Wendy Ryan Folk Art Blog

Sitting here at my computer this evening, it's only 7:30 and already dark. I'm still clinging stubbornly to sandals and shorts...but...

Even though I'm not able to be there, I'm so happy to see the sun shining on the Old Ottawa South Arts and Music Festival... Well, ...

Saturday, Sept 18 is the Old Ottawa South Art and Music Festival. It is a fabulous one day, outdoor event in a leafy, green, neighbourhoo...

September 11 and impossible not to mark the day in some way. I felt this very pale angel emerging from the darkness was somehow appropriate.

August roared past me like a freight train and here I am, in near disbelief that the calender page has flipped to September. No matter how c...

August 24 already! My apologies to those of you who regularly visit my little blog. With the clock ticking towards Cabbagetown Art and Craft...

Apologies for these long stretches between posts. I haven't been in my studio as often as I usually am. But I have managed to finish a ...

It's late afternoon here in my little studio and I'm already noticing how the days seem to be getting shorter. Summer is so fleeting...

A few weeks ago I met a lovely young woman who commissioned me to do a painting for her. July was a busy month with shows but at long last h...

It always takes a day or two to come down from Hillside Festival. It's one of those special summer festivals full of great music, amazi...

Sunday night and time to clean my brushes and turn this machine off! I've been working on a few commissions these past few days. One is ...

Somehow the week has gotten away from me. I started this post last Saturday and the clock ticked away and it remained a draft... But I'm...

Back from the Cobourg Waterfront Festival and very happy to have three weeks off before Hillside Festival. I've been so busy with the...

Summer is so short in this part of the world...we wait and we wait and we wait while the winter wind blows and the snow flies and then final...

With less than a week left before the Cobourg Waterfront Festival I'm spending long hours at my paints. I have a number of new pieces ...

Home again from another show. And this time the weather was just not as co-operative as we had hoped. We had sun, we had shade...and yes we...

When you are awakened by the sound of your 92 pound dog throwing up on the bedroom rug you know that you should tread lightly on this day......

Well Art In The Park 2008 is now behind us. And it was a glorious weekend. While other parts of Ontario had severe storms we had mostly blu...

I can't be the only one out there old enough to remember "glitter paint kits". I've heard they're quite collectible t...

I'm still finishing those final pieces for Art in the Park. For those of you who are coming out to the show, my booth location is 15 Cen...