October Shows at Swoon!

Please join us this Saturday, October 5th, from 2 - 5pm for the opening of our October Shows!

Featured this month:

Recollections - new work by textile artist Sharon Baldwin
Bathing Beauties - new ceramic sculpture by Aimee Swikit
New Work - by ceramic artist Christine Lavoie
First Light  - new photographs by Mariette Roodenburg

Shows continue until November 3rd, and works in the shows will be posted to our website in the week following the reception.

We're also thrilled to present a book launch for watercolour painter Louise Williams' children's book, Animal ABCs (paintings by Louise, text by Kate Rose). Louise will be present Saturday 2 - 5 to sign copies of her book, and paintings from the book will be on display and for sale until November 3rd.   

Animal ABCs is available for sale at Swoon throughout the year, 19.95 with partial proceeds going to the IWK.

September Shows at Swoon!

We are pleased to present two new shows throughout the month of September. 

Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, Sept.7th from 2 – 5, for: 

 Attachment: New work by Fenn Martin and Raina McDonald 

and Insight: Paintings and Haiku by Geoffrey Grantham.   

Shows run until Sept.29th. 

Works from the shows will be posted on our website in the week following the reception.

See you Swoon! 

August Shows at Swoon!

Now showing through August 25th:  

Cow Shalt Not  by Jennie Morrow,  
Sea Level - Collaborative work by A.D. Tinkham and Mariette Roodenburg
Shelter by Nancy Roberts
Rural Routes - A Closer Look by Lynn Johnson.

 

July Shows at Swoon!

Now Showing through July 28th!

Farm Life – A Group Show
 
Participating artists: Sheryl Haws, Nora Gross, Andreas Lietzow, Amanda Schlamp, Amy Derrah, Anne Bastedo, Lynn Johnson, Carol Morrison, Cheryl Flemming, Curtis Botham, Geoffrey Grantham, Eleanor Clarke, Gail Sutherland, Laura Kenney, Louise Williams, Jim Tracey, Jo Ann Shaw, Kim Danio, Lyndsey Stacey, Shauna MacLeod, Olga Fredericks, Linda Roe, Andrea Redmond, Sharon Baldwin, Susan Sweet, Tacha Reed, Susan Malmstrom, Viginia Houston, Angela Melanson, Vaughan Irwin, Marlene York

Shirts vs. Skins: New work by Brandt Eisner

And…

New Work by Sue Westby

Call for Submissions: Our 3rd Annual Group Halloween Show

Spectre – A Halloween Group Show It is a part of our common history; from our childhood fear of the haunted house down the street, to attempting to contact the dead through a séance or Ouija Board. As a society we are obsessed with the idea of ghosts.In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people, though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also been recounted.This is not an easy call for submissions. You will be required to think outside of the “white sheet”. How does one capture, the essence, emotion and the mystery surrounding something so intimate and personal. Let us summon the creative spirits that they might guide us in telling their tale. In the meantime try not to get spooked! 

This juried show will take place October 19, 2013 – November 3, 2013, with an opening reception on Oct.19 from 2-5pm.   We are asking that artists submit only two images. Remember, the jury only has your image to base its decision on so the quality of your photo is very important. Be sure to attach your image as a jpeg and that it is a large file.  Images for consideration, not the actual work, must be emailed to the gallery by Sept 21, 2013. (info@swoonfineart.com) Submissions will be reviewed by a jury, and artists will be notified of the results by phone or email.  Work must have been created within the last year and must not have been previously shown. Artists can submit up to two works and should include the size, price and medium of each piece. Artists in all mediums are encouraged to participate.   (Note – If framing is required- works on paper should contain a single white matt and a simple black frame; works on canvas (2” stretchers) that are unframed must have finished edges and works on canvas that require frames (thin stretchers) should be in a simple black frame)  All accepted work must be delivered to Swoon on, or before, Oct.12th, 2013.   

I look forward to being haunted by your submissions!  


Brandt Eisner, 
Owner/DirectorSwoon – Fine Art & Antiques 
1410 Hammonds Plains Road
 info@swoonfineart.com 
www.swoonfineart.com 
444-8279  

June at Swoon!

Now showing at Swoon through June 30th: "Waxworks" by Rosemary Clarke Young and "Ever Present" - a collaboration by painter Anna Horsnell Wade and clay artist Carol Smeraldo. 

Carol Smeraldo and Anna Horsnell Wade were both winners of the Progress Club Women of Excellence Award.

Images of all works in the shows are now on our website, or see them by clicking on the artist names above.

 

May Shows at Swoon!

These shows are now past, but in the interest of keeping this blog as an archive of our shows in May we featured work by Kristina Sobstad, Joanne Solway, Helen Opie and Jay Leblanc:

 

Many of the pieces from these shows can still be seen on our website, and we're thrilled to add wildlife sculptor Joanne Solway to our list of artists showing regularly at Swoon.