Michael Osborne Art of Gold Studios
My wife and I went to the Signatures 25th Anniversary Christmas Show at the Ottawa Congress Centre this past week-end. The main reason why we went, was to meet Michael Osborne, of Art of Gold Studios. Michael has been creating art on the Lower North Shore for many years, and I had always wanted to see some of his work. It was great to have a chance to meet him.
I have included a photograph below of Michael in his booth at the show, along with a couple of photographs of some of his work. It never occurred to me until I went to the show, but it is an incredible amount of work to set up a booth like this. Michael had to load all of his art into a car, then drive down to Ottawa, and set up the booth. After the show, he has to pack it all up again, and then load the car back up again. Obviously all of the art is very fragile, so he has to carefully pack each piece to make sure that it does not get damaged.
We were purchased two of his paintings, which was hard choice since there were several that we liked. We ended up just going with the ones that caught our eye as we walked into his booth. We are very happy with our selections, especially now that it is hanging on our wall in the living room.
After this show, Michael is going to be doing a tour of the Coast, and will be returning home for Christmas.