Kaleidoscope Art Show July and August 2013

Stop by and Visit the Grey County Artists ART!

 



My four flowers are all using Watercolours, Batik, Pen on Rice Paper and all mounted between 2 panes of glass & black frames 26" x 20"

WHAT's NEW!

"Tangled Roots"
Scratch Art by Bev Morgan

upcoming Art Workshops for August and September.

• Watercolour and Batik “Summer Stairway” workshop again because of the request of 4 students so there are 4 spaces remaining.
• Scratch Art evening courses were offered in June and students found it a very easy and an addictive medium. We will be scratching “Southampton Lighthouse” in August & September.
• The one-day workshop “Cone Flowers” will be introducing watercolours to match the colour on the photograph in the center of the mat board. A black frame will be a gift to the students from me.

I will be taking July off for teaching and concentrating on some courses, art shows and pleine air painting.

 

I will be participating in these ART shows:

1. Kaleidoscope Art Show at the Collingwood Library July & August (I will be one of thirty talented artists presenting over 100 pieces of original art.
2. Saugeen Artists at the Garden Tour at Ground Effects July 6 and 7th.
3. Saugeen Artists Art Show, Sights and Sounds at the IWA Hall July 26 to 28th.
4. Owen Sound Art Banner Exhibit on the Harbour May to October 2013
5. Art Show Featuring Artists from Grey & Bruce at the Bruce Peninsula District School, Lion’s Head August 3 & 4th
6. The Art Map OPEN Studio Tour at my Art Studio, 260 4th Ave, Hanover on August 9, 10, 11th. I am excited to share my studio with Aren Niewland (Sculptor), Nancy MacNabb (Photographer), Jose Holman (Painter & Fine Jewelry), Greg Schnurr (Painter), Janet Liesemer (Painter). Stop by and say hello....
7. Member of the Southampton Art Gallery and exhibiting my art year round

Wow! I’ll be busy. Till you write it all down and makes me realize that I will not be bored in JULY!

Hope that I will have familiar faces visiting me at the about events!

Art Banner Exhibit

on the Owen Sound Harbour

May to October 2013

 

 

I am excited to have my watercolour image chosen for the 2013 banner Exhibit.

 

 

The Owen Sound Art Banner Project is an outdoor exhibition designed to celebrate artists in Grey and Bruce counties and beautify the City's public spaces.  A jury selected more than 50 works of art for this year's exhibit.  The banners are funded entirely by patrons, who receive them once the display period is over. The Art Banner Project is run by a group of volunteers and receives support from the City of Owen Sound and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.

 

Featured Artist

Saugeen Room at the Cava Coffee Café

McNab Street, Walkerton

 

Watercolours, Batik on Rice Paper Paintings

 

Stop by for a great cup of coffee and visit

 my exhibition and sale of my

 " Lighthouse Series Near and Far"

Watercolours, and Batik on Rice Paper

Owen Sound Banner Project 2013 image

I am happy to hear that my "Saugeen Visitors" painting image has been accepted at the
Owen Sound Banner Project this year.
Great exposure and an honour to be accepted for
the 2013 banners!

"The Art of Marbling"

I would love to share with you my new series of art using the Marbling technique of ancient times.

I hope that you enjoy my recent art images:

  A Bit of Marbling History

The art of marbling was started in the 1100's, either in Turkey or Persia, though the earliest marbled papers still in existence are Turkish ones from the 1400's. They were used for decorative purposes, and also as a background for official documents and signatures, to prevent erasure and forgery. The art was taken to Western Europe by the crusaders, and by the 1600's, France and the Netherlands had become well known for the quality of their papers As populations grew and became more educated, books were printed in ever larger mass quantities and also became cheaper, which inevitably meant fine bindings and marbled endpapers would soon become a thing of the past. By the 1890's, the art was considered quaint and old-fashioned, and was actually on the verge of death. At last a few of the remaining marblers started publishing their precious centuries-old family marbling methods and formulas, lest they be lost for all time. And now, suddenly, 100 years later, there are more practitioners of this beautiful art than ever before in history, though there are still very few who make a full-time living at it; most people do it at home as a hobby. There have actually been several International Marblers' Gatherings in the past decade, mostly in the U.S., though one was held in the summer of 1997 in Istanbul, Turkey, where it all started and where it never really died out -- a few wonderful marblers still work there using the ancient handed-down formulas.

Marbling Today

Marbling is a fun art; there is such an infinite variety of patterns and color combinations that it never gets boring. And it's a fairly cheap art form too; the necessary supplies aren't nearly as expensive or as extensive as those needed for many other arts. It can be done in a garage or a small art studio or work room, or even (on a small scale) in a kitchen.

Actually, very few of the traditional paper marbling patterns even look much like marble at all. Some of the simplest patterns can look quite marble-like if the colors used aren't too weird, but really the majorities make no pretence at resembling slabs of rock -- so the name "marbling" is somewhat a misnomer.

 



 

April Guest Artist 

 Owen Sound Artist Co-op

 

 

 

 

Bev's Lighthouse series incorporate her love of watercolours with a batik technique.

She has applied it to both watercolour paper and rice paper.

 Lighthouses 'near and far' demonstrates this new technique!

