It never ceases to amaze how time flies, and how all of a sudden it’s that time of year when I’m busily preparing for my 29th Exhibition, held at Edmonton’s Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. Just the words “29th Annual” is a hard one to wrap my head around.
A busy year is hard to summarize (made worse since I haven’t posted since February) but here is the speed version. It started with a solo exhibition “Tree Lines” at Canada House Gallery in Banff, then to New York City for the 155th Annual American Watercolor Society exhibition and a post-covid reunion with my brother, sister-in-law and niece. The summer entailed an 8 day canoe trip in British Columbia and a 9 day backpack trip in Alberta’s Rockies. These travels provide the seeds, the raw material, for many of this year’s paintings.
The invitations went in the mail yesterday and by email today, and I’m on the home stretch of finishing the paintings. The myriad of details that surround the one-night exhibition are being finalized. The frames are being cut and joined by my long time supplier, Kamena Gallery and Frames ltd. , which Neil and I will then assemble at my studio and package them for the short trip across the river to the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald the morning of November 10th.
With the relaxation of Covid-19 rules, we are not requiring 1 hour viewing appointments as we did last year (to encourage physical distancing.) You are welcome to attend anywhere between 5:00 and 9:30 p.m. It is busier for the first 3 hours, so if you would like a quieter experience, plan on coming around 7:30 or 8:00. Masks will not be required but are certainly welcome. We look forward to seeing everyone in person, as we inch back to (somewhat) “normal” after the great pandemic interruption. If the covid situation changes, we will post any updates to the exhibition evening on this website.
For those unable to attend or just not sure about being in a crowd again, the entire exhibition will go online on Saturday, November 12 at 2:00 p.m. Four of the paintings are currently on preview. If you did not receive an invitation and would like one, please contact us.
Ok that was a lot of fairly dry and hastily written information, but off I go back to my brushes. I look forward to sharing my new work with you.
