My latest commission...

This weekend we installed my latest commission – double door panels at the cottage of Mary and Don Spring.

My husband Peter and Don installed the panels and hung the doors. 

The project was in the design and fabrication stage for a few months, and we were all eager to see the panels in situ.  Interior door panels pose a specific challenge.  They are viewed from both sides, and usually do not get direct light.  I made 3 test pieces using different colours and techniques, before finalizing my design.   These pieces were also at the size limit of what I am able to fuse as a single panel in my kilns approximately 20 by 30 inches each. 

 

Mary and Don were wonderful clients.  They trusted my creative and technical skills, and let me be the artist.  Of course there were a couple of requests; a winter/summer theme, with birch trees.  And I kept them in the loop as the drawings and tests advanced.  I didn’t want the panels to be too big a surprise!

Artists of the Limberlost has new group exhibition at Canada Summit Centre, Huntsville

         Visitors to the Canada Summit Centre in Huntsville will notice new art on the walls as of February 13.  In 2012 the Town of Huntsville initiated a pilot program of art exhibitions in the foyer and atrium of the Canada Summit Centre.  Each of 4 arts groups in the District of Muskoka were given the opportunity to mount a three month long exhibition. The art displays have been so well received by both the public and by the artists that the project is being continued, beginning with a new exhibition by the Artists of the Limberlost.

Several of this year’s guests will also have work in this show, which runs until May 13.  Many of the pieces are available for purchase, with a percentage of each sale going to a fund for permanent art acquisition for the Town of Huntsville.
When you are in Huntsville, check out some of the new work.  A brochure is available in the foyer.  If you don't see it, ask at the reception desk.