Bellamar Caves but with the King's Garden being over 185 miles (300 km) southeast of Varadero it was impossible to do it as a day trip, so for the next two days we booked tours through Sunwing and had an enjoyable time aboard a catamaran for the first trip where we were able to enjoy the sun and the sea, with good food and lots of fish while snorkeling on two different reefs.

The second day our tour took us to a sugar cane plantation, an abandoned sugar cane processing plant where we took a ride on the old train the pulled the sugar to port and ended our tour with a visit to a tobacco plantation where we watched the Cuban cigars being hand rolled. Each of us was given a cigar as a gift and since neither Ron nor I smoke friends enjoyed the two cigars we brought back.

Soon it was time to go to the second resort on Cayo Guillermo.

Morning Sky 1 - A Work in Progress

I feel I am extremely fortunate to live where I am able to see the sun rise and set each morning and evening, weather permitting; which is probably one of the reasons I enjoy doing paintings with large skies in them.

With having livestock I am usually up early every morning to do the chores and can watch the sun rise.














This painting is of just one of the many that I have seen over the years.

I used bright red and Antwerp blue for the sky, water and the distant shore.

I will post this painting again at a later date once it has been completed.

Winter Day 2 - A Work in Progress

We now have another 3" (7.6cm) of snow on the ground and the temperature has dropped during the course of the day from 12F (-11C) to -8F (-22C) but at least the sun was shining and there was very little wind.

While looking out the kitchen I decided to paint the pine trees at the front of the property.

I used French ultramarine blue for the sky and added a touch of burnt sienna and painted in the shadows on the snow.













I added raw sienna to the blue grey mixture and painted in the background trees. Next more blue was added to darken the green and put in the middle ground trees.

Adding more blue and a little burnt sienna to the green mix I painted the closer trees.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have put in the distant hills and have more of the trees completed.

Kitchen Utensils - A Work in Progress

Looks as though we are heading back into the deep freeze with temperatures dropping to 12F (-11C) this morning and supposed to continue to fall throughout the day with rising winds and snow by afternoon.














This is a painting I started on Thursday with the Still Life Group at KAGS.

I did a little more work on the lemons and I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

OSWOA - Pink Sky 1

I think the thermometer is stuck on 20F, but according to the weather station that is supposed to change; with temperatures plunging back down to 0F (18C), oh joy!

I wanted to complete this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 12 and 30 December 2013). I painted in a few more branches on the dead trees and then added some growies into the snow at the base of the trees to complete the painting.













If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Frozen 1

Today I took a painting in for the Abstracting from Life show at KAGS.

The weather seems to be holding at 20F (-6.7C) with snow falling. I thought it fitting that I work on this little painting that I started last year (see post on 11 February 2013) and get it finished.

I put in the background pine trees with a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna.














Next I painted in some of the grasses and growies around the small snow covered pine tree in the foreground.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Candles - A Work in Progress

Today we are to have a high of 26F (-3C) and it is snowing and windy.

The lights have flickering on and off a couple of times and we may lose power so I decided to set out some candles and matches.

Once I had set some of them out on the table I arranged them to create a still life and started sketching and this is the result.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have added some paint onto the paper.

In the Shade - A Work in Progress

It seems that it is going to be a long hard winter with plenty of snow as it is snowing yet again today and the temperature is 23F (-5C).

I keep thinking of how the horses will enjoy summer when it comes around and spend their time on those hot, sunny afternoons in the shade of the trees.











I couldn't help but do a small drawing of Tai and Chi under a tree.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have it completed.

Oak Trees in Winter - A Work in Progress

Today is the first day of the New Year that I went to paint with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group at St. Matthew's Church.

There are a number of oak trees around the Church. Many of them have a lot of the leaves clinging tenaciously to the branches that will stay there until the early spring when the new leaves are starting the cycle of life again and the wind will take away.















While it is only slightly above freezing as the temperature has climbed to 36F (2.2C) and much of the snow has melted. I went outside to do this sketch of the oak trees by the parking lot behind the Church.

Once I finished my sketch it was time to go back inside and have a cup of tea to warm up and let my fingers thaw.

