FCA Vancouver Ten Squared Art Show

 

These are the works I will be selling

C-Space Art Exhibition

 These are the works I will be showing:

Calgary Show and Sale Dalhousie Community Centre Oct 15, 2022

 The Ever Popular Calgary Sketch Club Show is quickly approaching. See you there on Saturday Oct 15th

I will have 15 artworks there. I love the scent of sweetpeas and remember them growing along the fence lines, one of the nicest flower scents.

 This one entitled "Sweet Fragrance"

Workshop with Dale Roberts

Attending a workshop in Plein Air and adding a new medium; this time gouache. The Workshop was help in Rosebud, Alberta and was part of an international Plein Air painting festival. Our instructor form Philadelphia, New Jersey originally came up to show us the fine art of painting in Gouache.

It was pretty chilly with a strong cold wind on the saturday but Sunday was gorgeous as ever a fall day could be.

I broke my wrist so am painting left handed.  Funny I pose ready to paint right handed. But I painted my little gouache as a lefty and its okay!  There were 60 artists from all over (including one from Spain) who attended the event,  On the Sunday there was a show and sale. It was pure delight to see all the paintings from the artists over the 5 days.

This is where I stayed at he Kin and Kith in Rosebud. It was the old firehouse and the inside was so adorable. A Large kitchen and fireplace new appliances and a cute little ladder to the 2nd bedroom loft.                                                            Artists form the FCA and myself attended the Rosebud theatre production Stones in My Pocket and enjoyed the most fabulous all you can eat buffet!     If you haven't been to this quiet little town that focusses on its art community you Need To Go! Its the home of the school for theatre productions.

Workshop with David Mensing

 David Mensing paints with the palette knife. A complicated method that is very difficult for the artist who is just learning to use the palette knife. Although I have palette knife paintings the methods Dave was teaching was different. Starting with a toned canvas, blocking in the painting with a monotone colour) or complimentary) then adding some vibrant colours to the canvas.  After the preliminary work is done then he completes the palette knife painting.  The hardest part was smoothing and using the edging. No it wasn't the knife, it was they inexperience: but I'd would be happy to say it was the tool.