A Time of Gratitude today and daily.....

"Against All Odds"

Encaustic Mixed Media Collage, 10 1/4 x 18

Gratitude fills my heart today and daily for the blessings that fill my life.   This is the last day of the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour, and it has been a full and busy one..with many lovely friends visiting, family love, and new friends met too....I am grateful for these visits, for the chance to share my new life's journey as an artist with the community.  Thank you for your support, feedback and appreciation of the arts.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, you can't help but feel or reflect on those blessings that fill your life...and it is daily as I go to sleep or wake that I try to remember to live with a grateful heart.

This piece above is also a piece about gratitude..to the 'bees' who grace us with bounty and life.  This piece is about their preservation 'against all odds'....

Grateful for the opportunity to share this, for your readership and for your offerings to the world.

Elora-Fergus Studio Tour - Free Encaustic Demos all weekend, both weekends - come and check it out!

Demonstation on using the Encaustic Iron

Demonstration of Image Transfer technique !

The Elora-Fergus Studio Tour opens this weekend Sat. Sept. 25 & Sun. Sept. 26th,  from 10 - 5 and next weekend too, Sat. Oct. 2nd and Sun. Oct. 3rd, same times, 10 - 5...I will be demonstrating all weekend for both weekends,  the encaustic mixed media collage method...Come to this fabulous free event ...for more information on all the wonderful artists show casing their work in their studios visit:  http://www.elorafergusstudiotour.ca/

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 more new work - Flying Series

"Birthing New Dreams" Encaustic Mixed Media, 10 x 10, 2010

"Flight of the Flying Fish", Encaustic Mixed Media, 16 x 16, 2010

"Wonderous Flight", Encaustic Mixed Media,  16 x 16, 2010

"Hare of Time", Encaustic Mixed Media, 10 x 10 , 2010

This new body of work is a whimsical exploration of the notion of time & travel through flight.  It is about the possibilities that could be, if we choose to step out of our comfort zones, to discover new lands, create new stories and embrace fresh new ways of being.

The imagery of the various modes of vehicles in flight, ladders, wings, lotuses, houses, clock faces and flying trees with roots depict for me the various portals to time & travel.  I specifically use the opposing textured and smooth areas of encaustic medium to further explore the sense of change that comes from taking steps outside of one’s everyday routine.

The Whole Ball of Wax, All Encaustic Show, Opens Sat. Sept. 4th...the Buzz is Alive and Well...

Through the Cracks of Time, Encaustic Mixed Media Collage, 14 x 18, 2010

"Step Out on Faith", Encaustic Mixed Media, 24 x 24, 2010

I am getting really excited about " The Whole Ball of Wax", all encaustic show, at the Propeller Gallery, in Toronto, 984 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON. 416-504-7142.  Featuring 12 Encaustic Artists...Hope you get to come out for a peak...Some of you have asked for a sneak peak of the work I will be showing..hear are two images for you above...

Opening Sat. Sept. 4th 12 - 6.  Open Weds. to Sunday 12 - 6 p.m. See you there!

An Awe Inspiring Journey in the Magnificent Canadian Rockies, Alberta....An artist's haven.....

Jasper, Alberta - Canadian Rockies

Magnificent Jasper Trees

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canadian Rockies

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canadian Rockies

Pristine Blue Lake Louise, Alberta, Canadian Rockies

Banff Provincial Park, Alberta

Lake Morraine, Alberta

Lake Morraine, Alberta

Maya at Lake Morraine, Alberta...look at this magnificent blue water....

Canmore Grotto, Alberta

Saskatchewan, Land of the Living Skies...

I have to admit that Western Canada is awe inspiring, magnificent place, the landscape is an artist's haven...I have so much to be inspired by here from the billowing clouds and vast expansive sky, to the rocky mountains....the pristine lakes, a deep blue that seems quite surreal...What a wonderful country we live in and what wonderous magic we have all around us...Feeling full and blessed....

Whole Ball of Wax - Really big ENCAUSTIC exhibit opening Sept. 4th, Propeller Gallery in Toronto - Save the Date!

Twelve encaustic artists will be exhibiting their work at the Propeller Gallery in Toronto, On. Canada...984 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.  Gallery hours are: Wed- Sun. 12 - 6 p.m. 416-504-7142
Opening reception Sat. Sept. 4th 12 - 6p.m.  Demonstrations of encaustic painting will take place...meet the artists, come see this really BIG SHOW..... Runs from September 1st to September 12th!


Artists taking part: Pieter Bakker, Daniel Beirne, Andrea Bird, Andrew Csafordi, Lisa-Beth Glassman, Supria Karmakar, Tanya Kirouac, Jane Longman, Maura Joy Lustig, Georgina Rodrigues, Michelle Salter, Tania Wycherley

With gratitude to The Ontario Arts Council.