Alvar

December 2023

 I am now represented by Cloud Gallery www.cloudgallery.ca and am a member of Arts at the Albion co-operative gallery www.artsatthealbion.com.

My latest work has been focused on the landscape of the Carden Alvar.

A serious car accident in 2022 has interfered with my output somewhat, but I am recovering.

Today, February 16th, I worked on this oil on panel at Grant's Woods near Orillia. Perfect sunny winter day, but as the temperature was minus 4, I limited my painting time to about 45 minutes. I'll finish it in the studio. 

Black River White Pine #57, December 2017, commission, 40"x 30" oil on canvas.

What I've Been Doing Lately.

   Hi all. It's very much time to catch up on my art life since the last posts. The fall of 2016 through the winter, spring and summer of 2017 were busy and satisfying. I continued to run my gallery, Art at the Washago Hotel, showing my own work and several other artists. Winter there was very quiet, but through the summer there were lots of visitors and some healthy sales. I also continue to show at Hooper's Cafe in Washago,  Apple Annie's in Orillia, and Keith Johnson's Hub Gallery in Port Carling.
   I created an on-site installation, called "The Painted Grove" at Grant's Woods, Division Rd. Severn Township, Ontario, one of Couchiching Conservancy's nature reserve properties. They commissioned several artists  to create site-specific work as part of their Canada 150 project. My installation is still there, for anyone who would like to visit. I haven't seen it in the snow yet. Must get out there and take some photos.
    Another Couchiching Conservancy project involves artists doing paintings of its various properties in preparation for an exhibit next fall at Orillia Museum of Art and History. I have been using this to get myself out painting on site. I've done four so far, and hope to do many more. The Conservancy owns 44 properties!
    A commission at the end of 2017 gave me the happy excuse to do another view from my front window, 40 by 30 inches oil on canvas, about the 57th "Black River White Pine" I've painted.
    Presently I am working sometimes at home, and sometimes at my small studio in room 11 on the second floor of the Washago Hotel. (The former gallery space is now occupied by the offices of the Highway 11 construction administration.)

 Inside new display space at The Washago Hotel, 3374 Muskoka Street, Washago. ON. I will be showing along with Kimberley Campbell. I will be on site Thursday and Saturdays 1 -4 p.m. To view work at other times call 705-323-3374.

 

These and more will be on display at Apple Annie's Cafe in Orillia, Ontario Canada for Starry Night Studio and Gallery Tour on Saturday evening, August 22nd from 6 - 11 p.m.

 These and others will be on display in Orillia, Ontario, Canada for Starry Night Studio and Gallery Tour at Studio 11, 11 Mississaga street East, Saturday evening 6 - 11 p.m.

My New Studio, "Casa Luna"

My new studio, "Casa Luna" at 7498 East River Road, Washago, Ontario, Canada. Call (705) 323-3374 for an appointment or to inquire about any of the work on this site. Update: this building has now become home part time for the past year to my son James, who stays here to help with daily life after my husband's accident which has left him quadriplegic.

New Plein Air Paintings

St George's Island, Washago. 18' by 24" unframed, oil on wood, $400. CAD. More paintings in "Plein Air"

New Lamps

Five new lamps with a steampunk edge. See "Liz's Lamps"

New painting

                                       "Ice Pans I" see Abstract Landscapes page.

New charcoal work: "Pine Study 3"

"Pine Study 3"    20" by 16" by 2"     charcoal on board       SOLD

  "Cloud Study 1" charcoal on gessoed birch panel   20" by 16" by 2"   $350. CAD SOLD

I love the beautiful smooth surface of these gessoed birch panels. This, and the other charcoal pieces I've just done on this surface, have been landscapes from my imagination. They are based on images from nature that I have found burned into my mind from living where I do. I used only charcoal, an eraser, and a rag. When the image is done I spray it with varnish to fix the charcoal and create a smooth semi-gloss surface. See more under the "Charcoal Painting" heading.

Projection of the video"Anima"

"Anima" projected on to the side of a building in downtown Orillia, ON Canada, August 20 , 2011.

"Anima"

Published in Youtube under the title "Subconcious Faces"

New Look

I've been rearranging my site to get things better organized. All the paintings are still here. Check in the tabs above. More coming soon.

Current Exhibitions

Life and Limb, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia Ontario, Canada.
"Sparking Waters Century 21 Real Estate offices, Muskoka Street, Washago, Ontario, Canada

The progress of the painting "November"

Stage one..painted on site in High Park, Toronto.
Stage two - studio: oaks, red pines and goldenrod - sky lightened.
More light added in the negative spaces...a stag's head is appearing. Forms built up, stag-headed man appears

Finished. Landscape forms tied in.