4th Annual Art @ the Locks Show

It was a very hot and and humid weekend with temperatures on Saturday reaching 84F (28.9C) and humidity making it feel like 98F (36.7C)and Sunday was even worse with heat 87F (30.6C) and humidity 100F (37.8C).
















But we made the best of it and with where we were set up we were able to have some shade throughout the day.

















On both days there was a fair amount of boat traffic going through Youngs Point Lock 27 which allows access to Clear Lake from Katchewanooka Lake.
















To make it more inviting for people to come in to see the art show Cindy hung some of her paintings on the fence facing the lock.
















It certainly made the people from the boats and those walking along the pathway aware of the art show.
















Norma and I had our artwork hung in the tent to protect the watercolours and other paintings under glass from the direct rays of the sun.
















It was nice to see many of the people we knew come out and visit us at the show.















A lot of interest was shown in our artwork and a couple of people approached us about our having an exhibition in their art gallery next year, which we will certainly look forward to doing.
















We look forward to returning to this art show next year.

Third Annual Art @ the Locks Art Show

Over the weekend we exhibited our art at the 3rd Annual Art @ the Locks Show held at the Lockside Trading Company.
















The first day it was the start of a very hot and humid weekend with the temperature climbing to 85F (29C) and the humidly making it feel like 100F (37.8C). We had the added bonus of severe thunderstorm warnings in place.
















Fortunately, we did not get the storms they were calling for until very late in the evening and even then there was only a little thunder and not a lot of rain.
















We had a fair number of people come out to visit the show today, with many who stopped in before they continued through Lock 27 which allows access from Katchewanooka Lake to Clear Lake on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
















There was a lot of interest in a number of the paintings and Diane sold small items.

On the second day of the show it was even hotter and more humid than the day before with the temperature going up to 86F (30C) and the humidity making it feel like 106F (41.1C) and once again there were severe thunderstorm storm warnings in effect along with the possibility of a tornado.

Needless to say, there wasn't as much boat traffic or as many people out to visit the show as the day before.

Those who did come to see the show were very interested in some of the paintings and took flyers about some of the other shows we would be exhibiting at later in the year and a number of them planned on returning to the next Art @ the Locks Show being held on 15-16 August 2015. Once again Diane sold small items.

When we were about to take down the display the thunder clouds started rolling in and thunder began to rumble. Fortunately, the storm held off until everything was packed away and we made it home.

The four of us will return again in August and hopefully we will have cooler weather than we had this weekend.

Small Treasures Art Show

The Countryside Art Group was well represented in the Small Treasures Art Show at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio with a total of nine paintings entered into this fund raiser for prizes for the Best of High School Art Show held at KAGS in May.
















Fifty seven tickets were sold for the order of selection of each of the seventy seven original 8" x 10" paintings and the draw began at 2:00pm.
















Mrs. Vera Penrose of Peterborough, Ontario had the first ticket drawn and she chose A Winter Sunset by Susan Sydney.

First Snow by Susan Sydney was selected by Mrs. Joanne Fernall of Norwood, Ontario.

For Mr. John Mathers of Toronto, Ontario his choice was Autumn Reflections I by Susan Sydney.

Mrs. Merridy Watt of Ennismore, Ontario selected for her first of two draw tickets Sunflowers by Diane Collins.

Mrs. Elaine Goselin selected Cottage Sunrise by Diane Collins.

Mrs. Merridy Watt of Ennismore, Ontario selected Furnace Falls for her second of two draw tickets

Norman MacEachern's painting Lighthouse was chosen by Mr. Henry Chu of Prince George, British Columbia.

 And lastly, Mrs. Elaine Goselin of Peterborough, Ontario selected Hibiscus by Cindy Allan.

The show had a party atmosphere and everyone who attended the closing ceremonies of the draw for order of paintings selected had an enjoyable time even if their first choice of painting had already been selected.

The fund raiser was a success with over $1,700.00 being raised for prize money for the Best of High School Art Show.

We would like to thank all the people who selected our paintings to add to their art collections.

If anyone is interested in supporting the Best of High School Art Show Fund Raiser we still have seventeen paintings available for $30.00 each at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

With Mothers' Day coming up next month they would make an ideal gift and for those who do their Christmas shopping early an original painting would be a wonderful present.