Wendy Moses, Painter

Painting by Wendy Moses
Photography by Sharon Stock Feren

 

Let your imagination run wild..the circus has come to the Chapel Gallery. The excitement, the glamour, the thrill of the show is portrayed in the paintings both on the walls and on the installations.  Wendy Moses paints the Caravan, the Carousel, and the Carnival.

 

Painting by Wendy Moses
Photography by Sharon Stock Feren

 

Come one, come all, for the circus has come to town.

 

Wendy Moses
Photography by Sharon Stock Feren

 

Wendy Moses is an abstract expressionist artist who creates bright, bold and beautiful paintings.  Wendy's show at the Chapel Gallery, at 15 King Street in Bracebridge, continues until June 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm until 5pm. For more information, visit

 

www.muskokaartsandcrafts.com.

Marni Martin, Weaver

Marni Martin creates handwoven tapestries and wearable fibre art. Rich hand-dyed colours and sensual fibres are central in the creation of each piece.  Texture, light and colour have always played important roles in Marni's work and reflect her attention to her surrounding environment.

Marni Martin, Weaver

Deep family roots in Muskoka and a love for the landscape have shaped Marni and continue to evoke a sense of wonder that she carries into her weaving.

Commissions of Marni's work are inspired by people, places and spaces.

Sunset by Marni Martin

 Marni explains that this piece is a commissioned work to be placed in a local dental office. The tapestry is going to be used by the dental team in various ways to connect with the patients.

 "This project has been a very delightful one for me as the dentist commissioning the tapestry has visited the studio throughout the process bringing me closer to not only the work itself but to the person commissioning it."

Not often to we get to see the back of a work of art.  This is what the back of the tapestry looks like when it comes off the loom. Each of the yarn ends has to be knotted and trimmed to finish the back and get it ready for hanging. 

The Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour on September 28, 29 and October 5, 6 will allow you a glimpse into Marni's studio, her loom and how she creates her art.  For more information about Marni, go to:

www.muskokaautumnstudiotour.com Marni Martin 

Scott Turnbull Celebrates Earth Day

photo by Scott Turnbull

Earth Day.  A time to celebrate the beauty of Muskoka as we deal with high water and overflowing rivers.

Scott Turnbull's camera captures the magic of Muskoka as the mist rises from a lake in the luminous glow of the sun.  Inspired by nature, Scott works from The Stable Studio, a renovated horse barn just outside the village of Windermere.  This spacious gallery houses Scott's fine art photography and is also the home of his two horses.  Tour Scott's gallery during the Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour September 28, 29 and October 5, 6 from 10 am to 6 pm.

Scott Turnbull at muskokaautumnstudiotour.com

Scott Owles - Painter

Scott Owles is a representational figurative painter who sees art as a visual language.  MAST is pleased to have Scott join the tour in its 35th year.

 

Scott Owles in his studio

Oil tempera is Scott's preferred medium. Literally tempera (egg) mixed with oil, it allows the colour clarity and technical strength of tempera, yet permits for the immediacy of oil painting.

 

"The subjects I tend to gravitate towards are those of life's contrasts - neither the ideal nor the philosophical, but the experiential."



 

Pandora by Scott Owles

 

Scott captures Pandora's emotions on his canvas. Could it be amazement, astonishment, fear or wonder?

For more information about Scott Owles, go to:

www.muskokaautumnstudiotour.com Scott Owles

Pat Fairhead: Artist with a love of Muskoka

Pat Fairhead, an artist, teacher and world traveller, will be welcoming visitors to her studio during the Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour.  Pat works in watercolour, oil, acrylic, and fine art prints.

 

"Familiar and nostalgic. I came as a child of 10 and fell in love with this place where the trees grow down to the lake and the clear water."

Island #1 by Pat Fairhead

"Islands and primal landscapes relate to the notion of myself as a solitary person."

For more information about Pat, go to:

 

muskokaautumnstudiotour.com Pat Fairhead