I will post this piece at a later date as I develop this sketch into a painting.

Sully - A Work in Progress

A nice sunny day and it is supposed to reach above the freezing mark by this afternoon, so since I was not planning on going out today I decided that I would start on a portrait of Christine's dog Sully.

I went through the many photographs I have taken of him over the years and chose to do a full body drawing of him looking straight at you with his usual happy and alert expression on his face.














After doing a number of small sketches this is the one I liked the best and I have just started working on the outline drawing.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have finished the outline drawing, transferred it onto the paper and started to work on the graphite pencil drawing.

Along the Beach I - A Work in Progress

Well, thanks to yesterdays thaw and rain my driveway by the end of the day looked like a river running beside the house carrying the water down to the main road.

But with the temperature dropping down overnight to 26F (-3C) the rain has turned to snow and the ice has a dusting of snow over top of it making it treacherous for the unwary who are walking on the ice. But at least it isn't foggy anymore, so there is always a bright side somewhere.

Today I worked on another of the sketches I had started while in Veradero, Cuba a number of years ago and I will post this drawing at a later date once it has been completed.

Veradero is located on the Hicacos Peninsula which is separated from Cuba by the Kawama Channel and although the peninsula is less than 3/4 mile (1.2km) at its widest point it extends almost 13 miles (20km) from the mainland.














We took a tour into the city of Matanzas, the provincial capital and wandered through the streets and visited many of the historical and cultural sites. The open market was a fascinating place to visit and we purchased some of the fresh fruit and a couple of shirts.

I thoroughly enjoyed going through a shop where they handmade books starting with the paper made from palm trees, which was hand cut, printed, stitched and bound. I purchased a blank book which I have not used, but I enjoy taking it out occasionally and appreciate all the work that went into creating   the texture of the paper.

Each day when we had returned from our excursions Ron and I would walk along the 6 miles (21km) of the beautiful white sand Veradero beach and watch the wind surfers and kite surfers skim across the surface of the turquoise waters.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork. I hope you will return often.

Flying By - A Work in Progress

Finally we have made it above the freezing mark! It is 36F (2C) and of course it is raining which has turned my driveway into a skating rink. But I am willing to put up with that to have a nice warmer day even if it continues to be foggy.

I decided to do a little work on this sketch from when I was in Veradero of the beautiful white sand beach, the turquoise water and what beach would be complete without a few seabirds flying through the sky.

I will post this drawing at a later date once I have decided what type of gull or tern I wish to put into the sky.

One of the nice things about being in Veradero besides the diving and beaches of course, was being able to visit the Cuevas de Bellamar, or the Bellamar Caves which is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Cuba and has been open to the public since the 1860s.















It is located 25 miles (40km) southwest of Veradero near Matanzas city which is approximately 3 miles (4.8km) northeast of the caves which are open from 9am. to 6pm. daily and guided tours are the norm and the tour takes you through just a part of the Bellarnar caves which is sufficiently lit for visitors to enjoy the cave and to prevent tourists from getting lost in the almost 2 mile (3.2km) cave system.

There are a lot of steps leading down into the cave, which is very humid, warm and damp underfoot, with a network of clear streams running throughout but it is well worth the climb back up them when you have to leave this hidden magical world after seeing the many amazing crystalline domes and formations which come in such a wide range of shapes and sizes.

It is known for the multitude of stalagmites and stalactites which are believed to have been formed over 300,000 years ago. The tour will show you the beautiful cave murals left by the indigenous peoples, numerous fossils and the many interesting formations such as La Fuente de La Juventud (The fountain of Youth) and the Galería de Coco Rallado (Grated Coconut Gallery).

One day I will return to Veradero and take a trip to see some of the other caves in the area like The Santa Catalina and The Saturno.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork. I hope you will return often.

Before the Wind I - A Work in Progress

It managed to make it up to 26F (-3C) today and with the climbing temperatures the fog has rolled in and has drastically reduced visibility. Perhaps tomorrow it will finally make it to above freezing, but I won't hold my breathing waiting for it to happen.

I went through a number of sketches and decided to start putting the ink on this one.












