Gallery News. Charles Spratt

Tay River Gallery is proud to welcome the works of accomplished landscape artist, Charles Spratt. Charles has been painting for over thirty years and his best loved subjects remain rural Ontario and Quebec. His masterful brushwork is easily identifiable and his works have found their way into many corporate and private collections. With more than 25 major solo exhibitions over the years, showing in galleries in Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa, there is a steady demand for his work..
The artist has taught both portrait and landscape painting for Ontario colleges and is called upon to give workshops at locations across Canada..His work has received numerous awards. Charles Spratt is past president of the Manotick Art Association and the Ottawa Watercolour Society. He is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour(CSPWC) and the Ottawa Watercolour Society(OWC). See more about Charles Spratt and current works available at the gallery on his artist page at Tay River Gallery.

Artist News Item

Congratulations are in order to France Tremblay who recently had her Painting entitled "Hidden Valley Guardians" , juried into the high profile "2007 Paint America Top 100" show as one of the top two paintings to represent the state of California . Paint America is a national level competition which selects two paintings from thousands of entries to celebrate the beauty and uniqueness of each state. Collectively the top two chosen for each state attain the honour of being recognized as part of the top 100 in the nation. With this honour comes national exposure through an online and touring exhibitions. Bravo France!
For biography and art for sale by France Tremblay visit her artist page at Tay River Gallery.

Call for Wildlife Artists

Just a reminder to wildlife artists in Canada that submissions are being accepted until February 10th, 2008 for our upcoming show Call of the Wild. A Canadian Wildlife show to be held during April and May at Tay River Gallery in Perth Ontario. For details please check the website on our events page.

Tay River Gallery Call for Artist Submissions for Three New Shows

Artists across Canada are welcome to submit applications to three exhibitions to be held at Tay River Gallery in 2008: Call of the Wild. A Canadian Wilderness Exhibition in April/May; An Artistic Exploration of the Human Form in June/July; and Black & White. A Fine Art Photography Exhibition in September. The deadline for submitting applications is February 10th for the Call of the Wild, March 1st for the Figurative Show, and April 1st for the black and white Photography show. Please submit all applications to lisabpavie@gmail.com .
For details on our current calls for submissions please check out our website.

Call for Artist Submissions at Tay River Gallery

Calls for spring programming have begun at Tay River Gallery, the first for a Canadian Wilderness Art show in April/May 2008 and the second for a Figurative Art Show in June/July 2008. Specifics are detailed below.

There will be no feature shows held at Tay River Gallery in Perth until April 2008. For the winter months paintings by gallery artists will be on display and refreshed with new works on a bi- monthly basis.

Call For Submissions from Artists for upcoming Major Exhibition
"An Artistic Exploration of the Human Form"

A Figurative Art Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures at Tay River Gallery.
Exhibit Dates - June & July 2008.

The central motif of the artwork must be the human figure. Nudes, semi-clothed and fully clothed figures with artistic focus on the aesthetics, or alternatively, as social or political commentary, expression of human experience, allegory, fantasy or narrative. Drawings, Paintings,Textile and Sculptural works accepted.

Artists are requested to make their submissions by March 1st 2008 to Lisa Brown, curator of Tay River Gallery at lbrown@tayrivergallery.com. or if image file is large please send to lisabpavie@gmail.com

Submissions should include 4 - 8 images (jpgs low resolution) of the work you are submitting to display and a short biography, resume and artist statement. Please detail the medium used as well as the physical dimensions of the work.Please provide a link to personal website if available. Digital submissions are preferred.

Hard copies CD, or print portfolio are also welcome by mail:
L. Brown Tay River Gallery 28 Wilson St. W. Perth On. Canada. K7H 2M9.
Please include full contact information.

Call for Submissions from Nature Artists for Spring Exhibition
"Call of the Wild " Canadian Wilderness Art Exhibition.

An exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography on the subject of wildlife/nature art.
Exhibition Dates April May 2008

Wildlife art/nature art is the theme of our spring show. We are interested in works on paper and canvas with the emphasis on works on paper. Drawings and Paintings in various media-graphite pencil, ink, watercolour, pastel, coloured pencil, oil, acrylic.

Artists are requested to make their submissions by February 10th 2008 to Lisa Brown, curator of Tay River Gallery at lbrown@tayrivergallery.com. or if image file is large please send to lisabpavie@gmail.com

Submissions should include 4 - 6 images (jpgs low resolution) of the work you are submitting to display and a short biography, resume and artist statement. Please provide detailed description of works submitted, size, medium, etc. Digital submissions are preferred.

Hard copies CD, or small printed portfolio ( 81/2 x 11) size are also welcome by mail:
L. Brown Tay River Gallery 28 Wilson St. W. Perth On. Canada. K7H 2M9.
Please include full contact information.

Please note that the gallery will be closed on December 31, January 1st and 2nd and reopen on Thursday January 3rd . Winter hours at the gallery will be Monday, Thursday and Friday from 11 - 5 and Saturday from 10 - 5 p.m. The gallery will also be open by appointment on Tuesday and Wednesday.

We wish everyone the best in the New Year! 2007 has been good to us at Tay River Gallery and we hope to do exciting new things in 2008 ,which we simply can't divulge at this time. Stay Tuned!
Cheers, Lisa and Dave

Great Christmas Ideas from Tay River Gallery

Canadian art is our specialty and if "Canadiana" is what you are looking for for someone on your Christmas list or are thinking of treating yourself, here is a short list of gift ideas available at the gallery:
Close to 200 paintings by Canadian artists are on exhibit year round from miniature size to grand. Small matted paintings and prints, photography ready for framing. Art cards .
Gorgeous artist jewelry by a number of area jewelry designers in a wide range of prices and styles. Tai Knots Jewelry by Rachel Norman, and Glass Jewelry by Kirei Samuel to mention a few.
Funky "Art to Go " Handbags by Catherina Breedyk Law, Hand Dyed Shibori Scarves in Silk and Silk Velvet by Kit Vincent.
Textile wall art by Karen Goetzinger and Catharina Breedyk Law in contemporary style.
Woodturned bowls and Vases in cherry, hackberry, maple and birch by Lorne Babb.
Carved ducks , and loons by Chris Taber. Carved Birds by William Shelaga.
Pottery and Raku by Helen Stone, Pottery by Anne Chambers and Handbuilt pottery by Marie Paquette.
Fused Glass by Suzan Kowalski, and Stained Glass by Davie Pavie
Art Instruction, Craft andArt Reference books and a small selection of art materials.
Books, fiction , non fiction and poetry by area writers.
Ready made Frames with linen liners in a variety of sizes. We offer custom framing with a discount to seniors.

Note to International Artists from Tay River Gallery

We have been receiving many unsolicited submissions from international artists with large graphic files which our website mail account cannot accomodate. As a consequence, the mailbox is frequently full, and mail is bounced.
Please direct your artist submissions to lisabpavie@gmail.com and please reduce the size of your photos of your works to around 100 kb. each. We prefer to receive a link to a website, or to a blog rather than images attached to the email.
We are interested in seeing international submissions but please send to the alternate email address : lisabpavie@gmail.com
Thanks for your cooperation,
Lisa Brown, Gallery Director