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Don Hightower Membership on Dasonet

By jove! I think we just might hit a hundred artists by the end of the year! What a fantastic success this blog has proven to be. Way to go Mike Butler! Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on August 29, 2008 at 8:24pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Station Gallery in Whitby

If you are looking for some place to work on Mondays, join the Station Gallery in Whitby. They have an open studio free of charge for members, from Monday, September 8th, till Monday, December 15th, 2008. It runs from 10:00 A.M. till 3:00 P.M. Other day and evening classes are provided at reasonable rates as well. Check out their website at, (www.whitbystationgallery.com/) . Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on August 21, 2008 at 10:08am — No Comments

Allan OMarra AWOL Gallery 'Square Foot' Show Artists Reception

Providing a link to a Facebook album of photos I took at the "artists reception" for the AWOL Gallery (Toronto) 'Square Foot' show I attended last night. 1,300 works by 600 artists. Not a lot of sales overall, and no bites on my 3 pieces...:O( -- even after many, many thousands of show visitors in the first two days (I can't seem to make hyperlink work, so you'll have to copy and paste the URL.): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=51958&l=c19a9&id=542151078 Continue

Posted by Allan OMarra on August 17, 2008 at 12:10pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Chi Energy....Life Paintings by Marissa Sweet

Be sure to visit the McLean Community Centre,95 McGill Drive in Ajax to view Marissa Sweets wonderful show. It will be on display till Monday, September 8, 2008, in the atrium. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on August 9, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Allan OMarra Scenes From A Family Reunion

A series of pictures I took at my family reunion this past weekend in the Bancroft area. Go to link (Can't seem to make URL into a hyperlink. You'll have to copy and paste it.): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47937&l=1e14b&id=542151078 Continue

Posted by Allan OMarra on July 23, 2008 at 10:26am — 2 Comments

Martha E. Lewis THE EVOLUTION REVOLUTION @ THE ROM

NOW FEATURED AT THE ROM Something to see this Summer 2008 while its still on exhibition. A life experiance to see in ones own lifetime. Below is the feature article on the specifics about the showing. Discover the extraordinary story of Charles Darwin in Darwin: The Evolution Revolution, the most comprehensive exhibition ever mounted on the man whose revolutionary theory changed the world. This extraordinary exhibition traces Darwin’s life from his early years of curious observation and scientif… Continue

Posted by Martha E. Lewis on July 18, 2008 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

Don Hightower Art Events and Happenings in Durham

If any DASONET members have an art event in the Durham region, that they would like to promote on the website, please send me or Mike Butler a message with all the details, and we will put it on the board toot sweet for all to see. Thanks. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on July 11, 2008 at 10:28am — No Comments

Allan OMarra Cobourg Festival Art Show and Sale

MY BOOTH

MY TABLE AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL Just reporting on my part… Continue

Posted by Allan OMarra on July 2, 2008 at 11:00am — 6 Comments

Don Hightower Quick connect to all your favorite web sites.

Have a look at (http://www.allmyfaves.com) . Its a way to connect to many sites without having to look them up through Google, or do a web search. Add it to your favorites in your web browser. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 17, 2008 at 9:20pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Artists TV

Some free art instruction, thanks to the Artists network at, (http://fw_artists.permissiontv.com/index.html?) . Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 17, 2008 at 9:11pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Check out the new videos

(www.artistsnetwork.tv/) Has some downloadable video instructions, and some freebees by artists such as, Stephen Quiller and Costa Vavagiakis. Even if you pay for them, they are only about $15.00 to keep on your computer for six months. You can stop and fast forward just like a DVD. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 17, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Don Hightower McLean Centre Art Show

Joan Greenhead and Jean Cairns are displaying their artwork at the McLean Centre in Ajax from June 30th till Monday, August 4th. Both are members of Ajax Creative Arts and Pine Ridge Arts Council. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 12, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Allan OMarra Leonard Cohen in Concert

Leonard Cohen was merely AWESOME in concert in Toronto last night. I was overwhelmed by the genius of his words and music, often finding myself blissed from cosmic recognition and connection to his unique soul and poetic expression. (Been a fan since the 60's, of the last century.) I'… Continue

Posted by Allan OMarra on June 7, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Don Hightower New web page by member Joan Bontje

Pay a visit to artist Joan Bontje's nicely designed web page to view her artwork. (http://joanbontje.ca). Well done Joan! Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 4, 2008 at 9:48pm — No Comments

