HO HO HO NO HST! MERRY MEDLEY AT TAY GALLERY

Tay Gallery Kanata will pay the Tax on all original painting sales between December 14 and December 24th, 2011.
In appreciation of your support of Canadian art and the talented and dedicated Canadian artists we represent, this is our gift to you during this Holiday Season!

This includes all paintings on exhibit in the gallery as well as additional paintings displayed on our online store. Viewing of any paintings not currently hanging but in our inventory can be arranged within a day without any obligation.

Under Canadian Tax law, businesses can purchase and write off the purchase of original Canadian art as acquisition of original Canadian Art is included in Capital Cost Allowance.

The Holiday Show this month features paintings of all sizes from miniature to grand.
Merry Medley runs until December 24th with many small paintings from gallery and guest artists on display. Paintings of all sizes perfect for a lasting and unique gift with soul. Visit the gallery Monday – Saturday 10 – 6 p.m. Thursdays 10 – 7 p.m. Sundays by chance or appointment in December.

Exhibiting this month are Karen Goetzinger, Keith Burnett, Sharon Fox Cranston, Tricia Savoie, Martha Markowsky, Lynne Morin, Marshal, J.G. Morin, John Hiscock, John Alexander Day, Deborah Czernecky, Maureen Sheridan, Michel Pleau, J. Allison Robichaud, John Mlacak, Larry Deacon, Lorena Ziraldo, Elizabeth Elkin, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Guy Cranston, Charles Spratt, Terry Ananny, Stephen Rothwell,Alan Bain, Kathy Haycock.
Many thanks to the dedicated artists for your superb creations - you do us proud!

PLEASE NOTE: Tay Gallery will be closed the week following Christmas from Dec 25 - Dec. 31st

Online ordering on our STORE PAGE on the website www.taygallerykanata.com is available throughout December. Order directly through the store or contact us by email with any questions.If you are ordering before Dec 24,(while you pay No Hst) please do not use the checkout as it will automatically add the tax. Double click on any of the small images on the online store to view a larger image and details about the paintings. To search for all the works by a particular artist, type the artist's name in the white box in the TOP right hand corner of the store page. Happy shopping!

Have a safe and peaceful holiday season!
All the best for the New Year from Lisa, Dave and Paul.

Fall Flavour: Art Show and Sale at Tay Gallery Kanata

Between Sept 2 and Sept 30 Tay Gallery Kanata will feature Fall Flavour, an exhibit of gallery artists' new paintings in bold and beautiful fall colours. Small and large paintings are featured. New works by Anne Barkley, Deb Czernecky, John Day, Larry Deacon, Elizabeth Elkin, Martha Markowsky, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Maureen Sheridan, Charles Spratt, John Mlacak, J. Allison Robichaud, Tricia Savoie, John Stevenson, Paulette Sauve. Introducing paintings by notable Ottawa area artists, Cheryl Chartier and Terry Ananny this month. Image shown is Red Maple by Cheryl Chartier.

The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5 , Thursdays 10 - 7 p.m.

Summer Show runs two more weeks at Tay Gallery

Two weeks left to catch the Heat of the Moment show at Tay Gallery Kanata. A visually intriguing show with 22 different professional artists' works on exhibit - the summer show is generally the most eclectic in subject matter and style. We are pleased to welcome a number of guest artists to this show:

Lorena Ziraldo, Ottawa area artist, is a graduate of the Fine Arts Program at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her fluid and exquisite figurative brushwork is surrounded by contemplative and sophisticated abstract colour schemes. The narrative quality that emerges in many of her paintings is made all the more compelling by her control of her medium. Emotion is a key element in her paintings as are the more formal qualities of colour, light,space, and composition. Lorena’s work can be found in notable galleries across Canada.

