In the Shade I - A Work in Progress

I find it is enjoyable to watch my horses out in the pasture, which is why I often sketch them in the fields.

In the barn paddock there are a couple of large apple trees where often during the hottest part of the day the horses would gather to be out of the sun.














I started the drawing with a single horse in the shade of the trees and added some grasses around the base of them.

I will post this drawing at a later time once more work on it is completed.

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 August.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2013 and 2014 - August

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
11 Jul - 22 Aug Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

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

The Arts Department - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
TAD
01 Aug 13 - 07 Sep 13 Member's Room
Opening Reception 01 Aug 13 from 6-7:30pm.
12 Sep - 12 Oct 13 Member's Room
Opening Reception 13 Sep 13 from 6-7:30pm.
21 Nov 13 - 11 Jan 14 Affordableism
Opening Reception 22 Nov 13 from 6-7:30pm.
19 Jan - 06 Feb 14 Abstracting from Life
Opening Reception 19 Jan 14 from 1-4pm.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
10-18 Aug 23rd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

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

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
01 Sep-12 Sep 13 Eclectic Retrospective
Opening Reception 01 Sep 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' Grooup Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 13 from 1-4pm.
08-22 Dec 13 & 04-16 Jan 14 Winter Delight
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.
19 Jan - 06 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.

The Envinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Rd., Peterborough, Ont.
The Art of the Turtle
25 Oct 13 from 7-10pm

Above and Below the Reef Show

Tonight is the opening of my two person show entitled 'Above and Below the Reef' at The Lindsay Gallery, 190 Kent St, 2nd Floor, Lindsay, Ontario.

Please come out and join Carol Rutherford and myself from 7:00-8:30pm.

Above and Below the Reef Show

On Tuesday I took my paintings in for the Above and Below the Reef Art Show at The Lindsay Gallery at 190 Kent St., 2nd Floor, Lindsay, Ontario.


















While the volunteers at the Gallery hung our show Carol and I were interviewed by Catherine Whitnall of My Kawartha for their paper and the article should be out in about a week.














After the show had been hung we were interviewed for a video which will be displayed at the Gallery for the ongoing show.


















If you get a chance please come out for the opening tomorrow night from 7:00-8:30pm.











 


Thank you for looking at my artwork.

OSWOA - Starting to Thaw 1

Today I wanted to paint and get a number of the smaller pieces I had already started.

Going through my files I came across this piece I had started earlier this year (see post on 30 May 2013).

This painting was started with a limited palette of two colours, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

I continued by painting the background trees with the same two colours against the top of the snow in the distance.

For the maple tree I used mainly Antwerp blue and added a small amount of burnt sienna to grey the colour.

Lastly I added growies and grasses at the bottom of the trees using raw sienna, burnt sienna and cadmium yellow.

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 $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Winter Morning 1

A lot of the time when the sun is rising it causes the sky in the west to be coloured with a beautiful rosy glow against the soft blues of the sky.

I brushed alizarin crimson into the wet paper, followed by a mixture of cobalt blue and Antwerp blue into the sky.















Next I put in both colours into the bottom of the painting with horizontal strokes.

Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge I painted in the trees on the horizon first and then darkened the mixtures with a touch of burnt sienna.

With the darker colour I put in the trees onto the snow covering the islands and added a few grasses and growies into the snow below the trees with raw sienna.














Lastly, I put in some shadows on the snow covered lake in the foreground with French ultramarine blue and a touch of burnt sienna.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.