Sunday, September 12, 2010

It's All About Me

"Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint you can on it " says Danny Kaye, and I am certainly trying to do that!

I  have several art shows coming up this Fall and hope you will stop by to say "hello".
The season begins with:

North York Visual Artists Art Tour and Sale September 25 & 26
Mitchell Field Community Centre

(Mitchell Field Community Centre is located on Church Street, just East of Yonge and South of Finch)
I will be showing in the community centre with seven other artists. Other artists in our organization are in their home studios. More details and a map can be found in the brochure on the North York Visual Artists Website http://www.nyva.ca/

Note: The tour is held for two weekends. The brochure indicates which artists are only exhibiting on the first weekend, which includes me.

Yonge Lawrence ARTWALK October 15 to November 4

The Yonge Lawrence Village BIA presents the 6th annual Artwalk. Local businesses will host the works of local artists in mediums ranging from watercolours to photography. Artists’ works will be displayed in local merchants’ windows and establishments along Yonge Street between Lawrence Avenue and Yonge Boulevard.City Councillors will walk the Village and judge the windows for best overall creative impression and flair and determine the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners. Check out the Business Association website at http://www.yongelawrencevillage-bia.com/
 to view last year's photos. This year, I will be located in the window of Papermarche at 3429 Yonge Street. http://www.papermarche.com/

Parallel Lines October 1 to Oct 30 Starbucks at Yonge and Brookdale.

An exhibition of 20 paintings by the North Toronto Group of Artists, as a preliminary to their Fall show

North Toronto Group of Artists Fall Art Show November 5 and 6.

Mark your calendars! This year's art show and sale will take place on November 5th and 6th. 20 local artists will be personally showing their latest artwork to the public at this annual arts event. NEW LOCATION...Blessed Sacrament Church, 24 Cheritan Ave. located just one block south of Lawrence on Yonge Street. HOURS OF SHOW are Friday evening 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (*opening night reception by invitation only) and Saturday 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. FREE ADMISSION to the Public on Saturday. . Email northtorontogroupofartists@gmail.com for more information or the website at http://www.northtorontogroupofartists.com/
**If you plan to attend the opening night reception, please email me at aneidhardt@rogers.com so that I can send you an invitation and put your name on the list.

Hope to see you there!

Just in case you think that I am too busy promoting and not painting,

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Hie Me to a Nunnery!

I am leaving abstraction for the moment and finishing two more realistic paintings started some time ago. These paintings are in watercolour, but I have also done some figurative paintings in acrylic.


I get very excited when I see the possibilities for paintings as I observe people in unique settings, doing unusual things or simply casting a clear light on the ordinary everyday. I am also very attracted to the idea of painting people that are "forgotten" in various ways.

The following paintings are not about “forgotten” people, but about nuns enjoying life.
It was so charming to watch a group of nuns in Rome winding there way down a busy street. The juxtaposition of the habit and the designer shopping bag drew my attention and amused me. What was in it?? Thus – “Blessings from Gucci.” The younger nun looks interested, while the more mature nun behind has an air of disapproval.
Blessings from Gucci



I originally thought of calling this painting “Free at Last”, but thought better of it. That does express the carefree feeling the painting is trying to recreate, however. This is a nun, spied wheeling along a path in a convent beside the St. Lawrence in Quebec City. Such fun to be a nun!

Nun A La Carte


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Hie Me To a Nunnery!

I get very excited when I see the possibilities for paintings when I am able to observe people in unique settings, doing unusual things or simply casting a clear light on the ordinary everyday. I am also very attracted to the idea of painting people that are "forgotten" in various ways.
The following paintings