Summer...Art Workshops, Rain, Rain, Rain and a Couple of Art Shows

Wow! It has been three months since I last posted on this blog. Yikes...While our summer has not been the best...rain, rain, rain so it would appear to be a good time to do some indoor painting. However, I have been busy attending a wide variety of art classes...a  5 day fused glass workshop (wonderful), an abstract landscape painting workshop (fantastic) and a gardening workshop. With the August long weekend just around the corner, I can now apply all this new knowledge ...looking forward to sitting down at the easel.

There are a few summer time shows that I am participating in. I have the St. Albert art walk at The Bookstore for the month of August (opening/artist reception August 1). I have several pastel works on display in the Atrium in the Sherwood Park Community Center. And finally I was lucky enough to have two mixed media works juried into the "Air" exhibition which is currently on display at the Alberta Art Gallery.

With fall going up fast, I am getting set to prepare for the upcoming fall shows.

                             One of the small paintings I will have in the St. Albert art walk. 

Next Show This WEEKEND

I am participating in the St. Albert spring show "Alive".  Currently I have one painting entered but I am quickly finishing a second one.

Jasper Vantage I

Fall Show in St. Albert October 26-28

Check out the evite with an image of one of my works.

My Fused Glass in St. Albert

I am pleased to announce that the Art Gallery of St. Albert will be selling my fused glass in their gift gallery. Currently my fused glass work is only available in Sherwood Park at the Loft Gallery (Ottewell Community Centre/Red Barn).

Trying to Juggle

So, I have finished the last "quilt" art piece that is to go into the Loft Gallery show for November-December. I got a total of five small paintings done! Yippee!! Tomorrow, I deliver my pastel pieces to St. Albert for the weekend show. Friday night there is the VASA fundraiser as well as the artist/opening reception for the St. Albert show "A Harvest of Art". And beginning Thursday I start making some pieces for the Christmas marketplace (November 17-18) at the Red Barn/Ottewell Centre, Sherwood Park.

New VASA show FAST approaching

While I am preparing for this upcoming weekend's Culture Days at the Red Barn/Ottewell Centre (Sherwood Park), I would be remiss not to mention that I was fortunate enough to be juried into another VASA show in St. Albert. "Mystical, Magical, Fantasy" is the title of this month long exhibition which runs from October 3-28 with the opening/artist reception on Thursday October 5.

ARTWALK in St. Albert

Yikes! With all the gardening, prepping for art competition I just about forgot that I will have several pieces in the upcoming Art Walk in St. Albert. My work will be on display at The Bookstore on Perron Street for the entire month of June. Hope many of you can make it out on Thursday nights or any time!

ANOTHER SPRING SHOW in St. Albert

Got the news that a couple of my pieces will be a part of the upcoming V.A.S.A. spring exhibition. It will run from April 4-19, 2017 with the opening night on April 6 from 6-9 p.m.

"THANK OUR STARS" EXHIBITION OPENS TODAY

V.A.S.A. (St. Albert) is hosting the exhibition "Thank Our Stars" which is opening today from 10:00-4:00. I have two pieces for sale at this exhibition. The opening reception is December 1 from 6:00-9:00. Everyone is welcome as this reception also serves as a fundraiser for VASA.

 A Textured Land- silkscreen print-

UPCOMING V.A.S.A. EXHIBITION (ST. ALBERT)

The V.A.S.A. exhibition "Thank Our Stars" is just around the corner. Two of my pieces will be in the show as well as many other works from over 80 artists. The show opens November 29 with the opening reception/fundraiser on December 1. Hope to see you there!

The Road Taken-soft pastel

GUILDED: A RIVER RUNS THROUGH, Art Gallery of St. Albert

Today I am dropping off a piece of art work for the upcoming show at the Art
 Gallery  of  St. Albert. The show will run from November 3-26 with the 
 opening/artist reception on  November 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. I hope to see you
 there!
Link to Art Gallery of St. Albert   http://artgalleryofstalbert.ca/

Along the Shore I-soft pastel