The Federation of Canadian Artists is one of the premier artists' organizations in Canada.  This past summer Angie was accepted as an Active member and this fall her painting "Pine and River" was accepted for their Northern Lights Exhibit at their Granville Island, Vancouver, Gallery.  In October Angie's piece was featured on the FCA homepage.   Click here to see the entire exhibit which is now online.  In February 2009, Angie's acrylic painting "Bridges" will be in the FCA Landscape exhibit.  The show is at the Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery on Granville Island from February 17th to March 1st so if you're in Vancouver, BC, please try to attend. The painting will be for sale, $400 unframed or $500 framed.

 
Victoria November 2008

Last November, several of us from Penticton headed down to Victoria to paint again with inspiring artist Brian Simons.    He has this great method of squinting at your image to make sure you get the main tonal values for your image and doing an underpainting in burnt sienna.  This is likely a method often used by the Group of Seven, who are some of McIntosh's most favourite painters.  See here a CBC video on Frederick H. Varley. One of Angie's teachers in grade 5 at Central Elementary School in Kelowna, showed the class pictures of the works by the Group of Seven and said that she was the granddaughter of  FH Varley--a connection to the famous artist that made quite an impression on Angie, even back when she was only 10 years old, a connection Angie has been trying to verify recently with relatives of FH Varley. Back to technique--this burnt sienna layer gives you your midtone layer. You then lift off your highlight with a damp flannel rag and you get the lightest light areas.  Then you glaze in the darks. Once you are happy with the structure of your underpainting you start laying the lovely local colour working your way up to the lightest colours.  If things are still looking good then you add your finishing details.  It is a wonderful method of painting and Brian is successful at getting even beginners to complete a painting during the weekend. Friend Mija and her daughter who have never painted in acrylics came down for the workshop and finished some beautiful pieces. If you can get to Victoria you should take one of Brian's workshops which he holds monthly.  Check out his website here.  If you can't leave the Okanagan, Angie is going to lead several weekend worshops for the Okanagan School of the Arts during this year to teach even beginners this method. Contact the Okanagan School of the Arts to register. To the left is a street scene by Angie.  Click here to see some of Angie's acrylics.  Click here to see a demo of Angie painting in Acrylics.

MEADOWLARK FESTIVAL PENTICTON:Last spring after a busy time painting in Mexico, and journeying up Vancouver Island and through the Inside passage to Prince Rupert and Stewart, Angie worked on acrylics and watercolours and painted with Stewart artists for a few days.   Angie led a plein-aire paint out May 17th, 2008 at the Meadowlark Festival organized by OSCA in the South Okanagan.  She was delighted that ecoligist, writer, and philosopher Don Gayton agreed to explain the habitat, biology and ecology of the region to the group of ten artists who went to paint on the Okanagan River in BC.  The group was interested in hearing about the projects to restore the sockeye salmon to Skaha Lake and to return some of the river to a more natural state.  Here is an acrylic painting of the location that they painted at with the Meadowlark group which is the only remaining natural  section  of Okanagan River left where salmon can spawn in the sandy river beds. While this painting is gone now, if you like the image please contact Angie for notecards. Tragically the river was channelized and dyked in the 1950's.   Look at some of the paintings  of this region.   Artists wishing to help protect the fragile Okanagan habitat are asked to join Angie to discuss organizing a paintout during the 2009 Meadowlark Festival. For more information  contact Angie.

See paintings from around the world by clicking on our world map at the bottom of this page or going here.  You will see the work of other artists which are being added right now.    Learn where you can go to see their work in real life.  See the work  artists do while travelling or were inspired to do when they got home.  See works created en plein air in the artists' own neighbourhoods or painted in their studios. Artists please contact McIntosh to submit your work.To see florals and garden scenes painted by Angie McIntosh click here.

ARTIST'S NOTECARD AND PAINTINGS

Artist Angie Roth McIntosh has created notecards from the images of many of the paintings you see on her website.  The cards and original paintings are for sale at her studio gallery at 3961 Lakeside Rd. Penticton B.C.  Studio discounted price for notecards are $3 each.  They come in a clear cellophane protective sleeve.  They may be ordered and shipped at your expense.  Some of the paintings are also still available for sale.  Please enquire by e-mail.  Angie is also displaying her northern paintings, cards, and small prints at the cute HarbourLight Store on Main Street (5th Ave) in Stewart, BC.    Angie's work is now available at the George Little House Gallery at the VIA Rail Station in Terrace.  There are also some of Angie's Kootenay landscape paintings available at Halcyon Hotsprings, Nakusp.  Angie's notecards of the local region are available at the Penticton Winecountry Visitor Information Center, Cowpucchino's Coffee Shop in Prince George and Heartstrings Gift Shop in Smithers.

Check out the great photos of some of the most inspiring places to paint and travel in the world.  You don't have to leave the comfort of your own home to go on our virtual tours.  Enjoy the treasures of the world when you look at the photos of the wonderful places that artist Angie McIntosh and others have  visited and painted.

ART RETREAT OF THE NORTH

Please visit the home pages of WorldArtTours.net creator Angie Roth McIntosh.  Check out her biography, stories of her journeys, and the galleries of photos and paintings inspired by her wonderful home area and incredible travels around the world.  Learn about friends she made during her time studying art in China and her return trips back to this remarkable scenic country to paint and to get to know wonderful people.  Learn how she lived her dream of taking other artists to explore this picturesque country  and how she has discovered the painting beauty of France, Mexico and her own part of the world in the Northwest of North America.

CULTURAL TRAVELLERS