In and around Kincardine

Four Members of the Victoria Park Gallery have their work up at Bean's Bistro.  The three on the left are mine.  Bean's is a great unique little coffee shop in Kincardine where I love to sit over looking the Harbour and enjoy a latte.  I have one more on display but it's not pictured.  As well as at the Victoria Park Gallery, I have some art on display at Dr Deller-Quin's office and the Tourism Office.

New at the Victoria Park Gallery, November Lake Before The Snow 24 x 40 Oil on Canvas

Summer of Fun

It's been a wonderful summer.  A summer of fun at the beach, skate park and visiting with cousins.  I am lucky to be able to work around the schedule of my 7 year old.  This summer that meant less work and more play!  It was a success!  School starts soon enough.

There was a bit of painting mixed into the fun.  Last summer we moved close to my inspiration, Lake Huron.  I can't see the lake from our house but I am close enough that I can hear the waves and know when I just jump on my bike and go snap some reference photos.

23 x 36 Mixed Media on Canvas.  Sold.

Members of the Victoria Park Gallery enjoyed a relaxing day painting at the Peace Garden in Kincardine at Geddes Park.

A Place to Paint

Finally.  I feel like I am working.  We moved in July, my paints were in boxes crammed in a piled up disaster until our basement and my new studio were finished.  

I am very excited.  My studio is  almost unpacked, almost ready for classes but the best and most important - I have a window, good lighting and I am busy.  And, I am now an Independent Consultant with Arbonne, a botanical based health and wellness company.  Lots going on.

This week I am featured in the local papers as a new member of the Victoria Park Gallery in Kincardine.  Lisa Farrell moves home after 22 years and loves living by the lake!  Yes, I do.  

Today I am felting a beret and painting in preparation for Artful Hands November 29 and 30.

Artist Lisa Farrell of Kincardine with her oil painting, "Moments," featured at the Victoria Park Gallery in downtown Kincardine.  http://kincardinetimes.com/

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May Paintings

Lola's Coffee House in House in Brighton is a great supporter of the Brighton Arts Council.  Art changes monthly.  This month I share the space with John Granton a talented photographer.

John thought it would be fun if I painted one of his photos for the show.  Here is my take on his winter swan.

I had so much fun painting the yellow flower, I painted this poppy using the same techniques.  It incorporates texture, stamping, acrylics and oil glazes and palette knife application.

End of Winter Work

Even though I love snow, it's a sure sign I've almost had enough when I start painting vibrant summer flowers.  This yellow flower is a multi-media piece I painted to teach in Brighton April 24, 6-9 pm for Community Living.  It combines texture, stamping, acrylics and oil glazing plus, playing with a palette knife. 

Yellow Flower  12 x 16" Mixed Media on Canvas

In the summer we love to boat.  Sand Banks Provincial Park is our favourite destination.  The sallow water of East Lake and the mountainous dunes provide entertainment for all ages.  Not far across the dunes is Lake Ontario.  This piece is currently on display in Cobourg at 600 William St as part of a Brighton Arts Council showing.

Sandbanks Swamp Lilies   24 x 30" 

Acrylic with Oil Glazes on Canvas

My Creative Mess

One of the tables in my creative mess.

March 1 from 10-2 at Communtity Care in Brighton I will be teaching a multi-media workshop using this painting as inspiration.  This is a wonderful workshop for all skill levels to explore creativity.  Using texture, acrylics and oil glazes, your painting can move in many directions, impressionistic, abstract or more realistic.

A sample of a technique workshop I taught February 11 at the BAC Gallery.  We focused on blending techniques, how to paint a realistic waterdrop and brush choices.

Art2 at the Arts Quinte West Gallery

 

The first snowfall of the year blanketed everything.  The boy and I were out making snow angels before sunrise.  Not my idea of the first thing to do in the morning but it is wonderful to watch him frolic about with delight.  Yes, I did make angels as requested.

Something about winter makes me want to hide in my painting cave and paint sunshine and summer flowers.  These two paintings are a donation to the Arts Quinte West Gallery here in Trenton for a fundraiser 'Art2'.  Everything 12" square is ONLY $50.00.  On to bigger pieces, more sunshine and flowers and grape vines.



November Gales

 

Painted for the Arts Quinte West Juried Show 'Stories' in November.  This encaustic wave piece has snippets of news clippings from the Great Storm of November 1913 which plummeted the Great Lakes from November 9-13 leaving more than 250 people dead and 19 ships lost.

 



 

 

Also for the juried show, this painting is typical of a visit to the beach with my son, an only child who enjoys family 'hoping'.  In this painting he is chatting with his new friend Grace and her mom while we wait for the fireworks to start over the harbour at Kincardine's Station Beach.

Harry Potter and Painting

 

It is will a sense of finality relief I write this post.  I have been reading Harry Potter.  That is a lot of reading and I have been very distracted.  I'm so happy Harry accomplished his mission and I can get back to work.  This painting I started weeks ago and I think I can finally call it finished.

 

36 x 36" Mixed Media on Canvas  Lake Storm

 

This painting of the Bryon Bay light was a late Christmas present for my brother in-law.  He sent me this picture when he was working in Australia a year ago.  I used to paint a lot of lighthouses, I love the history, architecture and of course, the locations.