Brigitte Nowak lives in Toronto and spends summers on an island in Georgian Bay. Her paintings in oils and in egg tempera explore the nature of reality and illusion, the interaction between the human and natural worlds and the line between observation and comment. She has won awards in both Canada and the U.S., and her work is in private and corporate collections. She is represented by several galleries in Ontario, including the Red Canoe Gallery in Muskoka, Haliburton’s Ethel Curry Gallery and Latitude 44 in Toronto.

Susan Jillette, of Rigaud Quebec is an elected member of Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), the International Guild of Realism (IGOR) and the Autour de Nous (ADN) group of local professional artists and presently serves on the board of Directors for the SCA. Presently she works with acrylics and is working on a new series of textured and colourful paintings in the fantasy realm. Most of her work can be described as bright and whimsical.

Gilda Pontbriand, Ottawa area artist shows paintings in acrylic and mixed media from her series Ancient Symbols. The symbols from the Mayan culture portray the inter-relationship between man and universe, the eternal and the fleeting, the real and the intangible, and natural and supernatural. Gilda has exhibited in over 100 solo and group shows in Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico and the United States.

Jennifer Foster’s drawings and paintings are an appreciation of the everyday world. Portraits are a particular passion because of the opportunity they offer to capture seemingly conflicting elements: a portrait needs to be accurate and yet expressive; representational but also perceptive and open to what lies below the surface. Her work has been shown in the Red Trillium Studio Tour, Toronto’s historic Distillery District, the Varley Gallery , the John B. Aird Gallery , and Cumberland Gallery in Ottawa.

Brian Kelly, Kanata area artist has been painting landscapes for 35 years. He is inspired by the colours of nature in all seasons . He shows paintings of summer wildflowers in their natural environment in this exhibition. He has exhibited his oils , pastels and limited lithographs at Canadian and international art festivals and in commercial galleries in Ontario.

Anna Krak-Kepka is a full-time Visual Artist and Art Educator living in Brockville Ontario. She is primarily known for her talent with color: her paintings are full of enchantment of the world of dream and magic. Her art is a biographical exploration of her life. Extensive travel to Europe, Africa, Mexico and California are among the bedrock influences in her artistic life.

Michel Luc Bellemare ‘s abstract paintings are an exploration of the influence of colour on the psyche and are recognizable for their thickly textured and glittering surface of oil impasto, which appear as ”jewels for the wall”. Bellemare has published a book on the philosophy of colour, titled Colour- Realism.

Elaine Archambault has participated in many group exhibitions since 1985 in Quebec and Ontario where she is represented by Gallery Marchant in Lancaster and The Abbey in Glen Nevis. Annual visits to the sea have inspired many seaside landscapes animated by people on vacation. Trips across Canada, plein air painting in France , workshops in Charlevoix and her flower garden at home all provide great inspirations for sketches and paintings.

Also featured in the summer show with exemplary works are gallery artists Charles Spratt, John Alexander Day, Tricia Savoie, Martha Markowsky, John Stevenson, Michel Pleau, Larry Deacon , Stephen Rothwell , Elizabeth Elkin, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Anne Barkley, J. Allison Robichaud and John Mlacak.

The Pond by John Alexander Day,osa,sca

Artist Spotlight at Tay Gallery Kanata: Ayfer Gursoz

This summer we have a small selection of exquisite impressionist paintings by Quebec artist, Ayfer Gursoz on exhibit at Tay Gallery in Kanata. Her works are dreamy and nostalgic and yet hold poignancy and immediacy at the same time. Her use of colour and brushwork is masterful. Experience her captivating work by visiting our gallery at 471 Hazeldean Rd. in Kanata (Ottawa) or view the paintings on our website at www.taygallerykanata.com.

A native of Istanbul, born (1935) of a Ukranian father and an Austrian mother, Ayfer Gursoz arrived in Montreal in 1982. She fell in love with Quebec and remained, settling in old Montreal where she began painting and teaching. In 1995 she moved to the Eastern Townships where she lived until her death in 2008. A graduate of Ecole des beaux-arts de Paris, Ayfer taught in several well known art schools in England before coming to Canada. She is recognized the work over for her quality paintings which are held in numerous private collections.Yves Langlois ,winner of Quebec best Documentary film award in 2008, also filmed a docu- portrait of Ayfer Gursoz.