Don Hightower The Quads 12TH Anniversary Art Show and Sale

This event takes place in The Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Cetre, 197 Main Street, in Unionville. It features art by Joan Attersley - Gail George - Shirley Heard - and Pat Whittle. It runs from Wednesday Sept. 17th till Sunday Sept. 21st, 2008. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on May 23, 2008 at 8:17pm — No Comments

jocelyn ball Recent Stuff

I have not been on here, again, for a month or so. My part time job is now done till Sept. so I am working on commissions, a mural, and a couple small paintings to sell as well as 2 personal pieces. I need to begin the portrait I intend to enter into 2009's The Kingston Prize. It will be of my son and his guitar. Anyone interested in entering this great portrait competition/exhibition, just Google Kingston Prize. The subject of your work needs to be someone you know or who agreed to sit as the… Continue

Posted by jocelyn ball on May 16, 2008 at 12:19pm — 7 Comments

Allan OMarra A Passing

My oldest brother, Gerald, passed away on Saturday of chronic heart desease at the age of 71 (I am 2nd youngest of 8 siblings). I had a final heart-to-heart conversation with him some days before he died, which has helped with dealing with his passing. When he was a teenager, we… Continue

Posted by Allan OMarra on May 15, 2008 at 10:56am — 7 Comments

Don Hightower Web cam communications

For the very low price of a web camera, (about thirty dollars), you can not only talk to other artists, but see them as well We use a free site called, (www.sightspeed.com) . Why would anyone spend money on long distance charges, when they could talk to and also see their friends and relatives? Have a look at this site and investigate how easy it is to install a web cam. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on April 21, 2008 at 10:09pm — 3 Comments

Don Hightower Map of Changing Middle East

Dorsey James has given us a great website for viewing the effects of war in the middle east region. It shows the changes made throughout history, right up to the present time. It's quite interesting. (www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf) . Sorry. That should have been plural "maps" Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on April 8, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Don Hightower A very good read

I have just finished reading "Roughing It In The Bush" by English novelist Susanna Moodie. This is the true, first hand account of a family building a new home in the Rice Lake area of Ontario. It covers the years from 1832 to 1839 and all the hardships endured by the early settlers. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on March 15, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Portrait Blogpost

If you enjoy sketching faces, pay a visit to (http://theportraitparty.blogspot.com/) . It's quite interesting. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on March 9, 2008 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Mike Butler “FITNESS: BREATHING IS THE GYM FOR THE BRAIN”

Here is a great blog with a very upbeat message and great writing. Here's a sample: "I had the good fortune to be at the high mountain California observatory just after the first astronauts returned from their time on the Moon. Since I had been a science journalist, the director of the telescope told me that he had a story that those high flying men told him and he had a tape, which has been brought back. Nevertheless, the story is better than the tape because it calls on each of us to use our… Continue

Posted by Mike Butler on February 27, 2008 at 9:27am — No Comments

jocelyn ball Lately

Have not been on here much since the Fall. Had a busy season in my seasonal job as a school photographer. Currently, have entries in a current show through the Fed. of Canadian Artists; hope my entry gets accepted. I don't always get into the juried shows I enter. Currently have a large watercolour collage style portrait commission to finish for March 3rd so am a bit swamped and short of time lol! Continue

Posted by jocelyn ball on February 16, 2008 at 9:19am — 4 Comments

Don Hightower Artist Network

A great web page for all art related items of interest, articles, art supplies,and techniques, go to the newly designed http://preview.artistsnetwork.com/GeneralMenu/ . Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on February 7, 2008 at 9:29am — No Comments

Don Hightower Drawing website

Go to http://drawn.ca/ for articles on drawing and artists who love to illustrate. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on January 12, 2008 at 7:52pm — No Comments

cheryl bannister FRENCHMANS BAY

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Posted by cheryl bannister on January 11, 2008 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Don Hightower A "Must" read for artists

Good things come in small packages. If you can find a copy of "The Painted Word" by Thomas Wolfe, it's an interesting book on what made art sell over the last hundred years or so. and what made some artists famous. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on December 27, 2007 at 8:14pm — No Comments

Allan OMarra My Maple Leaf Captains Limited Edition Litho Print

I've just finished a 36" x 54" oil on canvas painting of all of the captains of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team since their inception in the early 1920s (I've been a fan of the team since the early 1960s). And I'm offering copies of a limited edition print of the painting for sale. If you are looking for a unique Christmas gift for family, friends or clients who are Leaf fans, this might just be the perfect idea! Go to my site at…
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Posted by Allan OMarra on December 4, 2007 at 11:30am — No Comments

brigitta k. my language is german

but i hope, you can understand my english.

until now, i have only german websites.
when the chaos is perfect, you can see on this site
more about my links.
http://kulturserver-sh.de/home/krauseb/web/krause.html

i hope, you will enjoy it ((-:=

brigitta



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Posted by brigitta k. on November 30, 2007 at 10:59am — 1 Comment

Allan OMarra Pix From My Opening

Providing a link to photos on a Facebook page from my show opening last night plus pix of the paintings as shown:

Opening

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Posted by Allan OMarra on October 5, 2007 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Allan OMarra Reminder re: My Show Opening

A reminder that my show, 'Moments of Awakening' opens tomorrow, Thursday, October 4, in Toronto at Gallery 888, located at 888 Queen St. East (between Broadview and Carlaw). Opening happens between 6 and 9 p.m. Would love to see some of you folks there!

