tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9324770083382532202012-01-23T10:49:59.632-05:00Shannon Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120357675586415962noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932477008338253220.post-62787264038790324832011-12-29T18:47:00.000-05:002011-12-29T18:47:52.090-05:00

Mercury glass ball with red ribbon, oil on card, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" We're in that lull, the in between time, the almost end, almost beginning.  Something new just around the corner... detail

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Two paintings of quinces and pears:  Quinces and pears in glass bowl, oil and metallic leaf on panel, 9" x 12", 2011 Quinces and pears in ceramic bowl, oil and distressed metallic leaf on panel, 10" x 10" I've written about my love of quinces before and so I include my little treatise on this mysterious, astringent, aromatic fruit below: Smell and memory are linked so closely that I can’t

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The proper way to eat a fig, in society..., 9" x 12", oil on gessoed panel Underwriting the painting is an excerpt of an ostensibly instructional poem by D.H. Lawrence called, simply, "Figs".  It begins: "The proper way to eat a fig, in society,"... detail

Shannon Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14120357675586415962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932477008338253220.post-75030550851892054822011-04-15T11:07:00.000-04:002011-04-15T11:07:40.520-04:00

This painting is hommage to a lovely little cat named Flannery.  She was a longtime companion to a good friend of mine.  Unlike many pets whose unique relationships with their human companions remain private and sometimes incomprehensible to the outside world (I speak from experience) Flannery was beloved by everyone who knew her.  She will be missed. Flannery, oil on panel 8" x 10",  2011

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Joey, oil on canvas 16" x 20", 2010 This was a stealth portrait commissioned as a surprise birthday present. The secret remained so until the big unveiling (best birthday gift ever, so I'm told and was thrilled to hear), and now I'm free to post the painting without giving anything away. Joey, detail Joey is a handsome dog and I really enjoyed catching his characteristic pose--big grin,

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I have a couple of pieces in a new group portrait exhibition opening this Saturday at the Harbinger gallery in Waterloo. Both are from my ongoing series At the Feet of the Master(ed). One, What's Mine is Yours, is featured on the invitation, above. Three of the four artists in the show--Allan Harding MacKay, Isabella Stefanescu, and I--were featured in the first season of Star Portraits.

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Stork (detail), gouache and graphite in Moleskine I spent an entire day at the ROM this week. The only problem was my compulsive (and futile) attempt to see everything before I settled into drawing. The result is far fewer sketches than I'd hoped to produce. In the end, I drew mainly in the dinosaur and natural history areas. The ROM has a truly wonderful exhibition of birds in flight. I

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Whitefish, gutted and scaled, oil on canvas board, 8" x 8"This whitefish, from Lake Huron, was the "rich fish" for our own version of bouillabaisse. It always feels a little different to buy the whole fish and have to confront the elegance of the complete animal --before cleaning, scaling, and chopping it up for the pot.

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Persimmons and Rambutans, oil on linen stretched over panel, 11" x 14"This painting appeared, slightly cropped, on my Christmas card this year. Like last year, (that entry here), I was tempted to document the almost outrageous abundance and variety of food at this time of year. Here, in a medium sized city, in the dark and cold midwinter, I can walk downtown and return home with almost any

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A couple of days ago the person who purchased one of my paintings at OCAD's mystery art fundraiser was kind enough to send me an email. I'm informed that the painting has already been framed to good effect in a floating frame, and that its new owner lined up at 5:00am, securing the 25th spot in line, to get it. I'm delighted to know it's gone to such a good home. I've been meaning to post the

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Lemon, cut and squeezed, oil on gessoed card, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" private collectionLast night I attended the Whodunit? Gala Preview and Auction at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD). For me, a flâneur at heart, it was a perfect opportunity to infiltrate the well-dressed crowd and to watch, entirely incognito, as people braved the crush to scrawl down their bids for the small works--my still

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A day I’ve been anticipating with mixed feelings is almost here; the episode of STAR PORTRAITS in which I appear will air on Bravo! television tomorrow night, Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 pm EST.If you can’t watch on Saturday, you’ll have a chance to see the episode again on Wednesday night at 9:30, and anytime thereafter (along with the rest of the series) on the Bravo! websiteThe portrait I

