AFTER An ART BREAK

Wow! A week ago, the Renaissance course ended and back then I was so keen on taking a plein air week of oil painting that would have started on Monday. However that didn't seem such a good idea by Sunday and the week has been filled with family and friends. This morning we awoke around 5:45 to the thunder dunders of a passing storm. All the dogs, our two guest dogs and our own, were huddled close by assuming we could protect them. Now at 8:00 a.m. the trees shine with moisture and the ground is slowly absorbing puddles. The sun promises a good day.

Artistically, this week has been quite slow. The JMW Turner book arrived at the Delta Library, a thin book but informative, per my cursory glance. I went back to David Friend's book because I have this urge to really understand colour and think the exercises he suggests are fantastic but I have not yet started them. I love colour and it works for me, but there seems to be a lot I am missing. A book on Colour also sits on my table and beckons, but I am ignoring it. I think I am in summer mode and 'on vacation'. And with that , the wind shook the drops of rain off the leaves and the sun is pouring in the window where I type.

Today's read of the Art News Blog was interesting.

[Not the gory yukky stuff about Road Kill Knitted Stuffed Animals.]

-There is a Raphael - The Woman with a Veil which will be shown at the Portland Art Museum, Oct-Jan.

-VanGogh Cheese? Also Rembrandt?

-Some interesting ergonomic stools [prizes] are shown along with a few Artist's workspaces and studios.

-Also a list of FBI Top 10 Art Thefts..... a Caravaggio, Nativity with San Lorenzo and San Francesco, two Van Gogh's and others.

http://www.artnewsblog.com/index.htm

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Our young Artist friend John Climenhage of Peterborough is celebrating his newly appointed position of Artist in Residence at the Prince of Wales School in that city. Not only is he thrilled with teaching the children, but also he will have a studio at the school. John had a grant to teach at schools in Ontario a few years ago and he came to Sarnia, to St. Christophers, for a week two consecutive years.

From Peterborough Examiner: "Also at Prince of Wales was John Climenhage, a popular area painter who is moving his studio into the school to become the “artist in residence,” ...
Climenhage applauded the program and said he’s thrilled to have a hand in making children excited about art.
“This will help students build self-esteem and give them an opportunity to move ahead,” said Climenhage, who has two children at the school. "

John's Website: http://www.fivepingallery.com/Site/home.html

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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN PROJECT

Cheryl-Ann Webster

at Arthur Child Heritage Museum

Gananoque, Ontario

Can't get to Gan, visit the sculptures at the following website:

http://www.beautifulwomenproject.com/Clay_Sculptures.html

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