Artemisia Gallery in Westport

I am really excited to be represented again this year by the increasingly interesting Artemisia Gallery in Westport. They are carrying a great variety of beautiful art and eclectica in their second year of showing local art. I am having a couple of fibre art pieces framed by Georgia, one of the owners, ready for the coming years display in the gallery and I'm looking forward to seeing the improvement of the look of my work.
The Land o' Lakes Artisan Guild is having a group show at the gallery this month, so if you get a chance to be in Westport, make sure you stop by Artemisia Gallery, you won't regret it for sure!!

I finally have some pictures of current work !! Hope ya like them.
#1 is Purple Dusk Golden Dawn 16x20 Embellished felt.






#2 is Spirits in the Mist, 16x20. This one has been remounted and updated from 2008




#3 is KOKOPELLI 24x24 Embroidery

Life is speeding up again!!

All of a sudden I am swamped with art related activities. Not sure how it happened but this month, March, I have a show and sale with members of the Napanee Artisan's Guild plus I am guest artist at the Loaf and Ale in Napanee. Next month, April, I am the featured artist at Artemisia Gallery in Westport and in May, Artemisia is hosting members (including me of course!) of the Land o Lakes Artisan Guild for the month. In June there is Art among the Ruins in Newburgh, and so it goes. Guess I'd better get back to the studio, SOON!!

Challenges

I was at a meeting of the Land o' Lakes Artisan Guild tonight and was amazed at the creativity of some of the members. The challenge theme for February was of course hearts, but the pieces that were shown were just amazing. For instance:
Anne Brandly, a bead maker, had created a beautiful, delicate necklace, with coloured stripe glass hearts she had made, and matching earings. Just gorgeous.
Lisa Moses, a mixed media artist, created a heart with slats of wood which were wired together, and hanging from each slat were small hearts in different media, glass, enamel etc. Really unusual.
Lynn Shwadchuck had cut heart shapes from a trashed watercolour painting she had started. She had decided it was too much like a Liberty print fabric and tore it up.
Ken Waller, a wood turner, had made a ridged wheel shape from a hunk of walnut, which in itself was beautiful, but he then made 1/2 inch slices thru the wheel which then created multiple small walnut hearts. Amazing.
Just one word, and so many interesting interpretations of it. (Of course, I had completely forgotten about the challenge!!)

Next month the theme is water, so I'll be looking forward to seeing what is created and hopefully I will make something myself.

Beating the February blahs

I spent the last weekend learning new skills with Sylvia Naylor, fiber artist. FYI her website is www.sylvianaylor.com and if you ever get a chance to work with her, grab it. She is energetic, very creative, and VERY talented. Definitely a worthwhile way to beat the blahs.
Sylvia and most of the participants at the workshop are members of the Kingston Fiber Artists whose annual show is coming up next month at the Kingston Public Library on Johnson St. Try and get in to see it as their work is generally top of the line fiber art and their challenge pieces are on a theme but completed in many different techniques and styles. Definitely a worthwhile show to see if you have any interest in the various forms of fiber art.
Now I have to get the pieces finished that I started, mentally and actual, and practice what I learned about design, colour, layout etc in some vibrant new work
I hope you have a fun thing happening in February. Shirley

Oh my, December is half gone already!!

..... and it is still snowing every day!! A lot of past years there has been all kinds of discussion and worrying, Oh my it's going to be a green Christmas..... but NOT this year. Unless we have a massive thaw, everything will be nicely covered with the white stuff. I only have two gifts to finish, then I can get started on my 2009 show projects. New work is always exciting, if nerve wracking.
Solstice greetings to all

and now it's December, 2008

I had a goal/plan that all chores, sorting, winterizing and fixing had to be completed by Nov 30th, and 99% was actually done. I'm impressed with myself!! I am on high speed, the furnace is fixed for the season, I have changed from Bell Expressvu to Star Choice (wotta difference!! when I have a question I actually get a real live person, who knows what they are doing!! ) and I have a new to me car, a 2001 Chev Cavalier. I decided I needed to stay home for Christmas instead of going to my sister to be spoiled. Plus I cleared out TONS of un-used/unwanted stuff from every room in the house and from my life . Not bad eh??
So now my December goal/plan is to get the last gifts made, prepare for a show this month with the Land o Lakes Artisan Guild, and enjoy a 3 days a week for 8 weeks pulmonary rehab program that I was referred to by my doctor. and pay off some bills!!! THEN I can get back to creating my art!!! I have some very specific goals for that too. but more about that later