Given the long Winter running unwelcomed through to the first 4-6 weeks of Spring, sunshine and color have been a rare commodity in the Northumberland Hills. One can go to the Campbellford library for some deft paintings of Winter colours. Or Warkworthians and other Northumberland Hills residents can get their fill of Spring color and …
Good things come in threes. And so not one but two outstanding painting shows at the Campbellford Library, have found the missing third – a fine painting exhibit by Keith Cornell from nearby Castleton. And all 3 shows well within a year while drawing upon wealth of good artists in the Spirit of The Hills artisan group. …
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This year’s Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival and its Art Show was especially good with some very good works of art on display. Here is a quick sampler: Marc Gagnon’s Abstract on display In short, the patrons of the Maple Syrup Festival had a very good Art Show for viewing this Spring.
Betsy Miller is a Cobourg artist who is also a member of the Spirit of the Hills, a Northumberland Art Group. She has a selection of abstract paintings on display at the Campbellford Library that are well worth the while to see and enjoy. As a photographer and graphic designer, Betsy’s work has a great …
Lang Festival Surprises Each of the Lang Pioneer Village Special Festivals has a surprise event or staging that catches your attention. The October Halloween Fest had the many Djackos and the haunted Apple Cider Barn. The Apple Cider Fest has all the fun and games at the South Lake School House. And Christmas by Candlelight had the Spoon Tappers …
On Christmas Day, the evening hues lit up the Icescape in dramatic hues and gradients of burning to cold and dark. An appropriate set of imagea for the Ice Blizzard.
Ron Windebank is a creator of Outdoor Art. These are works that certainly can be shown indoors but whose real true showing is outdoors on the deck, on the garage wall, along the garden fence. Take a glance at the works below and see if you can see whats intended: [iframe src=”http://pixofcanada.com/wows/rons/rons.html” width=”800″ height=”610″] Click …
Two fellow travellers of the Northumberland Hills, Carole and Greg, sent pictures of the Quilts on exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Show at the end of October.. Now this is of interest to quilters in the area first for the fact that two Canadians, Christine Alexiou of Markham Ontario and Elaine Quehl of Ottawa …
A free hands on demo at the Quinte West Library is out to get rid of Dirty Dog Images. Those are the photos that didn’t quite turn out as expected. Often today’s automated cameras are at fault – because they average their settings or don’t change fast enough as you change zoom or positioning for …
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Northumberland Hills has a reputation for being a mecca for artists. And the Fall countryside certainly provides inspiration as this blog has attempted to show in the Northumberland Hills Fall posts. But the continuing recessionary conditions in the economy have taken their toll on some of the local artists. However, a group of Northumberland artists …
Fall this year is no match for the the WonderFall of 2012. Nonetheless, Ferris Park near Campbellford was certainly putting on a color show. A walk or jog in the park is so convenient and there are certainly many delights to be seen: [wowslider id=”8″] Walking over the Ranney Falls suspension bridge on the mid …
Digital Photography has become one of the most popular leisure activities. One can literally see photo imagery everywhere. And what is really fun is that just as cameras have become more versatile and easy to use the photo finishing software has also become much more helpful in making good pictures ever better. Now more than …
