It’s that time of year again! I will be participating once again in our annual studio tour this weekend. Details are available at http://www.welcomebacktootterville.ca, or you can rely on what I’ve posted here and pick up a postcard when you arrive at my gallery. The postcards look like this and have a map and list […]
Welcome Back 2022 — LIANNE TODD
The above is from my other website and blog, inviting all interested parties to join us this weekend for our annual studio tour.
It’s April, and that means it is almost time for our annual Oxford Studio Tour here in Oxford County, Ontario. My studio has been one of the locations for this tour since its inception nine years ago (I also look after the website and some other stuff!). I will have plenty of work here for visitors to see. If you’ve never been out on the tour, it is a great way to celebrate spring, which I am hoping is right around the corner… here is a view out my front window yesterday:
So yeah, we’re not quite there yet. But the daffodils in my back yard are really trying to bloom. The ones out front are a little slower but they are hopeful. Here is a painting I did of the ones out front a few years ago – it’s still available, along with several other watercolours in a variety of styles:
They’ll get there.
One of the newer fractals that I showed at our recent Artists of Oxford show at Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, is Diaphanous. It will be here for the studio tour, along with some other new pieces. I will even have a couple of Artifact scarves available for purchase.
Diaphanous. Original Digital Art, available printed as single edition on acrylic. 20×20″
I hope if you live in the region, you’ll grab a friend or three, hop in the car, and make a day of it. There is a ton of talent to see on this tour, as well as a lot of lovely countryside, and I especially hope you’ll make it out to my location, #6, at the south end of the county. Here is a google map of the whole tour.
Keep an eye out for our red posters advertising the tour around the region, and our printed brochures designed by artist and graphic designer Rhonda Franks (she’s at location #7 along with Sue Goossens, who is the founder for the tour). The brochures include descriptions and maps to help guide you around the tour. If you’d like me to mail you a brochure, please contact me!
On the third weekend in November, every year, we hold a studio tour in my town. Otterville is a historic town located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. This will be our 18th annual studio tour – we call it Welcome Back to Otterville – and every year the stops on the tour change slightly as the artists in town do. This year, there are eight stops on the tour, so it will be really easy to drive out, see all the stops, and return home if you live in, say, London, Kitchener/Waterloo, Stratford, or the western part of greater Toronto. It takes me less than an hour to drive to London, and about two hours to downtown Toronto, exactly an hour to Stratford. We aren’t on any major highway, but if you want directions please contact me and I’ll be happy to provide them.
If anyone reading this has been to my studio before, you will find this year quite different as I will be featuring my fractal work prominently. In fact, in the next few weeks I’ll be taking down all the art in my gallery at the rear of my house, and completely rearranging the walls to maximize the display. I always serve a lovely hot spiced cranberry punch during the tour, and I’m looking forward to the taste of it myself!
My gallery and studio are actually open all year to anyone who calls ahead or happens by on an afternoon when I’m home. I’ve just put a new sign out front (the old one suffered from weather damage) so you can easily find my location which is right on the Main Street downtown, just a few houses away from the historic mill and waterfall. Look for the yellow flags when you get here and use the map on the postcards (available at each stop) to help.
Here is some information for the tour, and a few photos.
If you find our Facebook page and “Like” us, or any of our posts, we would really appreciate the extra advertising and traffic that provides us – as you can imagine we are on a limited budget and every bit helps!
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