Shoreline 2 - A Work in Progress

Today we had many people coming to the show from the boats that were tied up and visiting the area before going through the lock.

I worked on this little painting today, it is still not quite finished and needs something to tie everything together. I will post it at a later date once it is completed.

Six paintings were purchased from Heather Grant, Barbara McGregor, Diane Collins, Bonnie Windover and Helen Sheppard. Pottery was sold by JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were bought from Penny Little, Lorraine Ryan, Diane Collins, Barbara McGregor and JoAnne Connell Northey.

The hours for our show are:
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

House on the Hill 1

It is another beautiful day with a good number of people coming in to see the show.

I worked on a number of paintings today. After looking at this one again (see post on 31 May 2012), I decided to turn it into a winter scene and was pleased to have it completed by the end of the day.

This 4" x 6" original watercolour is available for $40.00 unframed.

An original as sold by Barbara McGregor and pottery from JoAnne Connell Northey along with small items from Bonnie Windover.

The hours for our show are:
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Rocky Coast

Today brought us sunshine and cooler weather as well  which made it ideal for people to come out to see the art show.

In between speaking with many of the people who attended the show I spent most of the day working on working on this painting of a lighthouse and the rocky coastline.

Originally it was designed to go into an oval mat, but not always being one to stay within the lines I extended the edges and it could also go into a rectangular mat as well.

Just another choice I will have to make when I go to frame it.

This original 3-1/2" x 5" watercolour when framed will be available for $135.00.

Six originals were sold from Heather Grant, Bonnie Windover, Lorraine Ryan and Bonnie Windover along with pottery from JoAnne Connell Northey. Small items were also sold by Diane Collins and Lorraine Ryan.

The hours for our show are:
13 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Street Corner 2 - A Work in Progress

This is another painting I had started in the Doug Mays workshop earlier this year in the spring. It is a horizontal version of a vertical painting I did of the same scene (see post on 21 Jun 12).

It still needs a little more work before it is completed. I will post it at a later date.

Today was the first half day of the show. Although not many people attended four originals were sold by Heather Grant, Tom Young, Barbara McGregor and Bonnie Windover. Pottery was purchased from JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were sold by Diane Collins and Barbara McGregor.

The hours for our show are:
12 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
13 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Rocky Coast - A Work in Progress

I spent most of the day painting on a number of small pieces including this one. I will continue to work on it during the course of the art show and will post it once more work on it has been completed.

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Today was the first day of our art show and originals were sold by Bonnie Windover and Lorraine Ryan and pottery by JoAnne Connell Northey. Small items were purchased from Diane Collins and Penny Little.

The hours for our show are:
11 Aug 12- 10:00am - 5:00pm
12 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
13 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

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

Hanging the Shades of Summer Show

Today I spent the most of the day hanging the art show at Buckhorn.

Due to a power outage last night caused by a tree being uprooted during the storm and taking out a hydro pole, which caused a nine hour black out for the area; we were unable to hang some of the paintings last night.

Unless we wanted to do it by flashlight, which would have taken a lot longer and trying to hold a flashlight and put a large painting on two small hooks on the panels is an accident waiting to happen.

Not to mention that bringing in painting in the pouring rain is not a good idea either and I really didn't want to be there until well after midnight and still have to return today to finish.

My friend Heather just couldn't get herself motivated on how she would like to have her art work displayed on her panels so I hung her show for her while she cleaned the glass on my paintings and helped some of the others with hanging their art.

After lunch Heather helped me with hanging my art work, which we did in record time as Heather and I have hung many shows together and once we get started things go up fairly quickly.

We are now ready for our opening tomorrow morning.

The hours for our show are:

11 Aug 12- 10:00am - 5:00pm
12 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
13 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Blue Skies 4-6 - Three Works in Progress

It was interesting setting up the panels in the church tonight for the 22nd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show.

We had a violent thunderstorm that just didn't want to leave the area and it poured down rain the entire time we had to bring the panels inside the building.

If that wasn't bad enough the entire area from Selwyn to Buckhorn was without power so we had to set up all the panels in the dark with the aid of three flashlights.

Needless to say I decided against hanging my paintings.

Blue Sky 4

After all tomorrow is another day and trying to hang paintings in the dark using a flashlight is not going to be an easy task.













Blue Sky 5

Once I returned home I painted a few blue skies in the hope that tomorrow will be a bright and sunny day.













Blue Sky 6

I will post these paintings at a later date as more work on them is completed.