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 February.

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

Misty Forest 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I didn't have very much time to paint so I chose to work with a limited palette of Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

I wet the paper and indicated some soft tree shapes for the background and with a darker mix of the same colours put in one closer tree.

I tried to keep it fairly soft and without a lot of detail as though it was foggy day.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2013 - February

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.

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

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
27 Jan - 28 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.

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

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
30-31 Jul - 24 Aug 2013 Above and Below the Reef
Opening Reception 01 Aug from 7-8:30pm.

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

Koi Pond I - A Work in Progress

This is a small piece I started using a limited palette of black, white, Hansa yellow and alizarin crimson.

I applied the paint with a palette knife trying to create movement in the painting. After setting the piece aside to dry, when I came back to look at it I could see koi swirling around in the water as though they were coming up to the surface to feed.














I will post this painting once I have added the fish into the painting.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Winter Sunset 1 - A Work in Progress

It is raining today. Hard to believe after having temperatures -4F (-20C) that it is 48F (9C) today and we are going to go back down to below 0F (-18C) again for tomorrow with more snow.

With my driveway being a sheet of ice and living on the top of a hill, I decided to stay home today and not go in for the still life class at KAGS.













Instead I started on this painting by putting in a sunset using aureoline for the yellow and a mix of Cerulean blue and permanent rose for the clouds.

I will post it again at a later date once more of it is completed.

Night Sky 3 - A Work in Progress

This is the fourth painting in a set of four (see yesterday's posting as well as those on 20 and 23 January 2013 for the rest) showing the same scene at different times of the day.

I thought a moonlit night would make an interesting painting with the moonlight reflected down into the water.













Now I have to decide where to place the islands and background shore. As I complete more of this painting I will post it to the blog.

Afternoon Sky 3 - A Work in Progress

With the weather being so bad with freezing rain and snow the Executive meeting was cancelled and rescheduled for 01 February 2013.

To brighten up the day I decided to paint a nice, bright, sunny summer afternoon by the lake as the third painting in a set of four paintings (see postings on 20 and 23 January 2013 for the others) showing the same scene at different times of the day.













I will post this painting once I have added the islands into the painting.

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