To all of our subscribers who are artists interested in being on the Oxford Studio Tour next year, this is just a friendly reminder that the application deadline is October 20. That’s only two days away! Applications will not be accepted later than that date.
Don’t forget, you could experience the fun of studio touring in November by visiting Otterville on the weekend of November 18 & 19. Welcome Back to Otterville is coming up!
Best wishes for a beautiful fall and winter.
We who organize the Oxford Studio Tour hope you are having a very creative summer! As a subscriber of our blog you are the first to receive the following news: The application for our 2018 tour is now available on the site! Deadline for receipt of your application is October 20, 2017. Don’t wait too long, as we have a limited number of stops on our tour!
Good morning and welcome to the day before the tour! It is a rainy Friday, with not much promise of sunshine for the weekend. Let’s face it, your best option for brightening up your weekend is a fun trip with a few of your favourite people to see all kinds of art!
Our last featured media are probably the least messy and the youngest of the lot. Photography has been with us for over a century and a half, but digital art is as new as it gets, blossoming with the computer age. Digital art can be created with software from scratch (much like painting with a brush), it can be mathematically based, or it can be photography based, which is why these media have been put together. Sometimes people even create digital art and then use that as their reference for painting!
Check these artists out:
Bruce Hartley 
at Location #17
Fine art photography reflecting a passion for travel. “See the world through my lens”.
519-469-3781
brucehartleyphotography.weebly.com
Edser Thomas
at Location #16
Photographic art with a unique perspective.
519-421-7335
Lianne Todd
at Location #3
Vivid watercolours and digital art reflecting nature’s patterns with depth and unique vision.
519-879-9903
liannetodd.wordpress.com & fractaliart.com
This concludes our series of guides to studio tour artists according to the media they use. If this is your first encounter with these guides, be sure to have a look at the others in the blog. Along with each artist listing, their Location numbers are each linked to an individual map. A summary of all artists by location is also available. You may wish to find them on the entire map of the tour, and plan accordingly. If you are familiar with the tour, maybe try visiting some locations you’ve never been to before. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!
See you tomorrow and Sunday, 10 to 5 pm. Admission is FREE! Look for the red signs and sometimes red flags.
We are almost there. Tomorrow is Friday!
There are some artists on the tour who use ink as one of their primary media or to complement it. These are their names and locations:
Kristi Osinga 
at Location #15
A complement of watercolour and natural colours including coffee and walnut ink on canvas and paper.
226-228-2761
Bunny Warner
at Location #11
Realistic and detailed drawings rendered with pen and ink, graphite and watercolour. Commissions welcome.
519-295-0054
Vita Williamson
at Location #10
Archival, India and alcohol ink pieces inspired by people and places in Ontario.
519-485-1560
facebook.com/vlworiginalinkart/
Tabitha Verbuyst 
Mystery, vibrancy, beauty and emotion expressed through ink, watercolour and oil works.
519-859-6765
tabithasmithd.wix.com/tabitha-develter
Be sure to catch tomorrow’s post featuring the digital artists and photographers!
Don’t forget that you can look at or print out an entire Google Map of the tour and figure out your best route between the ones that interest you the most. If you have a brochure, you could just draw your route right on there!
Only a few types of media left in our series of guides to help you plan your personal tour. Good thing, because it starts in two days!
Here are the oil painters featured this year:
Cathy Groulx O.S.A.
at Location #17
Realistic oil paintings on canvas. Studio in home open all year, with commissions welcome.
519-539-1182
Susan Fenlon
at Location #15
Vibrant impressionistic paintings inspired by the landscapes and people of here and abroad. Commissions welcome.
519-290-1770
Frankie Armitage 
at Location #7
Original paintings in acrylic and oil in a variety of styles and subject matter.
519-475-4004
Tabitha Verbuyst
at Location #5
Mystery, vibrancy, beauty and emotion expressed through ink, watercolour and oil works.
519-859-6765
tabithasmithd.wix.com/tabitha-develter
Again, some of these artists work in other types of media as well, and may be in the company of other artists at their location. Mapping out your own tour with these posts to help you can be a fun part of the experience, and you can always add stops in between or afterward to complete your day trip.
Two more posts to go!
As the week is passing its midpoint and the weekend beckons us, we present our fifth installment of artists featured by the media they work in.
