tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53687981025038684432024-03-13T01:35:41.190-04:00Sally Chupick painter / designerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.comBlogger359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-90514655630528129382016-09-14T07:39:00.000-04:002016-09-14T07:39:02.733-04:00Moving On...
So this happened last week! We sold our wonderful 1830's limestone house that we have lived in for the past 15 years... many happy memories were made here. It's where I had my own studio for the first time ever, held happy family parties & bolo tournaments, Holly's wedding, and also where I began my own venture of operating a seasonal porch gallery. Such good times. However we Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-8574271546202441482016-08-28T08:33:00.000-04:002016-08-28T08:33:19.613-04:00Solo Show at James Brett Coiffure
show card for my exhibition at James Brett Coiffure
Tomorrow I hang my solo show at James Brett Coiffure. There is 22 paintings in the exhibition in all. A fair number of them are new works that have not been on display anywhere before(except my studio), so it's kind of like an unveiling in a way for many of them. August snuck up on me; when I woke up this morning it popped Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-7595453185917449892016-08-18T11:52:00.003-04:002016-08-18T11:52:41.143-04:00Surprise Visitor
The thing I miss the most about running my little summer porch gallery is surprise visitors from customers. But yesterday, the stars aligned... after a busy morning of driving around and completing errands in Westport and downtown Kingston, I arrived home just in time for a surprise visit from a new friend and loyal customer.
She was in the area and was curious to see Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-92079080194339777012016-08-12T16:33:00.000-04:002016-08-12T16:33:35.051-04:00Saturday Morning, Toy Store
Saturday Morning, Toy Storeoil on panel, 9 x 12
yours truly
Two weeks ago was Princess Street Promenade in downtown Kingston. Traffic is blockaded on the main shopping street, and foot traffic takes over. Shops have special displays and activities; all in all, it's a rather festive atmosphere.
As a novelty, I was asked if I would paint 'en plein air' in front of Kingston Frameworks Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-55592575657617117752016-07-27T17:58:00.000-04:002016-07-27T18:00:34.694-04:00Playtime
Play - oil on board - 30x30
Having a stretch of time without deadlines and commitments has been fun for experimenting with different ideas and process. I've been fooling around a bit with mixed media...getting the idea down quickly in acrylic, then switching into oils for surface quality and a texture(which you cant see in this photo). The goal I had in mind was to keep the marks fresh, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-77631703552780702132016-07-19T09:14:00.000-04:002016-07-19T09:14:09.417-04:00Himalayan Blues
Himalayan Blues - oil on wood - 40x20" - $900
Himalayan blue reminds me of Diana, my father's beloved partner who passed away in 2013. Diana was a professional ballerina in her first career, which took her on many excursions in exotic places in the world.
In her memoirs which she wrote a few years before she died, I was captivated by one of the stories she told of when her dance Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-91447697884071378652016-07-15T09:48:00.000-04:002016-07-15T09:48:43.064-04:00Donating and karma
Morning Garden - SOLD!
I was asked to donate a painting to the United Way Fare for Friends a couple of weeks ago, and right away I said yes.
I like being able to participate in community causes in my own way. More often than not it works out that it is good for business. This morning was one of those days!
The person who collected the painting Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-13888956615289975622016-07-13T10:23:00.001-04:002016-07-13T16:21:00.514-04:00Summer read for fellow painters
Picked up this book I got from the library yesterday, and am really enjoying reading it. Thought I'd pass that along for any other painters looking for a thought provoking summer read. The conversations are wide ranging on painting, photography, art philosophy, and in general about how we really see.
Garden Seat - oil on canvas - 24x48"
I finished this painting Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-89475320673455810962016-07-09T09:28:00.001-04:002016-07-09T09:28:28.408-04:00oh ya... instagram !
two of my recent 'quilt' paintings in the studio
oh no you didn't, I hear you say. oh yes I did.
Holly signed me up for an Instagram account last time we were together, but it was just this week I actually got around to using it. Like any new gadget, it takes a little exploring to figure out how to work it, but actually, it's pretty darn easy! One thing I hadn't realized is how Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-30697408637864465032016-06-29T12:43:00.001-04:002016-06-29T12:55:17.803-04:00Studio work... and old canvas' get a makeover...
Pond - oil on board - 12 x 16 - $450available at Gallery on Gore, Perth, ON
So I finished this oil on gessoboard painting a few weeks ago. As you can see from the 'in progress' shot a few posts back, I did do a fairly major re-jig of the composition. It wasn't sitting right with me. Now I feel it 'reads', allowing the eye to wander through the painting in a more tranquil pleasing way.&Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-86695553170588071782016-06-14T08:24:00.000-04:002016-06-14T08:24:05.682-04:00new quilt
New Quilt -work in progress - oil -
When I was a young college student I decorated my attic room in bright primary colours. Even then I had a love for quilts. Cheerful scraps of fabric sewn into soft and comfortable friends for snuggling. Somehow they just bring me home.
Here's a painting I've been working on, still in progress, but nearly there.
The quilt itself wasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-50644964541774772732016-06-08T08:43:00.000-04:002016-06-08T08:43:06.521-04:00exploring possibilitiesMy usual painting practice is rather curtailed during the process of having our house on the market, and consequently so is blogging, as any of you who may read this from time to time may notice.
