Stormy Skies

With all the rain we have been having lately I think it fitting to show a painting of the view from one of my kitchen windows showing a stormy sky. I hope we will soon get warmer temperatures and sunny days.








Thank you to new collectors Mr. and Mrs. Doug James of Atlantic City, New Jersey USA on their purchase of this original 11" x 30” framed watercolour. SOLD

Snow Covered

The weatherman keeps saying that next we are going to get some unseasonably warm weather. But the latest snowstorm has left everything in shades of white looking much like this painting.















Congratulations to returning collector Mme. Cecile Desrochers of Ste-Ramon, Quebec on her purchase of this 11" x 15" framed, original, watercolour painting. SOLD

Information About OSWOA

The OSWOA art movement officially began with the launch of over 50 simultaneous auctions on Ebay by a dedicated group of self representing artists on the evening of 28 September 2006.

OSWOA is an acronym for “Original Small Work Of Art”.

All any art needs to do to be qualified to use the OSWOA acronym is to follow the guidelines listed below:

- Art must measure 4” x 6” within an eighth of an inch

- Art must be Original (No Reproductions)

- Art must be thin enough to easily fit into a 4”x 6” photo album sleeve, so collectors can create individual album galleries of OSWOA art.

Clear and Cold

The OSWOA group set a minimum advertised price policy on OSWOA art and should begin at $9.95 or higher.

Anyone is free to use OSWOA as long as the art being described with the acronym adheres to the guidelines for OSWOA as written above.

OSWOA are the perfect size to put into a standard 8” x 10” frame with a 2” mat and hang them on the wall as traditional art as individual pieces, or displayed as a group of four paintings within a 16 x 20” frame.

Many collectors prefer to keep their OSWOA in photograph albums and display them as a collection. There are photo albums in various styles and colours, having a wide variety of cover designs.

Dark Secret

Photo albums are available with photo-safe – acid, pvc and lignin free materials which will keep your OSWAO collection safe for many years.

The OSWOA shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on either 140lb. or 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $30.00 each and sold unframed.

On the back of each original painting you will find its OSWOA inventory number, the title of the painting, the name of the artist, the year it was completed and the artist’s signature.

Thank you for your interest. I hope you enjoy the artwork.







Early Snow

Information About ACEO

ACEO is an acronym for “Art Cards, Editions and Originals”.

There is only one rule for ACEO; the size must be 2-1/2” x 3-1/2”, which is the size of a standard sports trading card.

Every interest and subject is represented.

They are affordable, highly collectible works of art that can be traded, collected in an album as a unique coffee table book, displayed on an easel, framed individually or as a group within one frame and hung on the wall as traditional art.

The only limitation on ways to display ACEO is your imagination.

Pink Morning 2

ACEO are also sold as either originals or as limited edition prints or reproductions. Make sure you know which you are buying. If it is a print or reproduction it should be clearly stated, signed and numbered by the artist, usually on the back.

The original paintings can be created in a wide variety of media including, but not limited to: acrylic, charcoal, collage, coloured pencil, conte, gouache, graphite pencil, markers, mixed media, oil, pastel (both chalk and oil), pen and ink, pyrography, and watercolour.

Some are even made of clay, fabric, metal, plastic and wood.

Pink Morning 1

There are different kinds of prints and reproductions such as lino block, mono-prints, silk, screen, and other types of hand pulled prints. Other reproductions such as Giclee, laser, photographs and many more are represented.

The different styles are just as varied, everything from Abstract, Cubism, Expressionism, Impressionism, Pointillism, Pop Art, Postimpressionism, Primitivism, Realism and Surrealism, and we may even see the return of Fauvism.

The ACEO are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint.

Mauve Hills

These ones are painted on either 140lb., or 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

They may be painted on either 90lb., 140lb., or 300lb. Lanaquarlle or Fabriano 100% cotton, acid free watercolour paper.

On the back of each painting you will find its ACEO number, the title of the painting, the name of the artist, the medium, the date it was completed and the artist’s signature.

Thank you for your interest. I hope you enjoy the artwork.

Lake View 2

Canadian Kid

This is an original 18" x 24” framed conte drawing.

Having shown and trained pintos in a wide variety of events from halter and driving classes, through hunter over fence, reining and gaming classes. I admire their versatility. The head study is of a weanling foal who has unlimited potential.


















This painting is in the collection of Christine Connelly of Peterborough, Ontario. SOLD

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.

Bend in the Road - A Work in Progress

I was working on this painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters which meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month from September to the beginning of May.














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

Poppies

This is an original, 1-1/2" x 4” framed watercolour.

With the unseasonable warm weather we have been having my poppies are just starting to come up out of the ground. They are one of my favourite flowers. It is such a shame that you can only enjoy their beauty for such a short time. I look forward to June when they are all in bloom.

Congratulations to Mrs. Dawn E. Cox of Peterborough, Ontario for adding this painting to her collection. SOLD