CANADIAN LANDSCAPES at home and beyond Acrylic and Oil Painting Collections by Jennifer Anne Burke Shop on 3 / AGN / top floor Victoria Hall / Cobourg May 18/19/20 Come celebrate local art and International Museum day with us! Saturday, May 18th is International Museums Day! As part of the Canadian long weekend celebrations, I … Continue reading Celebrating Museum Day
I have been working like to a champ to plow through these new oil paintings, and although none of the new north/west paintings are complete, I am too excited to not share the journey. Since 2004 I have been painting in acrylics, trying to obtain the look and feel of oil, and it has … Continue reading North and West (now in oils)
It feels so good to be out of my creative-rut. Although now I am being challenged in new ways. You may have read my last blog "Revival of the Arts" where I share my first (real) attempt with oil painting. Since then, I have started a new collection of 5 Canadian Landscapes (or 8 if … Continue reading New Canadian Landscape Series (in oils)
I finally broke through my art-funk last week, when I had a night alone and decided to work in the oil paints I've avoided forever. I used some of my most simple beach photographs and applied that simplicity to the paintings: I finished two acrylics from my Ontario collection, and continue to work on … Continue reading Revival of the Arts
For seven years now the Colborne Art Gallery has been hosting an annual juried show. I have applied three years in a row, but this is the first year my work has been accepted. OPENING: SATURDAY, MAY 4TH 2:00 - 4:00 PM The show will be up from May 4th until June 8th. My piece … Continue reading The Colborne Art Gallery
I am always an early riser. This morning I got out for groceries at 8am, and tossed Neil Young's "Prairie Wind" in the CD player... Did it ever set my mood for the day. "The painter stood, before her work, she looked around everywhere... she saw the pictures and she painted them, picking colours from … Continue reading Sunday Moods
After a grey and moody September, October, November, and December; it seems the new year has lightened up and brought us a bit of sun and snow. I always find this time of year to be so magical - winter light just has the best glow. Sunrises and sunsets, crisp starlit nights; and wow … Continue reading Winter Brilliance
