Annual Europa Inn Art Open House

You are cordially invited to our annual Art-Open-House at Europa Inn!

Markus and Simone Ritter invite you the Europa Inn Open House
this Saturday, December 5th, 2015. 9am-3pm!

This will be a very busy weekend for us again with our Christmas Art Open House. On Saturday, December 5th, 2015, 9am-3pm, 12 different artists and artisans coming and showcasing their works for anyone interested. I always try and invite people that have not previously exhibited and am proud to introduce my friend                                                                                                         

Natasha Tessmann who just moved to town a few months ago: she is sewing the cutest one-of-a-kind stuffies along with kitchen-witches and some painted art. All her works are whimsy, bright and cheery. I am encouraging her to open an online store as I have never seen anything like her works. She makes everything from scratch, even the little faces, fingers and accessories! She is fun to talk to and very positive as a person, I think anyone stopping in will enjoy meeting her!

Another artist I am proud to introduce is local pastel artist Helen Stevenson. Helen has worked exclusively in pastel for a few years now and her work is quite exquisite. Her colour sense is refined and she has been painting almost daily for many months now. It is mostly local land- and seascapes that she features, but she takes her pastels with her on her travels. She works often in small format. Helen had doubts to be ready for the show, but I am sure she will be a wonderful addition to our set of artists! Come check her works- you will be amazed!If you are interested in woodworks,                                                                                   I am excited to have Colin Green's petit woodworks available. His darling wife Jessi will be at the booth answering your questions and selling. From small jars with lids, bowls to spoons and tree ornaments, there is something for everyone to discover. As every year, I am pleased to have Joe Hunt from Mascarene Woodworks offer his high quality and sought after wooden bowls with us.

Anne Hill Watercolours

One local artist, Mabel Ketchum, a St. Andrews household name who has been designing many of the 'St. Andrews Trade Dollars' has just picked up the paintbrush again this year and been busy creating a most wonderful series of fun, whimsy, encouraging women paintings and cards. There is a total of 21 different images available- the perfect way to send a smile to that special friend! I have seen some, but not all and am really looking forward to her exhibiting.

If you love teddies and fabric works, check out Barbie Smith's display. Her second year with us, she is a great addition and brings insight and expertise to anyone interested in collecting, giving or looking-to-give a personalized teddy to a child or adult. Everything is handmade, too, bear AND accessories. You will see classic to hip, and get a smile and good conversation from this local, retired high school teacher.

St. George, Mascarene landscape artist Anne Hill will be exhibiting with us this year, too. Check out her bright, whimsy landscape works: using three colours- one brush method that both Barbara Neilson and I are using, too, she is a student also of Chinkok Tan who comes every summer to St. Andrews to teach his method. Barbara Neilson, who many of you know will have a new array of greeting cards available along with her super large size watercolour paintings.

Lynne Bowland Glass Lamp Bead and Jewellery Artist

For jewellery and sewn gifts we are proud to have back with us lamp bead artist from Deer Island Lynne Bowland who's exquisite craftsmanship has a loyal following, local and aboard; she sells on Etsy, too and I'm a big fan of her works! Bertha Day from right here in St. Andrews will have an enticing dispay at our Art-Open-House of fabric and yarn wearable art. Earrings, one-of-a-kind travel scarfs, cards, brooches bangle bracelets and many more- most are easy-to-mail and the perfect pick-me-up gift or stocking stuffer. She is always very busy selling and talking to interested customers.

One more Deer Island artist- did I say yet that Deer Island is a VERY creative place??? Award winning surrealist and landscape artist Jerome Andrews has his very own unique style that he's been developing with a productiveness and relentless work ethic that not many artists have like him. His dear wife, Jenny shared with me that he walks over to his ocean front studio every day, working hours on pieces, developing characters that are a cross between fantasy and surreal storytelling. Truly a one-of-a-kind we are proud to have share his works with you!

