Spirit Horses and the Spencerville Stray Cats Project

"Spirit Horses"

22" x 23"

This piece of art was donated to the Spencerville and Area Stray Cats Project, to help them raise operating funds.  

The volunteers associated with the project trap, neuter and find homes for stray cats in the Spencerville and surrounding area.  

Watch for an upcoming "Art and Jewellery" auction at the end of September 2019.  There will be several works of original art in the auction and some wonderful pieces of jewellery both new and antique. 

Follow my blog and the Spencerville TNR on Facebook for more information.

 

Tiger, Tiger

I got this idea from surfing the web a couple of years ago.  Gradually over the years I collected the fabric to create this gorgeous boy.

He is not very large, about 12" x 16", but I love to look at him.

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Soaring

I've managed to remember how to change both the header on the blog and Facebook.  Its been too long since I've paid attention to the blog, so I'm on the road to fixing that.

The new header is one of my recent landscapes "Soaring" a sofa piece 18"x30".  The evening silhouette is an eagle soaring across a dusk skyline in a light snowfall. You can see it under Landscapes and Abstracts.

For The Newest Angel In My Life

Fashion Design in Miniature

 For those of you who have been wondering what I've been doing these last couple of months......

Our youngest granddaughter was christened on Sunday, and here is the dress I made for her, almost completely by hand, as she is so dainty.

The lace is a  heavy french silk lace, and all of the applique was individually cut out and sewn on by hand.  There are over 400 pearls and crystals on the dress, and you can see the silk headband hanging on the hanger.

She was a perfect jewel throughout the entire process, and looked like the little princess she is.  I don't expect that this will last however, but one can always hope.  The dress took me about two months to make, while living my life, and it is now time to start more fabric art.

Look forward to some new wolves, and landscape pieces, and perhaps some new Asian pieces as well.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Its been a very long time since I've posted to my blog.

We've been doing lots of traveling this year, and spending time with family.

We were in Hawaii in April/May 2015, and I have several new pieces created from the fabric I bought and based on the pictures we took in Hawaii.

I still have to create my 2015 Art Gallery, but that will come early in the new year.

In October and November we were in Collingwood Ontario and Stowe Vermont, where I found some wonderful fabric.

I have several new ideas for work in 2016, so now I just have to find the time as John and I will be very busy over the next 12 months.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and a very safe and happy holiday season.

Happy Canada Day!

Canada is a fantastic place to live, never more so during these trying times.

May all of your family and friends be safe on this Canada Day 2015.

Hawaii

John and I just returned from two weeks in Hawaii, and I have lots of new inspiration for my June 2016 exhibit.  I'll post them on the blog and on Facebook, as I finish them, but that will be the only  place they will be shown until June 2016.

I'll also post pictures over the next few weeks, as I catch up.

Spring Has Sprung!

Happy Spring and Happy Easter!

Life has been very busy.  We have a new granddaughter so life is good.  I have not been too creative over the last few months, but I am working on a black and white floral and a wonderful owl nature scape.  Both are coming along and should be done by the end of May.

Our new show at ArtScene, for April is called "Spring Has Sprung" and features work from our artists celebrating spring.  Here is the piece I am hanging for the show, entitled "Spring".   It is not new, but has been hidden away until recently.  It is one of my favourites - I love the way the fractures of the tulips ripple across the hanging.

Fifty Shades of Red and Other Things

Its been quite a busy winter so far.  I caught that nasty cold-flu going around, and that put a few crinkles in in plans.

To complicate matters, I've been in a quilting mood, so while I have been sewing, I have not been creating mounted fabric art.  

When I quilt, I prefer small things, so lots of table runners, and things for the home and gifts.  Lots of fun, and easy to manage.  I can get creative using scraps, and still make lots of lovely work.

I'll start working on my next piece this week, a black and white monochromatic floral, with a few hints of red, here and there.  Should be fun.

My next show, most likely in early 2016, is entitled "Geishsas" and will feature large pieces, include a couple of current ones, and 4 new ones - all around 30" x 40".  They will take me some time to complete.  I have three of them planned, and have to find a fourth.  Some interesting research.

Here is a picture of me and my cat Shadow, helping me create.

Canada Mourns..

