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Exhibition catalogue Lake of DreamsTRANSCRIPT
GALERIE D’AVIGNONART CONTEMPORAIN
CONTEMPORARY FINE ART
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GALERIE D’AVIGNONART CONTEMPORAIN
CONTEMPORARY FINE ART
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JANICE MASONSTEEVES
May 2 to 23rdReception Saturday May 2, 2 – 5 pm
Du 2 au 23 maiReception Samedi le 2 mai, de 14h à 17h
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In the market of old Marrakech, I met an elderly traveller with remarkable eyes. Pulling me aside,she told me this story with urgency, as though there were little time to tell it. “Many years ago”,she said, looking into my eyes with an unsettling intensity, “I embarked on a quest to find themythological Lake of Dreams. I dedicated my life to it.”
”One day”, she said, “pulled by an invisible force, I found myself on the shores of a round goldenlake. Enormous water lilies, all shades of orange and red as though kissed by the setting sun,whispered softly to me as my canoe glided over them. I was lulled into a foggy dreamlike reverieand somewhere in the mists of a moment I realized that I could understand the language of theseflowers. I doubled over in sadness at the beauty of their words. When the grief of some deeplonging finally abated, I lay back in my canoe, exhausted, my eyes red. I was enfolded in thestrange but certain comfort of knowing I belonged here—that I had found home.”
The traveller stopped momentarily, overcome with her memories. “I awoke sometime in thenight”, she continued, “with mists of thick, warm fog encircling me. My canoe moved slowlyon its own over the surface of ghostly ancestors, toward a dim light glowing in the distance andas the fog parted momentarily, I floated through a portal, a spiritual gateway. I saw an enormousgolden bowl on the edge of the lake and people sitting in meditation looking up at this brilliantvessel that was lit from within. A kindly figure in a hooded cloak rose to help me from my canoeas it reached the shore. I felt comfortable with this woman as if I had always known her. As wewalked together toward the huge glowing bowl, I could feel strong waves of energy coming fromit, and some untold joy pierced my chest, filling me with warmth. I was in the presence of thesacred. This was the Vessel of Creation. A vessel of truth and hope.”
“Eventually, I was instructed to return and tell of this golden vessel on the Lake of Dreams.As I left, the cloaked woman smiled as she put her hand on my heart and said, ‘This is an innerjourney, not an outer quest.’ She chanted a blessing into the wind, pressed a green stone intomy palm, then sent me back through the mist and the water lilies.”
A crowd of people pushed past us in the Marrakech market. When I turned, the elderly travellerwas gone and I found a small green stone in my hand.
Janice Mason Steeves
Evening on the Lake of Dreams
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 26, oil on panel, 24"x24".
Dans le marché du vieux Marrakech, j'ai rencontré un voyageur, une personne âgée avec desyeux remarquables. Elle m'a racontée cette histoire d'urgence, comme si il y avait peu de tempspour raconter.
"Il ya de nombreuses années", a t-elle dit, en regardant dans les yeux avec une intensitéinquiétante », je mène une quête pour trouver le mythique lac des rêves. J'ai consacré ma vieà celle-ci. "
«Un jour», dit-elle, "tiré par une force invisible, je me suis retrouvé sur les rives d'un lac d'orronde. D'énormes nénuphars, toutes les nuances orange et rouge, comme si elles étaientembrassées par le soleil couchant, me chuchotèrent doucement comme mon canot glisse sureux. J'ai été bercé dans un brouillard de rêve et de rêverie, quelque part dans les brumes d'unmoment, j'ai réalisé que je pouvais comprendre la langue de ces fleurs. J'ai doublé au cours dela tristesse à la beauté de leurs mots. Lorsque la douleur de certains profonds désirs s’est enfinapaisée, je réside dans mon canot, épuisé, les yeux rouges. J'ai été pliée dans l'étrange, mais
Le voyageur a arrêté momentanément, continua avec ses souvenirs. "Je me suis réveillédans la nuit quelque part", a t-elle poursuivi, «avec des brouillards épais, chaud brouillardm’entourant. Mon canot se déplaçait lentement sur sa propre surface d’ancêtres, vers unelumière éclatante ,je flottais à travers un portail, une porte spirituelle. J'ai vu un grand bol en orsur le bord du lac et les gens assis en méditation, à la recherche de ce brillant navire qui a étéallumée de l'intérieur. Un chiffre dans un manteau à capuchon est passé à l'aide de mon canot.Je me suis senti bien avec cette femme, comme si je l'avais toujours connue. Comme nousmarchions ensemble vers le grand bol vibrant, je pouvais sentir de fortes vagues d'énergievenant d’elle, d’immenses joies de ma poitrine, me comblant de chaleur. J'ai été dans laprésence du sacré. Ce fut le navire de la création. Un navire de la vérité et d'espérance. "
"Finalement, j'ai été chargé de retrouver et parler de ce bateau en or sur le lac des rêves. Commeje l'ai quitté, la femme enveloppée sourit comme elle a mis sa main sur mon cœur et dit: «C'estun voyage intérieur, et non une quête extérieure. Elle chanta une bénédiction dans le vent,appuyée sur une pierre verte dans ma paume, puis m’amena à travers la brume et les nénuphars.
