Annual Gallery Painting Group Juried Show and Sale 2010

I have been busy getting ready for the Annual Gallery Painting Group Show and Sale in October. My sketchbook has been a source of inspiration for some work, some was done on location, and others are the product of sketches, reference photos and imagination. I have a few paintings still in progress.

London's Gallery Painting Group's 60 members will be holding their Annual Show and Sale At The Byron Memorial Library in October. The artwork shown is the product of this year's paint outs held in various locations in London and surrounding areas including Grand Bend, Bayfield, Port Stanley, Delaware, Komoka, Arva, Aylmer, Thamesville and Thamesford.

To read more about The Gallery Painting Group go to http://www.thelondoner.ca/ and look for us in the Sept. 8 Arts section.

Congratulations Catherine Weber !

My friend and fellow Sunset Arts artist, Catherine Weber, has had the painting, Dancing Heads, juried into the Pastel Artist Canada Show that runs from Sept.30 to Oct.17 at the Nelson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke (Toronto). Congratulations, Catherine!

Westdel Bourne Sheep

This is a watercolour done after one of the Gallery Painting Group's paint outs. I had done a graphite sketch of the amazing barn on location, intending to paint it in watercolour at home in my studio. However, when I saw the sheep with their personalities so clearly visible on their faces, I was enchanted and took several photos of them before I left. I decide to use one of the triadic colour schemes I have been playing with to paint the sheep in front of the barn. When I was finished I cropped the barn out of the painting entirely and was happy with the result. I will paint the barn another time.....perhaps.