The paintings on exhibit at Tay Gallery Kanata this month span approximately a 15 year period and include floral still life, and figures (children and women) which were popular subject matter for Ayfer. She was also a prolific painter of landscapes.

A review of her work by art critic and journalist for Vie des Art, Andre Seleanu can be viewed on her artist page on our website or her personal website. In the article, Seleanu commented:
"The desire to understand the Other exudes from every one of her paintings, while such otherness embraces both the social realm and natural phenomena."

Below is a photo of the artist's studio generously provided by her daughter, Irem Bekter, which provides a glimpse of the prolific impressionist works Ayfer created with her most intriguing colour palette.


Following are photos of a few of the paintings by Ayfer Gursoz featured in the summer show :Flower Arranging, Nudes in Blue (Turkish Bath), and Children Exploring.

New book release by J. Allison Robichaud

"J. Allison Robichaud muses and reflects upon the technical, intuitive and philosophical aspects of creating superior art. An acknowledged Canadian Master, J. Allison Robichaud shares his unique perspective on the artistic process with the reader in a volume that is at once personal and instructive.Canadian Master landscape painter J. Allison Robichaud has recently published a new e-book"

A Personal Search for Art is available through Amazon.com, a Kindle edition.
J. Allison Robichaud is a longstanding gallery artist at Tay Gallery Kanata who also previously exhibited on a regular basis at Tay River Gallery. He engages wholelheartedly in his passion for art as a true plein air painter of the Canadian landscape. Check out his new book for an incredible journey through the eyes and mind''s view of an outstanding Canadian painter.

Summer Show: Heat of the Moment at Tay Gallery Kanata

All summer long art show - "Heat of the Moment" group show at Tay Gallery Kanata features a mix of fabulous paintings that include figurative, abstracts, still life and landscapes from a superb lineup of well known area artists. Visit us at the gallery in Kanata at 471 Hazeldean Rd. from Tues - Sat. 10 - 5 :30. Thursdays 10 - 7 p.m.

New paintings by Lorena Ziraldo, Brigitte Nowak, Susan Jillette, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Gilda Pontbriand, Michel Luc Bellemare, Jennifer Foster, Anna Krak- Kepka, Elizabeth Elkin, Elaine Archambault, John Mlacak, Brian Kelly, Larry Deacon, and new work by gallery artists Anne Barkley, Martha Markowsky, Charles Spratt, Stephen Rothwell, Allison Robichaud, Tricia Savoie, John Day, John Stevenson.

Artist Spotlight - Figurative paintings by Ayfer Gursoz. July 18 – Aug. 6.

A small selection of estate paintings by Ayfer Gursoz are exhibited this summer.

Check out the new online store for available paintings at Tay Gallery Kanata website if you are unable to visit the gallery

The Nature of Water: Art Show at Tay Gallery Kanata

Visit Tay Gallery Kanata to see the current group art show, " The Nature of Water" - with a great lineup of regional artists and large selection of paintings in various styles and sizes on display during May and June until June 25th. The gallery is located in Ottawa west end at 471 Hazeldean Rd. , corner of Castlefrank Rd. and Hazeldean.

Paintings on the theme of water in oils, acrylics and watercolour are featured by Larry Deacon, Suzette Emond, Stephen Rothwell, John Alexander Day, Charles Spratt, Allison Robichaud, John Mlacak, Martha Markowsky, Elaine Archambault, Kathy Haycock, John Stevenson, Tricia Savoie, John Hiscock, Margaret Chwialkowska, Tony Cresswell Jones.
The focus is "Water in well loved marine scenes, harbours and other Canadian waterways of Georgian Bay, Charlevoix region, Nova Scotia, Vancouver Island, Gatineaus and Laurentian Mountains, the Ottawa River and then across the sea to Greenland, Spain and Portugal.

