Hi.
We are now  into fall and the weather here in Victoria has been beautiful.  It is so much nicer when the sun is shining.  It makes me appreciate fall with it's changing colours and crisp days.
Studio 30, the art group to which I belong, is in the middle of its first show for this season.  We have a display at the West Shore Town centre in Langford.  We will be there till next Sunday evening, the 13th.  It's a great display of our group's various artistic talents.  I have four pieces in this show including a painting of a view from Pacific Shores resort in Parksville (see below) which I actually started years ago and only finished last year.  I'm sure other people must do this - set aside a piece of work which gives them problems and pick it up later with a fresh mind.
Today I was demonstrating for our group out at the West Shore mall.  I was working on an acrylic painting of hanging wisteria from a photo I took in the Royal Roads gardens, in the spring of course!  The painting did not get finished today, but I will add it to my blog when it's done.

Plein Air at the Empress

I haven't posted for quite a while.  I have been enjoying our beautiful summer, with perfect weather.  I haven't been in any shows over the summer, but have been busy painting.  I also got to enjoy attending both Gorge on Art over the Canada Day weekend and the Moss Street paint-in in July.  It was nice to see some familiar faces at both.
Tomorrow I will be joining some other members of the Studio 30 Art group doing plein air painting and displaying some work on the lawn of The Empress Hotel.  I will be there from 11 am to 4 pm.  I'm sure it will be an exciting day!  It should be very busy down at the Inner Harbour.  There is a Classic Boat show and the Blues Bash.  It is the last long weekend before schools start again, so there should be a lot of people around.
Here's a sample of the work I've been doing over the summer.

Well I've come to the end of my second art show in the last month.  During the month of April I showed 2 of my paintings in the LOOK  Show at the Bay Centre.  I thought it was a good show this year, with lots of people checking it out.  Then for the past week I have displayed 5 of my paintings in the Studio 30 Art Show at the Tillicum Mall in Victoria.   I had quite a bit of positive feed back on my paintings, which was nice to hear.  I also did an afternoon of demonstrating.  I started an acrylic painting which I will have to post when it is finshed.  Although I didn't sell any of my paintings, a lot of the other artist's did.  But I did sell some of my art cards.  It was a good week!  I have been so busy that I haven't had much time for painting, so now I'm looking forward to spending some more time in my studio.  I have lots of ideas.

Below are some photos from the Studio 30 Art Show.