Bright Afternoon

Today is the last day of the Kawartha Arts Festival. The show was well attended on both days even with the hot, humid and rainy weather.

Bright Afternoon is an original 14" x 18” framed acrylic painting. Please excuse the darkness of the photograph but it was taken just before the painting left with new collector Stephanie Yoshida of Port Perry, Ontario.

I would like to thank Ms. Sherry Garron of Windsor, Ontario on her purchase of Branches 2.

And thank you to another new collector Mrs. Katherine Livingston of Fenelon Falls, Ontario on her purchase of Mystique 1, Distant Hills 1, Winter Scene 1 and Against the Clouds 3.

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 September.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2011 - September

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.

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
04 Aug - 06 Oct Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
03-04 Sep Kawartha Arts Festival

Peterborough Riverview Park and Zoo, Peterborough, Ont.
IPAPO
10 Sep 9th Annual Worldwide Artist Paint Out, International Plein Air Painters Organization

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont. 2011 Listings
KAGS
11-29 Sep Changes
Opening Reception 11 Sep 11 from 1-4pm.
30 Oct – 16 Nov Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 30 Oct 11 from 1-4pm.
04-23 Dec & 02-12 Jan 12 Winter Celebration
Opening Reception 04 Dec 11 from 1-4pm.

More Work Horses in Winter

Today is the beginning of another 30 day painting challenge and I am off to a good start with four completed pen and ink drawings.

The drawings are all of local work horses.


Skidding Logs 1

They are more in a series of draft horses working in the winter that will eventually be worked up into either acrylic or watercolour paintings (see posting on 23 June 11 for the first four drawings).


Down the Trail 1

I will post the final four of the winter work horses when I have the drawings completed.

In the meantime perhaps you would like to guess which of the drawings are of the Percherons or the Belgians. It is a given which one is the only Clydesdale. Let me know which team you think they should be.


Through the Woods 1

These original pen and ink drawings when framed up will the available. Skidding Logs I and One Horse Sleigh I are $145.00 each and Through the Woods I and Down the Trail I are $125.00 each.

One Horse Sleigh 1

I will continue to post the painting I finish each day during the course of the month. I hope you will return often to see the postings.

Peaceful Lake - A Work in Progress

This is a drawing of Chemong Lake just before the inlet where my friend Heather lives.

I have to decide whether I would like to have this painting an early morning scene, an evening scene or sometime during the day.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have made my decision and put in the under painting.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Old Birch I

This is a drawing of an old birch tree in one of the lower fields near Snelgrove Brook at the back of the property.


















It did not manage to survive the winter and next month we will take it down and use it for firewood.

This original 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $25.00.

OSWOA - Flowing Colours I

Today I just felt like playing with colour. I used cobalt blue, permanent rose and aureolin for my three primary colours as a base.

Each colour in its pure form was put on the paper starting with the yellow, then the red and finally the blue. The painting was set aside and allowed to dry.

I used burnt sienna as an accent colour to paint in a few lines in order to create a little more movement in the painting. I am pleased with the results and may try this again as a larger 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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140 lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.