The Dalai Lama Shoots Adolph Hitler, oil on canvas, 40" x 54"

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Posted by Allan OMarra on October 3, 2007 at 9:58pm — No Comments

jocelyn ball Hello Fellow Durham Region Artists!

Glad to have been invited to this site by Allan!

I have rarely had time to get involved much within my own community's art goings on. Always too much work and running I guess.

I have entered the PineRidge juried exhibitions, the Oshawa one a couple of times as well as an older one in Pickering that was held at the library and civic building there back in 97. I had one Best of Show for a black and white airbrush portrait of my sister, Kyla. I think that show may be defunct or met…

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Posted by jocelyn ball on September 28, 2007 at 4:17pm — 2 Comments

Don Hightower Cultural Expressions Art Gallery

Drop by the gallery next time you come to the club. It's just down the street at 62 Old Kingston Road, in Pickering Village. Sharon Steinhaus is showing some of her artwork there. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, 11:00 A.M till 7:00 P.M. And also on Saturday from 11:00 A.M till 4:00 P.M. It has a unique collection of original works of art and prints from different cultures and countries. It is truly the Gallery with a Difference! Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on September 26, 2007 at 4:12pm — 1 Comment

Don Hightower Women in Art

For a truly amazing video showing the various faces of women, and how artists depicted them over the centuries, go to (http://miraulam.multiply.com/video/item/38) . Just hit the "play" button, sit back and enjoy. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on September 25, 2007 at 1:35pm — 2 Comments

Don Hightower Pastel Pans

Check out a new product for pastel artists. Sharon sent us a video from Artists Magazine. Go to (http://www.artistsmagazine.com/video/tamtv.asp?showid=61075) They are low dust and erasable. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on August 31, 2007 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Pacco J Pompei. Printing a positive for Hand Tinting.

Printmaking is the most exciting aspects of Photography. Black and White Print making lends itself towards a leisurely creation. You can fine tune the image-by enlarging it and altering the tones of White through Black. You can also reduce or increase the contrast between them. Cropping the edges readys the Print for final viewing.
Photo Printing Paper is coated with a light-sensitive emulsion containing crystals of silver atoms combined with bromine or chlorine atoms or both. Light is p…

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Posted by Pacco J Pompei. on August 27, 2007 at 5:29am — No Comments

Pacco J Pompei. The Zone system.

The zone scale at right has ten steps and is based on Ansel Adams's description of zones in his book The negative. Zone 0(zero) relates to the deepest black print value that photographic printing paper can produce. Zone V corresponds to a middle gray, the tone of a standard-gray test card of 18 percent reflectance. Zone IX relates to the lightest possible print value-pure white of the paper base.
The Zone System allows you to previsualize how the tones in any scene will look in a print a…

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Posted by Pacco J Pompei. on August 27, 2007 at 5:25am — No Comments

Mike Butler Print your own art

As an experiment I have uploaded an abstract image that can be printed on your own inkjet printer. It should look nice at about 8" x 10" Just click this link, then right click and save the image to your desktop and print it on your own printer. Feel free to pass it around to friends.

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Posted by Mike Butler on August 14, 2007 at 12:18pm — 1 Comment

Lynn Leighton The gourd woman

I have been thinking of the various art forms that I have been interested in over the years. A few years ago I saw gourd art at a local show and bought some seeds to try to grow my own hard-shelled gourds for crafting and painting. The first year was not successful as I tried to grow them in my backyard and may have been a bit late in planting them. I perservevered and bought more seeds from Northern Dipper Farm in Ontario. I was very kindly loaned the use of a big plot of land up north at a fri… Continue

Posted by Lynn Leighton on June 24, 2007 at 10:07pm — No Comments

Robert J Bourke Toronto Aerospace Museum

For those of you who are interested in Canadian aviation heritage or have family or friends with this interest I recommend you visit this musem located on the former Downsview Airport property in Toronto. The focus of this relatively new museum is to display aircraft with a Canadian connection. Amongst many aircraft is the only full scale metal replica of the Avro Arrow,in existence. This is the product of a multi year project of volunteers and supporters and which was completed and unv
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Posted by Robert J Bourke on June 24, 2007 at 9:01am — 2 Comments

Mike Butler Abstraction and Automatism

Don Hightower and I had an interesting discussion on abstraction and automatism at the club last night (A.C.A.). Don did a great automatist pencil sketch, which I hope he will scan and post.

