workshop with Ingrid

This is the third workshop with Ingrid's oil painting instruction for the FCA, I stayed up wee into the late hours to work on my peonies and have a few more touches to do. I changed it dramatically...no new photo as I donated this to the Airdrie Food Bank at the Empty Bowls Festival, hope it finds a nice home and helps out a hungry family in the interim.

encaustic art

On the weekend I held a workshop for the FCA with Ken Bourassa. The method is to paint with wax.

Wilderness Waters

This used to be different, but I added some snow

Airdrie Home and Garden Show

still life

So I decided to try a quick painting of a set after I got home, looking downward and into the flower arrangement, not my fav for sure but getting really quick, hopefully my painting skills are becoming looser

workshop still-life 2

More painting with Ingrid

Workshop stillife

Started a workshop with ingrid Christensen to loosen up my style, here is something I did in an hour imagine that.

Vancouver Harbor

I was inspired to paint something in a quick method after watching a demo and the Airdrie Regional Art Society.My paintings are never complete when I post them so there have been some tweekings since this rendition.

A little Jazzy painting

This is from a photo I took at Tiempo concert in Calgary.

calgary sketch club show and sale

Art Show And Sale
Sat April 16th
Dalhousie Community Centre
5432 Dalhart Rd. NW
Sat Apr. 16th 2011
10 am - 3 pm

FCA Upcoming Show

Yay I made it on the invitation

swinging - working on something western for the art auction at the calgary stampede

STAGE FOUR - FINISHING HAIR AND HIGHLIGHTS

STAGE THREE - ADDNG COLOURS

STAGE TWO - ADDING LIGHTS AND REFLECTIVE QUALITIES

FIRST STAGE - DRAWING FIGURE IN RED AND ADDING BACKGROUND

Torture!!

I have done it again spent the night refinishing the same artwork...But still, something is a miss....Okay onto new works, A little girl swinging with her cowboy boots on is what I will be working on and hiding this one from view!

My Newest Painting

This little painting didn't last long. Just a tiny little Elbow Falls Oil Painting but its already sold at the Calgary Sketch Club. The Sale is at the Elveden Centre in Calgary and continues until the 25th of April.

Working on a Kitty

Well, Just need to add whiskers and this one is ready to go. A little painting 7x9 in a shadow light.

Just tweaking some paintings

I have lost track of how many times I have put this one back up on the easel and repainted something. Again I have reworked the face, urrgh. I just am not happy with this one, some day I will get it, not today.

Workshop with Doug Swinton and the sketch club

Its so nice to be able to go out and paint with fellow artists and to see the creative artwork that defines each person Here are the mini paintings I did, one is in Playa the other is the shack behind the Dean House in Calgary. The photo was taken on a plein air excursion with fellow artists from the FCA.

FCA Demo

In January I hired Ingrid Christensen, a local Calgary artist, to do a demo for the Federation of Canadian artists. She chose to do a figurative demo and for that my daughter Alysia posed. It was so impressive, Ingrid spent about an hour answering questions and painting, I would be so blessed to be able to paint like her. I have set up a workshop for the FCA members with Ingrid, date and time TBA, I will certainly post my artwork after I have learned all her secrets!!


Here are the photos, First INGRID PAINTING , Alysia, the model form and then what she completed at the demo... followed by the completed painting, Beautiful

Heat

Time to add another painting, I am working ont his simple rendition, I don't know why. It was a much nicer photograph. I really need to get in the mood to paint. lt appears I am losing my talents. So paint, paint, paint....

Last Day working on Blue Eyes

At the FCA Show

Thanks to Jonathan Chan for taking this picture of me at the fca show in November

Working on this new foal for the stampede as well as three others from photographs I took out at the Lauder ranch last year

Autumn's Last Applause

The glories of getting Lost
This is where I got lost inn October out pleine air painting by myself. A nice little road in kananaskis country.

In Anticipation

Still working on this, just some background left and maybe shine up those blue eyes too.

Just working on a new artwork for the FCA show

stand alone

Working with pastel, too bad the photo didn't have more detail, not what I expected, will try again.

working on a new oil painting

I need to do a few pieces for the federation show to submit on the 15th of October. So here is the drawing on canvas board of the first image. She is looking between fencing and I am not sure if I will put the upper plank in, so its to sleep to paint another day...The 2nd image will be a still life of a chess game, the third a landscape of the country just west of here.

Irricana Fire Hall Mural

Well I finally made it out to the quaint little town of Irricana which is a very vibrant art minded community. It displays murals through out the entire town, so take a drive around and don't forget to check out the Grasshopper Gallery too, its worth the drive.

Chinook

Working on this as my Airdrie scene, Just east of the mountains we see alot of CHinook Arches. They can be orange pink purple and red, what a palette!

Something else I am working on for the Ukrainian festival

Ukrainian Air Show

Working on paintings for the Ukrainian Village celebration in August -this painting is one in my series - Ukrainian Air show

Calgary Stampede Western Showcase Window

My yearly venture to the Western Showcase at the Calgary Stampede. Here I am working on Blue Eyes. It was nice to talk to Michelle Grant, Julie Poppelwell, Rick Berg, Adeline Halvorlson and Ken and Kathy Hoehn. It wasn't vey busy but Cheryl and I had a good time painting.

Ukrainian Music Festival August 29th

The Ukrainian Festival is coming up and I will be submitting this picture on Ukrainian Day August 8th, I'll be working on the wonderful athletic jumps of the men as well as a few ladies for artwork in late August.

blue eyed beauty

I see it is time to post a new picture so here is one i am woking on for the Stampede. I finished a spanish dancer earlier in the week but I am not supposed to advertise her yet. This horse is from The Airdrie Canada Day parade- 2009, I wonder if I will see it tomorrow.

Art Hanging

Members Please bring two Western Paintings for Smitty's on Monday June 28th thanks

Quick Study of a white mare

For my last class with the seniors we painted horses. It is the right time of year to be thinking Western. I brought in photos of the horses from the Lauder Ranch and each member chose one to paint, they did brown, blonde and white horses, everyones was different. In just over an hour they all were wonderful paintings. Shows how much their skills have developed. The idea we had for Jane turned out so well I decided to paint it myself.

Paint

Yeah, My paint has finally arrived from the states, Thank you to Jodie who made the arrangements and to my aunt and Uncle- Lil and Lorne for bringing it to Alberta from Alamo. I have started an acrylic and can't wait to try it out. Acrylic is not the medium I like to use but it should make me a more prolific artist being able to paint quicker. It will take some getting used to as I like to blend on the canvas, but we will see what happens....In the meantime here is the horsey bowl I created for the empty Bowls Festival held here on Saturday.

Calgary Stampede Series

I am still tweeking the painting but here is the last photo of the painting.

Along with the Series: "Girls Love Horses", I am Painting a miniature series on 8 x 10 canvas "Faces of the Stampede". This includes this rodeo clown I am working on.