Barriefield’s Bicentennial Book

Yes, Barriefield’s bicentennial book will be available before Christmas... just! The launch is happening on Wednesday 23 December 4-7 pm, at the Kingston Yacht Club. This is the first time that Barriefield's story has been gathered together into one volume. At 200 pages, and with 170 illustrations, it is a fascinating and beautiful book. I have a painting in this book but as am yet, unsure just where :>))

1559 Ice Ledge

Started 2:30 pm Monday April 6th, 2015.
I selected this scene to practice looking into the water at small angles of incidence. Refraction of light dominates when you are looking downward into the water at small angles of incidence. In this case you can clearly see to bottom. The colours change with depth though and this was the challenge. The position of the features also are distorted but in this case, that didn't really matter. No one is likely to complain or find any errors.

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1691 Pensive Clouds

This Singleton skyscape was from early November. I used a lot of paint on the 8x10 canvas and it was fun!
The abnormally warm weather has continued until today and will last at least another week. The cold polar vortex is located more over James Bay for the time being. El Nino is making the news as well. It would appear that the climate, the weather we expect, is not what it used to be, whether we like it or not. I suspect many like this weather... I am headed out for a paddle...

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Update - The Parry Sound Group of Five Plein Air Painters

This is another in the series of paintings from the October outing with The Parry Sound Group of Five Plein Air Painters. The location of this scene is somewhere around N45.24324167 W80.15092778 according to the GPS on my camera. I tried to find the location of Spar C194 on some map but was unsuccessful. For me, this is classic Georgian Bay and Canadiana.
There is tyalk about making this an annual event. Wouldn't it be nice?! So far I probably have 25 paintings from this trip with another 10 or so waiting in the wings to take flight - so to speak.

Fine Art America Introduces Canadian Fulfillment for Framed Prints

Fine Art America Introduces Canadian Fulfillment for Framed Prints December 4th, 2015
The FAA global expansion continues... "we (FAA) are very pleased to announce that we've begun shipping framed prints from our new production facility in Toronto!
What does that mean?
It means that all orders for framed prints will ship to any address in Canada within 2 - 5 business days!
It also means low shipping rates... no import taxes... and a whole new market of buyers for your artwork!
Check out our global fulfillment network.   We now have 14 fulfillment centers in 5 countries!
The Canada center will be fulfilling orders for all of our websites, including Pixels.com, FineArtAmerica.com, FineArtEurope.com, Instaprints.com, ArtistWebsites.com, and all of the others.   This includes your personal Artist Website and your shopping cart widgets, as well.
Tell your friends... tell your family... tell your followers on Facebook and Twitter... your online art business just went global!"
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The Parry Sound Group of Five Plein Air Painters

I had the distinct pleasure of painting with the  Parry Sound Group of Five Plein Air Painters - Six if you include me - ladies all enthralled with Canadian art and the beauty of Canada - Parry Sound in this particular instance. Four of the ladies were also Docents for the McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg. Imagine sharing a campfire on starry night with artists passionate about Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. I was able to tell a few stories and listen to many more. These opportunities are rare if not impossible to imagine. However, it was my distinct pleasure and honour to paint with the Group of Five - remember that both Five and Seven are prime numbers.
How this outing happened was either a miracle or an accident. It is almost impossible to plan something that turned out as excellent as this.  The following are the demonstration pieces that I painted while in Parry Sound - in chronological order.  I do hope that you will enjoy them.

1667 Pine Curtain

I had the opportunity to paint Limberlost in early October. The colours were just turning but still inspiring. Here are the efforts from that paint-out.

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Museum on Tower Hill - Fund Raiser

I should have mentioned that this is a fund raiser for the Parry Sound Museum ... maybe Bobby will come!
I was going to be in the area painting Georgian Bay anyway and an earlier plan to present in Parry Sound didn't materialize.
The weather looks OK... a weakening ridge and a few troughs but nothing crazy. The good thing is that there will be weather. I hope that you can make it :>))

Tom Thomson in Parry Sound

The Museum on the Hill, in Parry Sound is presenting an evening with Phil the Forecaster. Phil will present "Tom Thomson Was A Weatherman" on Sunday October 4th  from 7-9 pm. The presentation is an unique and innovative look at Tom Thomson's artwork and an eye opening presentation about the awesome weather patterns that still surround us. There is a fair bit of humour as well as science and art ... hopefully a lot of fun too.
http://www.museumontowerhill.com/