Summertime & the living is easy

I know I haven't been posting but it's summer (I haven't been working much either) Instead of painting I've been kyaking. Although I do take pictures, sometimes, when I remember my camera. The summer has not been a total waste of time, okay kyaking is not a waste of time, but it is not painting either. I have been working on two books of my art. Hopefully after all the editing & reediting & reediting is done, I will have them ready for the studio tour. And I might even get some work done.

Next show

The show at Beacher Cafe comes down tonight, while another one goes up Friday. The Stouffville Studio Tour artists will be showing their work at the town offices. This is a great way to get a preview of the studio tour.
I haven't been painting much, instead I have been doing admin. work. Submitted 3 pieces to the Pastel Artists of Canada juried show, it will be a while before I know if I get in. I am also working on a book of my art, it's a little more work than I thought, I am hoping to get it done by the end of summer.

Another pastel

I am still working in pastel for now. I tried another night/rain scene, very similar to the first one.

This one has a slightly different angle.
I am planning on submitting one or both to the Pastel Artists of Canada juried show, the deadline is July so I need to get working to finish them.

OSA show

The Ontario Society of Artists show is up and what a great show. The show is at the Aurora Cultural Centre, a great venue with 2 floors of art space. I was very impressed with this show & feel priveledged to have my art showing with such talent. If you get a chance get to the Aurora Cultural Centre, 22 Church St. Aurora, before the show ends July 14th.

Pastel

It's been a while since I painted in pastel. I'm not sure why, considering it is my favorite medium but I just seem to put it away. Recently I had the urge to work with pastel again & I'm glad I did. I love the feel of pastels, it is a very sensuous medium.

Here is the image that I have been working on. I loved the lights on the road as we were driving in the rain (I wasn't driving, I was taking the pictures) I still need to work on the sky a bit but I am quite happy with it. I have also started another pastel that I am hoping to finish soon.

Getting ready

I have selected the works to go into the Beacher Cafe, they will be hung tonight. It's been a bit of work getting postcards done, labels for the paintings, & of course finishing the paintings.

this is the one that was originally mainly red. I painted over it, leaving the image of Shanghai that I had printed on organza & applied to the support. I also added some partial stencil images & some dripping paint. I am quite happy with the way it turned out.

This one I scraped into, wrote on in crayon, & dripped on. A little busy but I think it works.
Now all I need to do is get the show hung. I am hoping there will be a total of 14 works but it will depend on the space, I won't really know until I get there.

New work

I have been working even if I haven't been posting (sometimes I forget I am supposed to be posting here, oh well one day I will actually get organized) I have been working on several pieces in my China series. They don't seem to be working as well as I had hoped
Here is the first one

It is getting closer to what I wanted but still not there yet. I'm thinking it might need to be darker.
Here is the 2nd one. I haven't actually done much to this one yet, still trying to decide where to go from here.

I'll keep working & hopefully remember to post more often.