Calgary Stampede Western Art Gallery

On Wednesday, July 4th I attended 'Stir It Up', the Western Art Gallery buyers event. The exhibition was amazing, it felt like an Art Convention. The artwork filled two exhibition spaces in the BMO Centre on the Stampeded grounds. I met a lot of great people and some terrific artists. The excellent work done by the volunteers to create this event must be commended! The organizers of this event did a wonderful job bringing together a wonderful mix of traditional Western themed artwork and the new Contemporary Western artwork of Artists from Western Canada and the South Western United States. It was pleasure and an honour to have the opportunity bring my work back Calgary and participate in the 100th. Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. Thanks Calgary, I hope to see you next year!

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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!

Sooke Fine Arts Show

Juan De Fuca Opus #2 Size 4'x16' Acrylic on Canvas I received a call today from the Sooke Fine Art Show and my piece has been accepted by the jury for the show. If you are in the area or live on Vancouver Island the Exhibition runs from July 24 to August 2. For more information visit http://www.sookefinearts.com/ticket-info.php

Size & Perspective

This will give you more of an idea of the size of the triptych. I shot this this morning at 7am prior to starting to work on the detail work that has to be done. As you can see it almost covers the entire end of our house. It has been a juggling act moving and working on each canvas because my work space is only 10'x10'.

Paintings by John Grey-Noble

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