Long Time

Long time since my last post but things have been busy

Had a great show with the Lemonville Group of Artists in the dark .... power out all weekend but that didn't stop anything We had a great turnout!

Been trying to make the time to paint .... some days are better than others!

I have been accepted into two juried show One at the Scugog Council for the Arts where my painting received Best in Show and one upcoming show at the Uxbridge Municipal Offices for the Celebration of the Arts Sept 17th to 23rd

I am also teaching a workshop in Barrie Sept 8th Details here A few spots still available if you are interested

And then there is the Whitchurch Stouffville Studio Tour October 13th and 14th Details here

I am planning on doing better about posting .....

In the meantime

It's over

Yes summer is over ... maybe a few more days of official summer but tonight is the Harvest Moon. Cooler nights and yes that means it is almost Stouffville Studio Tour time.
I am gathering and organizing my new work. Four weeks will go fast!
My banner on Main Street

A little story about my family

Grace MacPherson, Diana Bullock and Allison Bullock were the subject of a recent article in Good Life Magazine York Region Edition. For the complete magazine please visit here  and scroll down to the York Region edition at the bottom of the page.

Here is the article

All credits to Good Life Magazine

Picture of artists by Mary Cook  

All images of art (c) the artists

Another year

This was our 9th year on the Whitchurch Stouffville Studio Tour and our best year ever. Record crowds, lots of new and familiar faces. Great feedback.

The cats and I are exhausted! They are taking a morning nap after hiding all weekend..... their house is getting back in order and I hope to have it all done by the end of the day.... no naps for me, just coffee!

A few of my birds have flown the coup to new homes. The flock of 17 that I painted this summer were a big hit.

The Robust

 Here are a couple of them

On a branch

The Flirt

Preparation

Getting all ready for the Studio Tour.

Right now I am in organizing mode.

I don't like this side of things, deciding what is going to be presented how..... frames, mats etc.

I know a lot of artists just let a framer do this part and I can certainly understand why however I guess I am a bit of a control freak and want to do it myself, sigh!

Here is a new little painting that I did yesterday and it is all framed up .... just need a name!

Time marches on

I have never understood how people can say they are bored or have nothing to do. Here it is the middle of May already and we are approaching the long weekend. Seems like not to long ago it was snowing .... oh wait Mother Nature had a bad day on Sunday and sent us all kinds of weather including snow, never mind.

Anyhow time for me just whizzes by. It has been an interesting few weeks. 

The show with the Lemonville Group of Artists was the first weekend.... big success and we had an opening evening that was packed. We had record crowds all weekend long so thanks to everyone who came out to see our work. 

Then on May 9th I was part of a team of three Stouffville Studio Tour Artists who created a collaborative painting in 30 minutes. I was nervous, not about painting in front of people but painting one work with 2 other artists. I think our painting turned out very well and I have a lot of fun!

In between painting we videoed our work ... Have a look..... Another time we might have a dedicated person taking the video.

The challenge was to create a painting representing York Region landscapes. We chose to depict a kettle lake in the bottom of the page with houses surrounding the lake and farmland behind. Collaged into the houses was an area map from the 19th century with all of the names of the farms from that era. 

Whitchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour  (C)

Thanks to the York Region Arts Council for inviting us to participate in this event and to the other artists, especially our team for a great evening.

That's a wrap

The 12th Annual Stouffville Studio Tour is now over. Just finished cleaning my house/studio so now time to put everything back together. 
Thanks to everyone who stopped by ... record crowds on not the best weekend weather wise. Several paintings found new homes so that is a bonus!
Mark your calendars for next year our 13th, weekend after Thanksgiving,

All ready

We are all set to go at our location for the 12th Annual Stouffville Studio Tour. Paintings are hung .... just putting the labels together and then some baking. Hope you can stop by.

I have also found out that two of my Sumi-e paintings were chosen to be part of a calendar that will be for sale next month at the Sumi-e Exhibition.... more about that later.

Here are a couple of my new paintings for this weekend. I found them in the "to finish" pile and couldn't remember why I didn't like them!

For lot of information on the Tour and the artists visit their blog http://www.stouffvillestudiotour.blogspot.ca/

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Canada

Hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Getting my space ready for the12th Annual Stouffville Studio Tour next weekend between cooking the turkey. Hope you can stop by and see our latest work. Three generations at out location.

Thank you

Great 5 days at the McKay. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!

A little tired

Just a little tired after a great 2 days at the Lemonville Show. 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by. VERY supportive people with positive feedback, VERY busy with record crowds and the bonus many paintings have new homes! The energy was infectious. 

A few days of rest and then we are going to start thinking about next year ... our 20th so mark your calendars May 4th and 5th 2013!

Exhibition

Forest Sunbeams

Floral Fanatasy

Gulf Coast Sunset I

Twelve of my paintings are hanging in the Cornerhouse Restaurant in downtown Stouffville. 

The Cornerhouse is one of the sponsors  of the Stouffville Studio Tour and they generously showcase a Tour artist every month. 

These are a few of the paintings in the show.

Studio Tour 2011

regrouping and resting!

Studio Tour 2011 is history. A fantastic weekend with record crowds....rainy, windy weather didn't stop anyone from attending. Lots of new and familiar faces. Time to regroup and rest. Now the fun part putting the house back together!

Day 1

Day 1 of the tour was fantastic! Many new and familiar faces. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Another painting

Behind the Mask

Another new painting for the show. 

This one has its name! 

I sometimes find this the most challenging part of the process .... often a painting's name seems to be obvious, like it is destined to have that name ... other times nothing seems quite appropriate. This was an obvious one.

New work

Busy days getting ready for the Studio Tour....managed to spend time outside on such a beautiful day. More like summer than October...if only it would last...I love warm weather!

watercolour batik

acrylic

Here are a few of the new paintings that will be on display next week. No names yet!

Demonstrating October 1st

Lots of fun demonstrating at Latcham Gallery.
Two successful Sumi-e paintings!