Hope that you will stop by the Owen Sound Artist Co-op!

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the winner of this Painting!

"Kathleen Loughran" from Palmerston

 

Kathleen guessed that this was in the Elliot Lake Area. The actual location that this painting

painting was inspired was on Hwy 17 (about 58km from Elliot Lake) near Blind River.

 

Can you NAME the LOCATION of this Watercolour Pencil Painting??
If you LIKE and SHARE, enter your GUESS in the Comments.

The Winner who guesses the location will be announced Easter March 31st.

 (If there are multiple winners, then there will be random draw of names and the winner will be notified on facebook)

 

 Good Luck!

Coast to Coast Event in Mississauga Now Over!

Enjoyed my teaching workshops and met many artists. Now looking 

forward to August event in August at Fanshaw College

Bev has a short introduction of one of the
Workshops that she will be teaching on Friday May 3rd.

Click below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnwGcnIAN_0

What is Scratch ART?

 

Scratchboard or "scraperboard" is a paper or board surface that is finely and uniformly layered with clay (usually white) and then coated with dense black India ink.
The technique is simple - using a blade or stylus scratch into the top layer removing the black and exposing the white under layer. This technique is well suited for fine detail work and is favoured by many wildlife artists. (description taken from Curry's on-line web site)
I was inspired after visiting Australian artist, Judy Edwards web site. If you have a few minutes, goggle her name and you will be surprised and awed, as much as I was!!


Just finished matting and framing 5 Scratch Art Pieces- all art selling for $150 each:

 "Birds, birds, and more birds"

 

 

 

2013 will be a GREAT Year!

Looking forward to.......

• New January 2013 Workshops now Posted for Registration
• 2013 Full time ARTIST and TEACHER
• Member of the Southampton Art Gallery and School
• Four Workshops accepted at the Southampton Art School
• Two Workshops accepted at the May Coast to Coast Art Convention
• Guest Artist at the Owen Sound Artist Co Op for the Month of April
• Fall Art Workshop trip to Normandy, France with a my friend and mentor, Lin Souliere and other fellow artists!
• Other plans not yet confirmed.....

INVITATION TO ONE and ALL!

I am a very PROUD member of the Saugeen Artists Co Op in Hanover. We will be exhibiting and selling our art for the two months of November and December. The store is located on main street not far from the Bank of Montreal.
Come and visit the artists. You might find that unique Christmas present.

Artists Open their Studios!

Have you started your Christmas Shopping?

You are Invited to stop by and visit Bev Morgan's Open Art Studio with Guest Artists displaying and selling jewellery, photography, metal sculptor, paintings, etc...

 

Win Prizes. For full contest details, rules

and prize information go to www.facebook.com/theartmap and look for the contest tab.

I challenged my Artistic self.........and I did it!



"My Lily" in 4 different Mediums!

This past summer, I challenged myself to paint this photo reference in 4 different mediums. The positive image of these white lilies drew me in and inspired me to paint a watercolour. Then this spring these same Oriental Casa Blanca Lilies came up and I decided to do an outdoor oil painting on wood. Next year the plan is to set up an easel with my oil painting on top of these blooming lilies at my front door to invite my friends and family. In July, I experimented with an acrylic on canvas. Today, I finished framing my watercolour & batik on rice paper and I am thrilled with the results!

Photo of my garden lily July 2011



Introducing ......



"Forest Floor" #697 Watercolour & Pen $350

 I have always been inspired to paint the intriguing knotting and knurls of the tree trunks at McGowan Falls. I marvel how these roots grow alongside the rocky terrain.
This summer, I took a break in teaching and new workshops now begins in September.

Visit Bev Morgan's Art Open Studio and Win Prizes. For full contest details, rules

and prize information go to www.facebook.com/theartmap and look for the contest tab.

Saugeen Artist Co Op
6th Annual 'Show and Sell'
Hanover Sights and Sound Festival
July 27 - 29, 2012

Show was a great success!

Every year, we meet old friends and make
new acquiantances. The show had a great
variety of art (watercolours, oils, acrylics,
jewellery, pottery, metal work, etc...)

The extra work was well worth it and returned home with 3 less paintings!

Hope that you have
a chance to stop by
for a coffee and visit
the Saugeen Room!

Our local Waterfalls and
the Saugeen River provided
me inspiration to paint
scenes not far from home.

Take the time this summer
and travel the waterfall tour.
You will enjoy every minute!


Thank you Cava Coffee Cafe for the
opportunity for displaying my "Waterfall series"
and "Saugeen River series"

 


I would appreciate your
comments and feed back.

Bev

 Wednesday June 13,12 was a great day to walk around the Owen Sound Harbour! Found my banner next to the Tourist Center.

On Thursday, June 14th my exhibit ends at Southampton Art Gallery, but I am thrilled to report that 3 paintings sold during that time.

I like to thank my friend Tina Concetta Revie for taking a picture today at the Grand Opening of the Owen Sound Banners.  I was unable to attend because I was teaching a watercolour/batik workshop of the "Chantry Island Lighthouse" (off-site workshop through the Southampton Art School). The weekend weather was perfect to paint outside and everyone created beautifull paintings!