I will be showing my work in Lakefield on the weekend of November 16 & 17th from 10 - 4pm.. This is a lovely show in a scenic location in Lakefield. It is boutique style, meaning that all of the artisan's work is spread around the venue, artfully displayed. This year is the 14th annual Christmas show, featuring the work of local and regional artisans. Entrance is free, but you can make a donation in [...]
I'll be participating in the Artisanity show and Sale on November 1 - 3 in Peterborough. This show includes many artisan crafts such as paintings, wood turning, pottery, gourd art, scarves, ornaments, stuffed animals, jewellery, quilts, felted items and much, much more. Free Admission, it is a fundraising show for the Artisan Centre, Peterborough. Takes place at: Knight of Columbus Hall, 317 Hunter Street, Peterborough Hunter St. & Rubidge St.
I had a friend, the talented Kathryn Frank, take some photos of my platters for me, and I'm thrilled with the results. Here is one to start with. Running bunny. running bunny
The piece is out of the bisque firing, and now for the painting while listening to a crime audio book.
The platter is dry and now I have drawn the rabbit and painting some underglaze onto it, and now I'm scratching the fur into the design.
“In my paintings, I’m interested in highlighting the way we see the world,” says American painter Gregory Thielker. Initially this seems like a simple statement, but when you think about it, it is more complex than it first sounds. He is an artist interested in our perception of the physical things around us, rather than those things themselves. So reads the article about Gregory on the site wetransfer.com, a popular site for transferring large [...]
May artists are not appreciated in their own time, but it appears that Van Gogh was pretty clever. Perhaps he saw more than everyone else and it overwhelmed him!
Peter Doig’s Country-Rock (Wing-Mirror) painting sells for $15.5M Oil landscape depicts odd Toronto landmark as seen from the passenger seat of a car. Our beloved rainbow painting, was originally painted by Berg Johnson, who was 16 when he first decided to decorate the concrete tunnel that passes underneath a railway line next to the Don Valley Parkway. Originally from Norway, Johnson was inspired by the memory of a friend named Sigrid, who died in a [...]