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I attended the Royal Winter Fair yesterday. It was my first solo visit to the fair, and my first with sketchbook in hand. I had a fantastic day drawing and was surprized to see so many fellow sketchers. I spent a while talking to two of them: a young woman studying fine art at U of T, and a young man studying animation at Sheridan. The fair is a fantastic place for drawing. I'd love to try

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Last week I went sketching at the Toronto Zoo.Peacocks roam freely around the zooMalayan tigers--postures and attitudes so much like my own catdeclared a distinct subspecies only in 2004The lions are distant in their outdoor habitat, but utterly magnificent(the hippo didn't stay around long enough for me to draw)African elephantsLast year when I agreed to participate in an episode of Star

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from last night's life drawing session | vine charcoal on Stonehenge paper

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from Tuesday night's life drawing session*Warning* rant follows:Why does this federal government have such a narrow view of nationhood? It plans to spend a fortune on patrol ships to assert our physical dominion over our arctic territories (which may contain vast reservoirs of oil) while removing the possibility of a physical portrait gallery to tap the vast reservoir of our cultural heritage.

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Suspect Profile #5 (detail), oil on birch panel, 24" x 36"I'm pleased to announce that several paintings from my Suspect Profiles series will be included in a new exhibition entitled Face Time: The Portrait Under Investigation--a selection of contemporary portraiture by Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Timothy Laurin, Louise Noguchi, and Shannon Reynolds.The exhibition coincides with the opening of

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Twin Carter Mitre Planes, brass with ebony infill, oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"This painting of my twin mitre planes--planes given to me by the very generous Bill Carter, planemaker, and his wife Sarah--should be on a plane en route to Bill and Sarah right about now. To read the whole long story, click here. I thought I had completed the painting a couple of months ago, but several things

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Derek (detail), oil on canvas, collection of Gerald and Marie Weiler © Shannon ReynoldsI’ve been thinking about Derek all day, reading the tributes, and wanting to write something myself. But when I found myself using the past tense, my heart broke and I couldn’t continue. Finally I decided that if I addressed myself directly to Derek, the brutal finality of the grammar might be a little

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Opens tomorrow. The opening reception is Sunday, March 1 from 2-4. All are welcome. Click the invitation for a larger/more legible image. Or follow this link for more details.

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I will be part of a three person exhibition coming up at the end of the month. The Art Gallery of Peel is in my childhood home town and the exhibition, entitled Points of Departure, features three artists: me, Phil Delisle, and Linda Martinello, who grew up in the region but have since moved away. We all find different points of departure for our work: portraiture is mine. The curator has

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Outlier--still life with tomatoes, oil on board, 5" x 7", 2009

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from top left: male profile, charcoal and gouache on Fabriano paper, 10" x 12"; female profile, charcoal and chalk on Whatman paper, 14 1/2" x 11"; Chris, charcoal on BFK Rives, 12 1/2" x 22"Drawing the human figure from life is one of the great pleasures of being an artist. Nothing has quite the same sense of immediacy: landscapes and still lifes tend to hold still, but a live model is always

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Winter citrus, oil on maple panel, 11 3/4" x 11 3/4", 2009

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I am about to begin the second of my hand tool paintings. You can see the first and the story behind it here. This subject of this painting will be two mitre planes of my own—generously given to me by their maker, Bill Carter, and his wife Sarah.Since my first tool painting (done in exchange for a favour by my neighbour and plane maker, Konrad Sauer), these hand tools and the makers and users of

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Green Chrysanthemum, oil on board, 5" x 7", 2008My last painting of 2008.

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Pomegranates, oil on maple panel, 11 3/4" x 11 3/4", 2007Pomegranates figured in my painting for last year's Christmas card as well. Somehow, I neglected to post it here.Pomegranates (detail), 2007

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I hope you had a wonderful holiday season.Once, a still life with pineapple and pomegranates, oil and gold leaf on plywood panel, 15 3/4" x 19 3/4"This is the full painting that I used as the basis of my Christmas card this year. I was thinking about the incredible abundance of once exotic and rare fruits, especially in this frigid part of the world. Given the unpredictability of our climate,

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Mitre plane in brass and boxwood, oil and gold leaf on panel, 10" x 10" Last winter, our neighbour Konrad milled a window sill for us. Konrad Sauer happens to be a highly sought after maker of custom hand planes. You can see his work here: Sauer and Steiner. In exchange for the sill we agreed I would paint at least one still life portrait of a piece or pieces from his hand tool collection.

