Elora-Fergus Studio Tour in Full Swing.....two weekends to visit...

The Elora-Fergus Studio Tour is in full swing, started this weekend, September 24th and 25th, 10-5...it was a great weekend, with lots of visitors, returning customers and wonderful friends and family to chat and mingle with...thanks for coming out this weekend.  The feedback was heart warming and really fosters my continued practice and growth in my art career...I am deeply appreciative of the support and positive feedback to my work.

Next weekend we do it all over again, it really is a great year to visit, it is the 25th Silver Anniversary of the Elora-Fergus Studio tour...and there are many great artists to visit...get inspired by and take home a treasure or two or more ......hope to see you this upcoming weekend ...same place and time, Sat. and Sunday 10- 5 at the studio.  Studio tour maps can be downloaded from the website or they can be found at the Elora Centre for the Arts and various locations in and around town, and the Toronto area.....

Look for these signs to know where there is a studio to pop into.....

Elora -Fergus Studio Tour opens next weekend and UpTown Gallery opens new Portal Show, Waterloo, ON.

Group Show for the Elora - Fergus Studio Tour  opens tomorrow, Thursday September 16th 7 p.m. at the Elora Centre for the Arts.  This year, the studio tour includes 33 local artists, all opening their studio spaces to the public.  This is a free event and starts the weekend of September 25th and 26th and ends the second weekend Oct. 2nd and 3rd, 10- 5 each day, Saturday and Sunday.  Starting at the Elora Centre for the Arts gives you a full sampling of the local talent in the area.

Also, I am involved with the UpTown Gallery in Waterloo, and a new show opens called Portals - Enter another place, time and dimension. Opening reception is September 23rd, 6 - 8 p.m.  Love to see you out to meet the local UpTown Gallery Artists.  UpTown Gallery, Waterloo Town Square, 75 King St. S. Waterloo, ON, Canada. N2J 1P2

Some Glimpses of the Spring One of Kind Show and Sale - Toronto, Artists of Elora-Fergus Booth I 34

Another Group Shot with the lovely Deb Dalziel, from Centre Wellington Tourism, who was the one that organized and birthed this project.

Artists of Elora-Fergus Studio Tour: Katherine McManus, Supria Karmakar, Mandy Deskur, 

Jerre Davidson and Barry McCarthy

Missing is the lovely Deb Dalziel of Centre Wellington Tourism

Right side of our 10 x 30 ft. booth

Left Side of our 10 x 30 ft booth

Six Elora-Fergus Artists showcased there work at the One of A Kind Show and Sale in Toronto these past five days, from March 31st to April 4th.  It was a great way to promote the area and let people know about what great things are happening in our region, Elora and Fergus.  Barry McCarthy, Oil and Watercolour Landscape Painter, Jerre Davidson, Kiln Formed Glass artist, Mandy Deskur, Jewellery Artist, Tim & Katherine McManus, Blown Glass Artists and Supria Karmakar, Encaustic Mixed Media Collage Artist.    We had a great time building our gallery style white walled booth, we got lots of great feedback and hope to see many wonderful people out to our area for the studio tour which opens in Sept-Oct. this year.

Elora Fergus Studio Tour Ends Tomorrow and Draw Closes Too

Tomorrow is the last day of the 22nd Annual Elora-Fergus Studio Tour.  I have met some lovely wonderful new people, it has been a busy two weekends.  I am also grateful for the unconditional love and support from my dear friends and family members who take the time to visit me on these weekend shows.  

I look forward to the possibilities of enjoying some creative playshops with these lovely new visitors and creative souls.  The free draw prize for a piece of my work also closes tomorrow, so stay tuned to see who is the winner...Any last comments made will be entered into the draw for tomorrow, deadline is noon tomorrow.

Thanks for all your lovely virtual connections and readership.   I enjoy the comments and response to my musings and creations.

Every Morning a New Arrival

"Every Morning a new arrival", quote from a Rumi poem....This morning I am thinking about how each day there are so many possibilities ...so many new arrivals, new ideas, new moments to be treasured and savoured...all of which can bring harmony.

