Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The Abstract Show

Today is the first day of The Abstract Show being held at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

The show continues through to 24 March 2016, with the opening on  Sunday 28 February 2016 from 1-4p.m.

It is a delightful show filled with many interesting and colourful abstract paintings in a wide variety of media and styles.

Three of the Group's artists: Cindy Allan, Norma MacEachern and Susan Sydney have paintings entered in this exhibition.

Two paintings were entered by Norma, the first piece is called Split Ends and features a textured green background with bright orange lines providing a strong contrast.

The second one is a whimsical, mixed media piece called Dreaming of Spring.

It is filled with a riot of colourful blooms and with the cold and stormy weather we have had recently most of us are looking forward to spring.



















Her paintings can be found on the wall as you enter the Gallery.













As you continue around the exhibit you will find a large vertical acrylic painting by Susan called Swirling.













It is of soft, flowing lines in pastel shades of yellow, blue, green, beige and off white.

















Further along the same wall is Dreamscape, which is the first of two paintings by Cindy.

This painting has received many differing points of view.

Some see it as an underwater painting, others feel it is of a winter lake with fish just below the surface of the ice.

Many feel it is a landscape shrouded in fog, and one or two have thought it of as a scene from some distant planet.

Perhaps you have a different opinion.

Further along the wall you will find the second of Cindy's paintings called Sally Sells Sea Shells and features many different things you can find on a tropical beach.

It is rich in textures,from the raised edges of the split Nautilus shell to the subtle starfish resting on a bed of sand.














Each element of this painting is unique and makes you return to see more details that may have been missed the first time.

We hope you will be able to come and view this exhibition before it closes.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Confirmed Shows for February 2016

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
24 Feb - 24 Mar 16 The Abstract Show
Opening Reception 28 Feb 16 from 1-4pm.
Cindy Allan, Norma MacEachern and Susan Sydney

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

Friday, January 1, 2016

Confirmed Shows for January 2016

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
02-20 Dec 15 and 06-17 Jan 16 Christmas Show and Sale
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-4pm.
Diane Collins and Susan Sydney

Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)
1 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, Ont.
02 Dec 15 - 12 Jan 16
Cindy Allan

Kawartha Arts Network - Art on Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
03-31 Dec 15 and 07 Jan-16 Jan 16 Affordibleism
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

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

Friday, December 18, 2015

Peterborough Examiner Article

This article appeared in the Peterborough Examiner today about the art show by Cindy Allan at the hospital.

The Peterborough Regional Health Centre presents a solo show and sale of original art by local Artist Cindy Allen.

The show runs from Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 to Tuesday January 12th, 2016 in the PRHC’s Art and Healing Gallery located on the 4th floor, just past the Information Desk.
















This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a piece of original art as a special gift for Christmas. A portion of the proceeds from all sales will benefit the PRHC Art Committee.

The Peterborough Regional Health Centre is located at 1 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J-7C6. 

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Confirmed Show for December 2015

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
02-20 Dec 15 and 06-17 Jan 16 Christmas Show and Sale
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-4pm.
Diane Collins and Susan Sydney

Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)
1 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, Ont.
02 Dec 15 - 12 Jan 16
Cindy Allan

Kawartha Arts Network - Art on Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
03-31 Dec 15 and 07 Jan-16 Jan 16 Affordibleism
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-3pm.
Susan Sydney

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

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Elements of Nature Art Show

Today is the first day of the Outdoor Painters' Group show, Elements of Nature held at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio

The opening is on Sunday 15 November 15 from 1:00p.m.to 4:00p.m. where you can meet many of the artists whose work is on display.














The show features the art of nineteen members of the Group, a Silent Auction of original art, with a minimum of 25% of the purchase price going towards prizes for the Best of High School Art Show held in May each year at the Gallery.

As well as seventeen 8" x 10" paintings available at $30.00 each from the Small Treasures Art Show which was a fund raiser for the B.H.S.A. Show with 100% of the purchase price going for prizes for the students.

With the four members of the Countryside Art Group also being Outdoor Painters, all of us are exhibiting in this show.

As you enter the Gallery along the first wall you will find the art of Cindy Allan.

