March Art Update

I just sent an email to my mailing list (click here if you'd like to get these updates in your inbox)

You can read the words and see the pictures by following this link:
Includes Toronto reminders, paintings in Ottawa, and other things that I've been up to.

cheers,
marcel

Painting experiments today

I'm trying to find a drawing style that I can glaze over with oil colour.




I'm narrowing it down to ink markers or traditional India ink.

I really like this pencil drawing though, so I'm not going to ink it or colour over it. Maybe I'll do it digitally later:




Cheers,
Marcel

Commissions, prints, and maybe even books

I'm currently working on some painting commissions, and I don't like to post work in progress photos of those until the pieces are all finished and the customer is happy, so unfortunately I won't be able to post many images of the next little while.

I've also been thinking a lot lately about redesigning my website so people can order prints from it. It's always hard to gauge interest to know if it's worth it, but I guess I'll never know until I set it up.

Finally, I'm also thinking about putting together a kids book, or two. I've been working on my digital illustration skills a lot and they've been coming along well. Now I'm thinking about putting together a book because I love kids books. I have no idea if it'll be good, but I'm pretty sure it'll be fun. :)

More on all of those things later.

cheers,
Marcel

Art show in Toronto is up, new painting arrived safely

At the Elaine Fleck Gallery on Queen St. W. , they've told me the show looks great, so I think I'll ask them to send me some photos and I can post them here.

The new painting "rain boots" made it safely, which was a big relief because the paint was still pretty soft when I shipped it. Also, the person at my local post office didn't seem to know what he was doing, so I was a little anxious that he may not have processed it correctly. And then it would get lost in a warehouse somewhere or something like that. But fortunately that didn't happen.  

cheers,

marcel

March Art Show Hi Everyone, The Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto will be showing my paintings again for the month of March. The gallery's normal hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5pm, and the opening will be this Saturday from 2-4pm. Unfortunately I'll be unable to make it to the opening this time around, but hopefully I'll be able to see some of you again next time. If you can't make it to the show, I've included the new painting "rain boots" in this email, and you can view the other pieces that will be in the show online. "rain boots" - oil on plywood, 28"x36" - (still on the easel in this photo) the latest painting  that I just shipped to the gallery for the show. So many have told me the paintings look so much better in person than they do online, so hopefully you'll be able to go have a look at them in person. One day I'll upgrade my site, but I should say hopefully I'll find time to upgrade my website because I'm usually too busy trying to finish the actual paintings.  April Charity Auction   I've donated a painting to the Buy Art Not Kids charity auction in Toronto. The live auction take place on April 4th. Check out their site for more info and to see the great art that will be available. Here's my donation piece: "from the blue line"/"the shooter" - oil on plywood - 24"x24" cheers, Marcel

Rain boots umbrella - new painting finished

This one will be going to my show in Toronto for the month if March. Glad it's finally finished, It took a lot longer than I thought it would. No title yet, I'll have to think of that next week.



Cheers,
Marcel

'Passers by' painting on magazine cover

Here's my painting `Passers by' on the cover of the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine:

I just received my copies in the mail, and it`s really nice to see it in print. Very cool. They've put some very good and well known artists on their covers in the past, so I'm honoured to have one of my paintings included. Thanks CJRM!

cheers,
Marcel