Author: patleary
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#14 New Shared Exhibition
Art Square Gallery across from the AGO The new show, Musical Muse, went up today!
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# 13, Addendum to # 12
The Square Foot Show opened to the public on Saturday night, the 6th of August in Toronto! As I suggested in my previous post, the predicted crowds did live up to their own reputation, testified in these great pictures taken by the wonderful and prolific East End Artist, Allan O’Marra. There were 500 artists participating…
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#12 Square Foot Show
If you are any kind of active painter, you are aware that August in Toronto has become synonymous with the Square Foot Show at the AWOL gallery! The experience is a bit like a foodie eating at a hot-spot, new restaurant recently given a rave review by Joanne Kates where the tables are inches apart,…
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# 11 The First Journeys Show 2004
In a previous post I described how I met Liz Russ and started being involved with showing my work in Gallery 888. This post will continue the story of how the “Journeys” Shows evolved. The idea was germinated at the cabin in Algonquin Park. Those of us who originally had the faith and imagination to…
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#10 Influence of Paul Signac
In the Tuesday Watercolor Class – Week 6 of the Fall of 2010, Barry Coombs demonstrated his “swatch” method of painting with flat or angled brushes. (You can follow the link to see his method.) With careful observation we were able to model the objects with a build up of small color patches or “swatches”,…
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#9 Back from San Miguel!!
Hola mis amigos! ¿Quieres saber de mi viaje a México y la experiencia de la pintura? ¿ Sí? Entonces aquí vamos … San Miguel de Allende is situated in the mountainous region of central Mexico in the state of Guanajuato and has the distinction of being the first municipality to declare independence from Spanish rule.…
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#8 On to San Miguel de Allende!!
Soon, on the 24th of March I’m leaving on a painting holiday to San Miguel De Allende, Mexico!! In preparation for this trip I recently attended a workshop on “Architectural Elements in Pen and Ink with Watercolor Wash” with Barry Coombs, (click on this link to see all the details of this workshop) who is…
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#7 Update: The Eye of the Beholder
The Joy Bistro/Gallery 888 Painting This post is a quick update. As promised, I’m giving you a more detailed look at this painting already described in post #2 About Gallery 888. The owner of the painting kindly sent me some jpgs with greater resolution so we can appreciate the details of this charming piece. Although…
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#6 Art @ the “Christmas Gift Show”
Deck the Halls of Gallery 888 in 2003!!! The Christmas show is truly fun! You usually get invited to participate in this show if you had been a client in the gallery during the year (and, you hadn’t been too difficult as in, “prima donna”). This is the chance to show your work to another…
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#5 Resin has its reason!
Women strolling in the Rain One of my more recent paintings was inspired by this 1934 photograph from an anonymous photographer. I was intrigued to capture these two women walking arm in arm in the rain wearing their tailored coats and fashionable shoes. Rendering a black and white photograph on to a canvas with unlimited…
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