Final Weekend of 2 Shows, 1 more to conclude next Thursday

I'm just exhausted; been a long week at the dayjob. So Saturday is the final day of the Muskoka Chair Auction for NPCC, and I'll be manning the bid desk all Sat morning. So far every chair has a bid on it, yay!

And on Sunday my show at Sherway Gardens "Gallery in the Gardens" is finished and I'll be taking down all 10 pieces. The interview on Rogers Cable TV aired last Friday, and even I missed it! Oh well. I don't think television and I are really suited to each other.

Other than that, I have one last piece on show until next Thursday 18 June at the Assembly Hall Art Gallery in Lakeshore Arts Juried Show. And then the spring show season is over for another year.

Country Life

Yep, its the country life for us. Very quiet with big bugs. I miss having the internet at my fingertips and the little niceties like street lights (out here they're called stars). Difficult to draw in starlight, though.

Georgie's happy and the sun is shining now. The air is fresh, perhaps cold is another word but definitely fresh, and the light breeze manages to blow around just about anything you don't want it to. But we'll go out and enjoy the light in a bit with a sketch book and pen. The mosquitoes hopefully will be sleeping now.

AJ

Long Weekend Painting

So we've planned a weekend of painting the small chess board blocks, one muskoka chair and several drawings. Looking good so far. Georgie has started the day nicely by lying right smack on top of my handmade paper pile with a somewhat triumphant look on his little face. I hope its not a sign of things to come. Obviously I'm just not giving him enough attention (ha!).

I'll post more photos on Monday, of the small set of blocks when finished. This is a pic from last week; this set is all blocked in now and just waiting for finishing touches. Unfortunately, can't work on it this weekend.

AJ

Thunderstorms

Oh, the light outside is fabulous right now. Just incredible, and also the lack thereof of light. Its on that precipice of a thunderstorm here, and everything just went from light to dark; fantastic. Just little highlights, spots of filtered light splattered about on the coloured trees. Lovely, lovely. Very cool.

My doggie didn't think so, and so we've gone inside where the loud rolls of thunder won't get him. Nothing a cookie here and there won't fix. Ah, the life of a dog. I'll watch from inside, I guess. Gotta go get the crayons now and sit by the window.

AJ