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​International Women's Day 2022 Exhibition

3/14/2022

 
​International Women's Day 2022 Exhibition at Westland Gallery. 
February 22nd - March 12, 2022

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. I was honored to be included in this exhibition. Many London and area women artists were also being represented. And it was fun to attend a (small) opening again, completed the afternoon with a beverage and some great conversation. Looking forward to be included in the Plein Air Show Group Exhibition @ Westland Gallery from June 7 to June 25.

Participating Artists Included:
Angie Quick, Margot Ariss, Kelly Greene, Pat Deadman, Danielle Hoevenaars, Meredith Milton, Patience Morrisey, Rosemary Sloot, Erica Dornbusch, Kerry Ferris, Agneta Dolman, Donna Andreychuk, Antje Laidler, Jen Hamilton, Bonnie Parkinson, Valda Christine Glennie,  Selma Popovic, Marcy Saddy, Genet Hodder, Cheryl Radford, and Johnnene Maddison. 
Save Me Series Painting of Dufferin Ave
Save Me Series Painting of Stanley Street
LPG Print Article about the Exhibition

Process of War Memorial Children's Hospital

2/26/2021

 
A recent article by Bryan Bicknell, CTV News London called "Buildings on the Brink" prompted me to revisit my "Save Me Series" from 2017. This illustration is based on my belief that old building have a soul. I combined my figure drawing, my love of architecture, my photo and an old photo I found on Toronto Public Library Archive site. If you look closely in the windows you will see "Save Me". I truly hope this building is repurposed and saved somehow. See more illustrations from the Save me Series.
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Couple of process images
  1. India ink drawing of figure
  2. Micron ink drawing of building
  3. Watercolour painting and washes
  4. Matting and framing ... and the finished piece is ready to be delivered.

Camden Terrace

11/1/2020

 
Sometimes an illustration gets in a pile of artwork and gets overlooked for awhile. This one "Camden Terrace (Front Elevation) was overlooked for a few years! Cleaning up studio and came across it this weekend. Illustration is from 2016 and in November of that year, the building was demolished. The building was located at 479-489 Talbot Street, and was built 1876-77.Second image is based on the architecture of Camden Terrace, in the window, it says "save me - you did not". The history of the architecture and the city is worth saving. Once it is gone, its gone forever.

This is (was) an example of "Terrace Housing". A 19th-century term for row housing, terrace housing refers to identical or mirror-image houses sharing side walls. Such terraces were a traditional British form of domestic architecture generally only found in the larger urban areas of Ontario. London has several examples.  (Source: Jennifer grainger.blogspot.com)

​Some notes from Architectural Conservancy Ontario, London Branch about its unique design:
  • The windows on Camden Terrace are unique because the headers at the top of the windows curve, then level off at the corners. Over the bay windows, they all connect.
  • The buildings of Camden Terrace are in the Classical tradition, with some Italianate touches such as the substantial brackets at the ends of each double unit. 
  • Notice the intricate brick detailing under the edge of the roof, featuring a rare “brick drop” design.
  • The terrace is divided into groups of two, each of which has good Classical proportions. 
  • The whole is well-balanced, forming a harmonious design.
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Camden Terrace (Front Elevation), Ink and watercolour, 4" x 7" ©2016
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Camden Terrace, India Ink and watercolour, 6" x 6" ©2017 (SOLD)

New Sketchbook

2/16/2020

 
I started a new sketchbook in December ... The Beer Sketchbook: Some people take photos of their food, I draw pictures of my beer. There are so many different kinds of beer: domestic, import, micro, craft, local, international... Why not taste test, record it and have fun doing it! Each recorded beer has to be unique. So the question is - how many different kinds of beer will I have over the course of a year?
This sketchbook project is a part social, (the conversations are always more interesting over beer), part history (could be the history of the beer, the brewery or maybe the location), part journal (the when, why, who). 
This is BEER #19 (Moonshadow, a Berliner Weisse). After checking out the the 8th Annual Heritage Fair, Kym and I visited Storm Stayed Brewing Co.
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Beer #19 Storm Stayed's Moonshadow

Back to figure drawing

12/17/2019

 
Finally got back to a figure drawing session at TAP Centre for Creativity. These sessions are open to all, there is no instructor, just show up with $10 and your tools and draw for three hours. Great way to spend an afternoon.
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Tues. Dec. 17 figure sketches in Strathmore 14" x 11" sketchbook

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