Free for the reading is our finely crafted Canadian newsletter about art happenings and canoe events that are national and internationally in flavour. It is a fun and interesting read. It
offers a free screen saver gift. Bill Mason has a original impressionistic painting for sale. They are one of a kind paintings. All Bill Mason's works are influenced by wilderness nature, water and land.
Every oil painting for sale on-line there is a write-up to accompany each painting to read so you can understand what connects to his oil painting image. If an
original is out of your price range
consider buying one of our Bill Mason prints that is offered in our on-line gift store. Becky Mason writes about her art shows at the Cube gallery which reps her work. She has a write up about her
canoe course and explains why her canoe lessons are a unique experience set against a Canadian
wilderness backdrop. She also notes Canadian and USA paddling and canoe symposium
you may want to consider attending, these symposiums offer canoe workshops with skilled instructors. If watching paddling skills is more your speed
Becky does present canoe demonstrations to music. The paddling demonstrations are so beautiful to watch. You can see a canoe
demonstration of Becky Mason showing her
art of canoeing in the Classic Solo Canoeing DVD it can be purchased in our online store. Reid McLachlan is a
fine artist, an experienced expressionist oil artist with 20 years of painting to his name. His subjects ranges from people and what they are think about their situations. Mostly Reid McLachlan
dwells on
couples relationships and how they interact with each other, some are happy some are upset and some we don't know what they think. You need to pause and study his paintings because at
first glance you see the first message then upon revisiting his canvases you see more and more in his paintings. Paul Mason is hard at work at drawing and paintings his funny
cartoons. Becky has the new information about an environment cause she is currently working on.
All the Mason family loves the wood canvas canoe. Bill
continues to be talked about on many website, Some that have linked are Canoeski
and many more which I'll be listing soon. We all like to go canoeing. If you want canoeing instruction Becky has just the canoe lessons for you. If you live too
far away to attend her courses you can always pick up some of her and her Dad's paddling instructional dvds or video they are both filmmakers that have won awards. Artist Reid
Mclachlan will be profiled in a film on Bravo!
Becky Mason's solo art show "Heroes" in the Fritzi Gallery at the GCTC in Ottawa. Runs until August 1, 2010.
Dial into a free art show narration recording at
Tel: (613) 366-2024
Ottawa, Ontario phone number.
"Experiencing this play makes me think about our current war and what our
soldiers will feel after. This thought hit me hard. " Rebecca Mason
view pics and read more....
Mason and McLachlan's art featured in cool Ottawater Mag!
"ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line,
in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at
http://www.ottawater.com
(off-site link)
Bill Mason's two original painting for sale
Read more...
In addition I'm teaching some Paddle Canada Courses too. For the second week of
July I'm teaching one solo and one tandem class in Algonquin Park.
My Paddle Canada Algonquin Park courses are listed along with a lot of
other canoe happenings Read on....
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If you can pop into Pinhey's Point, Ottawa, Ontario, June 27th I'm doing a
canoe demo and informal canoe heritage talk.
Read on....(off-site link)
National Canoe Day
National Canoe Day Is June 26th - Celebrate it by going canoeing. In 2007, the canoe was named
one of the Seven Wonders of Canada via a CBC Radio feature in which over
1 million votes were cast. In celebration of this the Canadian Canoe Museum founded National Canoe Day
with the aim of increasing participation in paddlesports in
Canada, engaging new paddlers and reaching across generational and cultural
divides to introduce the canoe to those who haven't had the opportunity to
experience this great national heritage. In the intervening years, National Canoe Day has grown to become
a truly countrywide event, with participants paddling across the country, from the midnight sun of the north to
the urban rivers of the south. National Canoe Day was also celebrated internationally by groups in the
United States and the United Kingdom.
Canadian Canoe Museum information about National Canoe Day
read more...
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We made it back from over the pond.
Becky and Reid had a great time teaching canoeing and presenting their slideshow in
Scotland, England, Ireland and Sweden for 6 weeks.
I'll be adding more links here in the next few weeks. It's fun
to see the images and read the UK canoeists comments. The volcanic ash slowed us down
but it turned out to be more fun (and very exciting) because we
travelled to Ireland and Scotland on buses, ferries and trains.
England -Cambridgeshire Mepal classes and Cambridge paddling on the
River Cam pictures
and read more...
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Scotland - Castle Semple classes and a paddling Loch Lomond- and we did see
the Wallabies!- a few youtube clips of classes are fun to watch too pictures
and read more...
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Wow! our three year audit is done!
Reid and I are doing a two-step happy canoe dance because hip-hip hooray
our three years of absolute drudgery of a
Revenue Canada audit is now done! I fought every step of the way
and it was long and hard slogging with many good people behind me.
The good people behind me.
Parkerprinslebano
Senior accountant and president, Steve Parker was superb and I highly recommend
his firm if you need an accountant for regular tax stuff or one that specializes in audits and artist issues. Thank you Marilyn Hill,
she was the amazingly patient accountant appointed to me and
answered all my questions and explained what an audit entails.
CARFAC Canadian Artists' Representation
is a fantastic Canadian national arts body of which I'm a
member. They arranged the free use of a senior litigator in the Toronto firm Torys
when I was forced to accept a court date for my audit. Fortunately I was able to settle out-of-court with
excellent legal advice guiding my way. A heart-felt thank you
CARFAC!
Our dear friend Marla Bryant also provided excellent advice and a wonderful boost at the very end that got us through!
And finally friends and family, I love you all. You stuck with us through thick
and thin. Tabulating data, sorting through files, answering the
phone, being there when I'd lost a piece of myself that this audit took and stomped
on. Thank you for reminding me who I am and why I do what I do.
Results of the shakedown
I'm happy with the outcome of settling out of court for a few
hundred dollars in fines. It was three years
with two audit officers working full time - not
counting all our lost time during the audit process. But
all is done and oh my what a learning experience in
accounting.
Enviro Notes:
Help save Canada's environmental laws
The federal government is committed to gutting the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA).
This is possibly Canada’s most important environmental legislation because it often requires environmental
impact studies to be prepared and considered in public hearings before projects such as tar sands mines, oil
and gas pipelines and nuclear power plants are built. The law has been steadily improving over the last 20 years
through court rulings and government changes to regulations. It is a major part of protecting the environment and a
tool we rely on to prevent ecological disaster.
The public strongly supports environmental protection despite the economic times, so the government has
devised a strategy of hiding changes to environmental protection by burying its policy in the budget.
We recently saw the passage of budget bill C-9 in the House, allowing for the weakening of the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Act. In reaction, Sierra Club Canada and Ecojustice are asking Canada’s federal
opposition parties to make a public commitment to restoring the environmental assessment law at the earliest opportunity.
Sierra Club Canada and Ecojustice sent this letter May 7, 2010 to federal opposition parties:
Read letter...
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Kevin's fun. Check out some of his short instructional videos. I liked watching how he cooks
his bannock.
Read on....
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Amy's website does a great job inspiring girls and women to get out
and enjoy our beautiful outdoors. She has
interviewed me and lots of others on our views on camping.
Read on....
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"Freshwater Paddles" Exhibit Thirty
current & former artists and artisans from the Artists in
their Environment studio tour will be transforming canoe paddles
into one-of-a-kind works of art.
These pieces will form a special exhibit stop during the studio
tour which takes place October 2,3 & 9,10,11 with 100% of
sales being donated to WaterCan to help build wells in Uganda.
Read on...
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