All of the Southern Ontario Visual Artists have been extremely busy with exhibitions and subject hunting, as well as keeping up their painting hours.

Charlene Nickels

Charlene has been working in Prince Edward Island for over a month now, and has several wonderful works that will be exhibited when completed.

Steve Wilson, OSA,SCA,CFS,SOVA

Artist Steve Wilson had his painting King and Yonge (seen above) accepted into the SCA 50th International Juried show July 25th -Aug 20th at the Papermill Gallery, Todmorden .

Steve has three major upcoming shows, so best to mark these on your calendar, so you have a chance to visit one of them.

The first exhibition is at the ARTUSIASUM GALLERY, 1684 St. Clair Ave. W. Toronto, August21st to Sept 1st, with the opening reception August 24th, 7 to 9 pm. This is a wonderful 17 year retrospective of work this artist has done and how things have changed, and will include some of his 3 D work and a variety of subject matter.

2nd show that this artist is participating in is the Carmel Fine Arts Festival in Niagara Falls Sept 14-16 at Fireman's Park 2275 Dorchester Rd Niagara Falls Ontario

Steve's third show is at the Hittite Gallery in Yorkville Sept 19-30 107 Scollard St. Toronto opening reception TBA.

Lynne Schumacher

Artist Lynne Schumacher has been very busy preparing for the McMichael Autumn Art Show and Sale , in Kleinburg, Oct 19 to Oct 21.

Here you see Lynne"s husband Grant at her booth in the Mcmichael Show in 2017.

Lynne has also added 3 new paintings to her web site:

Joanne Lomas

Artist Joanne Lomas is a Founding Member of PRNT, an artist collective dedicated to fostering the printmaking arts. The fifteen founding members focus on both traditional and contemporary practices such as; letterpress, relief, intaglio, lithography and screen printing.

PRNT strives to build audiences and interest in printmaking by engaging the broader creative community with its programs and exhibitions.

On July 15th, a partnership between the PRNT Collective and the Coldwater Canadiana Heritage Museum held a Lawn Roller Printmaking event on the grounds of the museum on Woodrow Road in Coldwater. The artists were printing large woodblocks onto paper and textile using a lawnroller!

You can see more of this artists work in her studio at the Alton Mill Arts Centre. Come and visit, and ask your questions :)

Lynden Cowan

This SOVA artist has been extremely busy.

July 15th, Lynden was the featured artist in the Light/Space & Time Gallery publication because she was one of the 12 finalists in their International Competition. You can see more on her website www.lyndencowan.com in the Blog section.

Lynden's oil painting titled FiddleHeads was selected for the Society of Canadian artists 50th International Juried Show July 25th to Aug 20th at the Papermill Gallery in Todmorden, and on July 27th she was notified that she had been selected as a finalist in the Artavita on line International gallery competition from " over 250 high quality artist entries". They selected Ucluelet, Fiddleheads and Gully, three artworks for their exhibition of 50 artworks in the final selection.. 😊

From July 24th to July 31st Lynden flew to Prince Edward Island to work with two other SOVA artists, Charlene Nickels and Robert Chisholm to subject hunt, paint and feed the horseflies. They were up working every day about 5:30 am, and fell into bed exhausted by 9pm.

Fusion Art selected three artworks for inclusion in the 3rd Annual Artist's Choice (August 2018) International Online Juried Art Exhibition. Ucluelet, Rattlingbrook Falls and Twisted Tree were selected for the 140 displayed by Fusion.
Lynden just finished a 24 by 36 inch oil painting, titled Miners Bay.. This setting is about 30 yards into the brush in the area known as Miners Bay , 10 km south of Minden , Ontario.

You can visit Lynden in her studio at the Alton Mill Arts Centre.

Janice Ykema

Janice has a hectic schedule preparing for several shows. She will be in the
-Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Festival Sept 07,-09 10-6 Riverdale Park.
- Supercrawl September 13-16, James Street North, Hamilton

Stepping Out by Artist Janice Ykema

-Norfolk County Fair, October 2-8th, booth# Q10, 172 South Drive, Simcoe
-Lakeshore Art Trail, October 13,-14th, Splash of Charm, Brant ave., Port Credit
-Royal Agricultural Winter Fair , November 2-11, Heritage Court, Exhibition Place, Toronto.

Hope you get a chance to view her wonderful artwork.

Robert Chisholm

Robert is the third SOVA artist that went to Prince Edward Island to paint in July. He accomplished quite a lot of subject hunting , and though the horseflies and the heat were extreme, continued to work.

In the last photo you see one of Robert's finished paintings, that you see him working on in the two previous photos.

This artist is also preparing for a fall exhibition in October, but while you are waiting, you can visit him in Studio 202 at the Alton Mill Arts Centre.

Helen Duplassie

Artist Helen Duplassie has been painting plein air this summer in fields of Sunflowers, and other outdoor locations such as Rockwood and Kelso Conservation Areas and at the Acton Plein air event.

Above is Artist Helen Duplassie on location painting a house on Main Street Acton, and below is a recent painting of a Sunflower.

Margaret Sarah Pardy

Artist Margaret Pardy has accomplished several goals over the summer. Her wonderful artwork Protecting the Nest was accepted into the Lives of Birds show at the Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, where she will also have a booth to display her work August 17 to 19.

Margaret released four new pieces: Barn Eye II, Cougar Eyes, Eagle Eye II and Bird on a Wire ), that will be debuting at the Buckhorn Fine Art Festival. Drop by and visit to see the new artworks.

Three of Margaret's artworks ...titled Lone Bison, Splash of Yellow and Bird's Eye View have been accepted for the prestigious Headwaters Juried Show 2018.