Although studio time has been disruptive, there are some advantages...the pressure is off to produce inventory for art shows which is liberating! Instead I made a conscious decision to go Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-72305246740371174972016-05-15T12:07:00.001-04:002016-05-15T12:07:39.046-04:00the neurotic nature of re-working
work in progress - 12 x 16
Yesterday I started re-working a painting that I had previously scraped down, because it bugged me...I went in with cobalt blues and glazing 3/4 of the board and I can actually say that I'm liking the direction it's taking now. There is something that seems a bit neurotic to me about spending all day painting, only to scrape it all off, then spend umpteen hoursAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-13490483670966505852016-05-11T12:29:00.000-04:002016-05-11T12:29:16.401-04:00Canadian shield rock pool
watercolour - 11 x 15 -$250
Thought I'd post one of my watercolour's from the weekend workshop in Westport. Doug Mays was instructor and he did a marathon of 4 demonstrations throughout the weekend ranging from watercolor landscapes to florals. We all got to paint too, and I found it relaxing and pleasurable splashing around again. (it's been a while since I got Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-47154696806094772512016-05-02T10:57:00.000-04:002016-05-02T10:57:13.120-04:00galleries, moving and other fun stuffOne week ago I dropped off a bunch of new paintings with Johanne at the Perth, Ontario gallery 'Gallery on Gore'. It's always such a treat to make that gallery delivery! Johanne is enthusiastic and excited to see the new work. Usually I trade my new pieces for my current work that she has in the gallery, but she's sold most of it, and so didn't want to give me back the pieces Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-35120010241309618842016-04-20T14:09:00.002-04:002016-04-20T14:09:45.155-04:00Camellia's for mum
Camellia's - oil on canvas - 30 x 30" - $900
"On-wards!"
That is an expression my mother used all the time! She would say it after a cup of coffee & the newspaper, while hoisting herself from her chair, she would say it when she jumped out of bed in the mornings; she summoned it loudly and joyfully! I came to know that it meant she intended to go forward in some wayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-85499930356257492012016-04-17T20:13:00.003-04:002016-04-17T20:13:41.483-04:00painting myself a box of chocolates
Box of chocolates, anyone?!!
ha ha ha.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-16797615661469629642016-04-11T12:08:00.001-04:002016-04-11T12:11:36.087-04:00Emily's grave
Peace - oil on panel 'en plein air' - 9 x 12 - $250
Emily Carr's grave site in the Ross Bay Cemetary is very close to where my daughter Holly lives in Victoria.
deer wander freely in the Ross Bay Cemetary
When I was there in March I took these photos of the grave site markers. She is buried with members of her family there. It is a peaceful place; and lovely to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-74561552629742257562016-03-29T22:13:00.000-04:002016-03-29T22:13:05.063-04:00Camellia's - work in progress
work in progress- 30x30 oil on canvas
Camellia's were blooming everywhere in Victoria this past week! Nice, because I was able to spend a lot of time really looking at them, as well as get heaps of photos. We just got back from our trip there last night. I so enjoyed being in the temperate climate with so many millions of spring blooms everywhere. I was thinking about those Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-75066240372277834372016-03-24T11:28:00.001-04:002016-03-29T21:39:33.082-04:00Plain air by the sea
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Posting this 9x12 plain air I did on Tuesday morning. When I began the mountains across the strait were visible, but after about half an hour the clouds formed over them blocking their peaks, so I went with that instead of my original intention. Truly the pleasure was in the experience. No wind and sunshine with a high of about 14 degrees.
I have never been in Victoria in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-88519784393614039542016-03-22T00:21:00.001-04:002016-03-22T00:21:57.838-04:00Spring plain airFinding plain air painting spots by bicycle this week in Victoria. Spring is full and lush here at the moment. Ross bay cemetery provides a quiet spot with lots of protection from light showers under the shade of a giant cypress tree. Daffodils near a crabapple tree under an overcast skies today.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-62790174564305502972016-03-14T10:11:00.000-04:002016-03-14T10:11:20.898-04:00happy to get started again
new start on the left, 'White Roses' acrylic on right
After weeks of not painting at all, I did get into the studio yesterday after Dave left for a work trip. It felt good to make a start (one on the left). Yahoo! Plans are for it to be Camelia's, but we'll see what develops.
The 'White Roses' next to it, is an acrylic painting I completed in January. You can see I'm Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-24972248491507755292016-02-24T08:59:00.001-05:002016-02-24T08:59:19.130-05:00Moo cards
Yesterday I received a shipment of some floral cards that I had ordered from the print-on-demand service, MOO. Really pleased with the image quality and how it's possible to do small orders with this company. They do not offer square format cards, but these ones are 4 x 5.75 inches, and I'm happy with the way they look. They're blank inside and on the back of each one isAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-50230508837983150752016-02-18T12:43:00.002-05:002016-02-18T12:43:38.317-05:00Unusual Blogger activity warningThis morning I received an email message from Blogger saying that my blog account was removed because it was caught being used for phishing. Phishing?! Who me?! I wouldn't even know how! Sure enough, I tried to access my blog as usual but it just wasn't there. poof! just like that it was gone! I was stumped. ...
Three hours later I googled my blog and 'voila!' , there I was back in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368798102503868443.post-88154852583757076762016-02-17T09:30:00.001-05:002016-02-17T09:30:30.746-05:00snowed in at the studio
work in progress
We had a big one yesterday! 50 cm of snow in 12 hours! By noon I couldn't open the doors to the house because the snow was knee high! Thankfully I noticed that a friend posted on facebook that he was out and about clearing drives and let him know if anyone needed a job doing. I piped up! Thank you Josh! You and your buddy were awesome. I took these Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04987603799232901184noreply@blogger.com0