Une foule de gens, poussés dans le passé, nous accueille au marché de Marrakech. Quand jeme suis tourné, cette personne avait disparu et j'ai trouvé une petite pierre verte dans ma main.
Janice Mason Steeves
Soir e sur le lac des r ves
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 6, oil on panel, 18"x18".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 21, oil on panel, 8"x10".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 7, oil on panel, 24"x60".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 15, oil on panel, triptych 24"x72".
Je me suis retrouvé sur les rives d'un lacd'or ronde. D'énormes nénuphars, toutes
les nuances orange et rouge, comme sielles étaient embrassées par le soleil
couchant, me chuchotèrent doucementcomme mon canot glisse sur eux.
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 34, oil on panel, 24"x24".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 32, oil on panel, 36"x36".
I found myself on the shores of a roundgolden lake. Enormous water lilies, all
shades of orange and red as though kissedby the setting sun, whispered softly to me
as my canoe glided over them.
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 27, oil on panel, 36"x36".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 23, oil on panel, 8"x10".
SSeelleecctteedd SSoolloo EExxhhiibbiittiioonnss
2009 Evening on the Lake of Dreams,Galerie D’Avignon,Montreal, Quebec
2008 Turn-Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, OntarioTurning to Center-Peter Robert-son Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2006 Mudan-Abbozzo Gallery,Oakville, Ontario
2005 A Light on the Ganges-TriasGallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004 Flower-Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, OntarioGalerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Quebec
2003 Flowers for Rose-Trias Gallery,Toronto, Ontario
2002 To Hold a Fleeting Moment -Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal,QuebecPeony-Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2001 The Journey Home-Trias Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000 Red Passages-Abbozzo Gallery,Oakville, Ontario
1998 Memories and Dreams-AbbozzoGallery, Oakville, Ontario
1992 Iceworks-The Gallery at InniskillinWinery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, OntarioFirst Light-Burlington Art Centre,Burlington, Ontario
SSeelleecctteedd GGrroouupp EExxhhiibbiittiioonnss
2008 Mixed Images, juried The Galleryat R&F, Kingston, New YorkSurfaces, juried, John B. AirdGallery, Toronto, OntarioOSA in the GTA, invitational, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2007 Lotus, invitational, Atelier Gallery,Vancouver, British ColumbiaFrom the Studios, invitational,Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Encaustic, invitational, GalerieD’Avignon, Montreal, QuebecRegeneration, juried, John B.Aird Gallery, Toronto, OntarioVoices, invitational, WoodstockArt Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario
PPuubblliicc CCoolllleeccttiioonnss::Bishop Strachan SchoolThe Fred Victor Centre, Toronto, ONGovernment of Ontario Art CollectionHalton Children’s Aid SocietySchulich School of Business, York UniversityThe Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Diploma CollectionHOOPP (Hospitals on Ontario Pension Plan)
CCoorrppoorraattee CCoolllleeccttiioonnss::Affinity Wealth ManagementCIBC World Markets, London, UKDan Lawrie Insurance DeLoitte & ToucheFirst Gulf, MississaugaFromeyer Holdings, California, USAGlista and AssociatesGroup Dynamitem, MontrealHilborn Ellis GrantHQ HeadquartersIntrawest CorporationKilmer Van NostrandNational Bank FinancialNewton & Blair Design AssociationPontalexRBC Dominion SecuritiesRestaurant Anise, MontrealSenvest Collection, MontrealTaggart & Galt PLC Inc.Taylor LeibowThe Manor House, London, UKThe Residences of the Artisan, TorontoThistle Mining, Edinburgh, UKTrafalgar Capital Management
2005 Toronto International ArtFair-Toronto, Ontario
2004 Flower/Fleur, juried, John B. Aird Gallery,Toronto, OntarioToronto International Art Fair, Toronto, OntarioTenth Anniversary Exhibi-tion, invitational, AbbozzoGallery, Oakville, Ontario
