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 January.

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

Big Cedar Lake Birch VII - A Work in Progress

Today, we are still under a Weather Advisory and this time it is for heavy snow and ice pellets, with the temperature at F(-7C) and the wind chill making it feel like F (-14C). Needless to say the horses are going to spend another day in their stalls with plenty of hay and water.

After doing the barn chores and having breakfast I thought I would go through some of my pen and ink drawings and do some work on one of them.

I chose this one of a birch tree that I had started a number of years ago when we were canoeing on Big Cedar Lake (see posts on 11 August and 11 October 2019).

I knew it needed a number of things changed so I worked in pencil adding shading to the tree trunk, adjusting the branches and putting some more leaves.

I will post this drawing at a later date as more work on it is completed.

Confirmed Shows for 2022 - January

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 or cancelled.

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.
17 Nov 21 - 06 Mar 22
DUE TO CURENT COVID RESTRICTIONS, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE GALLERY AND RE-OPENNING 0N 04 FEBRUARY 22 ON WINTER HOURS: FRIDAY TO SUNDAY 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM. 

Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint Ave, Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm.
01 Dec 21 - 22 Jan 22

26 Jan - 26 Mar 22

30 Mar - 30 Apr 22

04-28 May 22

01-25 Jun 22

29 Jun - 30 Jul 22

03-27 Aug 22

31 Aug - 01 Oct 22

05-29 Oct 22

02-26 Nov 22

30 Nov 22 - 21 Jan 23
DUE TO THE RAPID INCREASE IN POSITIVE OMICRON VARIANT NUMBERS, AND CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE ART GALLERY OF BANCROFT IS FOLLOWING PROVINCIAL DIRECTIVES WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JANUARY. THE ART GALLERY WILL CONSIDER RE-OPENING ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 26TH IF CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF OMICRON ARE REDUCED. WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS CLOSURE MAY CAUSE.

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.
CANCELLED DUE TO CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF OMICRON.

If you get a chance please come out and visit one or all of the shows once COVID restrictions have been lifted.

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 December. 

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

Confirmed Shows for 2021 - December

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.
17 Nov 21 - 06 Mar 22

Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint Ave, Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm.
01 Dec 21 - 22 Jan 22

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 these shows.

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.