Confirmed Shows for December 2014

This is a listing of confirmed shows that members of the Group will be exhibiting their artwork in this month. This list will be updated as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
30 Nov - 21 Dec 14 and 07-18 Jan 15 Free Expresions
Opening Reception 30 Nov 14 from 1-4pm.
Susan Sydney

Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
27 Nov 14 - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
03 Dec 14 - 31 Jan 15 Then and Now All Members' Christmas Show and Sale
Susan Sydney

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at these shows.

New Show at Township of Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery

The Countryside Art Group has been accepted to hold an exhibition of their artwork at the Township of Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery.

The show will run from 17 February - 27 March 2015 with the Opening Reception being held on Friday 20 February 2015 from 7-8pm.

If you have a chance please come out opening night and meet with the artists, enjoy the art and the refreshments; or visit the art display until 31 March 2015.


Turtles by Cindy Allan

Fifth Annual Purple Onion Festival

We have just received the new date for next years Purple Onion Festival  to be held at Millennium Park in Peterborough, Ontario.

It will be held on 20 September 2015 from 11am-4:00pm.

Please mark this on your calendar, we look forward to seeing you there again next year.








Twilight  by Norma MacEachern

Confirmed Shows for November 2014

This is a listing of confirmed shows that members of the Group will be exhibiting their artwork in this month. This list will be updated as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
01-20 Nov 14 Outdoor Painters' Show
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-4pm.
Cynthia Allan, Mary Diane Collins, Norma MacEachern and Susan Sydney

30 Nov - 21 Dec 14 and 07-18 Jan 15 Free Expresions
Opening Reception 30 Nov 14 from 1-4pm.
Susan Sydney

Dancing Blueberries, 360 George St. N., Peterborough, Ont.
27 Oct - 26 Nov 14
Susan Sydney

Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
30 Oct 14 - 22 Nov 14 Abstraction and Contraptions
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

27 Nov 14 - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at these shows.

Confirmed Shows for October 2014

This is a listing of confirmed shows that members of the Group will be exhibiting their artwork in this month. This list will be updated as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
21 Sep - 16 Oct 14 Carnival of Colour
Opening Reception 21 Sep 14 from 1-4pm.
Cynthia Allan and Susan Sydney

Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
02-25 Oct 14 Water, Water Everywhere
Opening Reception 04 Oct 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

30 Oct 14 - 22 Nov 14 Abstraction and Contraptions
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

Dancing Blueberries, 360 George St. N., Peterborough, Ont.
27 Oct - 26 Nov 14
Susan Sydney

4th Annual Purple Onion Festival

Today we set up a show at the Purple Onion Festival held in Millennium Park in Peterborough.
















We were fortunate in that we had gotten all of our paintings inside the building before it started to rain.













I felt sorry for some of the exhibitors who had to go through high winds and a torrential downpour during the morning hours that caused a couple of tents to collapse due to the amount of rain that fell during a very short time and the high winds.













By noon the sun came out and the temperatures climbed to 66F (19C) and the crowds came out to enjoy the Festival.














We had a wonderful time at the Festival. Each of us took turns going out to enjoy the exhibits, sample the wonderful foods that were available in the cook tent and make purchases of the various produce available.













Cynthia Allan and Susan Sydney spent much of the afternoon painting. Cindy demonstrating landscape painting in oil, while Sue worked on various small paintings in watercolour of flowers, landscape and animals.














The live entertainment was wonderful, with a lot of variety in the performances, which drew large crowds through out the day.











At the end of the day, we were asked if would would consider returning again next year. Our response was a resounding - YES!

I will post the date for next year as soon as it becomes available.

Susan Sydney

Susan Sydney was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She has always wanted to live in the country and in 1978 she and her husband, Ron purchased a farm in Smith Township.

After major renovations to the house and the barns together with adding a quarter mile track and fixing many of the fences for paddocks and pasture, they were able to move in 1979.


She is primarily a self-taught artist but Susan firmly believes that an artist can never stop learning and often attends workshops and enjoys seeing the techniques used by other artists in the creation of their own original art work. She has taken classes in a variety of painting media with various accomplished Canadian, American and European artists.

"I am inspired by the beauty that surrounds me; which so often goes unnoticed or is taken for granted. I see paintings everywhere I look, whether it is walking through the fields, driving through the countryside, out on the lake, or diving in the depths of the ocean. I would like the viewer to experience the sensations and feelings that made the subject of my paintings appealing to me."

She has always been interested in drawing and painting and started as soon as she could hold a crayon and put it to paper or on a wall.

Her mother, Inge was a landscape artist in acrylic and watercolour, who encouraged Susan to develop her talents allowing her to paint two wall murals on her bedroom walls when she was 12 years old. One was of the murals was a dragon the other was of horses.

Susan has been creating realistic paintings of horses, animals, children, the beauty of nature and scenes from everyday farm life which have been favourite subjects of her paintings for more than thirty five years.

Once she began diving over ten years ago her paintings have included the fish, the reefs and underwater wrecks she has explored. More recently she has become interested in Life Drawing and has started painting Abstract and enjoys playing with colours, textures and shapes.

