Welcome to my website.
The first "Surface Explorations Art Retreat" at Camp Arnes, May 31-June 2, was one of the best experiences of my creative life. Nineteen participants worked hard from morning until night exploring the challenging world of acrylics. Many have already signed up for next year's retreat which will take place from Sunday, May 27 to Thursday afternoon, May 31. The information for the 2012 Retreat is under the workshops section in this website.
I continue to enjoy being part of a wonderful group of artists displaying their work at Pulse Gallery, operated by Judy Reardon Smith and Lesly Dawyduk at Johnston Terminal at the Forks. The space is intimate,well designed, and full of beautiful work by Manitoba artists.Judy and Lesly are delightful and welcoming. Each artist's work on display is changed monthly or sooner, so it is always worth a trip. You can't go wrong at the Forks: art, food, shopping, meeting people, and just celebrating what Winnipeg has to offer.
As well, I am working at updating my work at Fleet Gallery on Albert Street. I should have this accomplished by mid-July.
I have decided to take a break from offering workshops until next June, apart from my scheduled two weeks at River Rock in Cochrane, Alberta. This is a fine studio operated by Ursula Reynolds, who has become a very dear friend of mine. The studio offers workshops with several different artists, all excellent. Check it out by googling River Rock Studio.
Please do e-mail to be part of my e-mail list if you are interested in future endeavours and workshops. As soon as I put together a workshop schedule in 2012, I will distribute it.
I continue to explore new ways of using acrylics on new surfaces. For the next year my goal is to explore creative possibilities and artist friends at the clubs I have joined in the city. An immediate goal is to update the pictures on this website with new works that are not all sold. Wish me luck.
The pictures shown below from the show are actually 30 x 60 inches large. In all there are fourteen different paintings this size.
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Thirty five years of experiencing all aspects of the arts through teaching and performance has resulted in my finally settling into my own groove as an experimental mixed media artist.
Art for me is about relationships. In some strange way, the people in my life, whom I value above everything else, are living works of art. Together, we work to find a balance as we experience life; analyzing, interpreting, and sorting through the various life events that confront us. It’s all about problem solving. And that is exactly what my painting is---experience and problem solving in space. Layers of texture, paint, and embedded objects are manipulated below and on the surface to create images that evolve as elements of design and composition creating architecture in paint, communicating my feelings. It’s really very simple. I react to my art surfaces the same way I interact with the people in my life. |
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Compositional problem solving and working through life are very similar. Things get messy in both cases. So, you take a good look…..best done with your mouth shut. Then you find some structure, patterns--some strength. Enhance what is useful and good, eliminate what is unnecessary, and work with what you have to add as a way of solving the problem. Finding or developing a focal point is always useful. And if the result is something a bit eccentric, excessive, glitzy and over the top---bravo! |
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So there it is. Please browse through the website to see what I do, workshops that are offered, and shows where you can see my work. |
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Where to find my work:
My work is on permanent display at Fleet Gallery on Albert Street and at Pulse Gallery in the Johnston Terminal at the Forks.
Charleswood Art Group "Springtide" St. Andrews River Heights, April 29-May 1, 2011
Manitoba Art Expo 2011
Thursday, Nov. 3: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Friday, Nov. 4: 1:00PM – 9:00PM
Saturday, Nov. 5: 10:00AM - 8:00PM
Sunday, Nov. 6: 12 noon- 5:00PM
Upcoming Courses away from home:
August 29-September 2, 2011, River Rock Studio, Cochrane, Alberta (five days of surface explorations)
September 5-9,2011 River Rock Studio,Cochrane , Alberta (five days of surface explorations)
Check out these and other course offerings at River Rock Studio. It is an excellent residential facility.
www.riverrockstudio.com
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