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• New Show at Trilogy

        

            "Beach Walking #1"                       "A Swim Before Bedtime."

  Hi everyone,

  Since this is the third time I have tried to add this post, my sense of humor has dwindled!

  Who's great idea was it to update their own website, anyway?

  Okay, here's the news.

  The summer has been absolutely crazy busy, as usual.  But I did have time to do some new paintings and they are going to be on display at the Trilogy Gallery, in Mahone Bay.

  The show is called Beach Walking and it is about, you guessed it, things you find walking on the beach.

  The opening reception is on Thursday, October 13 from 7 to 9 PM.

  Come join us for food, drinks, and socializing with fun people, including me!

  If you can't make it to the opening please visit the show, which runs from Wednesday, October 12 to Wednesday, October 26.

  The gallery is open from 10:30 to 5 o'clock, Monday to Saturday

  and 1 to 5 on Sunday

  I hope to see you there.

  Happy art making.

  Eileen

   

• It's Been Busy

  A lot has been going on around here lately and plans for lots more!

  I have been working on a bunch of new pieces for summer . Lots of florals, (which are new for me) beach paintings, a few abstracts , plans for sculptures to work on as soon as it is warm enough outside . And then there is the garden ! With the weather getting nicer I am finding it harder to stay inside .

  I am also helping a friend , Fabienne with her new Gallery , how exciting ! It is called the Copper Fox Gallery and it in Halls Harbour ,N. S. .The gallery will be opening May 6th 2011and will be open every day till Christmas. For more on that check out www.copperfoxgallery.com . There will be about 25 different artists represented . Of course you will be able to find my work there as well as at my gallery here at home.

  With spring also comes new ideas for AKA's Uncommen Commen Art , with is like enviromental art scavenger hunt here in the Annapolis Valley. I am planning to particapate again this year ,and I know exactly the  piece that I will do.

  I am  having a solo art show at the Designer Cafe in Kentville beginning July 6th and continuing thru August 4th.

  In August I will be doing Paint The Town in Annapolis Royal  which is a weekend of painting on site with about 75 other artists. Oh what Fun!

  Add to that , I am teaching classes in drawing , painting and decorating your home, I am the social director of AKA (Alliance of Kings Artists) , host a weekly womens group on setting goals and I love to spend time with my husband , friends and Jordy (my dog)..... I honestly wonder where I fit in Painting Time!

  As (someone) said , " the greatest stress is having nothing to do"

  Then, I am Never Stressed.

  Hoping you are having a creative day !

   

   

• How I made the concrete sculpture

  
  

  I thought that some of you may be interested in knowing how the concrete sculptures are completed.  The one we’re looking at is the sculpture of a fountain called “Jessica “. I completed it at a Cosby’s Greenhouse in Liverpool last winter. The owner there, Ivan gives great workshops.  He teaches concrete techniques and each person brings their own art ideas.  Some projects will last two days, some like mine, last eight days.

  When tha concrete was set up (a couple of months) She was lifted on a truck and delivered to my backyard. (Writing this was much easier then actually doing it. It took lots of equipment.)
  

   

   

   

  

   We start off with a wire frame that has extra support from metal rebar. I worked from drawings that had exact measurements.

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

  When the wire frame is finished the piece is filled full  of concrete. She looks a little like an alien here.

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

       When that hardens a little then you start 

        working on the details. 

   

  

   

   

   

           And you keep working on the details.

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

            For days and days .

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

    And you continue working on the details until everything is done. 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Come see" Jessica " anytime. She is in my yard and she is a working water feature. (execpt in the winter)

   

   

• It's just the beginning!

  Remind me again whose great idea  it was for me to do all the maintenance to make this new site look great. Oh Yeah ,it was me!  If I ever get the revisions finished I'll let everyone know what is new with my work . In the meantime ,please forgive any weird stuff or omissions on the site. (for those of you who saw my biography page recently with my dogs photo instead of mine ,you will know what I mean)