New Exhibit at A Place For The Arts

Today I am sitting at A Place For The Arts in Bancroft, Ontario.

They just did a change over of the artwork in the Gallery on Monday, so I brought in replacement paintings of the same size as the ones I have on the wall.

This way the new pieces will fit right into the places where they were placed in the new exhibit without me having to hammer in nails and change the design of the show.

I had just returned to the lower level of the Gallery when my first customers arrived.

I let them know we had a new exhibit in The Annex Gallery on the upper level as well as having many new pieces of art and gift items throughout the rest of the Gallery.

While they were there, I brought out some of my miniature abstracts and put labels on their easels to get them ready to be displayed once the customers left.

I wandered around the Gallery trying to decide where to place then and after seeing there were a number of things on the window shelf and a lot of empty space, I thought that would be the ideal location.













I chose the right side window as there was only one small tray with miniature carvings and nothing else.














First, I placed three pieces to the right side of the tray.













Next, I placed the remaining four pieces to the left side of the tray.














From there I went onto the upper level and moved my painting of the sunset silhouette to another location in the centre display. As I returned to the lower level I had a couple more customers come into the Gallery.

While they were going through the Gallery I put one of my five ACEOs into each of the five small gold frames I brought with me.

I thought it would be good to have some small pieces to be offered for sale for Christmas gifts.

I walked round the gallery to see where I should place the miniature paintings.

After the customers left, I decided I would put them in the two glass display cases on the main floor.















I placed three of them into the further back case, where I put one on each of the different shelves.















The remaining two where put onto different shelves on the closer glass case.














Now that all my new pieces were displayed in the Gallery, I decided to take a break and have a late lunch.

After lunch, the older paintings were placed into their containers ready to be taken to the car.

Next, I went around and cleaned off any fingerprints that had gotten on the glass of the new paintings.

Lastly, I put the new labels by the paintings on the shelves and on the walls.

I am not used to the Gallery being so quiet on a Wednesday.














Usually, I have so many people coming through that some time I didn't have time to eat lunch.














Needless to say, this time I didn't bring anything to work on so I spent the rest of the afternoon, tidying things around the Gallery before it was time to close and go home.

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.

Confirmed Shows for 2021 - November

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.

A Place For The Arts, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Wednesday through Sunday and Holiday Mondays from 11am-4pm.
29 Sep -14 Nov 21
17 Nov - 06 Mar 22

Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint Ave, Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm.
03-27 Nov 21
01-24 Dec 21

The Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery, 425 Douro Fourth Line Road, Hamlet of Douro, Ont.
05 Jan - 30 Mar 22 The Art of Daniel Marlatt and Susan Sydney
Opening Reception 07 Jan 22 from 7-8 p.m.

I look forward to seeing you at some of these shows.

Countryside Art Group Blog - Show Updates

On the first of each month I will update the Countryside Art Group's blog with a listing of shows where the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work.

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

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 October.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2021 - October

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.

A Place For The Arts, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Wednesday through Sunday and Holiday Mondays from 11am-4pm.
29 Sep - 31 Oct 21 Solo Show in The Annex
29 Sep -14 Nov 21
17 Nov - 06 Mar 22

Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint Ave, Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm.
29 Sep - 30 Oct 21
03-27 Nov 21
01-24 Dec 21

The Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery, 425 Douro Fourth Line Road, Hamlet of Douro, Ont.
05 Jan - 30 Mar 22 The Art of Daniel Marlatt and Susan Sydney
Opening Reception 07 Jan 22 from 7-8 p.m.

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at one or all of these shows.

Gold Lake and Catchacoma Narrows

Today we decided we were going to go to another new lake and decided to try Gold Lake.

We went to the boat launch at Catchacoma Narrows and although there was a group of six canoes getting ready to go camping for the week, they made room for us to quickly launch our canoe and head down to the lower end of Catchacoma Lake.

From there we entered to top end of Mississauga Lake through Rattys River and realized that we didn't want to explore the top end of the same lake we were at last week and turned back to go through the other branch of the Narrows and go into Gold Lake.

Once we made it into Gold Lake, we decided to have lunch first before we started fishing or sketching.














Gold Lake

Gold Lake, like Mississauga Lake has a maximum depth of 130' (39.6m), but its average depth is 82' (25m). it has Lake Trout, Large and Small Mouth Bass, Rock Bass, Sunfish and Perch.

It wasn't long before Ron was getting ready to fish and I was sketching the shore which jutted out into the lake from the inlet where we were.

Unfortunately for Ron, he wasn't having much luck catching fish here, so we slowly headed back toward the boat launch. On the way back we passed the group of campers heading out toward Gold Lake and we waved and wished them a wonderful trip.














Catchacoma Narrows

Once we returned to the boat launch there were three other boats lined up to get out of the lake so, rather than wait in line we continued up the Catchacoma Narrows to Catchacoma Lake.

When we reached Catchacoma Lake Ron continued to try and catch a fish in this lake which also has Lake Trout, Large and Small Mouth Bass, Rock Bass, Sunfish and Perch.

Like the other lakes in the area it is a deep lake having a depth of 144' (44m) with the average depth being 66' (20m) and like the other lakes, Ron wasn't able to catch a fish.

By the time we returned to the boat launch we were able to get the canoe out of the water and onto the trailer without having to wait.