A Great Time at the Headwaters Arts Festival

My family came to see my work at the Headwaters Arts Festival and my son-in-law took a couple of pictures of yours truly with my work. (He had placed these photos on his blog where I retrieved them for mine. Thank you Malcolm.)

Of the 5 entered, 4 sold. I was most pleased with my sales and with meeting a couple of the purchasers.

The diversity of styles and techniques, the scope of the work and the individual craftsmanship was excellent throughout the Festival and especially at the Art Show and Sale.


And the poster -without me.
Now I need to get to work on some new pieces. As I had said to a number of patrons, I produce only about 10 items in a series based upon a theme. Then I move on to the next theme. I have at least 3 themes rolling around and that does not include the furniture and boxes. We will see what this winter produces.

a Cap Embroidered for the Cottage

At the cottage I asked Mannie to make me a cap and embroider it. She did.Gold threads on a silk cap is my idea of cottage life -after the work is done.

Raven Series to the Arts Festival

Just moved in. Entered a juried art show and sale. Accepted. Here are the entries.

Art Show in the Headwaters of Ontario

Since moving into our new home I have been busy preparing for a rather large area art show and sale. The Headwaters Arts Festival runs from September 25 to October 4 and involves theatre, music, crafts, studio tours, and the Art Show and Sale that I was invited to display mypyrographic/acrylic paintings (the Raven Series)

(click on the images to make them larger)


My name, Peter Marshall, is in there somewhere.

Check it out if your are in Ontario, Canada near Erin or Orangeville -quite the haven for artists.

Crafty Acorn People

My wife had gathered a collection of acorns for doing crafts. Our granddaughter came over and wanted to work in the studio. Ergo Acorn people on a boat going to their island. (hmmm)

Our 4 year old granddaughter painted the boat and facial expressions; I hot glued the googly eyes; my wife sewed the clothes. Co-operation was the word for the day.
Now the acorn people could be taken out of the holes drilled in the boat and moved around. Our granddaughter had fun and the acorn people off sailed to their island in the sun.

Old work found

Midst the work done for others, moving and settling in, the birth of a new granddaughter and preparing to put work into a large art show (Headwater's Arts Festival -more later) I found a couple of old drawings I had done years ago.

After looking at them and then the Raven series of pyrograghic paintings being submitted to the show I realized how similar they were.

Never the less, here are two old drawings. Note the paper has faded and the lighting has created unusual effects that I just left as part of the image.

Note now an image from my Raven series.
- a little on "the dark side", as one dealer said.

Good intentions...but life just got in the way...

Just when I was making a stab at the "to-do list" at home the cottage beckoned to be opened. However, before we could even do that, I was commandeered to build a shelving unit at my son and daughter-in-law's home. So my wife and I -and my son- built this eight foot high, five foot wide unit to house twelve baskets to hide -oops, store - whatever. Adjustable shelves finished it off. My son wanted time to determine trim and colour, so as of this moment the unit is unfinished.

After opening the cottage (and there were a few days spent cleaning, starting up the water, blah, blah, blah) my wife and I returned home to assist my son in rebuilding his daughter's outdoor play set that had blown down in the high winds that frequent this area.


Yet, somehow, through it all my wife was able to complete her punch needle scarab with a circle made of nacre attached. Me I can barely drag myself to a sofa to lie down.


So, as much as I have tried to blog life just got in the way.