When I got home afterwards I googled automatism and found this great article on the subject. [Link]
I especiall liked her linkage of abstract art to music. She says, "When you listen to music, you don’t… Continue

Posted by Mike Butler on June 22, 2007 at 3:38pm — 1 Comment

Allan OMarra The Nature of Mystical Love

"In [the] mystical state of love there is no object of love generating the love. It´s only our own subjective state that causes us to feel love. This is a very unusual state of consciousness, being in love without an object. To give understanding to it, mystics talked about love for God or…

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Posted by Allan OMarra on June 20, 2007 at 11:01am — No Comments

Don Hightower Curry.s Art Store in Whitby

Don,t go to Curry's on a Sunday. They are closed from May 24 to September 3rd. This may save someone a wasted trip. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 19, 2007 at 8:27pm — No Comments

Allan OMarra My Psychotherapy Practice

A little plug for myself: my job of twenty years as a promotions manager in Bank of Montreal Corporate Marketing was recently eliminated and I am in the process of setting up a psychotherapy practice out of my home in Ajax (I trained at the Transpersonal Therapy Centre in Toronto, graduating in 2004), as well as putting much more time into my painting career. Check the link to see my therapy practices offerings on a page of my web site. And have a look at the attached PDF file flyer I've prep…

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Posted by Allan OMarra on June 18, 2007 at 10:45am — No Comments

Don Hightower Recommend a Good Book

Click on "COMMENT" and add an interesting book to the list. It doesn't have to be art related, just a darn good read.I just finished The Davinci Code, by Dan Brown. Rated it about three stars.

Great-***** Very Good-**** Not Bad-*** Dull-** Don't Bother-*

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Posted by Don Hightower on June 16, 2007 at 3:55pm — 11 Comments

Flora R. Powell Garden musings, Part 1

When we (my husband Steve and I) moved into our little house in Oshawa, we found that we had many, many projects to tackle before the character home would shine and sparkle again. One of these projects was the sadly neglected backyard. Grossly overgrown with weeds, studded with rocks and surrounded by clumpy clay, I realized that it was going to take a lot of hot, sweaty work to mold this bug nirvana into the cozy, cottage garden I wanted, a space filled with flowers and plants that I could inco… Continue

Posted by Flora R. Powell on June 15, 2007 at 10:49pm — 2 Comments

Mike Butler Picasso Web Resource

Picasso, love him or hate him, was a huge influence on modedrn art. Here is a great web resource for students of contemporary art. It has an enormous catlogue of his work, from his early years until his death. It also has a good bio and time line of his major pieces. [Link]
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Posted by Mike Butler on June 12, 2007 at 8:53pm — No Comments

Mike Butler Surrealist Photograph Illustrating Digital Darkroom Techniques

I thought I would make this image available to other artists for painting in other media such as oils, watercolours or acrylic.

It can be printed out at 8" x 10" by 100 dpi. Click on the picture to download.

Can you find the Ents in the picture?


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Posted by Mike Butler on June 11, 2007 at 11:12pm — 4 Comments

Mike Butler Peter Goddard's Rviews in the Toronto Star

I always enjoy Peter Goddard's reviews in the Toronto Star. The Star keeps an archive of recent reviews going back quite a few weeks. The reviews have a slideshow of the art being reviewed so, if you have some free time, you can browse the archives here. [Link]
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Posted by Mike Butler on June 11, 2007 at 10:24am — 1 Comment

Mike Butler Nice Article on Leonard Cohen's Gallery Show in Toronto Star.

There was a good article and slide show about Leonard Cohen's new show in the online Toronto Star this weekend. I can't wait to hear Philip Glass' music set to Cohen's poems. [Link]
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Posted by Mike Butler on June 11, 2007 at 8:20am — No Comments

Allan OMarra Most Recent Painting

Lotus of Awakening, oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

http://www.allanomarra.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/lotus10.jpg

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Posted by Allan OMarra on June 8, 2007 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Invite a fellow Artist

If everyone who is now a member of the Durham Artists Social Network invites one more fellow artist to join, this web page will continue to grow. Add your comments or start a new blog. Post websites that you have found to be interesting and helpful in the past. Note: put all web addresses in brackets. (.....) If everyone becomes involved it will be a place to visit each time you turn your computor on. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 8, 2007 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Paris Art Gallery

If you have never had the opportunity to visit the Musee d Orsay in Paris, you can take a virtual guided tour or look at the 146 paintings by visiting (www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html) Its worth a look! Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 7, 2007 at 11:09pm — No Comments

Don Hightower Colour

If you are interested in all things related to colour, check out this website. (www. colormatters.com). Don't forget to spell color the American way. This site has information on every imaginable hue. How colour affects you, colour blindness etc. Continue

Posted by Don Hightower on June 3, 2007 at 12:22pm — No Comments

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