Robert Achtemichuk

What I see becomes a sort of visual illumination, like a match struck unexpectedly in the dark, a gift, lighting my path into wonder -Virginia Woolf


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A Hole in the Ground revisited

A project of Inter Arts Matrix

Returning to Sandhills Park to draw with artist, Linda Duvall who is here with her project from August 28 to September 8, 2023. During my time in June the white pines over looking the hole beckoned me to draw them.

chalk pastel

Thank you to Inter Art Matrix for choosing me to be in this project. I recognize the funding received by Inter Arts Matrix from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, Region of Waterloo Arts Fund and the Waterloo Region Community Foundation.


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In lieu of Open House

This posting is in lieu of an Open House held in my studio. This grouping comes from an interest in the travels of the moon as viewed from my studio in its various presentations and of the passing of the seasons. They express a sense of wonder with nature and my urban location. Most are painted on washi, a Japanese paper made from Kozo fibre or on silk with opaque watercolour called gouache that I have grown to love. Titles, medium, size and price follow each image. Best of the Season during these times.

October 3, 2020 9:32pm, gouache/washi , 7″ x 10″ , $7OO unf
September 26, 2020 8:40pm, gouache/washi, 7″ x 10″, $400 unf
July 6, 2020 12:13am, gouache/silk, 6.5″ x 8.5″, $400 unf
December 12, 2019 7:35pm, gouache/washi, 13.5″ x 9″, $750 unf
December 24, 2018 4:50pm, gouache/washi, 9″ x 10″, $625 unf
April 9, 2016 9:20pm, gouache/washi, 12″ x 9″, $700 unf
June 20, 2014 3:55am, gouache/paper, 6″ x 6″, $225 unf
December 20, 2012, gouache/silk, 3.25″ x 2.75″, $160