Perth location Tay River Gallery is now closed

Tay River Gallery in Perth has closed the doors at 28 Wilson St. W after 9 years in this location. Visit us at our new location in Ottawa's west end- Tay Gallery Kanata. Same management- same great art!

Tay Gallery Kanata is an ambient and friendly boutique style gallery space at 471 Hazeldean Rd., corner of Castlefrank Rd. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 - 5 :30 p.m. Thursdays 10 - 7 p.m. Quality conservation art framing is offered on site.

A selection of up to 40 paintings are on exhibit at any one time depending on the show. Exhibitions change monthly and a significant amount of additional artwork is always available to view and purchase, although paintings may not be currently on exhibition. View digital display of other paintings available at our customer self serve kiosk in the gallery. The website at www.taygallerykanata.com offers an online store for convenient purchase of paintings online.

We offer an interest free layaway plan to purchase artwork and provide 48 hour home trial period if needed.

Purchase Canadian Paintings Online at Tay Gallery Kanata

Visit our website http://www.taygallerykanata.com/ for our NEW ONLINE STORE featuring quality Canadian paintings you may purchase online using our secure Paypal checkout shopping cart. A diverse yet discriminating selection of paintings from notable Canadian artists from Ontario and Quebec is offered in small and larger sizes, a variety of subject matter ( still life, abstract, landscape, figurative, interiors) and in various media (watercolour, acrylics , oils, pastels, mixed media). Watch for new additions every month as the featured art show at the gallery changes! Shop with confidence. See Terms and Conditions on the Store Page.

Artist News: John Hiscock receive OWS Award

John Hiscock recently won the Presidents Award at the 63^rd Ottawa Watercolour Society juried exhibition this month. The winning painting, entitled “Western Shore Beauty”, is a fine balancing of technical expertise and the expression of reverence and connection that John feels for our living Earth. One can find this beautiful place at the end of a dirt track on the western shore of Calumet Island. Congratulations John.

In Praise of Forests at Tay Gallery Kanata

Please join us at our Kanata gallery location, Tay Gallery Kanata for In Praise of Forests, wilderness landscape paintings by some of the top plein air painters in the Ottawa region. Featuring paintings by John Mlacak, John Stevenson, Charles Spratt, John Day, Sylvio Gagnon Allison Robichaud, Alan Bain, Audrey Bain, Tricia Savoie, Martha Markowsky, Lise Massicotte, and Luminita Serbanescu
The show runs from April 4 - 30th.


Tay River Gallery in Perth Ontario is now closed. Visit us at our new location in the west end of Ottawa at TAY GALLERY KANATA, 471 Hazeldean Rd. Kanata- same management, and same great art! Plenty of free parking just steps from the gallery!

March Show At Tay Gallery Kanata: City Slick

City Slick at Tay Gallery Kanata features paintings from three artists with a passion for city : vibrant urban vignettes from Martha Markowsky, abstract mixed media cityscapes with textile from Karen Goetzinger, and painterly figures in bright palette from newcomer, Claudia Urbach.


Still more winter blasts and dropping temperatures.... come in from the chill and tour the city show... some of our favourite cities portrayed through the artist's eye.

Cities with sophistication - slick & polished - reaching skyscrapers, busy streets gleaming with street lights reflected on slick pavement, charming back streets with children at play, crowds mulling, pedestrians strolling, pulsing traffic - all those things we may love and hate about city... and more. Over 20 cityscapes on display. Drop in and see the show!

Tay Gallery Kanata is a cosy, ambient and friendly gallery space at 471 Hazeldean Rd., corner of Castlefrank Rd. The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 - 5 :30 p.m. Quality conservation art framing is offered on site.