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I can’t resist posting about my current art endeavour. In November I learned I had been selected to appear as a participating artist in STAR PORTRAITS—a television series based on a British show of the same name which aired on BBC One for three seasons and boasted the largest audience of any arts show ever in the UK. In Canada, Star Portraits is produced by PTV Productions Inc. and will

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Cat jump, India ink on paper, 5" x 7"This quick ink drawing--inspired by my cat when he was young--is pinned on my studio wall. When I saw the topic for this week's Illustration Friday I decided to take it off the wall and post it here and there.

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Winter hope, oil on wood panel, 9 3/4" x 15 3/4"SOLDUnfortunately my high hopes for the subject of this painting, a hyacinth bulb, were dashed when I realized that in spite of the healthy root system and promising green sprout, my bulb (and all of my hyacinth bulbs this year) was a dud. It grew just that much and then gave up. So I'm saving my hopes for spring. Today, with even more snow on

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Flint and Ro-roFlint, oil on hardwood panel, 24" x 24"Ro-ro, oil on hardwood panel, 24" x 24"These paintings can be hung at any distance from each other so long as the eye contact between cat and boy is maintained. Like this:Or this:I'd like to see them hanging in a stairwell.These are the first two finished portraits in my new Feet of the Master(ed) series. I first experimented with the

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Valentine's Day self-portrait, oil on panel, 12" x 12"Even though I am a portraitist, there is something about self portraits I still find daunting. I painted this one, today, to rise to the challenge proposed by one of the blogs I love to look at: The Portrait PartyFor the month of February, the blog invites people to celebrate 'the greatest love of all' (a la Whitney Houston) with self

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Billy and Suzie (nearing completion), oil on hardwood panel, 24" x 36" I've begun a series of paintings with the working title "At the Feet of the Master(ed)". In it, I hope to depict the close and complex relationships between people and their pets. Given the multi-billion dollar pet industry and new niche businesses like doggie daycare, professional dog walking services, and gourmet and

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Afternoon Napoil on hardwood panel, 10" x 16"After some months away, I'm planning some changes to the blog to better reflect my current work. More soon.

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Normoil on stretched canvas, 11" x 14"collection of the artistPosting may be a little sporadic over the next weeks. I just finished my once per term stint as exam proctor and marker at the local university, and now I'll be turning some of my efforts to our interminable home renovations.

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Whippets at Bayswatergraphite and gouache on wood, 10" x 10"This is a very preliminary sketch for a painting in a series I'm beginning.

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SOLDDunes at Bayswateroil on canvas panel, 6"x 8"

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Private CollectionSea Wench and High Cloudsoil on canvas panel, 8"x 8"Home and land locked once again. I feel I've been robbed of a dimension. Although I haven't been much of a plein air painter I bought a portable easel and paintbox to carry with me on vacation. This is the first painting produced on my new contraption. This view, although it changes all the time with the weather and the

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Benoil on stretched canvas, 7" x 9"We're preparing for our annual sojourn through Quebec and on to Nova Scotia's gorgeous south shore. I thought the hiatus in my posting would come while I was blissfully doing nothing en vacances, but instead, it's come before. The hectic lead-up to travel is taking up all of my time.I've been enjoying still life painting, but nature mort sometimes feels a

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Gull Wing Studyoil on canvas panel, 5" x 7"

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Pelee Island Ferrygraphite in sketchbook 10" x 8"More from my Pelee Island sketchbook

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The Dead Gullgraphite in sketchbook, 5" x 8"

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The Dying Gullgraphite in sketchbook, 5" x 8"We spent some restful days on Pelee island, Canada's southernmost inhabited island. So no paintings, but some sketches. The beaches abound with with wildlife, but the casualties of Lake Erie storms made better, if moribund, models.

