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Large calendars 17” x 11” $30.00 each (pick up only)
AND
Small calendars 11.5” x 8” $25.00 each plus shipping
Interested? Please email me: LynneMcilvride@icloud.com
2026 Calendars!
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My 38th Uxbridge Studio Tour!!
Available Work:
WE DID IT!!
In case you didn’t hear, we reached and surpassed our kickstarter goal with time to spare! (It ends officially Sunday June 29 at 1:17pm) So…the book is happening! I will keep everyone posted as it progresses. It has been quite an experience so far and I am buoyed up by the warmth and generosity of this community of the land and of the heart that has embraced the idea of a book about the art and place of Judith and Viktor Tinkl. Now I pass the baton on to Firefly Books! I can’t think of a better match!
Another Easter Coming
The Commission
Hello. I haven’t written anything for a year. I almost forget how. First of all I am thrilled to have finished the first of two paintings for niches at ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church’ Toronto. I was honoured when Fr. Dan Donovan, priest and Toronto art collector since the 1950’s, asked me to come up with something to fit into the two niches at the church. If you know me at all, you will know that I do not normally do commissions. I find it very difficult. However I embraced the challenge and promptly caught mono so I was out of commission in both senses of the phrase for the rest of the summer. I finally finished and installed the first piece a month ago. The frame which I had great fun carving was made by carpenter, Brent Orenstein. The church is open to visitors if anybody would like to see this piece.
And here is a movie I took while the organist was rehearsing during installation. It isn’t great as far as movies go but it’s kind of interesting.
The Trip to Salvation Mountain
Now you might see a bit of a theme here. Something old is new again. Something interesting is brewing. After the commission was done I had the chance to go on a quick trip to Long Beach California. I quickly sourced local Outsider artists’ environments since that seems to be what holds my interest lately. I had the chance to see Watt’s Towers and Salvation Mountain. Now Watt’s Towers was wonderful: I loved it. But Salvation Mountain with its unabashed bible verses and idealism spoke to me in a whole different way. Here’s Watts Towers first.
And now here is Salvation Mountain in Slab City. Visit if you can. Stay at Cherry and Abel’s Air BNB.
And Now More Words: Revisiting the Bible
Yes my Easter Show is coming up but before it does, I am taking part in another wonderful event. Actor Ken Welsh is doing a live reading of the entire book of St. Mark at the local Anglican church in Uxbridge. He was kind enough to ask me if I wanted to have a few paintings around the church while he performs. Aside from the cross (seen below) that the church commissioned me to do several years ago, I will have two or three new works as a preview of my Easter show and I am also borrowing back ten or so older biblical paintings from local people. Victoria Joannou, violinist, will also be playing. This is a great opportunity to see Ken live. I saw him do this at Soulpepper theatre in Toronto a couple of years ago and it amazed me. Actually it was a sold-out weekday matinee and I went alone and sat beside a woman I didn’t know. I made conversation by saying I was surprised the theatre was so full on a wednesday afternoon. She looked at me as if I had an IQ of about 37 and said slowly and emphatically “well….. it’s Ken Welsh!” So there you go.
And Finally My Easter Show
This one is called Postcard from Salvation Mountain. What can I say but I hope you will come. Or should I say “wish you were here”? I hope to open my house this year as well as my studio. It is slowly becoming a piece of art in itself. Give me 20 more years….
Safe Landing, Cold Feet
Tomorrow (Sunday June 7) is my opening for “The Tornado that Turned into a Cat.” Oshawa McLaughlin Gallery, 12-4, downstairs in Gallery A. 
Today I try to figure out what to say in my talk. It will probably consist of what I have written in the last few weeks in this blog. I have put a lot of effort into this show and I admit some trepidation. Please join me tomorrow. My talk is scheduled for 1:30 but it can be avoided if you just want to come to the opening. (Give yourself a little extra time to skirt around Oshawa road closures). The show continues to June 21st. Don’t miss it!
Price List for Gallery “A” McLaughlin Solo Show called: “The Tornado that Turned into a CAT”
Price List
Hello! After 2 1/2 grueling days, my show is finally up. (Thanks to Ann who helped deliver too much work for my little car, and Cria for bringing snacks and Marni, the gallery person who helped me set things up.) I thought I would be all new-fangled and put a price list here so you can wander around with an iPad telling you what things cost in case somebody took off with the paper price list. Here you go: I hope it’s helpful.
