My studio is now in Benmiller! But my art is going places.

Image 1, shows where I am going this coming weekend. There is a one day art show and sale on Saturday September 24th in Elliot Lake! It is called "Arts on the Trail" and I have been invited to go with another artist friend Morag Webster.
Image 2, exhibits one of my abstract artworks in the window of the "Muse Shop & Rental" at Museum London. I am the feature artist at the "Muse Shop" for the months of September and October and I have several others on display too! Come take a look! [2016]
Image 3, I was very excited to have a detail of my artwork used for the invitation to the Annual Juried Exhibition called "in view of the artist" at the St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre this year!! The Opening for this exhibition is October 1st from 1-3 pm, 2016!
Image 4, This is my new creative space! My studio in Benmiller, Ontario. It is kind of serendipitous (because I use string) that a wool mill was in the area now called Benmiller Inn & Spa!

Gainsborough Gallery Open 11-5pm Tuesday to Sunday- Until August 13th,2016 London ON

And my working studio has been completely moved to Benmiller, Ontario.

From one window to another.

In the past year, I have looked out the widow of my studio on Gainsborough Road to where some tennis courts use to be. It was wonderful because trees were growing up on the tarmac and I had the pleasure of seeing these trees in all the seasons. It was enough of nature for me to be glad I made the choice to be in this spot along with the accompaniment of the large window that lights up the whole room right to the back wall. What every artist dreams of.... I sit and look now at the walls of a beautiful exhibit called "Press Play" which includes six wonderful artists from London and Toronto, including me. The first picture above shows the outside window of the gallery which use to house my studio/gallery on Gainsborough Road. The second is one of my conceptual artworks that I installed called "String Theory."  The 3rd picture above shows my new semi organized studio in Benmiller Ontario, only an hour and fifteen minutes away. And the last photo above is a close up of one of the windows to nature just outside my studio in Benmiller! Please come and see the artwork from Jill Price, Leslie Putnam, Elly Pakalnis, Morag Webster, Katherine Haine and myself for the last exhibit here on Gainsborough Road, ....  

      

"Press Play" Continues at KDW Fine Art

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"PRESS PLAY" A New Exhibit @ KDW Fine Art Studio Gallery

I am cleaning up my Studio Gallery for a New Exhibit this Month called "Press Play"

Opening Night is Friday July 15th, 7:00 to 9:30pm

and the exhibit continues

until Saturday August 13th.                                                                                          Hours of Operation Tuesday to Sunday 11am-5pm

7 Artist's Exhibiting! 

Kim Wilkie, Morag Webster, Jill Price,                     Leslie Putnam, Tamara Moro,                         Katherine Haine & Elly Pakalnis!

If you recall, my studio gallery looked a lot like this at the beginning of September last year....just before I Opened KDW Fine Art Studio Gallery. The third image above is a reflection of a full studio gallery with all my art work just before the "London Studio Tour" this past summer. That was so much Fun! 

Come to Unit 2 - 1131 Gainsborough Road, London, ON, Friday July 15th, @ 7:00pm to 9pm and see how we Press Play!

 

 

 

Work-In-Progress throughout the Studio.

All of these snippets of artworks-in-progress will eventually show up on my recent work page. Keep an eye on my website to see the finished pieces.

Before & After

The top (painting) shows this 4 panel artwork with the intuitive string landscape with clouds, reminiscent of a David Milne kind of look I thought when I finished this step. The canvas itself is very rustic because it is burlap. The bottom image shows my hand stitching on all the boundaries of each painted area of the canvas. It truly becomes a painted patchwork quilt. I sometimes really need to assess what is needed in my artwork (paintings) but the more I do my art the better I get at this important assessment. I originally finished this painting in 2014 and it is today that I finished the hand stitching that truly makes it my work or as some say my brand

Getting use to a working studio vs. the Gallery Look!

The first few photos above shows KDW Fine Art Gallery side with a full capacity which took a few weeks to pull together.... After the London Artists' Studio Tour Weekend I needed to clear all the unsold artwork and get it to storage. I have left some artwork for sale on one wall near the back of the studio, and I left all the other walls to hang artwork in progress to get a better perspective on what to do next on these artworks. 

Sometimes it is a bit of a shock when all the walls have been filled with artworks to go back to bare walls... I need some time to adjust - it is like having a new space again. So here I sit in the studio thinking of all the new people who have seen my art. Wonderful! Now back to my art-in-progress!

 

 

Work-in-Progress Finished for September's "Arts on the Trail" Elliot Lake

Here is part of the ProCess of the "Boat Island" Painting with a detailed photo the the twisted cotton string. The final painting feels very whimsical... 

This was fun to do!

This was fun to do!