Simcoe Watershed Art Project: Lake Effects

An art exhibit called "Lake Effects" was put on by the Simcoe Watershed Art Project through December 2011 in the Barrie City Hall rotunda.

Seventeen artists,  using a variety of media, expressed and documented the cultural diversity, beauty and fragility of lakes Simcoe and Couchiching.

At the official opening on Dec. 2, while visitors viewed the paintings, Roy Hickling sang songs he had written about water.

The next exhibit by the Simcoe Watershed Art Project is a juried show at the Orillia Museum of Art and History, May 14 to June 30.

Artists and art enthusiasts who would like more information about the Orillia show can email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Or call organizer Jennie Clark at 905-830-0794.

Below are photographs of some of the artwork that was on display at the Barrie show:

#3 Light on Water with Willows
Size: 30”x 30”
Media: Acrylic and Enamel
Price: $600.

Woodland Waterfall
Size: 32” x 27”(horizontal format)
Media: chalk pastel on acid free Canson Mi-Teintes paper
Year: 2009
Price: $1,100

#4 Place in Time
Size: 36” x 36”
Media: Oil on canvas
Price: $2300.

#5 Rurbia:Fish (2011)
Size: 24” x 36”
Media: house paint, acrylic, on recycled Plexiglass and Mahogany Door
Price: $800.

#6 Winter Water (2011)
Size: 30” x 30”
Media: Mixed Media on wood panel
Price: $950.

Eugenia Falls
Size: 32" X 40"
Media: Oil on canvas