Category: Art Links

Just back from a wonderful 1 week holiday in Ottawa! Spent time at the National Gallery and at the special exhibit “Van Gogh: Up close”. There are over 40 van Gogh paintings plus some of his drawings! My favourite was “View of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer” with lavender fields in the foreground and town with castle in the distance. It was also wonderful to see the famous “Almond Blossom” up close, and I was quite taken by a painting called “Wheat Fields with Sheaves” that I had not seen before in any of my books. The tree trunks in “The Large Plane Trees” were stunning. Although there were a number of his lesser works that were not quite as interesting, there were more than enough fantastic paintings to make this trip worthwhile. Here’s the link to information about the show at the National Gallery in case you have the chance to go van Gogh! 

I’m happy to introduce to you the new Featured Art Student on my website – Betty daCosta. You can see some of Betty’s work, plus read about her personal art journey here…”Featured Art Student“. (Painting by Betty daCosta.) 

I just love this short post by Todd Henry. Great advice. You know that I’m also all for rest and down time as essential, but when I am being creative, I want to hustle! Here’s the link…”If You Hustle“. 

Mysteriously, books that had been turned into works of art began popping up at London Public Libraries. Read about it in this “London Free Press article“. What a fun and creative project – and I loved the part about the librarian finding one and saying in excitement “We have a book! We have a book!” 

These sculptures are certainly imaginative! “Gravity Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads” (Find link of homepage of cherylo.ca  if reading this elsewhere.) 

‘Wow’ is not a word that I use a lot – but this video is absolutely fantastic! Wow.” The Underwater Art of Jason DeCaires Taylor“. (Find link on my homepage blog.) 

“Ice Falls” by Edward H. Betts Here’s a link to some info and art of one of my favourite artists – “Edward H. Betts – (1920-2008)” His work is quite abstract, yet often hints at landscape. As you will see from the art on the linked page, he gets away with amazingly wild colour use. Betts worked in both watercolour and acrylic paint. His book “Masterclass in Watermedia” is a classic that was one of my earliest inspirations as a beginning artist. I still love his work today! 

A large collection of Picasso’s art is on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto until Aug 26/12. Article: “CBC News Arts & Entertainment” (Find link on the homepage of my website, if reading this on Facebook or elsewhere.) 

This is an interesting article by Sinead Duffy posted in “Great Minds – think differently”. I thought you would enjoy it too – here’s the link – “5 Lifelong Lessons that we can Learn from the Titanic“. (Find link on my homepage blog if reading this on Facebook or elsewhere.) 

I have the most wonderful art students – and I have some numbers to prove it. At the recent art show in Grand Bend, 14 artists who had paintings there are or have been students of mine. That added up to 27 of the paintings in the show. And, in the current art show at the Aeolian Hall in London, of the 9 artists showing, 5 are my art students, plus myself – makes 6! You can arrange to see the current Aeolian Art Show by phoning the Hall at 519-672-7950 weekdays between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Or why not take in a concert and enjoy the art too? Here’s the “Aeolian Website“. (Find link on my homepage blog if reading this in Facebook or elsewhere.) – I’m so happy to see my students doing so well – paint on!