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
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.
Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
03 Jul 14 -02 Aug 14 Member's Show
Opening Reception 05 Jul 14 from 1-3pm.
04-27 Sep 14 Reaping and Gathering
Opening Reception 06 Sep 14 from 1-3pm.
02-25 Oct 14 Water, Water Everywhere
Opening Reception 04 Oct 14 from 1-3pm.
30 Oct 14 - 22 Nov 14 Abstraction and Contraptions
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
27 Nov - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3p
Lockside Trading Company, 2805 River Ave, Youngs Point, Ont.
26-27 Jul 14 2nd Annual ART @ THE LOCKS from 9am-6pm.
St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont.
BuckhornArtistsGroup
09-17 Aug 24th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show
Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
30-31 Aug 14 Kawartha Arts Festival
Dancing Blueberries, 360 George St. N., Peterborough, Ont.
20 Oct - 27 Nov 14
The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
18 Nov - 19 Dec 14 Members' Christmas Show and Sale
Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at some of these shows.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Orange Evening
Each day the heat and humidity continue to increase and today is no exception with the temperature at 86F (30C) and the humidity making it feel like 102F (39C).
I thought instead of working outside in the garden that I would take my paints and find a place by one of the lakes and paint.
Since I didn't want to travel very far, I went up Highway 28 until I came to the Trent-Severn Waterway Lock 28 - Burleigh Falls. I parked the car in the lot and took my art supplies and chair and set myself up along the far end of the concrete edge of the boat launch out of the way of people using the launch.
I could look out across Lovesick Lake and see the Buckhorn shoreline to my right and Ruba Island across the channel on the left.
I lightly indicated the horizon line and the land on each side of the channel with a pencil. It was at this point that I decided I would make it an evening scene.
I wet the paper thoroughly, then washed in the sky and the water and using mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and alizarin crimson. While the paper was still damp, I added French ultramodern blue to the sky colours and put in the evening clouds into the sky and their reflections into the water.
It didn't take long for the paper to dry completely and I mixed burnt sienna with a little bit of the blue and painted in Ruba Island on the left side and the reflections into the water below the rocky shoreline.
This was followed by painting the closer shore using a darker mixture of the same two colours and adding more details to the trees, rocky shoreline and into the reflections on the lake.
This original 11" x 15" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $295.00. SOLD
I thought instead of working outside in the garden that I would take my paints and find a place by one of the lakes and paint.
Since I didn't want to travel very far, I went up Highway 28 until I came to the Trent-Severn Waterway Lock 28 - Burleigh Falls. I parked the car in the lot and took my art supplies and chair and set myself up along the far end of the concrete edge of the boat launch out of the way of people using the launch.
I could look out across Lovesick Lake and see the Buckhorn shoreline to my right and Ruba Island across the channel on the left.
I lightly indicated the horizon line and the land on each side of the channel with a pencil. It was at this point that I decided I would make it an evening scene.
I wet the paper thoroughly, then washed in the sky and the water and using mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and alizarin crimson. While the paper was still damp, I added French ultramodern blue to the sky colours and put in the evening clouds into the sky and their reflections into the water.
It didn't take long for the paper to dry completely and I mixed burnt sienna with a little bit of the blue and painted in Ruba Island on the left side and the reflections into the water below the rocky shoreline.
This was followed by painting the closer shore using a darker mixture of the same two colours and adding more details to the trees, rocky shoreline and into the reflections on the lake.
This original 11" x 15" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $295.00. SOLD
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Ruffed Grouse
It is another hot and humid day with the actual temperature reaching a high of 81F (27.2C) feels like 97F (36.1C).
I didn't feel like doing too much outside so I worked on this drawing of a Ruffed Grouse that I had started last year (see post on 26 December 2014).
Fortunately, I had a lot of reference photographs to get the detail correct on the grouse.
One thing I learned was that if the band on the tail of a Ruffed Grouse is unbroken it is a male.
This original 9" x 12" graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $75.00.
I didn't feel like doing too much outside so I worked on this drawing of a Ruffed Grouse that I had started last year (see post on 26 December 2014).Fortunately, I had a lot of reference photographs to get the detail correct on the grouse.
