Open Studio Tuesdays again

It was Open Studio Tuesday at the  Belleville Library again today. This time the challenge was to paint  or draw your own interpretation of one of two black and white photographs by well-known county photographer Peggy de Witt. One was of an old broken down barn, and the other appeared to be the sandbanks near Picton. Most people opted for the barn picture as it was more interesting.
Methodology varied from a sepia toned acrylic painting, to watercolours with ink highlights, to painting with a palette knife. Everyones painting was quite unique!

I also took the opportunity to visit the "Expressions" show which was in the adjacent art gallery.
It was good as usual, although there appeared to be more paintings than anything else -not many sculptures or three dimensional works, and not many photographs are pieces of digital art. Abstract expressionism seemed to be the main art form at this show. Go and see it! It is a great place to purchase a good piece of art, as you know it has been rigorously juried by experts, who hopefully have good taste as well as an ability to spot a perfect piece of art.

Expressions show 2011

The opening of the Quinte Arts Council annual juried show "Expressions" will be held tomorrow, Thursday May 5th from 6-7.30 p.m at the John M. Parrott gallery. Refreshments provided.  I wont have anything there as I did not have any work I thought was good enough to enter this year, and I haven't been doing any of my felted fibre art -which usually is accepted. I really have no good excuses. However I will still go and see the show as it is always excellent and there is a very high standard of art work presented.

Open Studio Tuesdays

The second Tuesday of every month the John M. Parrott Gallery in Belleville has an open studio session for area artists, or even beginners. Its runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. You can get a light lunch at the cafe in the library lobby. There is no instruction per se, but people are willing to help and share tips with each other. A new development is that there is a still life set up for anyone who wishes to do it. See painting above. Of course, if you just want to do your own thing, that's fine too. No charge except for coffee which is 75 cents.

While you are at the gallery, check out Barbara Chappelle's amazing pottery figure and Tina Osbourne's handcrafted jewellery in the corridor display cases.