Contemporary Cityscapes.

Dark and moody cityscapes have been my focus for awhile and I enjoy painting them. I especially like the contrast between the dark and light areas and the drama that it creates. These are statement pieces and work well in contemporary settings.

 Lonely Street  36x48  

Canvas Gallery

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 As it appears on HGTV's Income Property

'Lonely Street' 36x48 from Canvas Gallery works well here in the basement renovation on HGTV's Income Property. With the contemporary furnishings and the neutral color scheme. You can view the full episode here.

 King West  36x48  Acrylic on Canvas

'King West' was painted as a wedding gift and I had it framed in a black floating frame before gifting it to the happy couple. You may remember it from this post about staging your home with art. It since has moved to another condo in the sky. I like painting these cityscapes in vertical format because they work well in the newer condos which are mostly glass and where space is limited to high vertical walls and posts. 

Quiet Street  30x40  Acrylic on Canvas

Available at Canvas Galley

Quiet Street

Quiet Street  30x40  Acrylic on Canvas

$2000.

Available at Canvas Gallery

Monday Already?

Islands 36x60 Acrylic on Canvas

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Good Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was a flurry of activity. The usual weekend chores with a whole lot of work thrown in. I finished up a few larger paintings, and even delivered 3 paintings including "Islands" to Canvas Gallery.

Last week in my blog reading frenzy I came across Simply Hue. A delightful blog with lots of color. Vicki is an artist and color consultant and her blog is a wonderful reflection of this. She even has an Etsy shop Simply Hue Designs featuring her lovely photography. I just love the retro feel to her photographs. I'm happy to say that I and Red Banana (my Etsy shop) is one of 15 artists that will be featured in Simply Hue's Artist Spotlight, in the first week of November. Click here to see Vicki's post and the list of artists.

For now it's in to the studio I go, as I'm madly working on new mixed media paintings that will soon go in my shop. I'll keep you posted!

Lunch with Gabriela Delworth

Early Morning Mist 36x48

available at Canvas Gallery

Today was a day out of the studio. A networking day. I met my friend Gabriela for a quick lunch and a brainstorming session. She is blogger/craft instructor extraordinaire. See her blog here. I recently saw her on an episode of HGTV's The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price. She was showing her fine art of gift wrapping and I was truely impressed. Like Ambrose, I didn't know you could wrap a round box and make it look as wonderful as Gabriela did. I must admit when it comes to gift wrapping I prefer gift bags and some tissue. Easy peasy! Today we talked about many things. The state of the economy, how the media is affecting and has been affected by this recession. Some of our favorite magazines have stopped publishing. How some are changing and adapting to stay afloat, while others are seizing the opportunity to start a new business endevour or expanding on what they have already. We both agree that it's important to shop indie and support your local artists and craftspeople. Buy handmade!! Thanks for a nice lunch Gabriela, I always get a big burst of inspiration after one of our meetings.

Now it's back to work for the rest of the afternoon. I've been working on some paintings that I'll be submitting to my publisher. I'll post more about that soon. Tomorrow I'll be checking out The Artist Project Toronto as artist friend Lynn Kelly is exhibiting.