Welcome To Cafe Series Virtual Art Show & Sale – Part II

Welcome to my Virtual Café Series Art Show & Sale – Part II.

The Café Series of images celebrates those moments of connection spent savoring a cup of tea or coffee – perhaps with a sweet treat, a pen and journal, or something of beauty for company.

Sometimes we’re solo – connecting with ourselves and reflecting on our thoughts. Other times (pandemic aside) we’re enjoying the company of others. Both ways count as life’s sweet pleasures.

May these paintings trigger sweet memories of connection in your world.

My plan was to introduce this second set of paintings in the Café Series at our 2021 Artists’ Workshop Spring Show. However, with the pandemic cancellation of our show for the second year in a row, that was not possible. Instead, I’m presenting this limited set of all new images this weekend in the form of another virtual online gallery. Here’s what you need to know.

Each of the nine images was painted with watercolor on a 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 mount on your wall – no framing required.

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

The images are officially available for purchase from now (April 29) through the weekend until the end of day, Sunday, May 2.  To request a painting, contact me in one of two ways including your full name, address, phone number, preferred form of payment and your first and/or second choice of painting:

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 during the week of May 3rd. At this point, I’m planning to do a round of deliveries on the evening of May 5, but am entirely flexible about other dates and times.

Read on to see a larger image of each painting, a short description, and its number in the series. In the 3×3 grid above, 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 find their new forever homes. Perhaps one will come to live with you.

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Café Series II – Coming Up

The upcoming first weekend in May was scheduled to have been our Artists’ Workshop 2021 Spring Show & Sale. However, given the ongoing pandemic situation our show has been cancelled for the second year in a row. And rightly so.

Still, it’s disappointing not to be able to share the work created over these last few months.

In the absence of our group spring show, I have decided to once again mount an online solo event. As with last year’s offering, I will be presenting nine all new paintings in the Café Series and inviting you to make them yours.

Watch for snippets of images to be shared over the next few days. The full set of images and complete details will be shared Thursday evening (via FB, IG, LI, and the Pauseworks Studio blog).

The Cafe Series II event will run through the weekend from Friday, April 30 through Sunday, May 2.

I’ll be happy to make distanced doorstep deliveries here in Saskatoon in plenty of time for Mother’s Day! For purchases outside Saskatoon, paintings will be shipped via Canada Post.

Stay tuned!

Slow Art Day – Window Art Show

In non pandemic times, our Artists’ Workshop group holds our annual spring show and sale at Grace Westminster Church. Since we haven’t been able to do that this year or last, we have a new way to share our art with you. We would like to invite you to our Slow Art Day Window Art Show.

Beginning on Slow Art Day, April 10, until April 23, our work will be displayed in ‘window art shows’ at City Perks and Sparrow Coffee shops here in Saskatoon.

Some artworks will be displayed facing outward in the windows of the two coffee shops and more will be shown indoors, with ample space for viewing safely. Grab a coffee, have a seat outside, or do a slow walk by and discover the art of nine local artists.

City Perks Coffeehouse is located at 801 7th Avenue North and Sparrow Coffee is at #120-536 2nd Avenue North. They offer curbside pick-up, takeout, and patio seating.
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How Did You Do That?

‘How did you do that?’ is a question I was asked more than a few times after I presented the paintings in the December 2020 Glimmers Of Hope series. It just so happens that I took some photos of the process so that I could write about it and share the magic with you. Here’s how it went.

 

First, I cut watercolor paper into five inch squares.

I prepared a number of different colored ‘mats’ for the work by applying masking tape to the paper squares.

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Painting The Streets Of Philipsburg, St Maarten

On these cold wintry January days in Saskatchewan, I like to recall our travels to warmer climes.

When I work with a source photo from some place hot and sunny, it transports me back in time and space.

Such was the case last week, when I pulled out this photo taken a year ago on the streets of Phillipsburg, the capital of the Dutch side of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

 

My first step was to create a values sketch with sepia pen in my sketchbook.

It’s a great way to work out the darks and lights in a composition and make decisions about what to include and what to omit from the painting.

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