Anywhere from 20 to 40 paintings are on exhibit at any one time depending on the show. Exhibitions change monthly and a significant amount of additional artwork is always available to view and purchase, although paintings may not be currently on exhibition. View digital display of other paintings available.

We offer an interest free layaway plan to purchase artwork and provide 48 hour home trial period if needed.

Call Me Romantic at Tay Gallery Kanata Feb 7 -27

Beat the blustering chill of February winter days with a visit to the new art show "Call Me Romantic at Tay Gallery Kanata.

Emotive paintings that warm the soul as artist and viewer connect is the magic of the encounter. Romantic paintings in various styles,palette and subject matter are the medium communicating the artist's unique and yet common experience.

For those who have not yet visited, Tay Gallery in Kanata provides a cosy and ambient gallery space to contemplate art. We welcome art lovers to browse to their heart's content. Anywhere from 20 to 40 paintings are on exhibit at any one time depending on the show. Exhibitions change monthly as the wall space is limited and a significant amount of additional artwork posted on our website is always available to view and purchase, although paintings may not be currently on exhibition. We offer an interest free layaway plan to purchase artwork and provide 48 hour home trial period if needed.

Feature artists are Michel Luc Bellemare, Keith Burnett, Margaret Chwialkowska, Karen Goetzinger, Catherine Gutsche, Anna Krak-Kepka, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Luminita Serbanescu, and Claudia Urbach.

Call for Artist Submissions Tay Gallery Kanata

We are now accepting submissions from artists in the Ottawa area for two upcoming shows at Tay Gallery Kanata, City Slick which will exhibited in March and In Praise of Forests, April 2011.

Please email lbrown at taygallerykanata.com with title of art show submitted to in Subject line as well as your name. Email up to 4 low resolution jpg's of recent works, that are particularly relevant to the show's theme as well as your CV, Biography and Artist Statement.

City Slick March 1 - 26, 2011 Ottawa area artists are invited to submit paintings that express 'city' from your personal perspective. This is a small group show with no opening reception planned. Deadline for submissions Feb. 15, 2011.


In Praise of Forests - April 4 - 30, 2011
With Special Tribute to Beaver Pond Forest in Kanata
Plein air painters invited to submit.
The year 2011 was declared International Year of Forests by the United Nations.
In recognition of the importance of forests, and in particular to painters who seek out neighbouring forests for inspiration for their art, this exhibition will show appreciation for all that forests bring to all living things. Deadline for submissions March 1, 2011.
This group show will have an opening reception. Date for reception TBA.

Winter Spring Summer Fall - January show at Tay Gallery Kanata

Tay Gallery Kanata presents Winter Spring Summer Fall, a group show with paintings celebrating the seasons. The show runs until January 31. Tay Gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10 - 5 :30.

Tay River Gallery in Perth is open by appointment only. No shows are scheduled.
Call us at 613-836-4169 for an appointment to visit the Perth gallery or request a viewing of a particular painting you would like to see that you have viewed on our website and we will arrange for it to be delivered to the Kanata gallery for viewing.


Tay Gallery in Kanata is located at 471 Hazeldean Rd., corner of Castlefrank in Kanata, the west end community in Ottawa.

Call for Artist Submissions for " Call Me Romantic"

Call for Artist Submissions from the Ottawa Area for Art Show February


We are currently accepting submissions from artists located in the Ottawa area for our February show “Call me Romantic” to be displayed February 7 – 27 2011 at Tay Gallery Kanata.

Tay Gallery is located at 471 Hazeldean Rd.Unit 5, Kanata. Call 613-836-4169. This will be small art show focusing on a few artists only. Please note that there will be no opening reception will be held for this show.

Please send by email up to four images of recent paintings that are relevant to the theme “Call me Romantic” ,with biography and artist statement by January 22, 2011 to lbrown@taygallerykanata.com.

Sorry for the short notice but it has been a very busy season and I am playing catch up with my programming.

Cheers,
Lisa Brown, Tay Gallery Kanata, www.taygallerykanata.com