Birch Trail

While up in Magnetawan last month the cabins were surrounded by mixed forest and one of the trails leading down to the Magnetawan River had many colourful maple, oak and birch trees.














I came across a one of the quick paintings I had started while there of the trail just past the big cottage in which I had stayed. All it needed was the dark marking painted onto the birch trees.

This 5" x 7" framed, original watercolour is available for $95.00.

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 November.

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

Snow Covered Hills

I took Ski Hill Road from Omemee to go to Bethany to visit an art gallery.



















Winter Hills

Ski Hill Road is aptly named as at one time there three different ski resorts on the road; the best known being Devil's Elbow which is currently the only one still in business. Both my daughter and husband go skiing and snowboarding there every winter.

















 
Snowy Hills

Both original 4" x 4-1/2" pen and ink drawings are available matted and shrink wrapped for $25.00 each.

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

Faces Through Time

It is snowing here and I still have to go to the airport to drop off my daughter, her husband and her brother-in-law so they can go to Mexico to attend a wedding. I am not looking forward to this trip.

So I decided I would paint a small abstract in acrylic and try to capture movement on the canvas. I used a limited palette of white, black, Hansa yellow and alizarin crimson.

This small, original 5" x 7" acrylic when framed will be available for $85.00.

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.

Confirmed Shows for 2012 and 2013 - November

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 Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
28 Oct – 15 Nov Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 28 Oct 12 from 1-4pm.
02-22 Dec 12 & 05-10 Jan 13 Seasonal Delights
Opening Reception 02 Dec 12 from 1-4pm.
27 Jan - 14 Feb 13 Faces and Figures
Opening Reception 27 Jan 13 from 1-4pm.
07 Apr - 02 May 13 Unfolding
Opening Reception 07 Apr 13 from 1-4pm.
23 Jun - 11 Jul 13 Monochrome
Opening Reception 23 Jun 13 from 1-4pm.
15 Sep - 03 Oct 13 Rural Scenes
Opening Reception 15 Sep 13 from 1-4pm.
20-31 Oct 13 Motion in Stillness
Opening Reception 20 Oct 13 from 1-4pm.
03-21 Nov 13 Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 13 from 1-4pm.
08-22 Dec 13 & 05-10 Jan 14 Winter Delights
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.

Algonquin Provincial 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. 

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
18-20 May 25th Annual Among Friends Art Show
10-18 Aug 23rd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Cobourg, Ont.
Waterfrontfestival
29 Jun - 01 July The Lions Club Art Show and Sale

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
11 Jul - 08 Aug Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

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

Suppertime? - A Work in Progress

Today I was working on a number of sketches and wanted to put something down on canvas so I transferred the image of the Jackknife fish to this background that I had started earlier this year (see post on 15 March 2012).














I will post this painting at a later date once I start painting the fish.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Reeds 4-6 Three Works in Progress

Today I was over at my friend Heather's along with Irene and the three of us worked on our paintings.

Where we are set up on Heather's kitchen table we are able to look out the window and see the inlet and a section of Lake Chemong.

I decided that I wanted to paint the reeds and bull rushes from the inlet.


Reeds 4

Mixing up Antwerp blue with a little burnt sienna gives a wide range of lovely green greys which make a wonderful under paint for the calm water of the inlet.

I worked back and forth on all three of these paintings.

I started with the paler background colour of the slowly moving water with the sunlit reflecting off of it.


Reeds 5

Then each painting was set aside to allow it to dry.

A slightly darker mixture was made by adding more pigment and a touch more burnt sienna.

To the first one I added in the mass of reeds. With the second one I added a little raw sienna to the mixture and started to indicate the brighter coloured reeds.



Reeds 6

I will post these paintings at a later date as they are completed.