2003 About Water, juried, TheVarley Gallery, Markham,OntarioAbout Water, juried, John B. Aird Gallery,Toronto, OntarioToronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario
2000 OSA 2000: Representa-tion -The Lt.-Governor’sSuites, Toronto, OntarioInto Body-juried, The Varley Gallery, Markham,OntarioFlora 2000: The Millennium in Japan,Awaji Island, Japan
1999 In the First Person: Five Women from thePrairies, invitational, MississaugaThe Great Round, invitational, BurlingtonArt Centre, Burlington, OntarioSpirit, Mind, Body -JohnB. Aird Gallery, Toronto,Ontario
1998 A Space for Light, invitational, CarnegieGallery, Dundas, Ontario
1997 Art and Healing, juried,Artwest Gallery, JacksonWyoming
1993 National Watercolor Society, juried, Los Angeles, California
1992 Perry Gallery, invitational,Burlington Art Centre,Burlington, Ontario
SSeelleecctteedd PPuubblliiccaattiioonnss2004 “Summer Gardens
Captured on Canvas”-Toronto Star
2003 Feature article: “Cycles”-Stir Magazine -Toronto,ONPainting featured onHGTV-“Designer Guys”International Artist Maga-zine –Master Painters,Canada Showcase
2002 ‘Artist captures thepeony’s fragility”-TheBurlington News
1999 ‘Plugged In”-MississaugaCable TV interview re “In the First Person”The Wild Women of theWest”-MississaugaNews, A Sense of Place”-The Canadian ForumPlugged In”-BurlingtonCable 23 television interview re:“The Great Round”
1998 “Historic Vessels”-The Oakville BeaverA Space for Light”-Fusion MagazineHamilton Cable 14 TV, Carnegie Galleryinterview
1997 TV 23 Interview-Burling-ton Art Centre
1993 “Portfolio”-The OakvilleBeaver
1992 CIUT Radio Interviewwith Jodi Glaser, Aug. 28th
Cover Story-Niagara FallsReview
CCaattaalloogguueess2009 Lake of Dreams –
Galerie d’Avignon2002 Flower-Abbozzo Gallery2004 Mudan-Abbozzo Gallery 2008 Turn-Abbozzo Gallery
GGrraannttss && AAwwaarrddss2008 Life Members’ Award-
Ontario Society of Artists juried exhibition ”Surfaces”
1997 Nora E. Vaughan Award,Ontario College of Art &Design
1993 Elected Member-NationalWatercolor Society, U.S.Elected Member-OntarioSociety of ArtistsElected Member-Cana-dian Society of Paintersin Watercolor
RReellaatteedd AAccttiivviittiieess2006 Jury-York Region Juried
Exhibition-Varley Gallery,Markham. ONExhibition Chair-Regener-ation-Toronto, ON
2003 Jury-York Region JuriedExhibition-Varley Gallery,Markham, ONChair of the Water Project-an OSA initiativewhere 67 galleriesacross Ontario held concurrentexhibitions about“Water” in the U.N.’s International Year ofWater
2001 Jury-Mississauga ArtsAwardsJury-City Hall Art Show
2000-2003President-Ontario Society of Artists1998-2000Vice President-Ontario Societyof Artists1999 Exhibition Chair-Home-
Toronto, ON1998 Exhibition Chair-Sacred
Earth-Toronto, ON
EEdduuccaattiioonn::1997 Ontario College of Art
and Design-Honours -Drawing and Painting
1969 M.A. Clinical Psychology,University of Manitoba
1967 B.A. University of Manitoba, Major in Psychology
BBoorrnn::Regina, Saskatchewan
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 16, oil on panel, 48"x45".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 25, oil on panel, 8"x10".
Elle chanta une bénédiction dans le vent,appuyée sur une pierre verte dans mapaume, puis m’amena à travers la brumeet les nénuphars.
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 28, oil on panel, 18"x18".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 30, oil on panel, 26"x80".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 24, oil on panel, 8"x10".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 31, oil on panel, 18"x18" .
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 11, oil on panel, 24"x80".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 19, oil on panel, 18"x18" .
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 14, oil on panel, triptych 18"x54".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 22, oil on panel, 8"x10".
Evening on the Lake of Dreams 12, oil on panel, 24"x80".
“Eventually, I was instructed to return and tell of this golden vessel on theLake of Dreams. As I left, the cloaked woman smiled as she put her hand onmy heart and said, ‘This is an inner journey, not an outer quest.’ She chanted a blessing into the wind, pressed a green stone into my palm, then sent meback through the mist and the water lilies.”
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