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Asian Influences, Artworld Fine Art

Great opening evening for “Asian Influences,” Artworld Fine Art.
Lots of friends and family and lots of laughter too.
Thanks, as always to the awesome Donna Child and her superb staff.
The show is open all month. Come and see the new streetcar paintings. Three sold today!

Facebook post from my awesome dealer.

Saturday night is the opening reception for Artworld Fine Art’s first major exhibit in our new gallery “East Meets West”. I met two of the exhibting artists Rick Taylor and Wei Yan when I put out an artist call for donations to a silent auction charity event I was hosting for my good friend Spider Jones’ and his Believe to Achieve Foundation – both Rick and Wei – donated pieces. It has been 4 years since that chance meeting – Rick has become one of the galleries top selling painters and Wei has found a place with his beautiful Traditional Chinese landscpe paintings in our new gallery space. All because of the brillance and generosity of both of these painters – good fortune has been bestowed on all of us. I hope you can join us – David Shepherd and Mark Thurman will also be exhibiting – it all starts at 6:30 – RSVP donna@artworldfineart.com. visitwww.artworldfineart.com for more details

Acrylic Bootcamp Course, Final Lesson

Today I taught my last lesson in the five week course, “Acrylic Bootcamp.” I did a demo which I later mucked around on.  To show the students a painting where everything is “right,” I used one of the John Leonard paintings from my collection.

Arabella Contest Winner

Congratulations to my good pal, John Stuart Pryce for his win in the Arabella Canadian Landscape Contest.  John’s “Sundance” oil won best tranquil Canadian landscape. I have four of John’s paintings in my personal collection.  Very affordable prices for such a significant Canadian landscape painter.

Show this Saturday.

Friends,
It should be a very interesting evening for art lovers and artists alike.  All four painters will be discussing their process. Many of you have not yet seen the amazing new gallery space at Kipling and Evans.
The gallery would appreciate an RSVP for catering etc – by no later than Thursday afternoon.
Hope to see you.

Government of Ontario Collection

It is now official.  Yesterday Artworld delivered four of my canvases to the Archives of the Government of Ontario.  The pictures will be placed in various government offices in the coming months.  I am, as you can imagine, over the moon.  Special thanks to Jane, Donna and the incredible Artworld staff.

Artworld Grand Opening Celebration

Last Night Donna Child and her staff hosted a jam packed gathering celebrating the opening of the new Artworld Fine Arts on Evans Avenue.  I had the opportunity to present a brief talk about how my study of Chinese brush painting has impacted on my current work and previewing the upcoming exhibition “East Meets West.” 

Exhibition, February 8th

Upcoming Exhibition at Artworld Fine Art- “East Meets West,” The influence of Asian art on contemporary Canadian Painters.” Opening February 8, 2014 and featuring the work of David Shepherd, Rick Taylor, Mark Thurman and Wei Yan.