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Little by little the details tell the story.

Time has flown since I last posted.  Life just got in the way.  Other than the mural, I have not done a lot of art work and sorrily need to get back working. Nevertheless, the mural project has finished and I am posting the last few pages of the graphic novel depicting it completion.

In between mural work I have been busy making sets of flower buttons. The small size has its challenges.  I had done a set of cat and rose buttons for the button society.  For display and sale I have put them onto cards.

March 23 saw Donna, Manuela and Peter working on the school mural.  Figures by Donna are taking shape.

We continue work on the school mural with Donna beginning the paining of the children within.

The 40+ foot mural at a local school will take some time to do.  The base was done in what seemed to have been done quickly.  Now the painting is going along at a rather slow pace.  The composition is constantly changing and so is the technical painting parts. I am there....I'm the one taking the pictures.

Four Riverbend Artist showed up March 2 to work on the 40+ foot mural.  And work they did as noted by the comic pages attached here.  The mural will represent 4 seasons with a whimsical theme.

Manuela and I, as part of the Riverbend Artists of Grand Valley Mural Committee, were part of the work crew (at present with Donna) drawing and painting the mural on a local school's library alcove wall.  Donna did the concept work used as the template as you will see and we three made a presentation to the school's parent/teacher committee after input from teachers, students and parents.

Mannie and I enjoyed the experience of the grand idea -a Community Information Centre, Museum and Gallery.  As this was a 150th Canada Birthday project for the town of Grand Valley funding ran out in December and was not renewed.  The Economic Development Committee will look at it further in relationship to its Tourism and Business potential. Hopefully Mannie and I along with our Riverbend Artists' group will be part of any new endeavour.

Merry Christmas everyone.  🎅 As usual,   I can't help myself -I like this fun Christmas card based on a classic golden oldie's version of "White Christmas." I also like the animation from Joshua Held of the UK.

In the small town where the Riverbend Artists work and show their art, the town council, the Historical Society and the artists collaborated to create a Community Information Centre, Museum and Gallery as a place for residents to meet and see the arts and the history of the town.  Residents of the town brought in their memorabilia, the artists displayed their art work, and the town provided a place to pick up information about events in the community.  Art work changed throughout the time period and residents brought in and then took out their memorabilia as themes changed.  The artists created and put up a display system used by all.  Volunteers managed the Centre.  Since July 1st, 2017 in excess of 1500 visitors from all over the province of Ontario, other Canadian Provinces, Europe, USA,  came for a visit. the Riverbend Artists held a show and sale July 1st and 400 visitors came into the Centre -without advertising.  The Artists just finished  ...

As members of the Riverbend Artists Mannie and I are involved in: And the rose buttons I have made are now present at the Yuletide Show and Sale in Grand Valley, Ontario.  Some of the buttons have already been sold and I am not sure which ones until I see what I have left at the Show, Apparently the pinks are all gone. A friend from the art groups we belong to sold the buttons $18 Cn to members of a button club. I have found doing theses 1" buttons a challenge for the burning and for the dynamic look for such a small item.

Our Riverbend Artists group are having a sale at a retail art supplies store, Maggiolly in Orangeville, Ontario for the month of December.  So we have all been busy. We have  a fabric artist, a painter of rock, 3 jewelry participants, a traditional quilter, two metal sculptures, an oil painter, and my pyro/acrylic works. This year I worked on the pyro/cat boxes which are in the show and a new pyro/dog series. Our miniature schnauzer, Sharky, became a pensive fellow in our household a number of years ago.

As Manuela and I get ready for the up coming art shows and sales, she is working on a set of smaller coil baskets.  Have a look.

Minnie and I have been busy putting our work into Art Show and Sales all over the county.Here we are at the Orangeville Art Group Annual Art Show and Sale held at the Best Western Plus in Orangeville.  The show had diversity of media and techniques that has improved over the years. Mannie submitted a series of French dyed silk mandalas. I submitted my Ridge Rabbit and Gazebo Bunny Series which my granddaughters and I will make into a book. The day went well but artists continue to ask what has happened to the sales.  (Sales were made at this show but not in the numbers one had hoped for.)

This week has been a time of gathering up art work from one venue and putting work into others.  Co-ordinating the changes is interesting -but do it we must.  These are the activities of artists that no one sees.  Our work just appears somewhere and a price affixed.  (We do have to pay for gas to move our work around and to participate in receptions, etc -all busy-ness.) The works in the Grand Valley Public Library will be taken out and a new venue found.   The works and our names will thus keep circulating -and that is a good thing. Mannie has now set up this cabinet in the Grand Valley Public Library for the next two months. Just as we are doing this, we removed works from the Orangeville Mill St. Public Library.    Now we are off to put a display of our work into the Main St. window space in Grand Valley.  Busy-ness, Busy-ness, Busy-ness!