Jewellery can be a lovely way to bring the beauty of art with you wherever you go. If this is what you are looking for, allow us to guide you:
Beginning at Location #8, we have several!
Janet Whittington 
Timeless artisanal jewellery using precious metal clay, 24 k gold, sterling silver and semi-precious stones.
519-485-4210
www.facebook.com/adornmentsbyj
Maggie Robinson 
Fibres, beads and paint – a day without creating is like a day without sunshine.
519-485-6289
and
Lesley Penwill 
Wire jewellery in exciting configurations of semi-precious stones, hand textured metals and beautiful beads.
519-423-6500
Then, at Location #5,
Judy Feskun
Sterling silver and copper wire jewellery.
519-837-3136
But of course, you won’t want to end your tour there… that’s only two stops! Stay tuned this week for more guidelines (even better, hit that follow button!) and be sure to have a look at our previous posts this year.
This is our fourth installment of artists grouped according to the media they work in. While these particular artists don’t all work in the same media, they do all incorporate more than one medium in their work!
At Location #7, we find
Heather MacIntosh, A.O.C.A. 
A painting style that walks the edge between representational and abstract.
519-536-3163
and
Linda Yeoman 
Unique gourd sculptures retaining organic integrity and mixed media washi & vintage collages.
519-424-3612
facebook.com/LindaYeomanFineArt
Heading further south brings us to
Jared Smith 
at Location #5
Mixed media landscapes and satire on weathered wood and metal.
519-842-9443
And then, with perhaps a few stops in between, back north to
Gracia Wassink
at Location #2
Unique mixed media and encaustic art canvases – hidden layers, textures and depth.
519-463-9969
Remember, no matter how you choose to do the tour, you’ll probably find something that you love.
With less than a week to go before the tour starts, here is our third installment about media featured on it. We’ve covered watercolour artists and acrylic artists so far, and now we are going to look at those who create art that is three-dimensional rather than two. These include ceramic artists, potters, sculptors, and those who find something with a beautiful natural shape and make it into an art piece by painting it or finishing it decoratively in some way. Jewellery is of course, also three-dimensional, but we will group them together in a different post.
So, especially if you have some space on a shelf or a table that needs to be beautifully filled, check out these artists at their locations:
Ashley Beecraft
Ashley uses the ceramic process to create her menagerie of misfit beasts.
226-228-6111
At Location #5 there is both
Deb Beard 
Sculpted and thrown ceramic works.
519-842-2228
and
Jan Duncan
An avid creationist who hopes to expose people to the beauty of wood.
519-485-5880
Next we have
Ineke Rombouts
Decorative and functional pottery in vibrant colours – handbuilding and wheel. Every piece original and unique.
519-425-0206
Then
Linda Yeoman
Unique gourd sculptures retaining organic integrity and mixed media washi & vintage collages.
519-424-3612
facebook.com/LindaYeomanFineArt
and at the next stop
Paulette Robertson 
Clay artist and primitive rug hooker. A love of folk art and whimsy is evident in her work.
519-485-3504
From there, it’s a whole bunch of location numbers but a rather short drive to Woodstock where you’ll find
Ruth Hartley 
Functional stoneware and decorative pieces – uniquely styled mugs, bowls, platters, vases, ovenware and wearable art.
519-469-3781
ruthhartleypottery@hotmail.com
And coming to the end of the stop numbers, there is
Keri Axon 
Decorative pottery – wheel–thrown or hand built. “I love the way porcelain responds to glazes.”
519-421-0806
Remember, many of our tour locations feature more than one artist, or more than one medium worked in. So even if you plan your tour based on one of the lists mentioned in these blog posts, you’ll find a number of other kinds of art along your way! Be sure to have a look at our other posts if this is your first encounter, and stay tuned or subscribe to see more coming up all this week!
This post features the artists on the tour who use acrylic paints as either their main medium or as one of their main media, alone. There will be a separate post for those who often use mixed media.
Starting again from the last number in locations and moving toward the beginning number, we have:
Kate Innes 
at Location #18
Contemporary acrylics defined by texture and bold strokes of colour.
519-537-3290
Rita Milton 
at Location #17
Acrylics on canvas featuring a kaleidoscope of colour.
519-290-4744
Skipping a Location, we then have
Phil Little
at Location #15
Watercolour and acrylic paintings of local, western Canada and Florida landscapes.
