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.

OSWOA - Frozen Morning 1-2

It won't be long before this is what the mornings will look like on Lake Chemong. The trees on the distant shore covered with frost or snow and the lake frozen over. Everything wrapped in cold silence with the chance of freezing fog to start the day.

Some of the shore line bushes having a few tenacious leaves clinging tightly to the branches and the long grasses in their brown and gold winter colours.

Frozen Morning 1

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $40.00 each and sold unframed.



Frozen Morning 2

ACEO - More Ladybugs 4-6

Now that I am back from Aruba and getting used to the cooler weather I am getting back into my routines. Today I am sitting at KAGS with the Outdoor Painters' Group Show called Here and There.

Ladybug 4

I enjoy painting barn board with its wide range of colours an textures. Each piece is different, some having knots, or holes once the wood has dried and the knots have fallen out, the woodgrain patterns, and all the distress marks on the boards.

Ladybug 5

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Ladybug 6

Stone Cold

I enjoyed doing this painting with the contrasts of the soft background trees and the hard outline of the rock in the foreground.

Running the strong, darker shadows of the rocks across the snow and the paler shadows indicating the drifts in the snow.

Stone Cold is an original 5" x 7” framed watercolour available for $85.00.

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

Calm Water

This is a framed 11" x 15" original watercolour available for $345.00.

Today I was painting with Heather I decided to work on some paintings I had started a while ago and needed to finish. This one I had started last summer (see post from 17 August 10).

In this painting I have added a number of dead trees to the islands in varying heights to stop them from looking like two triangles.

The trees were a little too uniform in colour and the trees near the base were lightened in some areas and darkened in others to create a little more interest.

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 2010 and 2011 - November

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year and into next year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
24 Oct – 11 Nov Outdoor Painters Show
Opening Reception 24 Oct 10 from 1-4pm.
05-22 Dec & 04-13 Jan 11 Christmas Show
Opening Reception 05 Dec 10 from 1-4pm.
27 Feb – 10 Mar Miniaturia
Opening Reception 27 Feb 11 from 1-4pm.
13-31 Mar Figuratively Speaking
Opening Reception 13 Mar 11 from 1-4pm.
05-23 Jun Temperatures Rising
Opening Reception 05 Jun 11 from 1-4pm.
11-29 Sep Changes
Opening Reception 11 Sep 11 from 1-4pm.
30 Oct – 16 Nov Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 30 Oct 11 from 1-4pm.
04-23 Dec 11 & 03-05 Jan 12 Christmas Show
Opening Reception 04 Dec 11 from 1-4pm.

The Lindsay Inn, Lindsay, Ont.
18 Nov Canvas Confidential Art Sale

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
23 Nov - 18 Dec Christmas Show
Opening Reception 25 Nov from 7-8:30pm.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
Buckhorn Artists' Group
21-23 May 23rd Annual Among Friends Art Show
06-14 Aug 21st Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at these shows.

Arrogance - A Work in Progress

It was cold yesterday and today we are greeted with a snow storm. It is a big change from the 84-89F (29-31C) we enjoyed every day in while in Aruba.

Painting a black horse or for that matter a white horse is a challenge. Especially to capture all the detail in the face and muscle masses.

I do not have black paint in my palette; they are all mixed with various combinations of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson.

The horse's body is divided up into different sections and I start with putting the first layer of colour in the darkest area of the body and move back and forth from one section to another that is not touching a wet area and allow the paint to dry before I go back and put in the next layer of paint gradually building up the depth of colour and shape.

I will post this painting later when I have completed more of the horse.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.