The Elora-Fergus Studio Tour was hopping with visitors this weekend...It was so busy that I eventually lost track or keeping track of the numbers..it was lovely to meet friends and acquaintances of the past, as well as to meet some new friends to be, I am always delighted to make new friends...  Some of whom are new artists and lovely souls seeking to embrace a daring art journey themselves.  All of which is delightful to hear about and to share a bit about my journey into the art world was a pleasure.  Thank you for your visit and for your lovely feedback to my work.

Keep in touch whenever you would like.  I am currently running a free draw prize for a piece of my work, your name can get entered with a comment on any one of my blog posts, until Oct. 5th, when the draw will be made by a studio tour visitor.  To do this all you have to do is click on the comment icon at the end of any blog post and follow the prompts.

I look forward to seeing some of you again in creative play at some of the upcoming workshops I will be offering.

Enjoy the day and may it bring harmony to your life.

Anne Luxton, Fibre Artist on the Elora - Fergus Studio Tour

Anne Luxton is a fibre artist on the Elora - Fergus Studio Tour.  Her inspiration for her work comes from nature as well as from objects of man's design.  This includes decayed logs, graffiti on walls etc.   Anne likes to transform bits of fabric, thread, paint, dye and found objects into three-dimensional works and wall pieces.  

Tour starts this weekend Sept. 27th and 28th - 10 - 5, a great time to take yourself on an artist date and to soak up the lovely Fall weather in our wonderful countryside, quaint towns and hamlets.

Painters on the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour + Free Draw Continues

Melitta Toth, is new to the tour this year, she paints in a variety of media.

Eleanor Steffler, is inspired by nature and she works in oil and /or watercolour.  Her paintings use an abstract intuitive approach, depicting angels and fairies.

Vivian Andrews watercolours are peaceful, glowing and inspired by nature.  Her spontaneous style captures the beauty, shapes and characteristics of her subject matter.  Flowers are her passion and a joy to paint.

Beryl Dawson's work is realistic with much attention to detail.  Her media preference is oils and oil pastels.

Linda Risacher Copp has developed a unique approach to the Batik medium.  

Joel Masewich has been working on some new aluminum collage paintings.  

Dennis Novasad uses vibrant watercolours, oils and acrylics and pastels inspired by local and scenes from traveling abroad.

The Elora - Fergus Studio Tour starts this weekend.  We had a successful group show opening this past Thursday September 18th.  Please come visit us over the course of the studio tour.  Enter your ballot for a chance at winning a $250 prize.  

Also, my free draw prize continues until Oct. 5th, to enter, make a comment and your name will be entered.  There is no limit to the number of times you may enter.

Enjoy the Fall season.

  

Spotlight on Elora-Fergus Studio Tour continues - Metal and Stain Glass Artists

This is the work of Vicky Beverstein, a stained glass artisan on the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour.  Vicky is a self taught stained glass artist, with thirty years of experience.  Her studio, Glass N'Stuff is located in Elora, stop by her studio to see one of a kind creations.

The above two photographs are the work of the artisan duo, John and Heather Zondervan, of Metallic Evolution.  They come from a diverse design background, from custom wood furniture to costuming.  Strongly influenced by the Bauhaus and Deco design movements, this husband and wife team first began translating their ideas into steel in 1996, and since then have developed a broad range of metal products for the home.  They are both involved in all aspects of the design and fabrication process.  All work is done by hand, ensuring individual attention to each piece as well as making each item unique.

A reminder that my free draw prize continues, to enter, make a comment with your name and it will be placed in a draw for a piece of my work on Oct. 5th, at the end of the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour.

Mandy Deskur, Macadi Jewellery - New Artist on Studio Tour This Year, Free Draw Continues

Mandy Deskur is a new artist on the Elora - Fergus Studio Tour this year.   The new store front, studio space called Macadi Jewellery was opened on September 1st 2007.  Having the workshop on site gives the customers an opportunity to see the design process from start to the finished piece.   Mandy says that she is "inspired by nature's impressions.  ...I study  very closely the unique lines in a leaf, the elaborate patterns in a butterfly wing, or the silhouette of an orchid...and then takes these characteristics and abstract them, zoom in on interesting features and add my own vision.  Simplifying a very intricate pattern often makes a design more appealing.  I often incorporate semi-precious and precious stones into my pieces.  Completing my studies in Gemology has helped me to understand the properties of each unique gem."  Add Macadi Jewellery Studio onto your route during the studio tour weekends, and meet Mandy in person.