Agape Designs

Finished this small solid wood coffee table the other day. It’s done with a base color acrylic pour followed by a hand painted mandala and the. Sealed and topped with a durable solid resin epoxy. This table wipes clean thanks to the epoxy and doesn’t require coasters. This is currently available for curbside pick up at Gateway to The Arts. I love this little piece and would love to keep it but I don’t have room! This will be a great addition to someone’s home or cottage! Cost: $180.00 taxes included.

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Keep your eyes peeled for the return to workshops at Agape Designs starting mid January... I'll be offering some really cool classes that will run on zoom. Each class will include a kit of materials pertinent to the class as well as practice materials. I'll be posting the classes and descriptions and costs in the next day or two and I look forward to seeing you all there. There will be a course specifically for children, adult classes. Look forward to seeing you soon!

Here is prompt #2 be sure to post your pieces! For details and past prompts read the whole post below the stars.... PROMPT #2 Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.... Henry David Thoreau The color for this theme is blue so be sure to use some or a lot of blue! **************************** So what now? Here we are again in lockdown... as such the studio is closed to in person classes and events... so what I would like to do is spark some creative thought amongst my patrons! I’m currently recuperating from some health issues and have a considerable amount of downtime. So my thought is this... every two days (starting tomorrow, Monday) I will post a saying, word or image. YOUR CHALLENGE SHOULD YOU ACCEPT IT... is to turn that prompt into a piece of artwork and post a photo within 24 hours to this page. At the end of the lock down I’ll create a multimedia video featuring pieces created during this second and unprecedented lockdown. I am planning to focus on a few new styles and techniques while we are locked down and I’d love to encourage you to do the same. Having an issue with creative block? Message me and we can try to work through it! If you are willing and able to step out of your comfort zone, style, medium and age do not matter, maybe do it as a family or with a group of friends safely online... I’ll see if I can’t get some of my co-artists Gateway to The Arts to participate and offer their special takes on pieces as well. Let’s face it we have the downtime why not have some fun with it? If you’re in comment below. I’ll post the first prompt tomorrow around 10am.

So what now? Here we are again in lockdown... as such the studio is closed to in person classes and events... so what I would like to do is spark some creative thought amongst my patrons! I’m currently recuperating from some health issues and have a considerable amount of downtime. So my thought is this... every two days (starting tomorrow, Monday) I will post a saying, word or image. YOUR CHALLENGE SHOULD YOU ACCEPT IT... is to turn that prompt into a piece of artwork and... post a photo within 24 hours to this page. At the end of the lock down I’ll create a multimedia video featuring pieces created during this second and unprecedented lockdown. I am planning to focus on a few new styles and techniques while we are locked down and I’d love to encourage you to do the same. Having an issue with creative block? Message me and we can try to work through it! If you are willing and able to step out of your comfort zone, style, medium and age do not matter, maybe do it as a family or with a group of friends safely online... I’ll see if I can’t get some of my co-artists Gateway to The Arts to participate and offer their special takes on pieces as well. Let’s face it we have the downtime why not have some fun with it? If you’re in comment below. I’ll post the first prompt tomorrow around 10am.

We are getting so excited to officially open our doors at 151A Main St. West in North Bay! We are the new place for artists and art lovers in the downtown core. We have 1300+ sq. ft. on the main floor which houses a gallery, workshop space and much more as well as an equal footprint downstairs that houses 5 rental studios, storage and a coffee/workshop space! We are super excited to finally welcome the public in to this space we've grown to love!

A few more ornaments done a set of two mandala ornaments and two more leaves done. The mandala set is 30.00 the leaves are 25.00 each with 5.00 from each sold going to our Christmas Fundraiser.

Christmas charcuterie board just finished the epoxy is now setting. Will be available Gateway to The Arts Monday! $45.00

This is an interview we did yesterday with Paul Myers of Clark Communications they have been supporting small business through the tough times and working hard to promote local! https://youtu.be/ekj-EdXiUcc

Painted leaf ornaments. These are painted on actual Ontario leaves that fell this fall. They are painted and sealed with epoxy and then hangers added out of beads and silver plated wire. These are available for $25.00 each and $5.00 will go to Gateway to The Arts Christmas fundraiser.

Hey we have an awesome paint event happening Thursday night in support of a cute little pooch! Be sure to pre-register and join us!