We are all looking forward to 2018, and are starting off the year with a wonderful exhibition at the Etobicoke Civic Centre running from January 31st to March 22nd, and a Meet the Artist January 31st from 7 to 9 pm.
Other exhibitions are also planned with new work, at the Carrier Gallery in the Columbus Centre May 3rd to May 29th, and the Hittite Gallery in Yorkville June 20th to July 3rd. More on those later.
SOVA artists Steve Wilson and Robert Chisholm planning which artworks will be shown at the upcoming exhibition. There is always a lot of "behind the scenes" workload for any art show.
MARGARET SARAH PARDY
Margaret was kept very busy at the later part of 2017 and announced that she is " both thrilled and proud that my piece titled 'Just Hanging Out' was accepted into a prestigious juried show out of 820 entries that will be held at Yosemite National Park in California. It will then travel on to Sequoia National Park, Sierra National Forest, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Mono Lake, Bodie, the White Mountains and more. This is an amazing way to end a great year for my art career. Feeling very blessed.
As well as this wonderful news, Margaret was exhibited at the prestigious McMichael Gallery in Kleinberg for their fall show, and joined other SOVA artists exhibiting at the Art Square Gallery , with an opening reception during the Toronto Nuit Blanche Festival.
This wonderful artist also participated in the Carmel Fine Art Festival. September 15th to 17th. and was involved in an exhibition at the Alton Mill Arts Centre Falls Gallery, with the North Brampton Watercolour Society in November.
Margaret with her artwork at the McMichael Art Gallery in Kleinberg.
The artist sitting her booth during the Carmel Fine Arts festival.
Margaret standing beside her artwork, LONE BISON, at the Colour and Form 2017 juried exhibition, held at the Etobicoke Civic Centre.
STEVE WILSON
Steve has been involved in the Carmel Fine Arts Festival and also was selected for the Colour and Form Society 2017 juried exhibition. September 26th to October 9th, Steve was one of the four SOVA artists showing at the Art Square Gallery in Toronto.
It takes a lot of work to get from here........to the image below.
Come out to the exhibitions and see the wonderful artwork from this fine artist.
Artist Steve Wilson being interviewed for the Niagara, at the Carmel Fine Arts Festival. One of Steve's artworks was selected for the Festival's calendar.
LYNDEN COWAN
Lynden has had a very busy fall. This artist had one piece selected for the ADC 2017 International juried show in Cincinnatti (out of a field of over 2000 pieces), but also had her painting UCLUELET selected for the Uxbridge juried show.
This artist also had two paintings , TWISTED TREE and GULLY selected for the Colour and Form's 65th Juried show. Twisted Tree was also selected for the cover of their catalogue. as you can see in the top left image.
Lynden was also one of the four SOVA artists exhibiting in the Art Square Gallery in Toronto.
HELEN DUPLASSIE
Helen has been very busy painting , preparing for the 2018 shows, but also involved in exhibitions in the fall of 2017.
One of the exhibitions was with the North Brampton Watercolour Society , that she belongs to in the Falls Gallery at the Alton Mill Arts Centre.
In this photo of the North Brampton Watercolour Society artists, you can see SOVA artists Margaret Pardy, first on left, and Charlene Nickels fourth from the left with Helen beside her fifth from the left.
CHARLENE NICKELS
Charlene was also involved in the Falls Gallery exhibition at the Alton Mill Arts Centre, as you can see in the photo above.
This artist can be visited many weekends in Studio 202 in Alton Mill , working hard to prepare artwork for upcoming exhibitions.
Charlene was also one of the four SOVA artists in the Art Square Gallery in Toronto.
SOVA artists at the Art Square Gallery in Toronto during the opening reception. Left to right, Steve Wilson, Lynden Cowan and Charlene Nickels.
ROBERT CHISHOLM
You will find Robert many days of the week in his shared studio at the Alton Mill Arts Centre, painting, sometimes very late at night, preparing for exhibitions.
This artist had successful shows in the fall at Fenelon Falls and also in Hockley Valley.
Robert was also busy with several commissions that had seasonal deadlines for when they needed to be done.
All SOVA artists accept commissions.
LYNNE SCHUMACHER
Lynne has enjoyed multiple sales in multiple galleries the past few months, and looks forward to exhibiting in the SOVA exhibitions this year. This artist was also a participant in the prestigious McMichael Gallery show in Kleinberg in October.
Here you see Lynne's husband Grant showing some of her work.
JANICE YKEMA
Artist Janice Ykema has been involved with the different SOVA shows in the 2017, as well as exhibiting at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The artist will be joining her fellow SOVA members in the ECC exhibition coming up at the end of January, but also has a Solo show at the Assembly Hall, in Etobicoke,, February 26, to April 13 as well as an exhibition at
Arts on the Credit April 13-15.
Janice Ykema on her new painting "Meow Mixer ".
"Ralph and the Mackenzies" 24 by 36 inches
The Southern Ontario Visual Artists welcome all of you to join us at our exhibitions, or visit us in our studios. If individual galleries wish to talk to a particular artist, contact information is listed on their art pages on this website.
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Artistically Yours,
SOVA