NEWSLETTER

I have had 2 paintings accepted into this years Oil and Water Show.

The reception is on Thursday May 30th starting at 630 in Gallery 1710 in Tsawwassen. The show runs from May 30th to June 22nd. SDAG website southdeltaartistsguild.com  The address 1710 56 street Delta BC. 

Gallery hours during the show are Tues to Sunday 11am to 4 pm. (hours are extended to 8pm on Thursday evenings)  

There will be a lot of great paintings at this show so come out if you can and enjoy it. I will hopefully  see some of you at the Reception on May 30th.  The painting Circle Back is below.

The second painting accepted into the Show also won an award in the 10th Annual International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP) Online Show. The Painting is called "Playing with Shapes and Colour". It won the 4th Place Award. asap-online.com

Wonderful Cherry Blossom tree outside my townhouse.  

A couple of announcements for the coming week.

First I was very pleased to hear that I was awarded Second Place in the FCA Bloom Show for my painting titled "Orchid and Pears". The show continues at the FCA Gallery on Granville Island until April 14th. 

The second thing that is happening this week is one of my paintings is going up for auction on a new site I have joined. The online gallery is called ARTBOMB. It is a Canadian Company and art from across the country is displayed on the site. My painting "What a Hoot" is going up for auction on Saturday April 13th -- you will be able to find it at at www.artbombdaily.com   

When you are on the site also check out the other artists and paintings by clicking on Available work. There are several filters you can use to find what you are interested in including seeing what artists from the Westcoast currently have art on this site. 

I have always liked the idea of doing a series but never got around to planning for this but as I completed this last painting I realized that even though the subject matters have been different the themes that run through the last several paintings are geometric shapes and colour. I love wonky shapes and right now teal, Indian yellow and a touch of red are dominating. Along with white/cream and black make wonderful mixes of grey. So perhaps my repeated use of these shapes and colours constitute a series. 

My latest painting below is called Bounce (36"x 48")

Others in this Series

I love playing with Shapes, Colours and Line - in fact one of my recent paintings is called Playing with Shapes and Colours. The 2 paintings below have all 3 of these elements in common. 

I finally finished this painting of a Cougar done in the same style as other recent paintings. This one was a bit of a struggle for some reason and it took me a while to get it to this point. There is something more intense about this cat and I am hoping a more descriptive name than cougar springs to mind.

This painting is part of the ISEA (International Society of Experimental Artists) on line show.

I am very pleased that I have had paintings accepted into 3 FCA shows. (see show dates in the Events section)

Mellow Fellow was accepted into the Artists' Choice Show

Back to the 50's was accepted into the Retro Online Show 

What a Hoot was accepted into the Canvas Unbound Show

Wishing You a Healthy Peaceful New Year filled with Joy. 

A little Whimsy - this guy is called "Mellow Fellow" 

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Just received a notice that my painting "What a Hoot" was accepted for a online show with the International Society of Acrylic Painters. I will include a link once the show is posted. 

Woo hoo - I had just posted this when I received another notification that I received an Honourable Mention for this painting. 

Notice from ISAP -71 paintings were accepted out of 188. 12 paintings were selected for awards.  You can view the show here.

I have painted very little over the last several months for a variety of reasons and have found it difficult to get going again.  How do you motivate yourself overcome the inertia that develops? One of the ways that I have tried and found helpful is to take a painting that is "done" that I am not completely satisfied with paint over it - retaining some of the parts of the "old" painting but making it new. For some reasons I find this freeing likely because I feel I have nothing to lose. Below are a couple of paintings that have undergone this transition. 

The first painting has undergone three transitions

Just 2 transitions for the painting below (so far) - you just never know

This painting is in the current show at the FCA Gallery on Granville Island.