The Tornado that Turned into a Cat
Lynne McIlvride’s Price List
*Please note all sales are made through the artist only. If Lynne is not in the gallery, she can be contacted at LynneMcilvride@icloud.com.
- Keep an Eye on the Sky, 2013, acrylic on paper construction and wood, NOT FOR SALE
2. Giant Tornado, 2013-2015, mixed media constructed painting and installation, $3000.00 
- Everybody Sees You’re Blown Apart, 2013, mixed media and paper construction, photograph, $600.00
- Tornado Cabinet, 2013, mixed media, $2600.00
5. Catastrophe, 2015, mixed media installation, $800.00
- Storm Charmers, 2013, mixed media, $2600.00
- A Disaster Waiting to Happen, 2013, mixed media, $2600.00
- !, 2013, mixed media, found objects, $2600.00
- Look! No Hands! 2013, NOT FOR SALE
- Do Not Be Terrified, 2013, mixed media, $2600.00
- Blooming Tornado!, 2013, mixed media, fresh flowers, $2600.00
12.The Turning, 2014, mixed media paper construction, $2000.00
| 13. Touching Down, 2014, mixed media paper construction, $1500.00 |
14. Turn, Turn, Turn, 2014, mixed media paper construction, $1000.00
- Inside the Tornado 1, 2015, acrylic and watercolour on paper, oil on glass, $200.00
- Inside the Tornado 2, 2015, acrylic and watercolour on paper, oil on glass, $300.00
- Inside the Tornado 3, 2015, acrylic and watercolour on paper, oil on glass, $550.00
- Inside the Tornado 4, 2015, acrylic and watercolour on paper, oil on glass, $550.00
- Flying Colours is a an installation made of reduction linoprints. These individual original prints are for sale. The largest ones are $200 each, the medium $150.00 and the smallest(Walking Tornados) are $75.00 each.
- Twister Sleeping, opaque watercolour on paper construction, oil on frame, 2015,
$950.00SOLD - Step 1: Terror, 2015, opaque watercolour on paper constructions, silver leaf on glass, 2015, $500.00
- Step 2: Knowing Up from Down, 2015, opaque watercolour on paper constructions, silver leaf on glass, 2015, $500.00
- Step 3: Twist! opaque watercolour on paper constructions, silver leaf on glass, 2015, $500.00
- She Lands on her Feet, 2015, opaque watercolour on paper construction, gold leaf on glass, $1500.00
- Pocket Tornados, 2014, $250 each
- ……Angel Having a Bath, 2015, $950.00
- Small Cat Landing, 2015, NOT FOR SALE
- Domestic Tornado 1, 2014, free- hanging fibre sculpture,$1000.00
- Domestic Tornado 2, 2014, free-hanging fibre sculpture, NOT FOR SALE
- Domestic Tornado 3, 2014, free- hanging fibre sculpture,$500.00
- Domestic Tornado 4, 2014, free- hanging fibre sculpture,$800..00
- Domestic Tornado 5, 2014, free- hanging fibre sculpture, $1000.00
- Domestic Tornado 6, 2014, free- hanging fibre sculpture, $700.00
- Mixed Metaphor, 2014-2015, sculptural installation, $2000.00
Come to my show!
Well, tomorrow I start setting up my show called “The Tornado that Turned into a Cat” in Gallery A in the root cellar of the McLaughlin Gallery. The show follows the evolution of the metaphor as I have tried to explain in the three previous blog entries. Here is an invitation:
This is a gallery within a gallery: an artist initiated gallery within the larger public gallery. Any sales go directly through the artists and are not handled by the gallery so please contact me at LynneMcilvride@icloud.com if you have any questions.
If I get my act together (I am VERY tired), I will take a few pictures of the installation. More importantly, I will post a price list online as a blog entry and leave the URL at the gallery. There will be price lists there too but people accidentally take them.
I hope you will come. I am excited about the show. There are a few loose ends. There is a short looped movie my brother and I did. I would like to incorporate that into the show but am not sure how. There will also be a kind of a book that is a cross between a catalogue and a collaged artist’s book. I haven’t really done that yet. Good night.
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