Snowy Slopes – #2 In The Glimmers Of Hope Series

 

Snowy Slopes is #2 in my Glimmers of Hope Art Series. It was inspired by winter adventures in the mountains.

5″ x 5″ original watercolor on paper. Mounted on 6″ x 6″ mat board.

Price: $50 (plus $5 to cover tax & postage). Express your interest in purchasing via email to: pat@patkatz.com

For full details and the backstory to the Glimmers of Hope Series see below.

 

Glimmer of Hope:  the belief that there is a slight chance that something positive will happen.

Backstory:  This pandemic of 2020 has put a huge dint in our lives – restricting our ability to gather, to travel, and to feel safe and at ease in the world.

I look forward to a time when once again we will feel free to roam and engage with confidence. Until then, it seems we’re destined to gaze longingly through our respective windows on the world, sustained by patience and hope.

To help us get through this final month of what seems like a very long year, I’ve created 31 original paintings in a series called, Glimmers of Hope.  

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Tropical Travels – #1 In The Glimmers Of Hope Series

 

Tropical Travels is #1 in my Glimmers of Hope Art Series. It was inspired by time spent in the Caribbean, Hawaii and French Polynesia.

5″ x 5″ original watercolor on paper. Mounted on 6″ x 6″ mat board.

Price: $50 (plus $5 to cover tax & postage). Express your interest in purchasing via email to: pat@patkatz.com

For full details and the backstory to the Glimmers of Hope Series see below.

 

Glimmer of Hope:  the belief that there is a slight chance that something positive will happen.

Backstory:  This pandemic of 2020 has put a huge dint in our lives – restricting our ability to gather, to travel, and to feel safe and at ease in the world.

I look forward to a time when once again we will feel free to roam and engage with confidence. Until then, it seems we’re destined to gaze longingly through our respective windows on the world, sustained by patience and hope.

To help us get through this final month of what seems like a very long year, I’ve created 31 original paintings in a series called, Glimmers of Hope.

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Launching ‘Glimmers Of Hope’ Art Series

This pandemic of 2020 has put a huge dint in our lives – restricting our ability to gather, to travel, and to feel safe and at ease in the world.

I look forward to a time when once again we will feel free to roam and engage with confidence.

Until then, it seems we’re destined to gaze longingly through our respective windows on the world, sustained by patience and hope.

To help us get through this final month of what seems like a very long year, I’ve created 31 original paintings in a series called, Glimmers of Hope. Each image peeks through a window at the positive feelings and exciting adventures that we hope will once again be ours to experience – hopefully sooner rather than later!

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Welcome To My Cafe Series Art Show & Sale

Welcome to my online Café Series Art Show & Sale. Over the last few months, I’ve created a series of paintings that reflects the joy of relaxing with a coffee or tea at hand – sometimes with a sweet treat, other times with a pen and journal, and often with a blossom or two. The images celebrate experiences of connection, conversation, and reflection.

All of the images were painted with watercolor and ink on stretched 10 x 10 canvas. They’ve been sealed with a spray varnish so there’s no need to protect them under glass. They are fitted with hanging wire and ready to go on your wall.

The plan was to introduce this series at our Artists’ Workshop Spring Show. However with the cancellation of our show due to the Covid 19 situation, that was not possible. Instead, I’m presenting this limited set of nine original images in the form of a virtual gallery.

Each painting is priced at $300 (including all taxes and distanced doorstep delivery within Saskatoon). For buyers beyond the city, additional shipping will be billed at cost.

The images are officially available for purchase as of now until noon on Saturday, May 9.

To request a painting, contact me in one of two ways sharing your full name, complete address, phone number, preferred form of payment and your first and/or second choice of painting:

  • Via email at pat@patkatzart.com
  • Or via phone at 306 934 1807

Offers to purchase will be accepted in the order in which they are received. Payment can be made by e-transfer or credit card.

Saskatoon deliveries will take place between noon and 3 pm on Saturday, May 9 – just in time for Mother’s Day.