"SO YOUNG AND SO BRAVE"

 

Ours thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Nathan Cirillo, who was shot and killed in the line of duty, on October 22, 2014.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to Everyone

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!  This is part of a silk piece of fabric art that was a wedding gift to our niece.

I thought the fall scene, with the geese was appropriate, even though we are not having geese for Thanksgiving dinner.  Ham and Turkey this year, with lots of family and friends around the dinner table.

Shere Kahn

I have always loved the big cats and wolves.  I made my wolf picture a couple of years ago, and now here is my tiger.

This piece is dedicated to the memory of Shere Kahn, a large male Bengal tiger who recently passed away at the Big Cat Rescue just outside of Tampa Florida.  I'll be updating my 2014 gallery with more information about him in the next few days.

I MUST BE INSANE!!

I spend some time with my grandsons on Sunday and dragged them into a quilt shop with promises of a quilt each.  Devon has chosen a black and white rag quilt and Ryan wants a tartan quilt.  He has chosen the PEI tartan and it will have a lovely flannel backing.

I've worked it out, and to get all of my projects done between now and November, and then Christmas, I will have to work on projects at least 4 hours every day.  And then there is my gardening.  And curling.  And working at ArtScene Spencerville.  And oh! yes - spend time with my husband.  Perhaps I should give up sleeping..

Shirkan

 

For those of you who also follow my work on Facebook, you know about Shirkan - the tiger from the Jungle Book.  I've always been a fan of Kipling, and when I saw this wonderful tiger on a fabric panel, I decided to make him. It has proven more difficult than expected, but I have now designed the piece and have done a trial layout. 

It will have a great deal of green - as it is a jungle piece, and Shirkan's face will be peaking out through some palm fronds. 

I'm really looking forward to working on him.

Scarlett Elegance

"Scarlett Elegance"

(24" x 24")

$350

I was telling a friend of mine about this piece, and went to the blog to show it to her, only to find that I had forgotten to post it.  

 I started this piece in 2011, and cut it out, before I decided on the background.  I tried several fabrics and colours, and finally had to back off to a plain black fabric with a  thin ribbon border in gold and black.

The background fabric has been brushed and rubbed so that the fabric appears to be velvet instead of cotton.  This gives it a depth that you would not get from regular cotton.   

Hunting

My newest fabric art.  For more information visit Art Gallery 2014.

The Art of Flowers

Come and visit us at ArtScene Spencerville and enjoy our newest exhibit "The Art of Flowers".

The exhibit is on from June 5th to June 29th, 2014, and celebrates the floral beauty of our planet.  

On at the same time is the Spencerville Garden Tour, and the 416 Art and Mart outdoor Art Market, both on June 21st.

For more information, visit ArtScene Spencerville on Facebook.

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

I love the big cats, and tigers are one of my favourites. They look so gentle and are in reality so dangerous...especially when taking care of their young.  

Here is a photograph of a tiger that is very similar to a panel I just purchased featuring a tiger.  Look forward to seeing a new creation called "Shirkan" by the end of the year.  I would love to say by the end of the summer, but that's not going to happen.

 

Coming This Summer

Life has just been so busy.  It seems that I am more in the mood to quilt these days,  so I have been designing door quilts.  They will hang in ArtScene Spencerville, and as I finish them, I will be sure to take pictures, and post them on the blog.  They aren't large -about 27" x 60" and hang on magnets on steel doors.  

The next ones to watch out for will be entitled "Roses of Summer" and will be pastels in a dark border.  I don't have it all designed yet, but it should be interesting.  

Our feature exhibit, for the month of June at ArtScene Spencerville is entitled "The Art of Flowers", and will be a group exhibit.  Please come and visit us during the month to see some wonderful new work by our artists.

Our Grand Re-Opening Was A Fantasic Success!!!!

We had our grand re-opening on Saturday, April 5th and everything went off without a hitch.  Our MP, Gord Brown joined us, and our MPP, Steve Clark, was with us in spirit.   

ArtScene received well wishes from both, as well as an artistic achievement award from the Friends of the Spencerville Public Library.  The media and radio coverage was spectacular, and we had lots of coverage from all the local newspapers and radio stations, as well as some television coverage.  All in all, a great day.  The video coverage can be seen on the Eastern Ontario Network and the link is on my Facebook page. Here are a couple of pictures, of the speakers, and my work in the background, along with two of Christopher Fawcett's photographs.