Angela (15 x 20 in.) watercolour, by Carol Berry, copyright 1993 I have not painted for three months, but everything I do when I’m not working as a graphic artist is geared towards getting me there, including creating this blog and going to meetings at my art club. While I am in this “between” time, […]
4th Concession, Orono (another view)
4th Concession, Orono (11 x 14 in.) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2009 I painted this landscape a couple of years ago. We spend our summer weekends in the countryside, north of Newcastle, Ontario. I personally think that we are located on the most scenic road in the region. Over every hill is […]
The support of a father
My Handsome Dad (18×24) conte on paper, by Carol Berry, copyright 2008 I drew this portrait of my father to mark his 75th birthday, almost a couple of years ago now. He has always been very supportive of my art, starting when I did my BFA at Concordia University. My father’s great-aunt, Henrietta Mabel May, […]
In the company of friends
From life, DVAC (24 x 30 in.) oil on canvas board, by Carol Berry, copyright 2005 I am posting this portrait done during an evening life session at the Don Valley Art Club. I value my 10 years of membership at the art club very much. For almost four years I have been working full […]
4th Concession, Orono
4th Concession, Orono (11 x 14 in.) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2009 Here is a painting that I painted last year. I was trying to paint a quick study, only to realize that I can’t paint quickly in the studio with photo references, my natural tight style edges in. I think I […]
Cherry Beach, Toronto
Cherry Beach, study (11 x 14) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2009 There are so many paintings of Cherry Beach, though not so many from the water. I sail at Cherry Beach and I always take my camera with me. My small sailboat is often seen with its sails flapping, but I’m not […]
Whiskey, a wedding gift
Whiskey (18 x 24 in.) oil on canvas, by Carol Berry, copyright 2009 I painted this last summer as a wedding gift for close family friends. I loved doing this, although it meant that I wasn’t able to get out to paint en plein air. This was the first time I painted a complete burnt […]
Artist blogs are a wonderful inspiration
I am setting up this blog as a quick experiment, I run the Don Valley Art Club website as a self hosted WordPress site and I have used the free WordPress.com service but I’ve never used Blogger before and I wanted to see how easy it was to get started with it. I’m going to […]