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SOLDNew Season Garlicoil on canvas panel, 10" x 14"

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SOLDDaisy on Yellow Silkoil on canvas panel, 4" x 6"

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SOLDDaisy on Pink Silkoil on canvas panel, 4" x 6"

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SOLDMaxoil on canvas panel, 10" x 14"

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Red and White Currants on Siver Trayoil on canvas board, 8" x 8"

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Red Currants on Silver Trayoil on canvas panel, 5" x 7"

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SOLDSpring Onions on Majolica Platteroil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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SOLDLocal Strawberriesoil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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SOLDPeony in Celadon Bowloil on canvas panel, 5" x 7"This is the last peony of the season. Spring is truly finished.

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SOLDYellow Rosesoil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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SOLDPeony and Mock Orange in Silver Pitcheroil on canvas panel, 8" x 10"

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Peony in Tarnished Silveroil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"PRIVATE COLLECTION

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Tree Peonies with Prunersoil on stretched canvas, 20" x 24"This is another painting that doesn't really qualify as a small canvas, but it belongs thematically, so I've posted it here anyway.

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White Tree Peonies in Glass Jugoil on stretched canvas, 11" x 14"

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SOLDTree Peony Blossomoil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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SOLDLilacs in Porcelain Creameroil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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SOLDLilac Blossomsoil on canvas panel, 3" x 5"

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Black Parrotsoil on canvas panel 6" x 8"

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More DaffodilsOil on canvas panel 4" X 6"

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SOLDDaffodils take 3oil on canvas panel 8" x 8"My friend M who is a landscape architect and a deft hand at flower arranging always comments when I make even-numbered collections of plants or flowers. So this re-make of the last painting features three daffodils, for M.

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Daffodils take 2oil on canvas panel, 8" x 8"

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Daffodilsoil on canvas panel 6" x 8"When I walked outside in the morning to see what was new in the garden I found these extravagant beauties resting on the ground--their double blooms too heavy for their narrow stalks. Rather than leave them to the slugs, I cut them and brought them inside where their subtle scent is filling my whole studio. They look as though they belong in a dutch floral

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Bar Sceneoil on canvas panel 6" x 8"

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Golden Gateoil on canvas panel 3" x 5"I fell in love with San Francisco and, although I left with my heart intact (a narrow escape), I have to pay a little homage to a very beautiful and livable city. I guess this is a landscape cliche, but what landscape hasn't already been seen? In a superbly curated exhibition of Vivienne Westwood's fashion career now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco's

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I just flew home on a red-eye flight from San Francisco this morning. Now back in the familiar seting of my studio, I can hardly believe I was watching pelicans and cormorants fish in the crashing pacific surf yesterday. That trip and a portrait I was working on account for the long hiatus, but I plan to be posting more small paintings and drawings very soon.

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Snowdropsoil on canvas panel 4" x 6"I picked these from the small clump in my backyard and stole a little time from my portrait painting to record these intrepid harbingers of spring.

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Sam asleepoil on canvas 28" x 18"Collection of the artistI painted Sam earlier this year in what is a characteristic pose for him. Sam is 19 years old.I'm working on a portrait right now, so my postings may be a little less frequent. On the other hand, I do hope to document some of the signs of spring emerging in the garden. Our first crocus bloomed today and we have snowdrops in the backyard.

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SOLDGinger and Garlicoil on stretched canvas 5" x 7"

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Cat in Windowoil on stretched canvas 10" x 10"Collection of the artist

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Green-Edged Mussel Shells After Dinneroil on stretched canvas 6" x 8"I love to look at iridescent mussel shells. It seems a shame to throw away something so gorgeous.

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Orchid Stemoil on stretched canvas, 5" x 7"Somehow, the purchased exotic flowers of winter never have the same appeal as the short-lived flowers of spring. I can hardly wait for the garden to come back to life. The sun is out and the snow is melting. We turned the clocks forward today--three weeks earlier than ever before. As a late riser, I welcome the change.

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Dessicating Roseoil on stretched canvas 7" x 7"

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SOLD Red Peppersoil on canvas board 5" x 7"

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SOLDRed Onionsoil on canvas board 5" x 7"

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SOLDWhite Onionsoil on canvas board, 5" x 7"

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