“Charlevoix Woodland”
Ottawa Art Expo is fast approaching and I’m busy with all the preparations. The show’s new website is up and running at www.OttawaArtExpo.com. This is the 4th year and I’m really looking forward to the event as it draws large crowds and the response is so enthusistic. An added plus is free admission and parking. Hope to see many of my friends and meet new ones on Saturday, Oct. 27 and Sunday, October 28, at the St. Elias Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa, 10 am -5 pm both days. Can’t wait to display this brand new oil.
“Grand Manan Island, NB, Swallowtail Lighthouse”, 24″ x 30″, #1650 was created especially for the Society of Canadian Artists exhibition in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the prestigious Halifax Club. I am delighted that this oil on canvas painting was juried into this show for the Society’s elected members. The official opening is to be held on Sunday, September 30 from 2 to 6 pm and the show continues until the end of December.
My wife Beth and I did a bike tour of Grand Manan Island some years ago. We stayed at a charming B & B called the Compass Rose where we enjoyed seafood chowder, fresh lobster and New Brunswick brown bread fresh from the oven. We were adopted by the non resident (although you would never know it) cat, known as Emilio, the Gourmet Cat. We saw how dulse is harvested and made and met many of the local residents as we travelled around the Island. Almost all the residents were connected in some way to the fishing industry. It was one of our most memorable trips and treking out to Swallowtail Lighthouse was one of the highlights.
“Into Spring Woodlands” has been accepted into the Art Collection of the Government of Ontario via the Ontario Society of Artists. As part of the collection, the painting could be displayed in the offices of senior officials, government offices or buildings. I am honoured to have one of my paintings in this collection.
I am thrilled to have “Grand Manan Island, NB, Swallowtail Lighthouse” accepted into the Society of Canadian Artists Members Juried Exhibition at The Halifax Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My oil on gallery canvas painting is 24″ x 30″, Landscape/Horizontal, Unframed, Catalogue #1650.
The show runs from Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 2012. Have a look at the Club’s website: www.halifaxclub.ns.ca.
The Ontario Society of Artists 140th Anniversary Show at the Aurora Cultural Centre ended on July 14. Quite a few people I invited attended the Show and sent back rave reviews about the work and the venue. I am thrilled to have sold the oil I exhibited, “First Snow, The Annex, Toronto” as a result of an email invitation. All but one of my “Annex” oils have been sold.
I have forwarded an application to the Ontario Society of Artists to have a painting included in the Government of Ontario’s Art Collection. It would be displayed in Government buildings and would be owned and cared for in perpetuity by the Ontario Archives. The image submitted is “Spring Woodlands”, oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″, #1593.
In August, I should be hearing more about the Society of Canadian Artists Elected Members’ Show at the Halifax Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It will run from September 30 to December 31, 2012. The Club was established in 1862. It will be very exciting to exhibit work in this prestigious building.