Near Damascus, Ontario. This barn came down a few years ago, glad I took the time to do a proper sketch. Their architecture has a magic of its own so it’s sad to see them fall into ruin and then dissapear.
Another day, another barn….
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Haiku
My messy backyard rated a Haiku. I found this online at Martha Knox’s site: wordsonwoodblocks.ca. I may just leave it messy to inspire likeminded people :- )
…and more christmas greetings.
This is a Christmas collaboration with my favourite printmaker, Maria Moser. The church is in Wurzbrunne, Switzerland, home of her paternal ancestors. It’s printed in five colours on stonehenge. 
Christmas Greetings
Christmas greetings and a very early collaboration with a very young printmaker, my daughter :- )
This is an amazing collection of 130 images by 90 Artists that explores the concept of death from many, many angles in many, many media.
It’s well worth the trip to the Museum, situated between Fergus and Elora on the north river road.
ART ON THE STREET ….this Saturday, July 16
Be ready to be amazed!!! This is a very well attended show for good reason; you’ll find oodles and oodles of incredible talent in a plethora of artistic disciplines.
One of the things I like about this show is that after setting up, seven hours of sun and crowds then tearing down and packing up makes the first cold draft in a nearby pub the best tasting beer of the year :- )
THIS WEEKEND, JULY 9 & 10 : ART IN THE YARD /ELORA
If you’re near Elora, ON Saturday or Sunday, pop into the show. There are a lot of talented Artists plus musicians coming.THIS WEEKEND, July 9 & 10, 2016
ArtInTheYard’16
‘The Survivors’ moves on….
My print ‘The Survivors’ was one of the artworks chosen by the Guelph Museum’s exhibition of artworks related to Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, soldier/physician/poet and his poem ‘In Flanders Fields.’ They subsequently choose it for the cover of the Exhibition Catalogue.
Now the Ontario Legislature has asked to include it as one of the artworks in their Remembrance Day resources. …..my buzz du jour.
“To me the poem conjures up visions of more than poppies and crosses. I envision the other casualties of war, of the long lines of refugees and of wounded soldiers returning to their homes. I see the shells of buildings and a landscape badly scarred.
My print was for ‘The Survivors’, for those people who, having survived, were now ready to move forward towards a sparse landscape but one with a promise of better things to come.”
Printmaking Course at The Wellington County Museum
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Art On The Street is approaching…
If you’re near Guelph on the 11th of July don’t miss the amazing variety and quality of art in this annual affair!
In Flanders Fields
One hundred years ago one of Guelph’s better known sons, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a soldier, physician and poet wrote ‘In Flanders Fields.
As part of exhibitions marking the occasion the Guelph Museum is hosting a juried exhibition of related artworks. My print ‘The Survivors’ was one of the artworks chosen.
To me the war conjures up visions of more than poppies and crosses. I envision the other casualties of war, of the long lines of refugees and of wounded soldiers returning to their homes. I see the shells of buildings and a landscape badly scarred.
My print was for those people who, having survived, were now ready to move forward towards a sparse landscape but one with a promise of better things to come.
The poem reads as follows:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. .
Sentinel
At the moment, what I like about this print is the total absence of snow. Perhaps even more is that it reminds me of a sunny afternoon sitting on a huge rock with a friend drawing rocks and trees and water and rocks and trees and water, but mostly enjoying the sun.
…and speaking of shows.
This print, The Oregon Chronicles ll, is in a show at The Elora Centre For The Arts as a prequel to ART IN THE YARD, a great outdoor show that occurs on July 5 & 6, 2014.
Memory of Summer
A beautiful, simple design by my friend, Maria. These berries are the most colourful things in the bush during the winter; they seem far down on the birds’ menu. And, as the tittle suggests, they are a reminder of summers past, and future.
Through the Blue Shute
Last summer a friend and I canoed the 250 km from Lake Nippising down the French to Georgian Bay then south to Pointe au Baril. This is my memory of a set of rapids on The French that we shot through all too quickly.
The pic is a mono print, essentially a painting done with a printing press
clive lewis, printmaker 