Earlier this month, I was elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists. The Society has about 250 elected members and has juried art shows around Canada. I was juried into the Papermill Gallery at Todmorden Mills in Toronto for an exhibition in May, 2009. I also applied to the juried exhibition at the Saint John Arts Centre in Saint John, New Brunswick. I am honoured to be part of the Society.
In May, I participated in “Celebration: Canadian Visual Artists of Slavic Heritage” at Carleton University. I presented one large 40x60 painting, and six smaller ones.
You can view more photos from this event courtesy of fellow Slavic artist Peter Juranka at his web site, and a photo of me by some of my paintings.
Première neige, Montréal
This painting, “Première neige, Montréal”, was accepted into the 41st Open National Juried Exhibition of the Society of Canadian Artists, May 13-24, 2009 at the Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
I’m part of a group of artists called the “Plein Air Ensemble” that goes on two trips every year. The group is made up of about 30 artists from the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
The trip this year occurred in early April. We went to the Laurentians in Quebec and stayed at “La Centre Touristique de la Petite Rouge.” It is a beautiful area but the weather gave us rain, wind, some snow and very little sun. I worked on 15 paintings on site. In the following 3 weeks, I finished them at my studio, and they are on the web site now.
It is a great place for landscape painting and everyone who went had a fabulous time. There was even some evening entertainment. The artists that went had a lot of painting opportunities and it was a very successful trip.
In March 2009, I participated in the four-day Toronto Art Expo with 300 other artists. It is Canada’s largest indoor exhibition for fine art and is held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. I displayed about 20 paintings in my booth.
Many of our invitees attended including some very old and dear friends. Lots of visiting and photo taking occurred. Thousands of people attended the show. I had lots of help setting up and taking down from my son-in-law, brother and sister-in-law.
It was a very successful show and thanks to everyone who helped out.
