from Land and Sea

A first-class addition to anyone's Nova Scotian or Art book collection is the recently published from Land and Sea, a delightful coffee table book, selected and edited by Dee Appleby.

The book was a very popular Christmas gift selection and continues to sell well. It has also gone to Vancouver as one of the representative of Nova Scotia art and culture. It is a valuable introduction to today's vibrant landscape artists.

Great job, Dee.

Truro Bearcats

It had to happen. Sometime I had to interrupt the art and cartoon scene for a sport picture; my Middleton Memories blog is filled with sports. I recently came across this clipping of the Turro Bearcat baseball team. The won the provincial championship in 1946 by defeating the Middleton Cardinals. Most of these guys were household names in the heady days of my baseball-filled youth. Used a clipping so the quality of the picture won't be that great.

Tassel Time Again

Often at graduation time, I would post some cartoons and pictures in my classroom. A little humour for some tense and emotional times. This one I drew specifically for the 1984 TC Grads. Interestingly, a few weeks later, Archie raised a piece of toast to the grads on the comic page of the chronicle Herald. To all the Grads, Hope you've had or are having a great career. NHF

There are other Tassel cartoons and cartooning tips plus a lot of wonderful art at McCarthy Hall Gallery on the NSCC (Truro campus) through February and March.

Snow Day in the Art Communnity

Artists don't worry about shovelling; they paint and embrace the snow.
Get out the mauves and blues ... fanTAStic Exhibit still on.
Members Show coming up in April.

fanTAStic Show

The Truro Art Society welcomes you to its opening on Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 7 pm at McCarthy Hall Gallery on the campus of the NSCC (Truro). Parking behind the residence.

Various members of the TAS executive have contributed works for this showing: Oils, watercolors, sculptures and even cartoons.

I believe Salva, the mouse artist to the left, appears in a digital frame.

Show will run through February and March.

I may hibernate for two weeks

Very busy. Meetings, a newsletter to get out, an art exhibit for which I must contribute something. The TAS Exhibit below will have water colours, oil paintings, sculptures, etc. but they wish some comic relief; therefore, I'm to contribute something. I must collect, select, edit, create, ... no time for blogging. cheers, Neil

TAS Show - February

You can click to enlarge. Let's begin the year on a fanTAStic note.