Saturday, July 23, 2011

Jack Zhou


New Artist, Northern Landscapes, and Colour! Jack is a master in capturing light in a landscape. He has caught the moment just after a storm passes and the clouds part. He equally shows a soft misty marsh or a bright sunny day on the lake.
Jack loves the natural world and it shows in how carefully he combines brushstrokes and contrasting colours to achieve his effects. His work is on the Feature wall til August 10th

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Artists Against the Mega Quarry




Last weekend a number of artists gathered at Carl Cosack's farm to paint the landscapes that will soon be turned into an enormous quarry. That is unless it can be stopped. the land we will be losing is prime agricultural. The water table will be permanently altered and likely polluted. Traffic on our roads will make them impassable. At 2300 acres this will be larger than anything ever developed before in this area or indeed North America. Many people are doing thier part to fight this quarry, at Dragonfly we will be selling a handmade lampwork bead resembling the landscape we stand to lose. Necklaces, bracelets, and key rings will be available to order and proceeds will go to help Stop the Quarry.

Found Art Festival



Yes tomorrow is Founders Day in our sweet town. And so to celebrate we are having the "Found Art Festival" I find it's a great way to make people think differently about art. First they gasp as look at the widget that makes up an element in Carmen's work, then they slowly look at another part, then they slowly get the message that the work is conveying. Artists participating are Carmen Hickson, Jim Reed, Dogbite Steel, Sue Tupy, K Ross, Betty Harris, and many others So come on out, the streets are pedestrian only, there are sidewalk sales...Art does not GO on sale, so ...We will be doing demonstrations, and perhaps having a 'Starving Artist Bake Sale' hence the freshly baked dragonfly shaped cookies! decorate your own.