This morning I am taking some paintings into the pop-up gallery for my first collaborative exhibition in the run up to Christmas. This one will run for a month and I will have to do one day a week manning the shop and hoping for some healthy sales.
So now on to the second exhibition, in November. I have already sent in my list for the catalogue, but not all the paintings had been completed. This one above is the last of the eight I will be submitting. I felt I needed a local beach scene: similar to the one I am putting in today. I must admit I prefer that one, but what one person likes, another doesnt. Again it is of Formby beach, a popular destination in this area.
Other beach scenes are available for sale on my website: grahammcquadefineart.com
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Exciting indeed, Graham! And busy! All the best! ❤️
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I still want to be there.
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So beautiful! I love all the layers that lead to those amazing clouds!
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Thanks Tiffany. You always need to keep one eye on the sky around here.
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Reminds me so much of Sandbanks Provincial Park along Lake Ontario. We are waking to 4C in the mornings so the beach isn’t as attractive anymore. Best enjoyed in a painting such as yours!
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Thanks Louise. Though I guess 4C is still quite warm where you are when winter really unfolds. We are going through a very mild time here, but it will get cold shortly, but fortunately not as cold as with you. Anyway, a walk along the beach on a bright winter’s day can be good, though maybe with you it would just be a sea of ice.
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You are right…we snowshoe on frozen rivers in winter. The Ottawa River is only minutes away so this is where we usually go. Lake Ontario is much further and we never go there in winter.
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I love all of your beach paintings! Every time I see a painting of you with pastels I think I should try that too and every time I pick up Pastels I realise they and I are not going to be friends. All the more I like yours! 😀
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It’s the same for us all Farbienne, we all had to go through the animosity and then the relationship blossoms. They give very quick results which is good. The only drawback, for me, is that they are very messy – well they are in my hands.
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Hehe, I know exactly what you mean. Messy is a nice way of putting the smearing that I immediately get. Somehow I can’t get beyond kindergarten paintings. But well – you don’t have to do everything. 🙂
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And by the way: you don’t see any of the “messy” in your finished paintings.
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What I meant was you get the pastel covering r your hands and the dust can fall and change the colour of your work surface and carpet.
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