Of course, you have seen my works on here and for the first time in a few years, I will actually have my own proper table and display at our open house! I've been wrapping, packing, sorting, printing to get ready, only two more sleeps- excited! I hope you can come, I'd love to see you and I'm sure you will not regret and maybe even make it a new annual tradition to stop by Europa Inn Art-Open-House

Jerome Andrews Art

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Last of the summer's hotties, watercolour, 4x11in, 10x28cm Aquarell, 60$

almost a month has passed since my last blog entry.
why? we are doing major reno on our restaurant and inn which is also our home.
it all started as: before the winter we need to get the roof redone, and replace a few
windows in our appartement.
however what we ended up is: the whole front fassade and some
of the side got ripped, structural corner beams reinforced, pink and styrofoam insulation installed, all new windows, shindles (hand dipped;-)
and at the back of the building,
which used to be the first catholic church 200 some years ago, new basement walls, foundation work, side walls ripped open- beeing also insulated and the whole back of the building beeing now developed into rooms 'etc'. for our inn. (yes, it's a BIG house)
on the painting end of things am i working right now on some
commissions and try to tie loose ends for our annual
'open house and Celebration of Art' at Europa Inn on december 5th, 9am-4pm.

seit meinem letzten Blogeintrag ist nun fast schon ein ganzer Monat vergangen.
warum? wir sind im grossen Stil am Renovieren/Expandieren an unserem Restaurant mit Pension, welches auch user Zuhause ist.
Geplant war: Vor dem Winter muss noch das Dach erneuert werden, und ein paar Fenster in unserem Appartement. Hingegen lief es darauf hinaus: die gesamte Frontseite und Teil der Hausseite wurden runtergerissen, tragende Eckbalken neu verstaerkt, pink und Styropor Isolierung installiert, und komplett neue Fenster, Schindeln (hand getunkt) vorn. und am hinteren Teil des grossen Gebaudes, welches eine katholische Kirche war vor etwa 200 Jahren: neuer Keller, Waende und Boden, Seitenwaende aufgerissen (ein 6x6meter grosses loch, dass der Bagger reinfahren kann)- weches auch komplett Isoliert wird und neue Zimmer 'und mehr' geben wird fuer unsere Pension (ja, unser Haus ist ganz schoen gross)
Mal-technisch arbeite ich an einigen Auftragsbildern und versuche Bilder fertigzustellen fuer unsern jaehrlichen 'Tag der offenen Tuer' mit Kunstausstellung
am Samstag, 5. Dezember, 9-16 Uhr

first prize at 'art of food' competition

St. Andrews Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center, advertised a juried art competition with the theme: the art of food.
i loved the theme, but knew it would be hard to participate, as most of my 'food' paintings were sold over the summer months and starting new ones might be tricky with a newborn, two older children and our restaurant still going 7 days a week...
so i tried, i had this idea to paint a painting to be hung in my husbands restaurant kitchen, something bright and cheery, depicting the work in a restaurant...
i started this painting after having Mathias, my third child, a little over a month ago.
at the award night, i barely made it to he opening in time, but felt very honoured and joyous to be awarded first prize- the Cooke Aquaculture Award! Thank You!

'Our love of food- serving YOU'- acrylic on canvas, 24x40in, 60x100cm

St. Andrews Sunbury Shores Center fuer Kunst schrieb einen Kunstwettbewerb aus mit dem Thema 'the art of food'. Ein Motto ganz nach meinem Geschmack, aber ich wusste dass es nicht leicht sein wuerde mitzumachen, da die meisten meiner 'food' bilder ueber die Sommermonate verkauft wurden und neue Bilder anzufangen- mit einem Neugeborenen, zwei weiteren Kindern und unserem Restaurant noch 7 Tage/ Woche geoeffnet- wuerde eine echte Herausforderung darstellen... ich versuchte es, hatte ich doch eine Idee ein Bild zu malen fuer die Restaurant Kueche meines Mannes, es sollte etwas buntes, froehliches sein, das die Arbeit in einem Restaurant darstellt... so fing ich also das Bild an, nachdem unser Mathias geboren war, unser drittes Kind, vor etwas mehr als einem Monat. Um so mehr habe ich mich gefreut und geehrt gefuehlt den ersten Preis ueberreicht zu bekommen- den 'Cooke Aquaculture Award'! Vielen Dank!