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Deborah Czernecky will be exhibiting five of her paintings in a juried show at the Public Art Gallery in Victoria B.C. , The Gallery Cafe in September. Pictured in the photo is Deborah painting on location in Georgian Bay this summer. Deborah is off to Southern France on the 7th of Sept to paint near Toulouse and she will be back in Ontario early October to paint the fall colours. Deborah Czernecky has paintings on display in Tay River Gallery throughout the year.

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Gallery artist, Karen Goetzinger will be featured in a City of Ottawa solo exhibition of mixed media textile work in " The Nocturne Series" at Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ben Franklin Place Ottawa from August 31 - Oct. 3rd. Reception on Sunday Sept. 9th from 2 - 4 p.m.
A number of textile artworks from Karen Goetzinger's "City of Dreams" series works are currently on display at Tay River Gallery.

Gallery artist,Tricia Wilmot Savoie received an honorable mention for her painting entered in the East Central Ontario Artist's Association (ECOAA) Annual Juried show currently showing at Centrepointe Theatre Gallery until August 31. Works by Tricia Wilmot Savoie can be viewed at Tay River Gallery year round.

The Awakening Oct 4 - 7th in Perth

The Tay River at Stewart Park in Perth will be the gathering place Oct 4 - 7th for everyone to take part in The Awakening hosted by the Circle of All Nations. Elders of different countries will gather to share wisdom and knowledge and discuss how people of many nations can help heal the Earth as it continues to undergo environmental changes. As well as teachings, there will be live entertainment with music performances by First Nation artists and a powwow. For more information visit www.merriwolf.blogspot.com or www.circleofallnations.ca.
Bring your family and friends. This is an important event and I am taking this opportunity to personally spread the word. See you there!
Lisa Brown

Coming September: J. Allison Robichaud Solo Exhibition

Tay River Gallery is proud to present the new works of accomplished Canadian landscape painter, J. Allison Robichaud of Prescott in September from Sept 1 - 30th. The Artist Reception will be held on Saturday September 8th from 2 - 4 p.m. at the gallery located at 28 Wilson St. W. in Perth. Meet the artist and enjoy the show. Refreshments will be served.
Allison Robichaud is a highly respected artist who paints the Canadian landscape on location outdoors. Mr. Robichaud has participated in numerous solo and group shows in galleries in Ontario and Quebec and has been featured at workshops and prestigious art symposiums. His landscape and still life paintings are in private and corporate collections in Canada and abroad

Catch the wave of Summer Splash at Tay River Gallery

Catch the wave of Summer Splash before summer is gone. An exhilarating show with plenty of punch, Splash features over 180 works by 28 regional artists in watercolours, oils, acrylic textile and photography. This summer show continues until August 30th with featured artists Heather Assaf, Anne Barkley, Normand Baril, Catharina Breedyk Law, Deborah Czernecky, John Alexander Day, Karen Phillips Curran, Jean Gauvreau, Karen Goetzinger, Ann Gruchy, Catherine Kelly, Shirley Mancino, Martha Markowsky, Marianna Mikhaylyan, Andrew N. Olscher, James E. Pay, J. Allison Robichaud, Leslie Rohonczy, T. Wilmot Savoie, Mary Schofield, Antal Serences, , Gudrun Schutz, Connie Spencer, John Stevenson, France Tremblay, John Topelko, Vivien Tytor, Bill Veale, Gary Webster, David Zimmerly.

If you are looking for a painting for your home or office, this show offers the widest selection of paintings in a variety of styles, media and subject matter, in large and small sizes, to suit any setting with an offering of consistently high calibre original works by respected and popular artists from the region. Take a trip out to Perth before the summer is over as this show will be displayed only until August 30th.

The gallery welcomes Normand Baril, Ottawa area pastel artist, Bill Veale, Perth watercolour artist, Anne Barkley of Williamsburg, Vivien Tytor of Ottawa, Marianna Mikhaylayan of rural Quebec, and John Stevenson, landscape artist from Aylmer Quebec as participants in our summer show.

