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

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.

Press for Robin Pouw

Thanks to Sideroads of Dufferin County for the great article on Robin. We are thrilled to have her here at Dragonfly. She is working hard at some great commissions. It's page 46/47 of the current issue http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=202e50b8-2fa8-4e3d-a4e4-42d195002ce3&pnum=46

Carmen's mind

Yeah she constantly amazes me. This assemblage is called "Soundtrap". The statement that accompanies follows.... raised by wolves and comfortable being a predator, he knew his ability to call on birds with a lyrical whistle would help his ability to be leader of the pack... A sneaky and clever way of attack. Carmen Hickson you are sneaky and clever - the way your ART gets under my skin. this piece is of course part of the Found Art Festival.

Found Art Festival

Back by popular demand, the Found Art Festival is around the corner...July8 & 9th We are starting to get in new work from your favourites, Carmen Hickson, Dogbite, Rachel Clark Hall. Just so you know, this photo of 1955 artwork is from MOCA in LA, the artist is Robert Rauschenberg ...hmmn This coming window will be very interesting with button jewellery, sculpture , paintings and some larger items from Jim Reed, but in the meantime, it is the last day for Julia Veenstra's rich acrylics. She'll be taking them to a show in Hamilton. Jean Loney has the window now with beautiful new mosaics, some with 24 karat gold! Sideroads magazine did a wonderful article on Robin Pouw with lots of great photos of Robin and her jewellery.

Paint the Musician

Wow it was quite the experience to watch the artists painting Tamara. We had Jill Pringle, Roslyn Levin, Jim Reid, Theresa Minten, Catherine Barr, Sue Powell, and assorted kids. Tamara sung with such emotion, and truth and it came through in the sketches. This photo by Roslyn Levin gives you the sense of it. Sara May is playing right now, and it is a lot of fun. Thanks to both performers.