I will have to add a little more detail into the ship before I can put on the ink.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Dockside 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

It is 4F (-15.5C) perhaps we will make it over the freezing mark today, but I am not going to get my hopes up and it is a good thing is I didn't as 22F (-5.5C) was the high.

Today I am sitting the Christmas show at KAGS and I wanted to get a number of smaller paintings completed.

I wanted to do work on these two pieces and get them completed (see postings on 16 October 2012, 09 February 2013, 20 May 2013, 15 August 2013 and 10 December 2013) since I have been working on them for quite some time.

Dockside 1

As usual when I am working on these paintings the day seems to be fairly busy and I do not get as much work done on them as I would like.

I did manage to complete the posts in the first painting and put in the larger gull on the second.

I will post these painting once I have finished the rope and added a little more detail to the seagulls.

Dockside 2

Christmas Candles 1 - A Work in Progress

It is still bitterly cold, -2F (-19C) and with the wind chill it feels like -13F (-25C). The one nice thing is the sun is shining.

The Weather Network is saying the temperature will finally make it above freezing by the weekend, which would be nice as we haven't had a day here above freezing since around the middle of November.

I thought I would like to do a little more work on this drawing that I had started quite a while ago (see post on 25 December 2011).

First I added more details to the drawing of the candles, giving them a definite shape and straightening them.

Next I fixed the flames on the candles.

From there I used a black ink pen and darkened the base of the red candle and then added the wicks on each of the five candles.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on this has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork.

Free Form - A Work in Progress

-10F (-23C) and the temperature is steadily dropping. You can hear the boards on the house crack as the nails in the wood contract.

I filled all the seed feeders around the house and have had to bring one of them inside to repair the broken hanging cord which snapped due to the winds yesterday. Tomorrow I will have to put more fat into all the feeders in the swamp maple.

It continues to be windy and although it is only -14F (-25C) now, but with the wind chill it is closer to -31F (-35C). Walking up from the barn facing into the wind my cheeks came very close to being frost bitten. The bright point is that it isn't snowing and we have sunshine.














I really couldn't get into painting today so I decided to play with a large flat brush and a limited palette of colours and swirl paint around to create some interesting shapes.

I am not sure where I am going to go with this one, but it looks as though I have an abstract fish in here swimming around.

I will post this painting at a later date.

Cerulean Blue Backgrounds - Two Works in Progress

It is hard to believe that the temperature went up overnight to 32F (0C) and it had rained, which with the rapid temperature drop afterward caused a flash freeze.

The roads iced up, in fact everything turned to ice. Now the wind has picked up and it is snowing. Currently it is -8F (-22C) and all the doors on my vehicles are frozen shut so it will have to wait until tomorrow before I get around to trying to thaw them out.

Pine Tree 1

I pulled out a couple of small paintings that I had started a while ago (see post on 27 February 2012 and on 12 December 2013) and painted the background with a flat wash of cerulean blue and then set them both aside to dry.













Out of the Fog 1

I will post both paintings at a later date once more work on them has been completed.

Field Poppies - A Work in Progress

The temperature continues to sit at 22F (-5.5C) and it is snowing again.

To get into a brighter mood I decided to work on one of my favourite flowers the poppy (13 December 2013).

I had started this painting back in November of last year as part of a class demonstration.

In a small plastic container I first mixed a puddle of pure raw sienna and then set it aside. In another container I mixed raw sienna with Antwerp blue for a brighter green colour. In a third container I mixed together French ultramarine blue and raw sienna for a darker more olive coloured green.

Then I wet the paper with water and while the "glow" was coming off the wet paper I mixed some pure burnt sienna in one section of my palette, in another section some pure French ultramarine blue and I made a dark mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

First I poured the raw sienna over the upper part of the paper and toward the right side, being sure to leave some areas of white.

Next using the bright green I poured it into the center of the painting and rolled it around. Then with the paint brush moved some soft lines outward in leave shapes.

Using the final container of dark green I poured it mainly towards the bottom of the painting and rolled some of the paint toward the center of the painting.

