Africa On Canvas

         A huge load of paintings just arrived from Tanzania - 128 paintings to be exact.  There's an assortment of Tinga Tinga animal paintings perfect for a kids room, a number of striking colored Maasai abstract knife paintings and several much anticipated paintings from the enormously popular Said Ray. 

It stopped raining just long enough to sneak out and take pictures in the sun!  These two paintings are done by Namanya Godwin.  A talented artist who draws much of his inpiration from the colourful women of Uganda. 

How exciting!  The first successful shipment of African paintings has arrived from Uganda.  There are 4 new paintings from Matovu Collins and Namanya Godwin, both based out of Kampala, Uganda.  Their full profiles and photo's of the paintings will follow shortly, so be sure to check back.

Africa on Canvas is now sporting a brand new Facebook page!  Check it out to see featured artist bios, photos and the updated event schedule for the summer.  As an added bonus, if you "Like" the page on your next visit you'll be entered into a prize draw happening at the end of the summer show season.  More on the prize list will be posted in the coming weeks.

It's been less than a year since Africa on Canvas joined forces with the Uganda Partnership (UP) and in April I had the opportunity to make my first visit to the project.  For three weeks I lived with a group of volunteers in a remote village in SW Uganda meeting with widows groups and working with them on a variety of different income generating projects. 

The new paintings from Said Ray arrived today and will make their big debut Saturday at Afrikaday!  The first two paintings from Said sold on their first day at Bluesfest and these next ones are just as spectacular.  The colors are amazing!

   If you don't have anything planned for this beautiful weekend why not head down to the 2010 Calgary Blues Festival taking place at Shaw Millennium Park.

There's exciting news on the horizon. Africa on Canvas and The Uganda Partnership Association are joining forces.

The latest order of paintings has arrived from Tanzania and not a moment too soon for the Calgary Sun & Salsa Festival on Sunday, July 25. Check out the 'In Stock' page to browse through all the latest selections.

Hello everyone!  It seems like such a long time since I have given you an update.

I am happy to announce that Africa on Canvas will be at the Lilac Festival this upcoming Sunday, May 30th.  Our location this year will be the same as years past, between 15th and 17th Avenue on 4th Street, directly across the street from the Rose & Crown Pub - and as you can see in the photo above quite close to Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.