The Dick and Jane Art Co.

We are very much looking forward to hosting our Open Studio Art Show and Sale this coming November 18 and 19, 2022. Friday (Opening Night) 7-9:30pm and Saturday 10am-5pm. We have not been able to have one in two years because of Covid, we are so happy to be getting into a better flow of shows and interaction with the world. Luckily Steve Sawchuck (Mulon Bluze) will be joining us with his sweet classical accoustic guitar. The House and Studio will be filled with art and art lovers like you.

We will be posting our newest pieces on our website to give you a sneak peek and what you have to look forward to so keep your eyes out! Thank you and we hope to see you in November.

It has been a busy few months here in the studio, with many new pieces created and a good number of commissioned works finding new homes as well. We’ve both been busy at the easel, and with lots of other projects as well, including a trip to BC to help with a move. Here are a few pictures of some of the new pieces that we’ve been able to create for you! I will have them uploaded to our “For Sale” paintings in the next day or two.

We’ll be showing our work at the 2022 Home County Music and Art Festival in Victoria Park again, after a two year covid break. It should be fun to see lots of people from the community again, and hear all the great music too. Summer festivals are what really make London “come alive” for the both of us, and it is always great to see everyone out enjoying our city.

We’re happy that spring has finally arrived in the last few days; it’s been a long and cold winter and we’re looking forward to the warmth!

We’ll be doing the Studio Tour again this year on April 22nd – 24th. We’ve made many new pieces for that show and we’re always excited for you to see them. (Many of our other outdoor shows are also back on again this year after a two year break, and we’re trying to sort out which ones we’ll be doing as the season progresses, but it’s nice to finally be able to get out and show our artwork again.)

Here is the link to the Studio Tour Website.

Here are some new paintings from the last few months:

Here are some paintings we have been working on for the last few months, themed around Winter and Snow.

We both worked on the piece above. It’s a commission piece of Blackfriar’s bridge near downtown London, and it was a fun piece to work on together.

We’re both excited to be part of the Studio Tour again this year – and it’s happening during its regular April dates, so it’s happening pretty soon. Here is a link to the site.

We also added a new member to our family – Frankie. He is our new pup and we are all super happy to have him as a part of our home!

It has been a whole year since we last opened our home and studio to the public for an art show. Like for many of us it has been a challenging year with lots of opportunity to learn and grow. We are very excited to see everyone and to share what we have been up to with our art and home/studio. Our art will fill this place and we have an almost fully completed kitchen that Peter (basically) built from almost scratch. There are also 23 other artists on this tour that are sure to inspire you. So come out and enjoy you local artistic talent!

October 1, 7:00pm-9:30pm

October 2, 10:00am-5:00pm

October 3, 12:00-5:00pm ‘

Details for the tour are here: www.londonstudiotour.ca

Beach houses by Peter Karas 2021, oil on canvas.

Here are some of the paintings we completed in the last month. We’ve been having fun with colour and painting on wood panel lately. Click on the caption for pricing info if you’d like one of these for your walls.

Here is a time lapse of Peter’s latest painting, “Cliff Houses”. It’s done in oil on a mounted wood panel, and it was painted over the course of a few days last week. I hope you enjoy!

It’s been slowly turning into spring around here, and we have even been able to paint with the studio door open to the fresh air! Here are a few new paintings we have been able to make in the last few weeks of April.

Here are four new paintings for the end of March. Take a look!

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Here’s a time lapse video from our new Youtube Channel. We thought it would be fun to show our process, and put the paintings out to a wider audience as well.

So far the response has been great – so we’re making more videos of our work. Check it out!

This piece is called “Old North”, and is painted in oil, on masonite.