8 x 10" Oil on Canvas  Bryon Bay Light

Arts Quinte West Featured Artist

This month I am the featured artist at the Arts Quinte West Gallery downtown Trenton.
On display are WaterStudies, floral and some feathered friends.  Plus one Pipe Band.  I love pipers!  I like to throw one in the painting mix every once in while.  This little painting is of the Prince Edward Hasting Band. 
Most of my work is done in oils or mixed media (acrylic, tissue papers or impasto and oil glazes).  I have some small Encaustic work also.
I also have some felted berets and scarves for sale.

My latest piece is a donation to the Gallery for the December fundraising show, Art Squared.  Can you see the price?  All 12" square pieces are only $50.  I have other pieces in the 12" square $50 selection too.

 

Project finishing week

12x24" Oil on Canvas
I have painted two paintings from a lovely day out for lunch last summer at Huff Estate Winner. The other painting was of creme brulee, which makes me want to bake, paint and eat more creme brulee.

Felted vest, Merino wool, bamboo and silk.
My first attempt at felting my own piece of clothing. I was very excited to use my dormant pattern making skills.
Fashion photo shoot looking pictures will come at some point (hopefully).

I thought I was on a roll but it didn't last as long as I hoped. The cosmo was painted in two days so I became optimistic that the hibiscus that has been on my easel for a year would be finished also.

Fall Shows

My booth at the Brighton Lion's show and sale in October.
I only displayed a few of my paintings deciding to feature my newly felted berets and scarves.




Setting up at the Arts Quinte West show Arts Extravaganza November 12.



New mixed media water study of St. Augustine Beach. 18"x 48".
I painted three paintings from the pictures I took last March while on holidays with my family in St. Augustine. It is a fabulous beach that I hope to return to some year.

Brighton Drummer

Here is the latest addition to the Brighton Legion Highland series of paintings that I will be displaying this Saturday at the Trenton Scottish Irish Festival. I love the sound of the bagpipes!

11x14 Oil on Canvas.

New Paintings

11"x14" Oil on canvas. Brighton Legion Highlander
Husband is back to work, paintings are getting finished up. This piece is for an Arts Quinte West display and sale at the Trenton Scottish-Irish Festival September 10. Two more pieces are in the works, more pippers and a drummer.


12"x24" Oil on Canvas. Presqu'ile Marsh
I painted this piece in the shelter of the observation tower at the Presqu'ile Provincial Park Boardwalk. It is an incredibly peaceful spot and a beautiful walk through the marsh and cedar and cottonwood forest.

J helping me with my last blog post. He thought we should be doing some farming, not sitting at the computer.

20"x30" Oil on Canvas
Presqu'ile light painting is off to a good start. Coincidentally, Nana and Poppa are visiting and I finally have something to show. The finished piece will be framed.

Getting some work done!

Two days of not boating = two blog posts in two days and two finished paintings.

July has been a busy month with husband off work, boating, company and a few mini holidays. Did I mention boating? It's not bothering me that the past two days have been too windy to boat. Husband has the boat clean and shiny. Little guy has been busy overseeing the job. I'm getting some paintings that I started painting at Presqu'ile completed. Plus, the neglected bog is being attended to.

Wednesdays in July I could be found at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. What a day to look forward too. Sit in the shade and paint at one of my favourite places to hang out in. Visit with the happy campers and holiday makers. I'm sure they weren't all happy but everyone that stopped at the Artist in the Park sign to visit was. Thanks for stopping and to Jenny, Francis, Emmy and Sara who painted with me. I have four more Wednesdays as Artist in the Park. One of those days should generate a painting that I will be donating to Friend's of Presqu'ile for them to raffle as a fundraiser this fall. Watch for a preview in a post soon.

Hope to see you at Presqu'ile

Marsh Swan 6 x 12" Oil on Canvas

Lake Ontario Rocks 16 x 20" Mixed media on canvas

New mixed media in the works.

More felted scarves from Vanessa's photo shoot.

Fall leaf painting

Amazingly enough, between all my distractions, the giant leaf painting is nearing completion. It is the biggest painting I've attempted to date 4' x 6' oil on canvas.

It is a commisson and I'm looking for feed back. I have added more branches since I took this photo yesterday and I am working at developing the centre of interest. Any helpful critics would be welcome. The photo is a little dark.

Arts Quinte West Studio Tour

Thanks to everyone who came to visit on my studio tour last weekend.
I am looking forward to hearing from people who managed to complete the whole tour, nine studios with nineteen artists.

Here is my guest host, photographer, web designer and social media coach Penny Olorenshaw of PoloDesign, trying her hand at Encaustics, painting with wax and oil pigments.

Sold at my studio tour, my ode to friend Henry Mitchell, who paints wonderfully imaginative forest scenes. His would have had ladies with period costumes.

6"x30" Oil on Canvas

Arts Quinte West Studio Tour

One day until my studio tour.

Here I am working on some new paintings.

One is a commission, a giant painting I'm

wondering if I will ever get finished.

The other is a mixed media water study,

my favourite thing to paint, water and clouds.