Salmagundi Club

detail

Turkish Mama

oil on panel

16X20"

2011

I am so excited to announce that this painting was accepting into the Salmagundi Club's annual juried exhibition in New York. The Salmagundi Club was established in 1871 and Matthew Innis wrote a great post about it for his fabulous  Underpaintings blog. This spring the Salmagundi Club presented its 4th American Masters show that included work by Jeremy Lipking, David Kassan, David Lafelle, Rose Frantzen and many other stellar painters. The exhibition that my painting is a part of runs from August 8th- 19th, with an awards banquet on the 19th. Did I mention that I am excited?!

Gulay Karadere-West and my painting of her in the window of Ingram Gallery

May 5th 2011

New painting video!

Jessica in High Park

plein air painting

Check out this new short video of myself, Kristy Gordon and Juan Martinez painting Jessica in High Park. The video was made by Jesse Ewles. This was actually my first experience painting the figure outdoors. It was a gorgeous day and so much fun. The light was immensely different than in my studio (where I work beside a large, frosted window. I found it much easier to read colour under the bright sunlight. Much thanks to Kristy for making this all happen and to both she and Juan for being such fun painting partners! 

Summer Workshops 2011 UPDATED!

I am offering 2 workshops this summer, at my school The Leslieville School of Art. Here are the workshop descriptions:

Mixed Media Fun 

July 23^rd and 24^th. 10am- 3pm.

This workshop is for students of all skill levels. During this weekend long workshop Sara Sniderhan will lead students through 3 mixed media projects. Students will be introduced to oil paint, reduction drawing with charcoal and white chalk, hand tinting paper and mixed media drawing with a beeswax finish. Each project will also enrich basic drawing, painting and composition skills.

The cost of this workshop is $300.00 and includes all materials.


Life Painting Workshop

August 19 (10am- 1pm), 20th and 21st (10am- 4pm) 

Instructed by Sara Sniderhan, students of this 3-day workshop will create 3 oil sketches from live (clothed) models. Sniderhan will lead with demonstrations on how to mix a natural flesh palette, capture a likeness, how to render flesh and hair in oil paint and how to compose a dynamic oil study. One oil sketch will be painted outdoors to explore the differences of light and colour and to incorporate fauna into the composition.

The cost of the workshop is $350.00 and covers the model fee and all

materials.

To register or for more information please call me at 416.559.6189 or email sara@leslievilleschoolofart.com

Post show life painting!

Head study of Erica
8 x 10"
oil on panel

I got together with the fabulous painter Kristy Gordon last week for a super fun and relaxing life painting session. The model is actually my babysitter- a lovely young woman named Erica. It was great to get my brushes wet after the roller coaster ride that is a first solo exhibition! Kristy, Juan Martinez and I are working on a short outdoor, life painting video next week. Stay tuned!

Studio shots

Some shots of my studio the morning I took my paintings down to Ingram Gallery. It was quite a thing to  work with all of them surrounding me. I took a few moments each night, after my kids were in bed, to sit on my couch in the studio and have a good look- it felt pretty great actually. I posted all of the paintings in my solo show here. I'll post some show installation and opening night shots soon....

My solo show opens TODAY!!

My Name Is 

Ingram Gallery

49 Avenue Road, Toronto

May 5th- 25th

Wow, I can't believe the day is actually here. It is such a trip- working for several months on a group of paintings, in a 10 x 10 room, by yourself- then seeing it all hung, with breathing space and so much niceness in a gallery. 23 new paintings made the cut for the show and the good folks at Ingram did a great job hanging them. I am excited (and a little nervous) for tonights big opening- 5-8pm!