Merrymaking by the Tay

"Merrymaking by the Tay", the annual holiday show at Tay River Gallery opens this week.
Tay River Gallery will present a festive mix of small original paintings by area artists at gift giving prices during November and December.
Also featured are a number of grand artworks of a festive flavor from our celebrated artists.


Rich in palette, joyful in theme and with a sense of everyday wonder , the upcoming season is embraced in the most delightful of creative interpretations.

"Merrymaking" - is celebration, festivity, lively enjoyment , joyous diversion, jolly, entertaining, revelry , cheer and more...

Join us at the Open House on Sat. Nov 29th from 12 - 5 pm at 28 Wilson St. W. for holiday refreshments during the Festival of Good Cheer in Perth. See the show and by chance meet an exhibiting artist. There is no artist reception scheduled for this show but a few artists do plan to stop in and visit.

New paintings are arriving over the next week from gallery artists for this show from as far west as Victoria, BC and east to Halifax NS.

Enjoy the new festive selection of paintings by talented area artists Normand Baril, Margaret Chwialkowska, Deborah Czernecky, Leah Dockrill, Ernest Labelle, Shirley Mancino, Martha Markowsky, J. Allison Robichaud, Tricia Savoie, Charles Spratt, Paulette-Marie Sauve, James E. Pay, Rosemary Randell, and France Tremblay. Plenty of small gems at affordable prices from your favourite artists.

As a special added attraction in Merrymaking , we are very pleased to introduce oil paintings by Ernest F. Labelle and watercolours by Rosemary Randell. Welcome to you both. More about the artists soon in an upcoming blog.. need to run and finish hanging this show.
Lisa B.