"Paint What You Love" juried Art Show

Hello my friends!  There has been a lot going on lately. Here is something else I have been up to.  Ajax Creative Arts, , is currently showing a juried art show in the Kent Farndale Gallery in Port Perry, On.  So I have another video tour for you!  As I mentioned in my last post, I am no expert when it comes to videos, a total newbie!  But, I did a little editing with this one and added some captions.  Baby steps.  Well, I hope you enjoy it.  This is just a quick look at our show and certainly doesn't do it justice.  There is a lot of wonderful art and we are quite proud of our exhibit.
Kim Robertson won "Best in Show" and there were four awards of excellence that were won by Bonnie Lusty, Margaret Brackley, Wayne Prisque and Dale Cameron.  We were pleasantly surprised to be joined by Kent Farndale, herself, at our reception and honoured to have her present Kim with the "Best in Show" award.
Our reception was buzzing with people and a great success.  Here are a few photos as well.  I hope you enjoy our video tour
Many thanks go out to the members that made this show happen.  Spearheaded by Margaret Brackley along with Rola and Chas Burke.  Many months of hard work.  And thanks to our juroist, Mirek Bialy, hoping he is feeling better!

These were my two paintings in the show

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed my video, as amateur as it is, lol.

 I am hoping to try some tutorial videos, so stay tuned!

Have an awesome and creative day!

Here is a quick tour of our Art Show at Art Square, Toronto.

Hello my friends!  I thought I would share a quick little tour I recorded of our Art Show at Art Square in DT Toronto.  This is the artwork of Ajax Creative Arts and the show is in  collaboration with Artists Network.
It was a great reception, with a lot of people and I was happy to be a part of it.  Once the crowd died down, I thought I would take the opportunity to do a little video.  I am very armature, and this was impulsive,  so please forgive the shaky video!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and letting me share our artwork with you!

OAA Fall Art Festival follow-up and final photos

Hello all,  thanks for stopping by.  I'm so thrilled that there was quite a bit of interest in our Fall Art Festival, so I thought I would do a quick follow-up.  There are a few other artists who I got photos of on the last day, so I wanted to share their work as well.

(Cascade is in the bottom right hand corner)

I am happy to report that "Cascade", my waterfall painting, has found a new home.  So have a few Geli prints and several of the tags that I have shared with you here on my blog.  So I was quite happy.
Overall, I don't think there was as much traffic as usual, although it was still fairly busy and a successful show.  Normally we are at the end of September, so the change in date may have affected the attendance a bit, but it could not be helped.  As always, the organizers of the show did a phenomenal job and deserve many thanks!  The art was wonderful.  I really enjoy the shows completely aside from being a participant.  It is kind of a ritual that my father helps me set up for the shows, and pack up at the end.  He often says that, somehow, each show gets better and better, and he always notices improvements in new works.  I guess old dogs CAN learn new tricks, lol!
For some reason, I am always exhausted after an art show.  Any art show, whether with OAA, ACA , or on my own.  (Maybe because I have a habit of power painting at the last minute, pulling all-nighters!  But it works for me) Still. it's always sad, in a way, when the show comes to an end.  Everything is torn down and there is an empty room that just hours ago was filled with people and so many beautiful and vibrant works of art.  So sharing with you has kind of extended the show for me, so thank you for that!  Pleas enjoy the final photos from the OAA Annual Fall Art Festival.

Cheryl Wilson Bannister

Maggie Burgess

Joan Moss

Kim Robertson  (for those of you that enjoyed the Fun with Alcohol Ink post, notice the alcohol ink tiles that Kim displayed) 

Tony Johnson

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share some more of the art from the Oshawa Art Association  with you.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.!  We are aready looking forward to the annual Spring Art Festival with OAA.  

  The next show for me is coming up in November with the Ajax Creative Arts group.  It is the 50th anniversary of the group, so it should be an extra special show for us.  I will keep you posted!

Welcome to the OAA Fall Art Festival! More phots!

Welcome my friends!  I thought I would bring a bit of our annual Fall Art Festival to you.  This is the work of some of the 70 or soo artists participating in the show..  The blog today is not about words, it is a visual story.  Enjoy!

This is my own artwork on display

This is the artwork of Bonnie Lusty

The artwork of Irene Leach

The artwork of Sandy McKenzie

The artwork  of Linda Cole

The artwork of Mike McGowan

The artwork of Betty McGowan

The artwork of Sharon Stein haus

The artwork of Shirley Heard

A closer look at some of Shirley's alcohol inks

The artwork of Gail George.   A painting was hanging in that empty space just moments before i came to take a photo!

The artwork of Chas Burke.  Chas has developed his own colour theory based on music and each of his paintings are representative of a particular key.

The artwork of Angela Hennessey

The artwork of Anne Labelle Johnson

I hope you have enjoyed viewing the artwork of some of the many talented artists participating in the show.  If you are enjoying these photos, check back for more this weekend.   Thanks so much for joining me today.  It warms my heart to be able to share our show in Oshawa (Ontario, Canada) to you wonderful people all over the world.  Thank you so much for looking and have an awesome and artful day!

Annual Fall Art Festival with Oshawa Art Association

Hello my friends!  The summer has flown by so quickly!  Although, it was soooo hot and humid today, you wouldn't think it was nearing the end.  Today, myself and about 70 other artists hung our artwork for the annual Fall Art Festival with OAA at the beautiful and rustic Camp Samac.
I managed to get a few new paintings completed that are hanging  alongside some familiar ones.  I  also got another completed and am working on some more.  There are a few different venues and shows coming up before the end of the year.  Or, if I am lucky and space becomes available in my booth, you may also see them at this show/  I got a sneak peak as everyone was hanging, and it's going to be a great show!
Some of you may be familiar with my tags, some of which are also on display.  I also have some Monprints made with my Gelli Plate, and some alcohol inks on display, matted but unframed.

I thought I would share some of the rustic charm of our venue.  Many of the friends I grew up with camp to summer camp here.

Well, I am looking forward to a good, art-filled weekend.  I hope you all have a great weekend, too.  Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look.  I will keep you posted if there are any interesting updates and will hopefully have some more photos.  I just want to check with the other artists before I take any photos of their work.  There is a lot of beautiful work on display and i would love to share.