It's Still Summer

Happy September and it’s still summer!!!  We had a very productive summer and hope you got to enjoy yours in every and any way you wanted to.  Last July, my husband and I travelled to Scotland, where we went to discover the country and fell in love with the culture – it’s people – and lifestyle.  We took buses, trains and drove, not to mention we walked, walked and walked some more.  I have been so inspired by the landscape  that I painted 4 smaller paintings already!!  More in the works and it can very well get piled high on my to-do list.

This brings me on to August, where I painted new material and tried to finish a few projects started in the spring.  Some of which are on display at the Oshawa Art Fall Show, which is on-going this weekend – Sept. 9-10-11.

As September pushes through, I know I will be busy once more teaching in various locations.  Among them, at the Visual Arts Centre in Bowmanville, where I continue to teach Acrylic Abstract painting every Thursdays starting Sept. 22^nd.  Likewise, all my classes get started again both in senior’s community centres in Oshawa and Whitby.

I am going to be having a semi-private workshop at my home on Sept. 24-25, called Abstracted Landscapes.  We will go through 2 different styles of taking a landscape and abstracting it and you will learn many different approaches and techniques. I only take 4-6 people – so if you are interested please email me right away!! marissa@marissasweet.com  I do not run many workshops from my home studio, so now is the time to grab it and register.  $130.00/pp from 10-4 both days.

I cannot wait to see all of you again as the fall term starts up again.

"Songs of Time" Oil 12" x 12"

September

Ahh yessss, September.  The month when almost everyone goes back to school, hit the books and life settles to a routine.  Somehow this is the time when not only those in the school system goes back to work, but also a time when galleries offer new courses and exhibits, community centres offer new programs and reopen existing ones and fall art shows line up every weekend!!  Such is a busy time and a creative time!!

My classes will start this month, with new contracts with  Oshawa Northview Centre and Whitby Recreation seniors centre, not to mention the come back of my classes at Visual Arts Centre in Clarington and workshops at my own SweetArt Studio.

I am pleased to invite you to attend a few group events I will be participating with. The first is SPACE INVADERS  in Oshawa http://www.oshawaspaceinvaders.com/ from Sept. 19-27.  My work is included with selected Oshawa art association artists' and will be at Cocoa & Joes, located at Simcoe Street.  Come out on the 19th when most downtown streets in Oshawa will be closed to allow people to visit spaces we have invaded! Bands, Street Art, Tapas with participating eateries and a wide variety of Contemporary Art work will surround the city!

The second event, is with Cultural Expressions Art Gallery presenting their 2nd annual Black and White show at Pickering Village, Ajax on Sept. 21st and will run until October 18.  Will participate in this show, where only black and white colours where used to create stunning works of art. http://www.culturalexpressions.ca/

Hope to see you around!
Marissa