FCA Toronto Harvest Times 2022 Juried Exhibition

Federation of Canadian Artists Toronto Chapter is working to show our work across Ontario.

From October 19, 2022 .November 12, 2022 the FCA Toronto Chapter Harvest Times Juried Exhibition took place at Brampton’s Beaux Arts Gallery 16 Queen Street East Brampton Ontario L6V1A2.

My Tomato Harvest 2022, 6.5” x 6.5” Polychromos pencil crayon on Fabriano Black Black is in some ways a happy accident. The sprig fell off the Sweet One Hundred. It ripened on the kitchen window sill, gradually maturing from hard green knobs to luscious red before going to the salad plate. They were delicious.

6" Tsunami will crash into the FCA Water Exhibition

A life sized study of the waves of Little Lake Joseph will be flying off to Vancouver From November 15-17 2022

FCA Chapter Challenge 2022, and Women in Watercolor

Arctic Queen’s, Bee examines a Double Clematis on the way to the backyard. Private Collection, Ontario.

The FCA Chapter Challenge Exhibition is an annual competition between our local chapters, where artists compete to win cash prizes for themselves and their chapter! Who won in 2022? Find out by viewing this spectacular online exhibition, on display at www.federationgallery.com from September 1st - 30th.

Alan Ray’s “The Execution of a Tomato Salad” is very well placed very close to the beginning

“Arctic Queen’s Bee” is further on

In July, Arctic Queen’s Bee received an honorable mention in the 3rd Annual Women in Watercolor Juried International Call. There were over 1600 submissions, About 200 were accepted. 100 of those received the honorable mention.

Summer Pleasures

Growing up in Brackenrig close to Port Carling, now as a guest on Little Lake Joe I’ve always explored the shore in my kayak or rowboat to get up close and personal with the meeting of water and granite.

My Summer Pleasures ; “Six Inch Tsunami”, “A Rosseau Rowboat” and “Sister Island, Lake Joseph”. were on display from June 28, 2022 to August 4, 2022 visit the Etobicoke Art Gallery at the Etobicoke Civic Center

You are Invited

The Federation of Canadian Artists International Mail In Exhibition at the Federation Gallery, Granville Island

Yellow Fritillaria “For Ukraine” was used for the on-line invitation image.

The Bend

FCA Toronto celebrated Spring Thaw from March 17 to April 16 2022

About The Bend. My Studio is located at the top of the hill above the East Branch of Toronto’s Don River. While on a hike along the river I walked out on a sand bar just upstream for 4” x 6” pencil crayon, field sketch to capture the sun sparking through the emerging weeping and black willow leaves at the Bend.

Back in the studio I completed this 12” x 9” watercolour with a dancing square brush.

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Federation of Canadian Artists "Animalis 2022"

Nola was accepted into Animalis 2022 at Vancouver’s Granville Island Gallery of the Federation of Canadian Artists for exhibit March 8 - 20 2022.

After Kandinsky 12” x 12” watercolour

Primary Colours 12” x 16” pencil crayon

“After Kandinsky” 12”x12” an abstracted play in watercolour, on a familiar theme, the simple profile head.

“Primary Colours” 11” x 14” pencil crayon, using only the pigments shown in the geometric shapes to make the bay foal sneaking a shy look at the viewer.

A Wonderful Person

Julie Tattersall and I first met at Ambercroft Farms in the 1960s. We connected through our mutual arts loves. Julie went on to a the professional horse career. Her career carried her all over. Julie was a legend in the Ontario horse show world. Always producing top quality competitors. Along her three daughters, Jane, Jennifer & Jacquie later Grandaughter Lola and many dogs, she part of the Canadian horse show world for over 50 years. We adventured together. I learned to drive a pick-up truck driving to the Kentucky Horse Park. Discovered you can hide a golf cart and forget it in the back of a trailer far from home. Had a wild Taxi ride to LaGuardia after see Leonard Cohen at Madison Square. Saw Canada Geese blacken the wet fields around Ottawa in spring breakup, and so on.

Julie passed in mid October 2021.

Happy Birthday Di

Di Langmuir is one of those people you meet and immediately Like. I’ve known Di for many years. When Alex was quite little, at Leitchcroft-CornerStone, Di included her in a workshop. The tiny person on the pony along with the bigger people on their horses. Good for Di. Good for Alexandra.

Di has had many of her fur family pictured, for herself or various associates. I was approached by one of her associates. The group needed a birthday present Di’s 60th, August 29 2021.

Happy Birthday Di. Pierre, aka French Leave, can now join all the others.

Pierre aka , French Leave, watercolour 10” x 8” August 2021

Zebra Finches

An unusual subjects for this artist,a life size portrait of these tiny birds a mere 4.24 x 5.5” in colored pencil.

Sometimes a favourite work returns to the nest. In this case the owner of the work passed on. The original purchaser did not want this painful memory in her collection. Rather than throwing into the garbage or the recycling bin or the church bazaar jumble sale, she contacted me and asked “Would I like it back?” I would thank you.

Zebra Finches 1986 4.25 x 5.5 coloured pencil

A Hockey Award

The Aurora Amateur Hockey Association has a loyal volunteer group of supporters. The AMHA decided three retiring leaders should have a unique reward to honour them for those many years of service. Each received a personal souvenir.

10” x 8” “GoodBye” Mr Di Nallo + Logos and commenorative plaque

Three original paintings were presented to the long standing volunteers that make the AMHA a valued part of the Aurora Ontario community. Please contact Heritage Sports Art to have your special work created for your team or individuals in your team

Social 416 Gin at Comerica Park

The other night when I sent the announcement out of the release I could only access their web ready release image. Some got the impression that I designed the whole thing. I did not. Only the Pen&Ink view.
Social 416 Gin is marketed in right field at Comerica Park home of the Detroit Tigers.