Lastly using a brush and each of the colours mixed on my palette I painted in various soft leaf shapes. Once the paper was completely dry I removed the masking fluid.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of the painting has been completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

OSWOA - Dawn 2

This is a painting I started while teaching a basic watercolour class last year (see post on 12 Dec 13).

I put the pine trees in against the dawn sky and added some sun touched grasses into the foreground.













If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Overlooking the Lake 1

When we went back into the deep freeze yesterday with a high of -17F (-27C),  I thought it was cold enough especially with the wind chill taking it down to -24F (-31C). Well the cold isn't over yet as the day is starting off with -25F (-36C) and I haven't gone out to see what the wind chill is for the day yet, but at least it looks as though I will have a bright and sunny day and our high for the day is supposed to go up to -12F (-24C).

I thought I would like to finish this piece that I started last year (see post on 02 June 2013).

I started with the sky using French ultramarine blue and left an area of white for a snow cloud. While the paint was still wet I put in a little bit of burnt sienna to the underside of the cloud and blended it with the sky colour.














Using a slightly darker mix of the sky colour I put in the first layer of ice on the frozen lake.

While the lake was drying I mixed a green of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna I put in the smaller trees on the right side of the painting, and a couple of small trees on the distant hills in the far side of the lake.

Next I added a small amount of burnt sienna to the sky colour and darkened the ice on the lake slightly.














Using various mixtures of raw sienna, new gamboge, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson, I put in the various grasses and growies at the base of the pine trees as well as through some areas of the snow.

I added the darker lake colour to some areas of the foreground snow to give it a little depth.

With a mix of burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I put in the foreground pine tree trunks and branches. I followed this with the various greens I used for the background pine trees and added the needles onto the trees.














If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of January.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Confirmed Shows for 2014 - January

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
21 Nov 13 - 11 Jan 14 Affordableism
Opening Reception 22 Nov 13 from 6-7:30pm.
13 Feb 14 - 08 Mar 14 The Drawing Show
Opening Reception 15 Feb 14 from 1-3pm.
13 Mar 14 - 05 Apr 14 Paint It Big!
Opening Reception 15 Mar 14 from 1-3pm.
10 Apr 14 - 03 May 14 Self and Others
Opening Reception 12 Apr 14 from 1-3pm.
08 May 14 - 05 Jun 14 Exhibit Exchange with Gallery in the Attic
Opening Reception 09 May 14 Evening - Times to be Announced
03 Jul 14 -02 Aug 14 Member's Show
Opening Reception 05 Jul 14 from 1-3pm.
04-27 Sep 14 Reaping and Gathering
Opening Reception 06 Sep 14 from 1-3pm.
02-25 Oct 14 Water, Water Everywhere
Opening Reception 04 Oct 14 from 1-3pm.
30 Oct 14 - 22 Nov 14 Abstraction and Contraptions
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
27 Nov - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.

KAGS
08-22 Dec 13 & 04-16 Jan 14 Winter Delight
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.
19 Jan - 20 Feb 14 Abstracting from Life
Opening Reception 19 Jan 14 from 1-4pm.
06 Apr - 01 May 14 Renewal
Opening Reception 06 Apr 14 from 1-4pm.
08 Jun - 03 Jul 14 Summer Sizzle
Opening Reception 08 Jun from 1-4pm.
10 Aug - 04 Sep 14 Figuratively Speaking
Opening Reception 10 Aug 14 from 1-4pm.
21 Sep - 16 Oct 14 Carnival of Colour
Opening Reception 21 Sep 14 from 1-4pm.
02-20 Nov 14 Outdoor Painters' Show
Opening Reception 02 Nov 14 from 1-4pm.

Norwood Legion Hall – Branch 300, Corner of Alma and King Street, Norwood, Ont.
Norfest
15-16 Mar 14 Norfest - The Spring Arts Festival

The Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Road, Peterborough Ont.
11-13 Apr Peterborough Garden Show

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
01 May 14 Canvas Confidential

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
17-19 May 26th Annual Among Friends Art Show
09-17 Aug 24th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
29 May - 26 Jun Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
30-31 Aug 14 Kawartha Arts Festival