The studio tour is returning after the pandemic. It will be great to invite you into my home and gallery again.
As an artist I didn't stop painting and creating. In one way it felt great in that it was for the pure joy of painting and no other reason. New and different works in watercolour, acrylic and collage have emerged.. The Northern lights have been a challenge and source of inspiration as well as mixed media floral and abstracts.
It would be so good to see old friends again and meet new ones.
Studio location: 17 Fernwood Park Ave.
Friday night September 16th --Front Porch Preview 5-8pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 am- 5 pm
shamanstree@gmail.com
www.ruthhayes.ca
Beach Studio Tour Online Show
New Paintings
April 30- May 30th
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| "Evolving Journey" Watercolour R. Hayes $350. |
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Blue Angel Ruth Hayes Watercolour $350. |
Click on Shamanstree Gallery Page to visit my paintings in Watercolour and Acrylic
The Beach Studio Tour is returning this year with an online show that is opening April 30th and extended to May 30th to accomodate covid protocol pick up. If you visit the Beach Studio Tour website you can check out the talented artists of the Beach. Click an artist that you like and it will take you to the artist's page. That artist's page will have more images and contact information for you to deal with the artist directly. This gives you the advantage of seeing the Beach artists without all the walking. However it is lovely this time of year with all the blossoming trees. Another year!
I will be showing some of my latest work in watercolour, mixed media and acrylic and I would love to hear from you. The great thing about doing the tour is meeting and talking directly to all the visitors who come by, however this year we can do it by email or phone or zoom. Sales can be made by cheque, e-transfer, visa and cash. Items can be picked up at end of show or other arrangement. My email is shamanstree@gmail. com. Phone is 416-699-8609. I appreciate your support.
The web site for the tour is www.beachstudiotour.ca.
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| "Summer Flower Pot" R.Hayes Watercolour $210.00 |
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| "Joy" Watercolour - Ruth Hayes 7.5"x11" $210.00 |
Threads of Light
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| "Threads of Light" Ruth Hayes 11" x11" Watercolour $350.00 |
Creative spin or is it what drives me to paint? Another title for the work above might be synchonisity or six degrees of separation. The work of Piet Mondrian is quite differnt from mine but I have always loved his abstractions and found interesting his statement that the artist is essentially a channel. My images are sometimes ahead of my understanding and this paricular one I have loved but didn't know what to do with it or what it meant. My life might then mirror or catch up with a painting and its meaning might then be known . This one had been in my unfinished stack for quite a while as my life continued to unfold and I noticed again and again a wondrous web around me with people and events intertwining and touching in ways I could never have explained. I still would not try to offer a reason except it is called by different names and many of us have been touched by it at one time or another. An example might be thinking of a friend from the past and suddenly hearing from them the next day. Other stories are more mindblowing.
One day I looked at this painting and could see threads of light and dark and colour and knew they connected and sometimes I could glimpse the connection and could be touched by it. I could even name it such as six degrees of separation. I moved the painting from the unfinished to the finished knowing at the same time that the process would never be finished.
Keep Painting!
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| "Questions" Mixed Media 15"x 22" Ruth Hayes $500. It has certainly been a year to remember! Isolating, scary, boring, quiet, but also creative. No shows, no reason to push to create new work but painting only becasue it is what I do. A joke I have often found to be true is that for an artist a painting is only finished when a show deadline hits and it has to be framed. With no deadlines I have a stack of unfinsihed partially explored work, but also old pieces reworked and finished, as well as work finally thrown away in the recycling. I found a way to continue teaching by learning zoom. It's not the same and it has been a challenge but I am getting the hang of it thanks to supportive friends and students. Once again it feels like "We're all in this together" with students and instructors finding a way through the many snags and issues. As I write this the year is ending and a vaccine is on the way. The new year 2021 promises to be better. Classes will resume in January and hopefully shows and exhibits can once again take place. Happy Holidays! |
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| "Viral Universe" Watercolour 11"x14 " |
