SAW PRESENTS

Another show coming up..... December First Friday
Opening

SAW PRESENTS at the LHCA

Here we are resting (?) after a few hours of decorating at The Lawrence House Centre of the Arts earlier this week. For our efforts we were treated to an excellent lunch. We strung garland and decorated trees, while the LHCA crew strung festive lights. Our Ingrid stopped by to get the action on film. Thanks Ingrid! The local press came by later for interview and video. We are bringing unwrapped gifts for Children and Youth services for under the tree. All is now ready for the opening on First Friday!

Come join us!

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SAW is on facebook!

Just a beginning, but we are there. Click on the Title above.

My Art at the Lake paintings

Paintings on cards, boxes, and matted as 4 x 4 miniatures.

The 'yellow' painting was done on a 16 x 16 square canvas.

ART AT THE LAKE

Our major Sarnia Artists Workshop event took place over this past weekend. Lots

and lots of preparation preceded the event of course and there were my own items to paint as well. We partnered with Harmony for Youth and held a silent auction on their behalf. Their choir was present at the opening and sang for those gathered there. The auction went well and the most popular item was a Lake Huron beach rock

that was painted as a rabbit.

We gathered at the Riding Club at 8 a.m. on Friday, waited for the movers to bring our shelves

and other items, waited for the men to get the lights up, and got all the parts and pieces together, the decorations up, and were ready for the 12 noon intake crowd and later, for the 4 p.m. open-

Over 100 people passed through this first day/evening.

On Saturday, the crowds increased and items were moving out, sold. Lots of pottery, always popular. Some paintings. Lots of cards. Jewellery too. In the afternoon my dtr-in-law

and friend played keyboard and violin while people shopped. In the evening, music by guitar. Sales continued.

The show and sale was shut down at

4 p.m. on Sunday. Packing up began, lights down, shelves and supports packed in boxes, lights out.

Monday morning the movers returned for our

things. Now the evaluating and suggestions and mulling things over begins.

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IN PAINT

The Memories Challenge painting was due at our painting group this morning. I went into the art room just before bed time last night and found an old canvas and started applying paint. It seemed to be working so I continued until the steam engine and the tunnel were done. Then caught some zzzs. In the morning I found the painting was too dark. Applied gesso and added paint and isolation coat, and went off to our group.

This challenge turned out to be a really great idea. Each of us had a memory, a part of our childhood, painted on paper or canvas, and we shared the story the painting represented. No one seemed concerned about the paintings themselves as we were caught up in the tale they told. A great idea! Thanks Jack.

Here is mine: A steam engine coming through the tunnel. My friend and I would be sitting up the hill, excitedly awaiting the rush of excitement when the train broke through and the steam engulfed us. It was great to revisit that site this summer and revisit the feelings too.

Non Objective Continues

Last week I prepared for a demo and instruction in non-objective painting. I re-read all my notes from the June course and watched the available videos on you-tube and then went to the paint and paper and tried my hand at this myself. Not too happy with the results of the first one but the second held promise. By morning it was too dark for my liking but it would serve from the design point of view.

We covered the floor and tables with plastic and drop sheets and began with a demo and showing of those paintings that had worked during the June course. The paint/water ratio proved a problem and some experienced a faded design after the water had evaporated. Still we persevered and enjoyed the experience.

This did get me painting again and I tried once more to bring one particular canvas to an acceptable point of completion. Over and over again I applied paint and the result was 'pretty' but not what I was trying to achieve. I wanted bold and dynamic. Does it matter that I was not feeling either bold or dynamic. I was willing to keep trying. Did it work? The circles intrigue me.

Another painting was looking just 'pretty' too, so I tried bold washes of magenta over an underpainting of yellow/orange/red, and then overlaid with swatches of colbalt blue on a full sheet of watercolour paper.

I do like this one and think it is done.

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PHOTO THRU GLASS

The photo here was such a surprise, a pleasant surprise! The kids were working on their pumpkins with Grandpa and I was recording the event with my camera... getting rather repetitive re the view so decided to walk out on the deck and take a photo through the window.

See the result!

A friend and professional photographer saw the photo on facebook where I later posted it and quickly identified - photo taken through a window, centrifugal view.

Not my discovery, just catching up, and I love the photo.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN