The Chair is now up for Auction on EBay

Hi Everyone, For those of you that may be interested and living in Ottawa: My pond jewels Muskoka Chair along with 3 other wonderful chairs will be on display this weekend April 8-10 at the Cottage Show at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa.

Also the EBay auction is now Open and will run until the 11th of April until 6 pm. Here is a link to see the chairs and bid on them: http://www.cottagedreams.org/chairity/index.htm Please note the shipping is pick up only.

Chair in the Ottawa Citizen Newspaper

Hi everyone, hope you are having all a nice Saturday. Well I was thrilled to see my Chair in the Ottawa Citizen Today - Homes Section/pg E3. I had no idea there was going to be an article! What a great surprise. Happy to see all the publicity the chairs and charity are getting. Great exposure for the upcoming auction.

Scanned picture of the article:

My Chair for charity in the local paper

HI everyone, I am very happy to announce that I am in the local news paper "Orleans Star" today with my chair for chairty. I am really happy with all this exposure and hope it gets many people to bid for the chair at the upcoming auction.

  

You can also view the smart version of the paper on line: http://orleansstar.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

TV interview with my muskoka chair for charity

Hi Everyone, I am pleased to announce that I was on Ottawa A Morning Show today March 29th with my Muskoka Chair for Charity. It was such a great time I did not want to leave the set. Lianne Lang, one of the the hosts, was just lovely and it was really interesting to see the studio and how it all works. Jill Alexander another popular local artist was also on the show with with her beautiful Chair. Both chairs will be displayed at the Ottawa Cottage Show from April 8-10 2011 at Lansdowne Park. And will be available for auction on Ebay by Cottage Dreams. Visit their website: www.cottagedreams.org for more info to bid on the chairs.

Here is the video from the interview on A Morning Ottawa:



I am hoping the TV exposure will give the chairs some great exposure for the upcoming cottage show and auction. The chairs will be displayed at the Cottage Show from April 8-10 at Lansdowne park in Ottawa. Visit http://www.caneastshows.com/ for more information about the Cottage Show. The auction will be from April 6 – 11 2011 organized by the Charity “Cottage Dreams” and it will be an Ebay auction. This way everyone can bid on the chairs. The auction will be for a long period so that’s good as it gives time for the people interested to come down and see the chairs live at the Cottage show. To find out more about the auction, you can visit: Cottage Dreams Website http://www.cottagedreams.org/ (attached is the poster of the chairs that have been painted by 4 local artists and will be available for auction). They also have a facebook account. Wishing you all a great day! And thanks for all your support. I really appreciate it!

 

Pond Jewels Marketing Pictures

Hi everyone, Some pictures I took last week when the weather was so mild. I brought the chair outside on my patio for some nicer outdoor pics. The chair will be leaving soon.

A Picture of me with the chair for the local newspaper:
And here is my little adorable Boo in the Chair. She was 21 months old on Feb 22

Art Work Accepted for Shenkman Show

Hi Everyone, I hope you have been all keeping warm this winter. We have been having very cold weather in Ottawa recently. I am very happy to announce that I received notification last week that my painting "A Night at Fenice" was accepted by the Jury committee for the upcoming February 20th show at the Shenkman Gallery. This exhibition "A Night at the Theatre" will be held from February 17 to March 22, 2011.

"A Night at the Fenice" - Beautiful Landmark Theatre in Venice

I have been very busy working on my Chair. Its a big job and boy am I ever happy that I selected to paint it unassembled. A pic from last week when it was all ready to go. I will only post pics when I am finished. Don't want to let the cat out of the bag just yet...LOL