JULY 2015 NEWSLETTER

> Hi Everyone! > > It has been a long while since I have sat down and written up a proper newsletter. I have been so busy catching up with outside duties, gardening, new projects and the summer's 2015Antigonish Art Fair. I am just starting to breath a sigh of relief and enjoy this beautiful summer weather.

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ANTIGONISH ART FAIR- JULY 10th, 2015

ANTIGONISH ART FAIR- July 10th: Highland Games Weekend
The Friday evening was a great success. The food was amazing- what I smelled of it- and all the fantastic art that surrounded gave me such energy to go home a do more creative things!

Eli Tynan & I at the Art Fair. Photo by: David Millan

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TEQUILA PEPPER JELLY

This week's booth will have my usual eclectic works I have at the studio, including a prints, photos, small oil paintings and a selection of my pepper jelly, just for fun. I offer so many things and it is why I call my business ' a matter of tastes."

0 : no heat
1-2: mild heat
3-4: some nice heat
5-6: Hot cha, cha
7-8: Ohhhh! That's hot
9-10: Really, Really HOT!!!

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ARTWORKS

Other than the art fair, I have been busy at the studio framing. Below are some of the things I have been working on.

In the last month I have had a theme: Inuit art and Native. Here are three of my favourite framing projects.

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ANOTHER FINISHED WORK...SOFT GROUND ETCHING

This detailed soft ground etching was purchased at an auction and needed an new acid free mat and foam board and it was ready to hang.

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REPRODUCTION

This beloved poster by Newfoundland artist, David Blackwood was finally framed after many years rolled up in a tube.

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NEW SUPPLIER

After meeting with a Larson Juhl sales rep, I received a gift of new sample corners. For a framer, this is like Christmas in July! I am getting around to a small reno ands I will have them up very soon. Plenty of colours and shapes. I am so excited to get them up on the wall!

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This is a very happy me when I opened up the boxes.

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NEW OIL PAINTING

This is a new oil that is up at the gallery.
"Full Moon over Snowy Hills"
11" x 14" unframed
oil on canvas

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Something for last...

My peonies were something special this year. It was a garden of pinks and white and intoxicating aromas.

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Eight years ago a friend gave me these pink water lilies. They have spread to the other side of the pond and beyond and are fighting the cattails and bulrushes for supremacy.

No one said taking cool pictures was easy. One evening I stayed outside until 10:43 pm and was eaten by bugs but got the orange moon raising over the spruce trees in the distance.




Until next time...

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This is a very happy me when I opened up the boxes.

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NEW SUPPLIER

After meeting with a Larson Juhl sales rep, I received a gift of new sample corners. For a framer, this is like Christmas in July! I am getting around to a small reno ands I will have them up very soon. Plenty of colours and shapes. I am so excited to get them up on the wall!

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