519-421-0083
along with
Susan Fenlon
Vibrant impressionistic paintings inspired by the landscapes and people of here and abroad. Commissions welcome.
519-290-1770
And skipping another Location there is
Julie Hawkins
at Location #13
Original art made with passion and paint.
519-539-3796
Next, it’s
Michael de Belleval
at Location #12
Acrylic abstracts and realistic watercolours of Ontario and beyond. Studio open with a phone call.
519-462-2902
It’s a few Locations until the next one, and then we have several in a row:
Danielle Gardner
Legacy artist of the Group of Seven, painting the Ontario landscape. Commissions/lessons available.
519-857-8210
David Gifford
Vibrant, vigorous and evocative paintings by an artist using autism as a gift of expression.
226-973-8058
website temporarily unavailable
Frankie Armitage
Original paintings in acrylic and oil in a variety of styles and subject matter.
519-475-4004
Sue Simpson
Representational and abstract intuitive paintings expressed with colour, texture and mixed media.
519-272-4331
Valerie Zadow
Realistic and vivid watercolours and acrylics of flowers and the English countryside. Commissions welcome.
519-842-9167
Rhonda Franks 
Realistic wildlife and nature paintings in acrylic and watercolour with beautiful attention to detail.
519-424-2516
And finally, one more at the first Location on the tour,
Gary Payne
Playful, colourful, expressive non-objective painting with a sometimes unexpected twist.
519-454-8590
So, if acrylic paintings are your favourite kind of art, you have a wide selection to choose from here – but don’t limit yourself! Stay tuned for more media featured in this excellent trip around the Oxford County countryside on the weekend of May 6 & 7. And if you are just noticing us, check out the previous post regarding watercolour artists, as well as the rest of the site which is full of information for you about this event.
Our 10th Annual tour is only a couple of weekends away, May 6 & 7, and for the next couple of weeks we’ll be featuring the different media represented in our selection of artists. Today, we are featuring the watercolour artists on the tour.
Some of these artists use watercolour as their primary medium, while others do watercolours as a complement to their primary medium, so the art featured in this post may or may not be painted in watercolour. In either case, all have their own unique ways of expressing themselves through this very challenging medium which has a rich and varied history.
Starting with Location #15, we have
Kristi Osinga
A complement of watercolour and natural colours including coffee and walnut ink on canvas and paper.
226-228-2761
Phil Little
Watercolour and acrylic paintings of local, western Canada and Florida landscapes.
519-421-0083
At Location #14,
Kelly Bradley
Bright and bold watercolours depicting nature.
519-421-2171
Skipping to Location #12, we find
Michael de Belleval
Acrylic abstracts and realistic watercolours of Ontario and beyond. Studio open with a phone call.
519-462-2902
Then, at Location #11,
Bunny Warner
Realistic and detailed drawings rendered with pen and ink, graphite and watercolour. Commissions welcome.
519-295-0054
Several stops later, at Location #7, we find
Heather MacIntosh, A.O.C.A.
A painting style that walks the edge between representational and abstract.
519-536-3163
then at Location #6, we have
Valerie Zadow
Realistic and vivid watercolours and acrylics of flowers and the English countryside. Commissions welcome.
519-842-9167
and
Tabitha Verbuyst
Mystery, vibrancy, beauty and emotion expressed through ink, watercolour and oil works.
519-859-6765
tabithasmithd.wix.com/tabitha-develter
Skipping to Location #4, we have
Rhonda Franks
Realistic wildlife and nature paintings in acrylic and watercolour with beautiful attention to detail.
519-424-2516
(Rhonda is also the designer of our tour brochures, available in many places around the area or from any of our artists.)
and
Sue Goossens
A distinct watercolour style….. Gallery in her home is open all year by appointment.
519-879-6352
(Sue organizes and carries out most of the tasks involved in making the Oxford Studio Tour a success – just about everything except the brochures and the website, though she also gathers the information necessary for them. A large round of applause for her comes from all of the artists! )
and finally at Location #3, it is
Lianne Todd
Vivid watercolours and digital art reflecting nature’s patterns with depth and unique vision.
519-879-9903
liannetodd.wordpress.com & fractaliart.com
(Lianne has been responsible for updating the website for several years now, and is the writer of this blog. She also happens to be one of the Co-Representatives for the Canadian Branch of the International Watercolor Society (IWS).)( IWSCanada)
