New gallery in Perth - Studio 87

White Camellia's oil on canvas 30x30 - SOLD

There's a new gallery in Perth...or rather it's an extension of an exhisting gallery.  Gallery on Gore is expanding, creating Studio 87, a contemporary gallery space across the street from it's present location.  I'll be  heading up to Perth later on this morning to bring new work to the gallery.  The new gallery, Studio 87 will be open to the public, Dec 14th.

Lake's Edge, 8x6 - SOLD

The Thousand Islands Art Fair in Gananoque was good this past weekend.  I found a new home for 1 large painting, White Camellia's, by a very nice lady who fell in love with it, and also homes for a few smaller ones, Lake's Edge, and Late Summer Afternoon. 

Late Summer Afternoon 6x8 - SOLD

Such crazy weather we had that weekend, on the Saturday it was sunny and 17 degrees, but by Sunday afternoon, when we were packing up the show, the snow was coming sideways with 40 km/hr winds! That was not fun...especially when the tail gait on the truck froze and I couldn't open it for 15 minutes until I chipped away at it.   grrrrr!
...One of the small joys (not!) of doing art shows!

Art Shows This Weekend

Cottage Window  6x8  oil on panel

Saturday and Sunday this weekend (Nov 19&20) is the Holly & Ivy Art Fair; an event of the Thousand Islands Arts group.  We will be 18 artists and artisans under one roof at the Arthur Child Heritage Museum on the waterfront of beautiful Gananoque.  We'll be there 10am-5pm on Saturday, and 10-4pm on Sunday.  Hope to see you there!
For me it's the first art show weekend of 2016.  I usually participate in several art shows throughout the year, but this year I didn't because of the disruption of moving house.  It feels good to be getting back into it again! ...now if I can just find those boxes of show supplies....lol
I will also have small works at the Holly Jolly Art Sale in Perth at the Algonquin college campus, an event of the RLAA.

west coast inspirations

WestCoast Trail - oil on canvas - 36 x 30"

New inspiration from the coastline of the west is in my thoughts this week while working on this canvas. Naturescapes from this part of the world can be so amazingly beautiful which can also be a little intimidating for an artist...  such grandiose subject matter!  Focusing on value and shapes; trying to find an organic process with the paint...  what to leave out, what to invent...

Artsites.ca

works in progress

Time to send a shout out for the helpful folks at Artsites.ca.  I used to host my art website using the hosting services of an artist's website company in America.  This summer as we were planning to move house I began thinking about the fairly substantial costs of continuing that web hosting...and I began looking around for another solution, and I found Artsites.ca.  They are a Canadian company in Vancouver; they offer nearly all the services of the former site, plus a few new features that the other site didn't provide,  for about 1/3 the cost savings!   Although I had been a loyal supporter for years with my previous server, I couldn't argue with the savings, and so I decided to plunge into the new learning curve and build myself an Artsites.ca website.  Here it is at www.sallychupick.com 

It was easy!  The helpful folks at Artsites are available by live chat whenever I had questions...and I sure had a lot, especially when it came to changing my domain name from one server to another; it's hard for me to understand all that stuff, but Geoff at Artsites helped, taking time to explain everything.

Yay for Artsites.ca!




 

Solo exhibition at JAmes Brett Coiffure until Nov 6

Wetland

Happy to say I've been contacted by a client who wishes to buy my painting Wetland, which is currently on exhibit with 18 other paintings of mine at James Brett Coiffure on Gardiners Road, in Kingston, Ontario. Whaahoo!!  
This solo show of my works has been on since early September at this location and runs through until November 6th.  It seems to me a wonderful venue for showing work because it's light & bright and is a busy salon with lots of clientele.  Thank you James Brett Coiffure, for showing my works!

new studio and art shows

I've finally set up my new studio in a bedroom of the new place.  Yes, it really is a purple room with white butterflies on the walls...Lol! I couldn't be bothered to re-paint the room with all the work of moving house...but it's cozy with my old striped reading chair and art essentials, so I think I wont mind the purple after all...I pinned up a sheet on one wall to cover it for painting larger works, as it's really hard to 'see' a painting in progress on such a vibrant colour ...there's lots of lights, so it's nice and bright and warm. 

To the left is the rack card for my next artisan show, which is in Gananoque at the Arthur Child Heritage Museum, NOv 19th & 20th.  It will be the first artisan show this year after bowing out of doing any at all while we had our house on the market.  Now that our move is complete it is nice to get back to focusing on art again. Looking forward to this show. 
On the same weekend the RLAA is holding it's Holly Jolly Art Show & Sale which is in Perth at the Algonquin college campus.  I will have some small works in this show as well, though I wont be there in person for that one.

 

October 2016

work in progress - acrylic & collage - 40x30

Cheers!  a little time out for fun:)

Big changes in my life are that we have now moved house.
I'm a believer that change is mostly good because it drags us into the present whether we like it or not.  Being present is how I want to live my life.
  
That doesn't mean that I do not savor wonderful memories, and beautiful old things... I do; immensely.  What it  does mean is that I can enjoy them for their beauty,  but let go.  I have come to understand that it is not the thing, but the thought of the thing that matters.(for me, anyway).
Here's an acrylic that I got going on last weekend...it's a work in progress, but it's going in a fun direction.  Quite a different process for me! I began with collage... using bits from several printed images of west coast hikes, that my daughter Holly had sent to me in her travels.  With big brushes sweeping in large areas of opaque tones of acrylics until it felt right...I kind of like the movement of it...sort of looks like the little island is billowing along.  There are some areas that need resolution, but I am happy where it's going. It was refreshing and fun doing something different, especially while removed in a workshop environment away from the throws of our move!