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Upcoming Exhibitions

November is shaping up to be a busy month.
I will be in a showin the Joseph Carrier Gallery at the Columbus Centre called “Fifteen; Curator’s Choice,” featuring work selected by Donna Child. Speaking of Donna, her Artworld of Sherway will transition to Artworld Fine Art in November.

 The huge new gallery will feature an assortment of new streetcar pieces.  Finally, at the end of the month, I will join my friends Sam Paonessa, Tony Bianco and Giuseppe Pivetta for a group show in the Scarborough gallery, White Wall North. Additionally, I have been invited to exhibit my florals in a new “Java Joe’s” in Bloor West Village.

New Directions

Neilson Park Creative Centre-
Tomorrow I begin a ten week open studio course with esteemed instructor, John Leonard.  John is a brilliant and unique artist.  Once again, I am going to use the opportunity to create some experimental pieces.  This is the first one I plan to work on.

Northern Autumn

Yesterday Krista and I made a pilgrimage to Ragged Falls and Algonquin Park to enjoy the fall colours. My God, we live in one beautiful country, eh. 

Artworld Moving

 My flagship gallery, Artworld is moving to a huge new location.
They will be having a moving sale beginning on Friday, October 4th.
I am planning on delivering a dozen new pieces by the end of October, to be featured in the new space.
Please see the attachment with the photo of the mysterious woman in the blue dress for details.

New streetcar painting.  “Royal Rain.” In front of the Royal Theatre, College Street, Toronto on a very rainy day in September. Acrylic, 24×48

I rarely get to see where my paintings end up after they are sold.
This piece recently became part of the collection of my cousin, Pat Farley. Feels nice to see it has a good home.

New painting in the “Night and the City” series. acrylic, 24×48

Gerloch Gardens Plein Air.

The Mobile Studio
1) Scuba diver’s equipment bag, shade buddy, chair, backpack for water.
2) Tinted panels.
3) Pouch for brushes and pouch for bug spray, tape, etc..
4) Soltek and lunch bags for liquid paint.
5) Birch panel.
6) Brush and primary colours in apron for easy access.
7) Gray palette helps control the values.
8) Subject.
9) Block in the big shapes using larger brushes.
10) Give it a shot. A certain amount of cursing and muttering is to be expected.

I tuned up Wednesday’s plein air in the studio last night. Sometimes it’s better to leave them alone and maintain their rough freshness, but occasionally a bit of tweaking is in order.

Dick Marvin and I spent the morning painting this magnificent stone farmhouse on the 17th line north of Moffat. Dick said it was built in the 1840’s. We were looking into the sun, so the subject provided us with a myriad of challenges, as well as some hungry deer flies. (4 photos)