Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Fall Glory

I went on retreat with other members of my church this fall, with the subject of 'centering prayer'.

It was just at the height of the fall leaf colours, which are really special in Quebec.

Based on my photos, I have done some paintings. The aim of these paintings was to produce a work for the Visual Arts Centre fund raiser. The painting was to be 12 inches by 12 inches, and painted directly on a piece of wood given for the purpose, or on paper attached, or anything else using the wood.

I decided to do a watercolor of the leaves, and to fold it around the wood. Which meant the main image had to be in the 12x12 square, and the painting had to continue some inches around this square. This was more of a challenge than I expected, I kept putting the areas of interest outside area that would be on the face of the painting. Shown are the final submission, and the other paintings on the way.

I had initially thought that 90 lb paper would be best, since the heavier the paper the harder it is to fold around the wood block. However the lighter, 90 lb paper, is generally hot press and does not have much of a tooth, and it is hard to do drybrush effectively on this paper. On reviewing the first paintings, I decided to go with the 140 lb cold press paper, and this worked better.


Fall Glory 2
17x17 inches
90 lb hot press watercolour paper

Fall Glory 3
18x18 inches
90 lb hot press Fabriano watercolour paper



Fall Glory 4
17x17 inches
Arches 140 lb cold press watercolour paper



Red tree
18x18 inches
Fabriano 90 lb hot press watercolour paper



Fall Glory as submitted
12x12 inches on wood block, image continues on sides of block
140 lb Arches cold press watercolour paper

Monday, November 14, 2011

Visual Arts Centre


The Visual Arts Center is holding a fundraiser November 22 to 26 with the Gala Opening on the 23rd of November at 6 PM. The tickets are $25.

Thursday, September 22, 2011






Showing at the Mile End Gallery, vernissage September 29 2011.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Black and White, March 2011


Acrylic on Canvas
18 x 24 inches
Private Collection

2011 Watercolour Exhibit of Dix coups de pinceau


The Tree
watercolour on paper
15 x 22 inches
framed
$350



The Beach at Atlantic City III
watercolour on paper
15 x 17 1/2 inches
unframed
$250





The Beach at Atlantic City II
watercolour on paper
15 x 17 inches
unframed
$175



The Garden
watercolour on paper
15 x 22 inches
framed
$350




Ice on the Lake
watercolour on paper
14 x 10 1/2 inches
unframed
$175




The Beach at Atlantic City I
watercolour on paper
14 x 10 1/2 inches
unframed
$175

Exposition 

Le groupe Dix coups de pinceau, groupe d'aquarelliste, vous invite du 26
mai au 5 juin 2011 à leur exposition annuelle à la galerie du Centre
St-Ambroise, 5080, rue St-Ambroise, Montréal. Le vernissage aura lieu,
jeudi le 26 mai de 18h00 à 21h00 et une rencontre avec les artistes aura
lieu dimanche le 5 juin de 13h à 16h00. Au plaisir de se rencontrer.


Pour information: Joanne Bolduc 450-508-6107

Watercolour Exhibit

«Ten Strokes of the Brush», a group of nine watercolourists, invites
you to their annual show at the St. Ambroise Gallery, 5080 St .Ambroise
St., Montreal, from May 26 to 5 June, 2011. The vernissage will be held
Thursday May 26 from 6 to 9 PM, and you can meet all the artists Sunday
June 5 from 1 to 4 PM. We hope to see you there.

For more information please call Therese at 514-484-0616