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Congratulations to gallery artist, France Tremblay from Ottawa who has recently been juried into the "Paint the Parks" show for 2007. France's painting entitled "Jumbo Rocks " which depicts a scene observed at the Joshua Tree National Park in California was selected for this impressive show. Paint the Parks (formerly called "Arts in the Parks") is a leading competition in the United States. Each year, it commissions a professional panel of jurors to select from thousands of entries the hundred winning images, well known as the "Top 100". The competition celebrates the United States national parks, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the National Parks Foundation and the Paint America scholarship Fund. To view the exhibition online and the details of the tour, visit www.PaintAmerica.org and go to the Paint the Parks section. Paintings by France Tremblay are currently displayed in Tay River Gallery in Perth.

The gallery welcomes guest artists Anne Barkley and Marianna Mikhaylyan. Anne and Marianna are exhibitors in the current summer show, Summer Splash exhibition at Tay River Gallery.
Anne Barkley, Williamsburg area artist, is a member of several arts organizations, and in 2005 was elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists. In 2006 she was elected as a Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. She has paintings in public and private collections across Canada. Anne has taught many workshops and classes in painting and drawing. A number of Anne's distinctive abstract works are exhibited in the current show. Anne's current body of work maintains a focus on the complexity of simple abstract shapes where skilful application of compositional elements engages the viewer's imagination and emotional response.
Marianna Mikhaylyan is an artist of Russian-Armenian origin currently living in rural Quebec near Montreal. Marianna studied as an artist in applied arts at the Moscow Academy and has participated in various art shows in Russia, USA and Canada. Her expressive and energetic figurative paintings are stylized works with texture, bold colour and strokes, and loose flowing movement incorporating the central figure and surrounding space.

Karen Phillips Curran has recently opened her new studio , Riverstones Gallery in Burnstown Ontario near Calabogie. Best of luck to you Karen!

James E. Pay and his wife Eileen have recently relocated to Nova Scotia to live by the sea. We expect to see many new coastal scenes from James in the near future.

Vivien Tytor is featured in a solo exhibition in Ottawa called IRIDESCENCE A series of paintings with colours that shift in hue as the viewer moves or the light on them changes
from July 26 - August 18, 2007 at theVisual Arts Centre, Orleans. Works by Vivien Tytor are also featured in Summer Splash show at Tay River Gallery this summer.


John Alexander Day and Deborah Czernecky have been away in Georgian Bay this week with their painting group for a week long ' paintathon'. We hope this trip is as productive as the previous year. New gems for the gallery coming up! Do send the photos of the trip along.

Tricia Wilmot Savoie is off to Bon Echo for the annual weekend long art show in the Provincial Park.

That's it for the latest artist news from the gallery.

Summer Splash

Summer Splash, our summer - long fine art extravaganza at Tay River Gallery opened on July 4th with "summer fresh" works from 28 regional artists. A wide selection of original art in terms of style, subject matter and media is displayed all summer guaranteed to provide some splash to your summer whether you come to simply browse and visit or decide you must own one of one of these high quality original Canadian artworks.

Plan to set aside some time this summer to see this show with its abundance of summer seascapes/landscapes, florals, figurative and abstract works painted by our regional artists. If not at Tay River Gallery, then perhaps visit a gallery located near you. These talented Canadian artists are most certainly deserving of our recognition, respect and support. Art enriches the soul as we are witness in a brief glance and connection with the essence of another human soul through the medium of the artist's creation.

We encourage and welcome parents to bring your children out to the exhibit as well. We firmly believe that the early appreciation of art and creativity in all the arts are important to quality of life. Fine art exhibitions are generally free events and provide enjoyment to young and old without barriers. We take our children to movies, arcades, museums, zoos and amusement parks. Why not art galleries? Let's make a point of passing on this reverance and appreciation to our young people so that our cultural life remains rich for many generations to come.