The Saugeen Artists Store is almost ready to open!

Members of my art group "The Saugeen Artists" have been working for days to get the store ready for the opening Wednesday.  It's so wonderful to see the artwork coming in the door!  There is jewelry,  pottery, metal work, cards, handmade journals, and of course paintings.  All kinds of paintings, and in all sizes!  

Here are a few of the new pieces I have ready for this year.  They are 11 X 14, using acrylic and collage.  
I love anything to do with lettering, so they were a lot of fun to make!  

A painting goes to a hospital!

I was pleased to find out that my painting "Nature's Cathedral" was chosen for the Momentos Juried Show which originated from the Owen Sound Hospital.  50 paintings were chosen to hang in several hospitals in the Owen Sound area.  It will be interesting to see which one it will hang in, for the duration of a year.  I submitted a short paragraph about my "Canadian Moment" as well, which will hang with the painting.  Here is the moment I chose:

On a warm, brilliant autumn day I go walking leisurely through our maple bush with my family.  Leaves rustle under our feet.  Squirrels scamper to their hideouts.  Our laughter rises to the tree tops.  Does life get any better than this?  But then we turn a random corner and come to a sudden stop.  Before us is a blaze of gold and red, that God himself created for us in our own maple cathedral--  this is my Canadian moment!

"Nature's Cathedral"
acrylic
30 x 20

My newest painting has found a home............

..........in Medicine Hat Alberta!  This painting is similar to a previous one that had sold from the Southampton Gallery a couple of years ago.  My new art collector friend asked for a few changes, and this is what I created.  I find that I often miss a painting that is sold, and while I do miss this one, I'm pleased that it has already found a wall to call home.  Thank you, Leigh!  I hope you enjoy it!  

"The Family Farm"
acrylic
18 X 24

SOLD