Sooke Fine Arts Show

It's time again for my submission to the Sooke Fine Arts Show. The entries have to be in by June 27. I have been reworking my tryptich Juan De Fuca Opus #2. It will be my largest entry to date, 4 feet by 16 feet unframed.

I look forward to this every year but it is a bit nerve racking. It gives Vancouver Island Artists a chance to have our work seen by the largest audience possible drawing from the Island, Mainland BC and from around the world.

It will be a very interesting jury this year which includes Jeffrey Spalding, John Luna and Diane Farris. It will be fascinating to see their choices.
I won't know if my entry will be accepted until July 4th. Once I get the news I will post it.

Wish me luck.

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Toronto Visit

I recently visited Toronto and got the chance to see where my first tryptich was installed. Bill Norgate, the owner of the piece is planning to change the wall colour and raise the paintings up a bit higher. This will lessen the blocking of the paintings by the equipment in his showroom. The wall colour change will bring some more warmth into the showroom space by picking up a colour from the tryptich. I really enjoyed meeting with Bill and having a chance to provide a little input in the hanging of this piece. Thanks again to my brother Norm for arranging the meeting and the tremendous hospitality shown by Norm, Helen, their daughter Linda, and Clive and my sister Linda. Cheers to all our friends new and old!

The Maple Puzzle Painting

The concept behind these pieces is to create an interaction between viewer and image. The canvases can be re-arranged in multiple ways. Depending on the viewer the image can reflect the mood of the individual. Best exemplified in the TT Pine painting puzzle, the mood is represented through abstraction of the image. The Maple Puzzle is more a study of visual observation and a bit of a mind bender.

Marriage - Rust & Steel - January 19, 2015

Some of you may have been wondering where I have been. I have been battling 'The Black Dog' of depression for almost two years. By November of 2013, I had to stop painting. It has been a long hard battle but I am finally emerging from the shadow of 'The Black Dog'. I would like to thank my family and friends for their continued support over the past two years. I would also like to dedicate this painting to Merete, our friends and Montana who passed away on November 23, 2014. I hope you like it. 'Marriage Rust & Steel' Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 18" x 24"

Paintings by John Grey-Noble

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