Dundas Valley School of Art Auction

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The Dundas Valley School of Art’s Annual Art Auction is one of the Hamilton/Burlington region’s largest art auctions featuring over 1,400 original works in a range of mediums – paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, photography, sculpture, pottery, glass, fibre art, jewellery and more. This one-of-a-kind online and in-person event offers opportunity to purchase original, high-quality and affordable pieces by art world. Our 54th edition of the Annual Art Auction is scheduled for March 31 – April 6, 2025. The Live Auction Night is Friday, April 4. My two submissions, pastels, Golden Hour (framed 26″ x 22.5) and Kings Road Colours (framed 12″ x 17″) are shown left.

ICAN “Dip your Toe in the Water’s Fine”

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Delighted to be presenting a workshop on how to use mark making, layering and value to create effective water reflections at this year’s national Pastel conference, ICAN, on May 29, from 9-4pm.

Students will learn how to use mark making techniques, such as scumbling, to effectively portray  water reflections. Students will learn how to effectively convey reflections using changes in value, layering and shapes.  After a series of mark making and blending skill building techniques and exploratory colour studies, students will use a step by step approach to apply colour layering and mixing techniques to create their own landscape reflection painting.  Lots of demonstrations and individual support provided. A reference image will be supplied, but students have the option of bringing their own reference image. To register and learn more about this conference workshop click here.

Harmony An Exhibition of Korean and Canadian Art and Culture Together

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Honoured to participate in this year’s Together 2025 Exhibition “Harmony”. This third annual exhibition of Korean and Canadian artists will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Park Cultural Centre on 2302 Bridge Rd, Oakville, Ontario from June 28 to July 18th. Details regarding the opening reception to follow.

“Golden Breezes”, pastel is one of the paintings to be featured in this exhibition.

Pastels for the Petrified Workshop Winter 2025

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3A10 Pastels for the Petrified

Winter 2025 | -Adult- | Age/Level: Beginners | Available
Course Date: 2025-01-12 – 2025-01-12

Course Description

Fall in love with pastels and discover this beautiful and colourful medium. Using a step-by-step approach, I will demonstrate the fundamentals of pastels such as mark making techniques, layering and colour mixing – all in a fun and encouraging environment. After a few skill building activities, you’ll create your own small pastel painting. Lots of demonstrations and individual attention provided. For all levels – some previous drawing experience is helpful. All materials supplied. For more information and registration for Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas Ontario, click here.

Members: $106.72 + HST, Non-Members: $109 + HST (Prices include $25 material fee). Sunday. 

Degas Pastel Society 20th Biennial National Exhibition

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“Summer Reflections”
“Fishing by Moonlight”

Honoured to have pastels “Summer Reflections” and “Fishing by Moonlight” juried into the Degas Pastel Society’s 20th Biennial National Exhibition. I was also delighted to learn that “Summer Reflections” won and Award of Merit. Thank you to juror Lyn Asselta and congratulations to my fellow artists. To see the entire show click here. The show continues until January 21, 2025.

Pastel Society of Eastern Canada Pixel Pastel 2024 The International Online Art Exhibition

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Honoured to have “Bona Vista Blue Skies” juried into the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada International Online Art Exhibition, “Pixel Pastel 2024”. Thank you to jurors Susan Story and Taimeng Lim and congratulations to my fellow artists. This pastel was one of only 134 artworks selected from 412 digital images which were received from 19 different countries! The online exhibition begins Dec 15, 2024 at https://pastelsec.com/exposition

Bona Vista Blue Skies, 15″ x 17″ framed 21″ x 23″

Pastel Artists Canada 34th Juried Purely Pastel Open Exhibition

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I’m honoured to be included in the Pastel Artists Canada 34th Juried Purely Pastel Open Exhibition. The show opens Tuesday October 8th to Sunday October 20th, 2024 with the opening and reception planned for the afternoon of Saturday October 12th at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver B.C.  Thank you to the jurors: Susan Typert MPAC-EP, SCA, Clarence Porter PAC, MPAC, PSA and Ron Underhill MPAC .  The online version of the show can be seen at https://www.pastelartists.ca.

Central Mass Pastel Society 2nd International Pastels Plus Exhibition

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Honoured to be selected for the Central Mass Pastel Society’s Second International Pastels Plus Exhibition. From the 232 paintings submitted from 129 Artists from around the world, 90 pastel paintings using a variety of additional creative approaches, materials and mediums were chosen from 75 artists. The online show launches March 24, 2024. Click here to see the show and my painting after that date.