Tag: Tara Bryan

This week at Norton’s Cove Studio & Café…

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Looking to visit Norton’s Cove Studio this week? Here’s when you can expect to find me here! You can also call or text me to make an appointment to visit anytime. The number is 536-2533. (My studio number and cell number are now the same!) Monday sees an early closing time for the studio because I’ll be busy serving supper to a private party at the Café, and on Friday, we’ll be setting up at the Gardiner Centre (The ex: Battery Hotel) in town for the Craft & Gift Wholesale Show. Otherwise, I’ll be here printing and packaging new cards, mini-prints, and bookmarks!

Open Studio will be going ahead as usual! I hope to see you here!
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This week at Norton’s Cove Studio & Café…

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Last week’s open studio turned into a bit of an art therapy session- some bonding happened, and not just ink to paper! This week, I’m hoping to see even more beautiful people sharing my creative space, and expect to be printing more cards & mini-prints myself, while Duke will be making some rope mats. How about you?
Visitation (moving marble)   
oil on linen 96″ x 156″ 
Tara Bryan
2010 
As seen at Norton’s Cove Café
Update: this piece has been donated by its owner to The Rooms Provincial Art Bank.

Looking to visit Norton’s Cove Studio this week? Here’s when you can expect to find me here! You can also call the studio or text me to make an appointment to visit anytime.

Sunday
Closed
Monday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tuesday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday
Closed

Icebergs at Norton’s Cove

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Many years ago, I wanted to learn how to paint in oils. There was a workshop being offered at the Anna Templeton Centre in St. John’s which I wanted to attend, but couldn’t make my schedule work with. I called up the artist who was to teach the class, and I asked if she’d consider coming to Norton’s Cove to teach a weekend class if I could wrangle up a few students. I was thrilled to hear that she was certainly interested in doing just that. That’s how I met Tara Bryan in 2009. We’ve shared a fabulous friendship for ten years now.

So when I sold a large piece of artwork that hung in a prominent space at the café a few days ago, I naturally thought of one of Tara’s paintings to hang on the big empty wall. Here is the result:

Visitation (moving marble)
Oil on linen 96″ x 156″
Tara Bryan 2010
$13,500

The painting (which is composed of three panels) is available for sale, and we can ship it anywhere. You can find it in the online shop here. You’ll find more of Tara’s iceberg paintings at the café soon, as we plan to showcase her work here over the summer.

Walking Bird Press

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I’m spending some time in Flatrock with my friend and artist extraordinaire, Tara Bryan. We are working on a little art book together, to be titled Wesleyville. This morning, I set type for the first time, and really enjoyed it- a bit like playing word games

I got some basic instructions on how to operate the Vandercook press, and made a first proof. There were lots of typos to fix. Another word game.

Once we got the type set correctly, however, we started to play with layout. Perhaps the type will be reset to form around the shapes of our images…

Tara Bryan: Visiting Artist

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Norton’s Cove Studio is very happy to announce that Tara Bryan will be giving us her company and expertise next week!  Tara will arrive on Thursday, March 29th, and will be staying until April 3rd.

We will have a little meet & greet on Thursday night (see the events section), and Tara will be teaching Oil Painting in the loft on Friday & Saturday.  She’ll be spending the rest of her time working on her own projects.

Tara is bringing with her some t-shirts, art cards, and other goodies to sell, so stop in to shop too!

From Tara’s 2011 visit!

Oil Painting Workshop, Day One

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We’ve got a lovely little group in the half storey of the studio who have been enjoying learning and laughing together with guest artist Tara Bryan.  Yesterday was day one of the workshop, and here’s how it looked…

Tara instructs Joanne during day one of a two day oil painting workshop
Eric works on his first oil painting on day one

Tara Returns!

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Tara Bryan will be back to teach another beginner’s oil painting workshop in September while she’s here dismantling her fabulous display of paintings at the Bonavista North Museum & Gallery (still open 10-6 daily!)

If you’d like to sign up, call or email Norton’s Cove Studio:
nortonscovestudio@nf.aibn.com
709-536-2533

Here is the course Info:

An introduction to oil painting, with the basics of mixing colours and creating a painting.  We will discuss choosing a subject, composition, and different techniques of applying paint.  Bring several photos you are interested in working from.

September 9th and 10th, 10am-5pm each day

Here’s a supply list, available at Norton’s Cove Studio, or you can bring what you have…
Large tube of white paint
Smaller tubes of

  • hansa yellow, or cadmium yellow lemon
  • cadmium yellow medium
  • cadmium red medium
  • alizarin crimson
  • ultramarine blue
  • phthalo blue
  • payne’s gray

Additional optional colours:

  • yellow ochre
  • burnt umber
  • sap green or phthalo green
  • dioxazine purple

Brushes: a range of sizes, 6 or 8 ranging from small round brushes to filberts 2-3 cm wide.
At least 1 flexible metal palette knife for mixing.  Don’t bother with plastic ones.
Odorless mineral spirits or Turpenoid
Coffee can or jar for solvent (with cover)
Rags or paper towels
Something to use as a palette
Canvas(es) 18″ x 24″ or so

Cost of the workshop, not including materials, is $175 + HST

Painting Workshop with Tara Bryan

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Day one of Painting II with Tara Bryan
Day two of Painting II with Tara Bryan
Tara and Hazel, her Airdale, came to visit us for about a week- We had lots of walks with the doggies, a fab opening of her art exhibit at the Gallery of the Bonavista North Regional Museum in Wesleyville, and I took her 2nd painting workshop at the gallery.  I made my first portraits in oil on plywood.  The subject is my great grandfather, Levi Davis of Pound Cove. 

Tara’s husband, and their Labrador, Hannah, showed up then, and boy did Jack have fun with two dogs to play with all day! 

Now that they’re all gone home to Flatrock, we are all missing the extra company.  Thank you Tara, and your escorts, for a fabulous week of art and friendship!