Saturday, May 28, 2011

Art in Bloom

Next Sunday, I will be exhibiting at the Canadian Mental Health "Art In Bloom" Show and Strawberry Social to take place at The Minnow Lake Centre, Sudbury. I was asked to donate a piece for the silent auction and since spring flowers are blooming everywhere, I thought the folowing painting would fit the theme well...


 "Orange Crush"
pastel on velour
7" x 5"

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Results are In...re: Help with submission...

UPDATE TO THIS POST>>>;A HUGE thank you to all who were able to participate in my survey! Scroll to each image to view the results...

 
I am entering some artwork in a local juried show and am having a hard time deciding which one to submit. If you could help me in choosing what you consider to be my very best works, I would REALLY appreciate it!! Please send my a comment with your three choices. Many thanks in advance to those who participate. I have another few weeks to decide on THREE paintings out of the bunch.

Please pick your favorite 3 works out of the following nine choices:
A
24 votes

B
0 votes

C
16 votes

D
8 votes

E
5 votes

F
26 votes

G
5 votes

H
12 votes

I
17 votes

Monday, May 16, 2011

Pastel Workshop in Timmins

This past weekend I had the pleasure to give a workshop for members of the Porcupine Art Club in Timmins, Ontario. Everyone seemed eager and delighted to finally have the opportunity to dabble in pastels with the guidance of an instructor (the club workshop convener had been nudging me for the past few years...thanks Pam!). Each artist worked very hard and to my surprise, everyone managed to begin a second piece; many which were completed before the end of day two.
The results speak for themselves! I am so proud of what they accomplished in such a short time.
Day 1 Results
Day 2 Results

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Duck Painting makes the cut!

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find out that my painting "Take Off" was one of the 50 works chosen for the RBC Dominion Securities Art Impact Juried Art Show!! This year's theme entitled "Water" is in recognition of the important work that the Vale Living with Lakes Centre does to conserve and protect our freshwater resources. The opening of the show is to coincide with the official opening of the new state-of-the-art research facility at Laurentian University on the shores of Lake Ramsey, Sudbury.