Sue “Wille” Flanagan

Sue "Willie" Flanagan has been painting and creating her entire life, a self-proclaimed crafter extraordinaire who worked in the fine jewellery and craft industries before retiring early to live in cottage country on Big Bald Lake. She recently resigned as the co-director for the Buckhorn Festival of the Arts to spend more time creating, Sue is a lover of all forms of the arts and has tried them all.



Sue currently dabbles in all painting materials originally starting her journey with watercolour portraitures, then switching to acrylic and within the last 3 years has worked with wool needle felting, oil, and mixed media. During the COVID19 staycation she has taken up pottery creating garden art.



Sue has taught for many years and her next class is a wet felting vessel class at the Artisans Centre in Peterborough on October 31st. She also teaches small groups in her studio loft at her home.

Norma MacEachern

Norma MacEachern is a “work in progress “.

She was raised on a farm, and has always been a keen nature lover.  She enjoyed working in the fields, and just being outdoors in general.

She is one of 12 children. and has always been social and outgoing which served her well in her career of 36 years.

When Norma retired seven years ago, she found it difficult to adjust to all the spare time on her hands.

Norma has been interested in art since an early age and was encouraged to expand on the knowledge of drawing and perspectives.

She enrolled in Art at high school and enjoyed it but there really was nowhere to go with it when you live in a rural area.


Norma joined the Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio and slowly filled her time with some workshops and joined the KAGS Outdoor Painters Group.

The Group gives her the opportunity to visit various places throughout Peterborough County where she can draw and paint with other like minded artists who enjoy creating art on location.










She is “playing “with the various media, working in pen and ink, oil, acrylic, pencil and watercolour.

In the last couple of years she has been teaching beginner classes in acrylic, which she enjoys.

"Slow but sure", that is her motto. You cannot rush great things, therefore she is “A Work in Progress“.

The Last Day of the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today was a very busy day with fifteen paintings purchased from Diane Collins, Ron Desjardine, Heather Grant, Sharon Harper, Susan Sydney and Bonnie Windover. Pottery was sold by JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were bought from Diane Collins, Penny Little and JoAnne Connell Northey.
















The hours for our show are:
20 Aug 17 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Hopefully some of you will make it out to see the show before it closes.

Shades of Summer Show

I can see it won't be long before the leaves are changing their colours, oh wait, some of them already have. The temperature this morning when I did the barn chores was 48F (9C). But it did eventually warm up to 68F (20C).

The morning was fairly slow at the show today but picked up in the afternoon. An original painting was purchased from Penny Little and small items were sold by Diane Collins, Lorraine Ryan, Barbara McGregor and Pat Harvey and pottery was bought from JoAnne Connell Northey.

The hours for our show are:

14 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 13 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Opening Day of the Shades of Summer Show

We had a fair number of people going through the show today with three original paintings sold from Irene Smith and Barbara McGregor as well as small items from Lorraine Ryan and Diane Collins.


The hours for our show are:

10 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
11 Aug 13 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
12 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
13 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 13 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 13 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Please come out and enjoy our show.

Lorraine Ryan

Using the arts to express myself is a real joy. I grew up in Lakefield, alongside the Otonabee River. Growing up in the 40s, a wonderful time, when you just enjoyed the outside clean air and rivers and all the wonderful scenery around us. Now I am to put some of this enjoyment down in the arts field. Watercolour, pen and ink,acrylic, mixed media, and photography. I enjoy it all...

I started with folk art, when the children were growing, Learned about colour and how to use your brushes from Helen Belsey at the tea room in Keene. We got to bring home a finished piece at the end of each day. That was a real bonus. Later joined the Folk art guild in Peterborough. Lots of great friends to paint with and learn new techniques.
















Moved on to many other artistic outlets, Richard Haymens courses at the Peterborough School of Fine Art, Barb Holtz classes in Lakefield, George Elliots night school drawing courses..and many more..I still try to take as many classes as possible when time permits. You are never to old to learn, especially when it is fun.
Now I belong to the Buckhorn Artists' Group and the Kawartha Outdoor Painters, both great groups with lots of friends with like interests.

I have really enjoyed my journey as an artist, you are never finished learning in this life, and the arts field is a pleasant way to enjoy nature and all the wonderful people along the way.

If you wish to view more of her work please click on Lorraine Ryan