This year she has been working on much larger canvases and is displaying two recently completed oil paintings.

The top painting is is of a calm, peaceful, late summer afternoon on the lake.

The bottom painting features one of the canoes for which Cindy is well known; this one in green and looks as though it is waiting to be taken out on the calm waters of the lake.

Cindy Allan

Norma MacEacheren's paintings are further along the same wall as Cindy's artwork. When she retired she started painting in oils and less than a year ago in the fall she started painting in watercolour.

She has taken classes with a number of watercolour artists as she continues to develop a unique style all her own as she works with this medium which she is mastering quite well.

She paints a wide variety of subject matter ranging from floral, landscape, buildings and animals.

Recently Norma has started doing some fantasy artwork featuring fairies and toadstools.

The top painting is of one of the many local family farms which are reminiscent of her childhood home on a large working farm north of Burleigh Falls.

The lower painting features the delicate beauty of a water lily in full bloom highlighted against the calm, dark water of the lake.

Norma Macheren

On the far back wall of the Gallery just around the corner from Norma's artwork is a lovely exhibit by Diane Collins.

Her display features two watercolour paintings and a small autumn landscape in acrylic. Diane works equally well in both media.












The first watercolour painting is a floral still life of Black-Eyed Susans in a copper vase. Beside it is  a riot of autumn coloured leaves spread across the ground like a carpet.

Below the second watercolour is an acrylic painting of a forest of maple trees at the height of the autumn season.


















Mary Diane Collins

Directly across the Gallery in the opposite corner from the paintings of Norma and Diane is the artwork of Susan Sydney.
















She chose to display a collection of watercolour paintings featuring different times of day from the beauty of a sunrise on reflected in calm water, the silhouette of trees against a sunset or the beauty of the northern lights over a lake.

The remaining watercolour paintings show the glory of autumn with the brilliant hues of the changing leaves and the beauty of the Canadian winter.
















Susan Sydney

On the table are a collection of her ACEO in a wide variety of subject matter contained in two binders.

We hope you are able to come out and enjoy the exhibit before it closes at 4:00p.m. on Sunday 29 November 15.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Peterborough Public Library Display Case

Today Norman, Cindy and I went to the Peterborough Public Library at 345 Aylmer St. N. in Peterborough, Ontario to set up an arrangement of art supplies, paintings and posters in the main display case by the main entrance to promote the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

With having had a meeting last month about how we would set up the display it didn't take long to bring in everything we needed.


















The display case is 120' (936.6m) long and 4' (1.2m) wide. We rearranged the shelves first and then set up the two largest paintings and the KAGS banner.

From there we started working from the right side of the case to the left, beginning at the bottom.
















We put one of Norma's oil paintings toward the back and placed a couple of canvases in front of it, then her paint box beside them followed by my wooden case of Prisma pencils with a couple of water colour sketches and a small block of watercolour paper.

To complete the right side we added a small painting to the shelf, a container with a set of small watercolour brushes, bottles of varnish and paint thinners, a couple of tins with watercolour pencils, a wooden box with various sponges, rulers, pencils and other basic tools.
















Lastly we added the poster for the upcoming Elements of Nature Art Show which opens this Sunday 15 November 2015.

Now it was time to complete the left side of the display.
















We started by putting two posters with information about KAGS, its beginnings and what its mandate is, complete with a map and all the ways of contacting us.

On the bottom shelf we continued with more art supplies and paintings including another container of brushes, a painter's apron and a water bowl; followed by my wooden case of pastels with pen and ink supplies and some scratch board tools on the lid.















This was finished with a couple of blank canvases and a small painting on an easel.

On the shelf we set up two easels one with a partially completed watercolour painting and the other with a small oil painting. Next to this was another collection of brushes, more little boxes of pastels, drafting tools, and a couple of metal boxes of water soluble pencils and a photograph on stretched canvas.

















Lastly we scattered a few small arrangements of silk autumn leaves throughout the display and tossed some individual leaves randomly among the art supplies.

The total time to set up the display took us just over an hour and next week when we return to take the display down it will probably take about half that amount of time.