One thing I learned was that if the band on the tail of a Ruffed Grouse is unbroken it is a male.
This original 9" x 12" graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $75.00.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Barn III
Today is another bright, sunny and hot 82F (28C) day and with the humidity it feels like 93F (34C).
I thought that I would develop this sketch that I did a few years ago (see post on 25 September 2013) into a more finished drawing.
Next I started on the barn by adding the tin onto the roof, windows on the long side of the barn and a sliding door and a door to the mow on the front of the barn.
I removed the fence that was in front of the barn and then worked on the large rocks in the foreground, filled out the pine tree and added a roadway to the barn.
I put grasses at the edges of the road and rocks and the added a fence along the edge of the field.
Lastly I added a farm house and some trees on top of the hill in the distance.
This original 5-1/4" x 9” graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $40.00.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.
I thought that I would develop this sketch that I did a few years ago (see post on 25 September 2013) into a more finished drawing.
Next I started on the barn by adding the tin onto the roof, windows on the long side of the barn and a sliding door and a door to the mow on the front of the barn.
I removed the fence that was in front of the barn and then worked on the large rocks in the foreground, filled out the pine tree and added a roadway to the barn.
I put grasses at the edges of the road and rocks and the added a fence along the edge of the field.
Lastly I added a farm house and some trees on top of the hill in the distance.
This original 5-1/4" x 9” graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $40.00.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Oriental Pottery
It is another hot day 77F (25C) but with the humidity feels like 84F (29C).
I wanted to do more work on this drawing (see post on 06 February 2014) that I had started in the still life class at KAGS.
I tightened up the drawing and added the pattern details on the vase and pottery jar.
I made a few changes to the composition by enlarging the clay tea pot and shifting its position slightly.
Thank you for looking at my artwork.
I wanted to do more work on this drawing (see post on 06 February 2014) that I had started in the still life class at KAGS.I tightened up the drawing and added the pattern details on the vase and pottery jar.
I made a few changes to the composition by enlarging the clay tea pot and shifting its position slightly.
Thank you for looking at my artwork.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Barn XII
Today was a very busy day for me; but a least it is a bright and sunny day with the temperature climbing to 79F (26C) but with the humidity it feels like 84F (29C). Fortunately, there was a breeze and while driving I had my sun roof open on the car and the air conditioner on which made things comfortable.
First I went to Lang Pioneer Village and got my paintings from the McKelvie Gallery and while I was there, I took some photographs before I went out with some of my fellow KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group artists for lunch in Keene.
From there I headed out to The Lindsay Gallery to pick up my painting from the juried art show and then returned home and where I had planned to do some work in my garden.
Instead I sat in the shade of one of the apple trees near the barn and did this drawing of the fronts of the east and the west barns. It was a peaceful way to end the day.
First I went to Lang Pioneer Village and got my paintings from the McKelvie Gallery and while I was there, I took some photographs before I went out with some of my fellow KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group artists for lunch in Keene.
From there I headed out to The Lindsay Gallery to pick up my painting from the juried art show and then returned home and where I had planned to do some work in my garden.
Instead I sat in the shade of one of the apple trees near the barn and did this drawing of the fronts of the east and the west barns. It was a peaceful way to end the day.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Mine! 1
Today we had a temperature of 72F (22C) with the humidity making it feel like 84F (29C) but we will have rain for most of the day which means I do not have to water my garden.
I wanted to work on a still life drawing today, so I set up one of my stuffed toys in this case a dragon and added a few blocks to make it interesting.
It didn't take very long to get the drawing of the dragon finished.
From there I started adding in the various blocks to complete the drawing. The last thing I did was to curve the dragon's tail around the blocks making him look possessive.
I wanted to work on a still life drawing today, so I set up one of my stuffed toys in this case a dragon and added a few blocks to make it interesting.
It didn't take very long to get the drawing of the dragon finished.
From there I started adding in the various blocks to complete the drawing. The last thing I did was to curve the dragon's tail around the blocks making him look possessive.
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