Read on to view a larger image of each painting, read a short description, and check its number in the series. In the 3×3 grid, the paintings are numbered in order from left to right, top to bottom. (As in #1 is top left and #9 is bottom right)

I hope you enjoy exploring the Café Series, and that these paintings will all find their way to their new forever homes.

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#1 – Putting It On Paper  – SOLD – This painting features a cuppa with a pen and journal – and an air mail envelope that may have just arrived or that may soon be winging its way across the world.

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#2 – Morning Croissant Paris  – SOLD – This painting was inspired by breakfast at a quirky cafe in the Marais in Paris – a morning cappuccino with croissant, and my fav apricot jam. 

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#3 – Muffin In The Sun  This painting features a cuppa with a pen and journal and a muffin – inspired by my morning coffee at City Perks here in Saskatoon.

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#4 – With Flowers On The Side  This painting features a cup of coffee on a checkered bistro table, with macarons and flowers on the side.

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#5 – Pull Up A Chair  – SOLD – This painting features a cup of coffee with a phone and a journal – all to be enjoyed on a bentwood chair at a marble top bistro table.

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#6 – Tulips On The Windowsill  – SOLD – This painting features a trio of pink tulips and a sprig of blue florets with a cup of coffee on a wide windowsill.

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#7 – Tulips And Tallinn – SOLD – This painting features a treasured handpainted coffee mug that I purchased on a visit to Tallinn, Estonia, along with a collection of journals and a blue fountain pen. Keeping a journal during our travels is one of my favorite parts of our trips.

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#8 – Festive Coffee  – SOLD –  A hot cup of coffee in the presences of a festive bouquet with red berries, twigs, and greens.

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#9 – Coffee With The Birds  – SOLD –This painting features the treasured handpainted coffee mug that I purchased on a visit to Tallinn, Estonia, along with a journal, tulip and a favorite hand painted bird that perches on my bookshelf.

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See something you like? Here, again are the details on how to make your purchase. 

Each painting is priced at $300 (including all taxes and distanced doorstep delivery within Saskatoon). For buyers beyond the city, additional shipping will be billed at cost.

The images are officially available for purchase as of now until noon on Saturday, May 9.

To request a painting, contact me in one of two ways sharing your full name, complete address, phone number, preferred form of payment and your first and/or second choice of painting:

  • Via email at pat@patkatzart.com
  • Or via phone at 306 934 1807

Offers to purchase will be accepted in the order in which they are received. Payment can be made by e-transfer or credit card.

Saskatoon deliveries will take place between noon and 3 pm on Saturday, May 9 – just in time for Mother’s Day.

Announcing Upcoming Cafe Series Online Show & Sale

This first weekend in May would have been our Artists’ Workshop 2020 Spring Show & Sale. However, given the Covid situation, it was cancelled – as have been so many events around the world.

I find myself sad about this because I was especially looking forward to sharing pieces from the Café Series that I worked so hard to create over the last few months.

Rather than sit with the sadness, I’ve decided to experiment with the hosting of a Mini Online Solo Art Event that will let me share nine of my cafe series paintings with you and allow you to make them yours.

The online show images will be profiled on Wednesday, May 6 (via FB, IG, my blogs and ezine) along with details on how to take part in the online sale which is scheduled for Saturday, May 9 from noon to 3 pm.

I’ll gladly do distanced doorstep deliveries here in Saskatoon just in time for Mother’s Day!

Watch your email Wednesday for complete details.

Making This Paris Lantern Glow

I’ve really been enjoying working with the members of the Artists’ Workshop group this year.

One of the best parts of our weekly sessions is learning more about how other artists approach their work.

I have long been intrigued by the way that colleague, Val Miles, incorporates foil work into her bird images.  You can see more of Val’s work by checking out ‘Val Miles Mixed Media’ on Facebook.

Val graciously offered to show me how she handles this process, and led me through the steps involved in adding foil to one of my watercolor lanterns.

Val uses a multi step process that involves: sketching your image, deciding where you would like to add foil, adding a background color in those areas, applying an adhesive, and then burnishing the foil into place.

Once the foil is adhered, you complete the rest of the painting in the normal way. In my case, this involved ink and watercolor.

