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.

Buggy

This framed 4" x 6" original pen and ink sketch is available for $135.00.

This is a sketch of a buggy found on Selwyn Road close to Highway 507 (now known as the Buckhorn Road).

It is used as a lawn ornament and is decorated for the spring, summer and autumn season, but when winter approaches it is put into storage and well maintained.

It is in kept in excellent condition and could easily be pulled by a horse on the roadways.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2012 and 2013 - 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
30 Aug - 04 Oct Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
01-02 Sep Kawartha Arts Festival

Kawartha Artists' 2nd Annual Paint Out
14 Sep Griffins and Horlings, Lakefield, Ont. 10am - 4pm
15 Sep Elmhirst's Resort, Keene, Ont. 10am - 4pm
16 Sep Peterborough Riverview Park and Zoo, Peterborough, Ont. 10am - 4pm

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
23 Sep - 11 Oct 12 Our Town
Opening Reception 23 Sep 12 from 1-4pm.
28 Oct – 15 Nov Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 28 Oct 12 from 1-4pm.
01-22 Dec 12 & 03-10 Jan 13 Christmas Show
Opening Reception 09 Dec 12 from 1-4pm.

Algonquin Park, Whitney, Ont.
Algonquin
03 Nov 12 - 26 Jun 13 Algonquin Palette

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
20 Nov - 21 Dec Christmas Show
Opening Reception 22 Nov from 7-8:30pm.
30 Jul - 24 Aug 2013 Above and Below the Reef
Opening Reception 01 Aug from 7-8:30pm.

OSWOA - Magnetawan River 1

Today is the opening day of the Kawartha Arts Festival which is held at the Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, in Fenelon Falls, Ontario. It is also the first day of September and the start of another 30 day challenge.















I spent most of the day working on a variety of paintings and speaking with many people about painting in watercolour. This is the painting I completed while at the show today.

The biggest surprise is that I was recorded by the CTV News camera while I was talking with a couple who were interested in my artwork.













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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

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. Needs something here

ACEO - Evening Forest 8

Today I set up the Kawartha Arts Festival which will be held 01-02 September at the Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, in Fenelon Falls, Ontario.














While on my way to Fenelon Falls I noticed that some of the maples were already changing colour. I won't be long before the tree limbs are bare once again and winter will arrive.

After returning home I decided to work on this little painting of the forest in the evening.

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

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

Barrrels - A Work in Progress

Today I went to Lang PioneerVillage and Museum in Keene, Ontario to hang the Outdoor Painters' Group show in the MacKelvie Gallery.

While there I took a number of photographs of the people wearing period costumes as they did various chores around the village. It included everything from weeding the vegetable garden, bringing fresh baked bread to the hotel, feeding the chickens or the blacksmith making horseshoes.

A number of us decided to do a painting of the General Store. I didn't want to do the whole building so I chose the barrels they had on one corner of the porch. I liked the contrast between the white of the main support beam against the darkened windows of the storefront and the wooden barrels.

Since I was painting outside and the light gradually shifts as the sun makes its way across the sky I blocked in the shadows on the barrels and on the rock work of the porch corner.

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Northern Lights - A Work in Progress

Today I was at KAGS waiting for an artist to come in and sign her contract and pay to rent the gallery for an upcoming show.

I decided to do something productive and work on this piece (seeing postings on 09 Dec 2010, 21 February 2012, 29 May 2012 and 10 July 2012).

I finished painting in the background trees and started to paint a lot of the rocks. Then I indicated where I wanted to put the foreground dead tree trunks.

After getting the contract signed, the person realized that they had forgotten to bring a cheque and had to go out and return with the funds before the rental agreement could be completed.

While I waited some more and finished painting in the rocks and still had time to draw in one of the large foreground pine trees.

Next I will have to decide where I will place the rest of the closer trees.

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