While her favourite medium is transparent watercolour because of the many interesting ways in which is can be used, from the soft textures and pastel shades to the bold colours and tight detail.

She also uses a wide variety of media to help her attain the effect she requires in her paintings including acrylic, charcoal, conte, pen and ink, pencil (graphite and Prisma) and pastel. Susan is constantly trying different styles and experimenting with the various media to find their full range.


For seven years Susan owned and operated Fourwinds Art Gallery in Selwyn, Ontario. It was there she taught watercolour and drawing classes and is proud that many of her students have continued to develop their artistic talents and are becoming recognized in their own right.

Exhibitions:
Susan's paintings have been shown in over 350 Solo and Group Shows, in private and public galleries and she has participated in numerous Juried Exhibitions in Canada.

Memberships:
• 1988-1997 and 2004-present – Buckhorn Artists’ Group
  (founding member)
• 2007-present – Kawartha Artists’ Gallery and Studio
  (five years as an active member of the Executive in the position of Treasurer)
  (three years;as Group Leader for the Still Life Class)
• 2008-present – Outdoor Painters’ Group
• 2010 and 2012-present– Lindsay Art Gallery
• 2011-present - Creative Arts Guild
• 2013-present - Art on Kent

Collections:
Her originals can be found in both private and corporate collections on six of the seven Continents, (Antarctica being the missing continent so far) spanning 27 countries with the majority of her paintings throughout United States and Canada.

Susan’s art work has appeared on the covers of Horse Sense and Horse Talk magazines and the Ontario Pinto Horse News.

She was a featured author in Horse Talk magazine for her 'How to Draw Horses' column from 1994-2004.

Her black and white illustrations have appeared in The Pinto Horse and in a number of Ontario newspapers.

She designed the logo for the Ontario Pinto Horse Association and the pin representing the Canadian Limousin Association in Limoges, France for the 100th Anniversary of Limousin breeding.

4th Annual Purple Onion Festival Poster

Norma MacEachern

Norma MacEachern is a “work in progress “.

She was raised on a farm, and has always been a keen nature lover. Loved working in the fields, and just being outdoors in general. One of 12 children, she has always been social and outgoing which served her well in her career of 36 years.

Norma has two children (boys) and 1 Granddaughter and has been retired for 4 years. She has found it difficult to adjust to all the spare time on her hands.

Norma has been interested in art since an early age and was encouraged to expand on the knowledge of drawing and perspectives, but of course LIFE got in the way. She enrolled in Art at high school and enjoyed it but there really was nowhere to go with it when you live in a rural area.

This is the second year since Norma has joined Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio and is slowly filling her time with some workshops and has chosen to take part in the “Outdoor Painters Group”.

She is “playing “with the various mediums, leaning toward oil and looking forward to taking a watercolour workshop. She struggles with time options for her painting but is always “up for the challenge “.



Slow but sure, that is her motto. You cannot rush great things, therefore “A Work in Progress “.

Mary Diane Collins

Diane was born in New Brunswick and grew up in Peterborough where she lives with her husband Peter.

Influenced by her Grandmother, an artist in Nova Scotia, she began at an early age entering high school art competitions and was recognized with some top awards.

There was little time for Art while raising her family and working, but after retiring in 1998 she now has time to pursue her passion. She has taken many courses and workshops with Richard Hayman, Gary Chapman, Edwin Matthews and recently with Stirling Edwards of North Carolina.

She is a member of the Buckhorn Artists' Group and the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio in Peterborough which includes a group of Outdoor Painters.

Painting for pleasure and relaxation with each piece being a "new adventure". Her work has sold to Art enthusiasts across Canada.

Cynthia (Cindy) Allan

Cynthia moved back to the Kawartha's in 1996. She has loved Art in any form since she was a child. With a busy life divided between family and work did not pursue Art on a serious level until her retirement in 2012. The only time she found for her Art was doodling in a meeting.

Cynthia primarily paints in oil, loves to try new media. She is a self taught Artist. Exploring the Art within is the purest joy. She has taken a few Workshops, planning on taking many more. Believes you should never stop learning.


Cynthia is an active member of the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio in Peterborough, Ontario. She has helped organize a few shows.

Cynthia lives in the rural area of the Kawartha's where nature is everything, most of these scenes are inspiration for her paintings. There is Art in every part of our life just open your eyes and enjoy.

"I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows." - Emily Carr

Confirmed Shows for September 2014

This is a listing of confirmed shows that members of the Group will be exhibiting their artwork in this month. This list will be updated as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
10 Aug - 04 Sep 14 Figuratively Speaking
Opening Reception 10 Aug 14 from 1-4pm.
Susan Sydney

21 Sep - 16 Oct 14 Carnival of Colour
Opening Reception 21 Sep 14 from 1-4pm.
Cynthia Allan and Susan Sydney

Kawartha Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
04-27 Sep 14 Reaping and Gathering
Opening Reception 06 Sep 14 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

Millennium Park, Peterborough, Ont.
4th Annual Purple Onion Festival
21 Sep14 from 11am -4:00pm.
Cynthia Allan, Mary Diane Collins, Norma MacEachern and Susan Sydney