Lynne Mcilvride and the TINKL BOOK
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- WHAT’S GOING ON?
Lots!
1. The Uxbridge Studio Tour
A few months ago, my friend Tracy Walker did a photoshoot of me as one of the studio tour artists. It took all day and we laughed our heads off: a highlight of my summer.
They are beautiful, lucious photos but I have a hard time looking at myself in them. I know I am not alone in this and I suddenly find it very interesting. I forced myself to look in the mirror and produced a myriad of sketches, some of which I made into painted relief carvings and painted plywood shapes. I am now in the middle of a series of self-portraits which will be on my studio walls at the upcoming Uxbridge Studio Tour—September 19 and 20. It has been interesting to go through the process of literal self-reflection: disappointed vanity morphing into the deeper discomfort of staring down my SELF. How profound that we are SELVES. I feel my gaze becoming kinder toward this self the more I look. We shall see what happens next.
2. WILD TINKLS
The Tinkl Book is on its way! There will be a limited number available to buy during Uxbridge Studio Tour at the Tinkls’ studio Sept 19-20. The bulk of the books will be coming a little later. At that time you will be able to buy “Wild Tinkls” at Blue Heron Books, or on Amazon.ca or through your local bookstore. Please note: I will contact the donors waiting for their complimentary books. These will not be available to pick up during the studio tour. Email me if you have a question or if you’re coming to the studio Tour from a distance.
THIS JUST IN!!!! There will be a TINKL book-signing at the Blue Heron Bookstore in Uxbridge Ontario, Sunday October 18. 2-4. It will be WILD!
3. Learn Calligraphy
Lastly, my sister Kathie, is a professional calligrapher and a teacher of calligraphy. Firefly Books has just published a beautiful, practical how-to book called “Italic Calligraphy: From Learning the Fundamentals to Dancing with your Pen” by Kathie McIlvride. Buy at Blue Heron Books (book-signing in November) or order through your local bookstore, or purchase via amazon.ca, or at my studio during the Uxbridge Studio Tour September 19 and 20.
- HOLD HANDS: Lynne McIlvride’s Annual Easter Weekend Art Show
Thank you for coming to my annual Easter exhibition of new work. For those who couldn’t make it, I have added prices for some of the unsold work below. All are acrylic on hand-carved basswood, some have additional gold leaf and collage. The hands below are all the size of my own hands except “Contact” which is at least twice as large.
Sold
The Left and the Right $450.00
What is Your Name $400.00
Me and You $500.00
Contact $900.00
Bridge $700.00
Busy Behind the Scenes $500.00
Wrestling $400.00
A Time to Build $500.00
- New Work at The Second Wedge!
I am in the middle of a series celebrating my own fidgety hands—and the hands of all of us who make things with our hands, talk with our hands, worry with our hands.
There is a little drawing of me as a young child that a friend of my grandmother’s did. I didn’t know her, she just wanted to practice drawing. I had to stay perfectly still for an eternity in a little wool suit. It was probably 20 minutes. I remember the artist becoming red-faced and frustrated because I wasn’t staying still enough. Especially my hands. I thought she was angry at me which made me more anxious and fidgety. She finally gave up, exasperated.
Perversely, I still have the drawing. As an artist now I look back on it and find the hands the most interesting part.
So that’s part of the inspiration behind this series. The other thing that moved me in this direction was running into a small show of Naoko Matsubara’s wonderful prints of hands at the Art Gallery of Ontario a few months ago. Brilliant!
Below is the price list from The Second Wedge where my work will be showing until February 7.
Please note: #4 and #7 and #10 are now sold.
This will be showing at The Second Wedge, Uxbridge Ontario from December 10 to February 7 with the OPENING on Saturday December 13, 1-4.
The Hands are the stars of the show. Below are good pictures and approximate sizes of the hand series so far.
1. Self, I Suppose 7” x 12” $500.00 
2. Wrestler 7” x 9” $400.00 
3. Still Point 8” x 11” $500.00 
4. Know Thy Self, 5” x 15” $600.00 SOLD 5. Self (Busy Behind the Scenes), 11” x 12” $500.00 
7. Holy Place 10” x 10” $500.00 SOLD 
8. Self Care 5.5” x 8” $400.00 
9. One hand Holds the Other 4” x 7” $250.00 SOLD 
10. Making Things—like Disguises for Example 8” x 11” $500.00 SOLD 
11. What is Your Name? 9” x 8” $400.00 
12. Self 11” x 11” $500.00 
27. Take Care 13” x 13” $500.00 
28. Animated Hands 13” x 13” $500.00 SOLD 
30. Making Things 8” x 11” $500.00 SOLD
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