PATRICK JOHN MILLS GALLERY: I Killed The Group Of Seven

PATRICK JOHN MILLS GALLERY: I Killed The Group Of Seven

We Are Already Doing It!

You know last evening's idea? The one where we artists showing at Patrick John Mills Gallery try to get our work out into the community at shows, displays, wherever we can, ON THE WALLS, I say, folks, letting everyone know that we are with Patrick John Mills Gallery? Well, by gar, aren't we already doing it and not even knowing it!

I answered a call for art put out a month ago by a young women, Aria, who has just opened a boutique/cafe that specializes in vintage and handmade clothing and accessories. It's called, Gypsy and Co, and is located in Ottawa at 209 Gilmour Street, just a few steps in from the well-traveled "strip", Elgin Street.

Imagine my surprise this morning when visiting the shop, not only were five Quirky B's on display but there was half a wall of art by another PJMG artist, Patrick Greene. And in the middle of his display was one of our gallery's cards plus there was a stack of our cards by the door.

If we can get people seeing our art and saying, "This is interesting. Where can I see more?" we will create a buzz and drive traffic to the gallery.

And how amazing would that be!

Art by Patrick Greene

Quirky B's by Shannon Lee

A Call to Artists and An Idea

From the West Carleton Arts Society. This is a two-day show in Ottawa's west end, November 15-17. They'd like artists to phone either Maureen or Vivienne at 613  591-3686 to talk about criteria.

 

Here's the idea. If several of us from Patrick John Mills Gallery wanted to submit art, I wonder if they'd give us our own space with an information table pertaining to the gallery? In this way, we'd be representing the gallery at this show. Does anyone think that this is doable? I'm game to give it a try.

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When is Our Art Going to Tour European Galleries?

Some of Canada's best contemporary artists are involved in a much-discussed show in Ottawa, Canada entitled, I Killed the Group of Seven, while people in London and elsewhere in Europe are getting ready to celebrate them.  

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Canadian artists to get

big display in London

GUY DIXON

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Published Monday, Sep. 26, 2011

Last updated Monday, Sep. 26, 2011

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A trove of paintings by Tom Thomson and his contemporaries is being carted off to London in what’s being called the largest international traveling exhibit of Group of Seven works to date.

Ian Dejardin, director of the prestigious Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London and an unabashed fan of Thomson’s work, described the exhibition he organized as akin to removing Canada’s crown jewels. Or “like asking the Louvre for the Mona Lisa,” he added, speaking at a presentation in Toronto Monday unveiling details of the exhibition.

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The work of the Group of Seven

The 123 works – actually 122 paintings, plus an extensive collection of Thomson’s sketches – are coming from 17 public and private collections in North America and Europe, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

What would normally be a logistical headache, as any exhibition on such a grand scale can be, was made much easier after Dejardin broached the idea in 2009 to media magnate and art collector David Thomson (no relation to the late Canadian artist, who died after a short career in 1917 at the age of 39).

Please read entire article here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/canadian-artists-to-get-big-display-in-london/article2180695/

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Skulduggery

 

Just a little pre-Halloween skulduggery. Call it, amusing myself to death.

And whereas those of us who do not work in multi-media might be wondering what this is all about, I can sum it up in one word, practice.

What sticks things together and what doesn't. What preserves and what doesn't. In other words, what works and what doesn't.

If you look at the example here, you'll note that the plastic coating I am using discolours certain sections. It does not work on plain white, for instance, and it is hell on the brightly coloured areas. I suspected that this might be the case as I used the wrong material. What I thought was fine sand turned out to be fine wax, like a crumbly dust, something used for candle-making; not reading the label carefully resulted in this mistake.

I shall be scraping it off or covering it over with something else. But isn't this how we learn, how we become more proficient? Through trial and error.

I am reminded of a phrase that is often repeated to people who are keen to make changes in their lives:

If  you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

This is a hard lesson to learn but we need to learn it if we are to accomplish what we must.