Here are a few pics that show how the process unfolded on this Paris Lantern. You can have a first hand, up close and personal look at the end result at our Artists Workshop Spring Show & Sale, where this beauty will be putting in an appearance.

The show and sale takes place at Grace Westminster Church, 505-10thStreet East in Saskatoon. Friday, April 13 (7 – 9 pm). Saturday, April 14 (10 am – 5pm). Sunday, April 15 (Noon to 4 pm).

Thanks, again, Val for your patience and for sharing your how-to know-how with me!

  

Countdown To Open Studio – Four Days Out

In addition to the panorama format I described in yesterday’s message, I’ve also been experimenting this fall with creating images in a square format.

This was inspired when I began taking square photos to populate my Instagram account. That’s the only format Instagram accepts.

Once I started cultivating a ‘square’ point of view, I found it to be an interesting way to look at the world.

I will have eight images at the Open Studio Show and Sale that have been created and framed in the square format. I think you’ll find them interesting. I know I do. You can preview a few of them in the photo below.

Again, the doors will be wide open and welcoming at our Artists’ Workshop Open Studio event between 11 am and 9 pm next Monday, November 26 in the auditorium of Grace Westminster Church at  505 – 10th Street East here in Saskatoon. Hope to see you there!

Countdown To Open Studio – Five Days Out

I’ve been experimenting this fall with the panorama format – long and narrow. It really lends itself to landscapes and in this instance, waterscapes.

The first of these panorama images – Autumn Along The River – was created on location along the South Saskatchewan River here in Saskatoon on a warm autumn afternoon.

The colors were strong; and the winds and rain had not yet dashed the leaves to the ground.

I used a black pen with a calligraphic tip to add line and form to the trees and shrubs.

The second of these panorama images – Emma Lake Sunset Bay – was inspired by a photo shared with me by my cousin, Wendy.

She and her family own a cottage on Emma Lake, and are lucky that they are able to enjoy scenes like this all summer long.

I enjoyed laying on the color in the foliage and the reflections on the water.

And I had a lot of fun using a stick pen and sepia ink to accent the reeds poking through the surface of the water.

You can see both of these panoramas and many more of my works at the upcoming Artists’ Workshop Open Studio event between 11 am and 9 pm next Monday, November 26 in the auditorium of Grace Westminster Church at  505 – 10thStreet East here in Saskatoon.

Join us for art and conversations about art with all 13 of our member artists. Hope to see you there!

Countdown To Open Studio – Six Days Out

As I mentioned in yesterday’s Blog Post, our Artists’ Workshop group will be holding an Open Studio Show and Sale next Monday, November 26 in the auditorium of Grace Westminster Church at  505 – 10thStreet East here in Saskatoon.

You’ll be able to enjoy art and conversations about art with all 13 of us that day.

As this week unfolds, I promised to tempt you with a few pieces of art in the lead up to the show.

Here are two of my images with a floral theme – each of them 12 x 16 inches in size.

The first image, Meewasin Leaves, is an autumn bouquet that was inspired by the colorful leaves and branches that I gathered on a September walk along the Meewasin Trail.

It is one of the first images where I experimented with this technique for creating a mottled ground.

 

The second image, Au Nom De La Rose, was inspired by a flower shop of this name in the Latin Quarter in Paris.

The displays outside this shop are always interesting – with their unique stands, brilliant colors, and petals that drift across the sidewalk in the breeze.

Watch for more blog posts with samples of pieces from the show. And let me know if something ‘twigs’ your interest.

Kristi’s Cottage Commission

Back in February of 2016, I celebrated the 30thanniversary of my business by inviting supporters to enter a draw for: a bundle of publications, a donation to a charity of their choice, and an original ink and watercolor sketch inspired by a photo of a place that mattered to them.

The first two prizes were dispatched right away. However, it took the winner of the original sketch, Kristi Glover of Saskatoon, a couple of years to claim her prize.

Life has a way of tossing roadblocks in our path from time to time, but now Kristi has her prize in hand. I was delighted to be able to create for her an original sketch of her family cottage at Waskesiu Lake in Prince Albert National Park.  Read more….

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