The Saugeen Artists are busy getting ready..........

for "The 24 Days of Christmas" Show. 


Twenty-two artists are displaying their work in the previous "Shoe Shack" store, downtown Hanover.  There are lots of Christmas gift ideas there, from cards and tree ornaments to sculptures and large paintings.  You will also find jewellery, stained glass, and even furniture!  Take a look any day during December, and meet the artists.  If you bring an item to donate to the local Food Bank, you can enter a daily draw for a prize from one of the artists!  It's a great adventure for the group, and we're looking forward to trying out the retail scene. 


 Here are some of the artists preparing their displays ........

What a great painting group!

Saturday, November 19 was my last watercolour workshop for 2011.  We were all focused on flowers for the day, a delightful diversion from the cold weather and the approaching winter.  This amazing group was able to switch from positive painting to negative painting and back again!  We all took 2 or 3 paintings home to keep working on until next time.............

Watch the "Classes" tab
to check on the next
workshops in 2012.

A new art venue!

I'm pleased to be asked by Wendy at the Partners Physiotherapy Service in Hanover to hang two  watercolour paintings in her front lobby!  Here they are:

"Consider the Lilies:
watercolour 11 X 14

This was a fun study in using lots of effects for texture,
and then making the flowers pop out by painting the negative shapes around them.

"More to Come"
watercolour 11 X 14

This was the piece I worked on during the Autumn Leaves Studio Tour, between guests at the Earthen Vessels Studio.  Nothing was painted in the positive-- I painted around all of the flowers (when my hands weren't too cold!).  The buds gave it the title.