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Auction Programme

Opening Remarks: 8:00 pm Robert Steven, President & CEO, Art Gallery of Burlington Auction Begins: 8:05 pm Rob Cowley, Consignor Canadian Fine Art Auction Closing Remarks: 9:20 pm Cheryl Goldring, Art Auction Committee Chair Please note: there will be no intermission this evening

Art Auction Committee 2016

Cheryl Goldring, Chair Diane Bentivegna Louise Cooke Don Graves Anne Swarbrick Mary Kay Aird, AGB Development Officer Danielle Gibbons, AGB Marketing, Membership and Special Event Coordinator

AGB Staff

Lee Bondzio, Graphic Designer Anji Goobie, Hospitality Manager Gillian Goobie, Assistant Manager, Hospitality & Customer Service Denis Longchamps, Artistic Director & Chief Curator Mary Mazur, Executive Assistant Alexandria Nelson, Special Event Assistant Cheryl Soderlund, Volunteer Coordinator Robert Steven, President & CEO

Art Auction Volunteers

Thank you to AGB’s amazing volunteers! This event would not be possible without the commitment and expertise of every volunteer.

Art Auction Musicians

Special thanks to the musicians who performed during the Live Auction evening on June 3rd.

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2015 marked an exciting turning point in the history and future of the Art Gallery of Burlington. In 2016 the AGB continues to move forward while paying homage to the art and artists that put Canada on the world map of impressionism pre and post-World War One. Carmichael Varley, MacDonald, Jackson, Harris, Johnston and Lismer formed the Group of Seven in 1920, three years after the sudden mysterious death of Tom Thomson. All eight had been working together since the early 1900s with Thomson, a leading influence on the group. Iconic images such as the The Jack Pine and Canoe Lake by Thomson, have inspired thousands to take brush or palette knife in hand and create their own interpretations of the Canadian landscape. Spir-itualism, influenced by Thoreau, and a love of Canada and the Canadian north were the driving forces behind their art. Their first exhibit in Toronto in 1920 had planned for seventy mixed media works but expanded to one hundred and twenty-one, including a number of pieces from Montreal artists. A total of six paintings sold, ranging in price from $25 for a sketch by MacDonald to $1,000 for a canvas by Harris. This trend would soon change.

The second exhibition in 1921 boasted this bit of advice:

“The pictures must speak for themselves … the spectator brings with him a preconceived notion of what a picture should be like … he talks to the pictures instead of letting the pictures talk to him.” It remains true even today.

For The British Empire show at Wembley in London 1924, the Royal Canadian Academy chose only twenty paintings by the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, out of a total of one hundred offered. Despite this meager number, it was the Group of Seven who stole the show.

The Group of Seven was generous to fellow artists inviting them to exhibit with them, and later dissolving the group in 1933, in favour of a much larger contingent from across the country. They collaborated with Emily Carr and exhibited Sarah Robertson and Marion Scott of the Beaver Hall artists, but unfortunately they were never invited to join the group.

The Group of Seven, although exhibiting impressionistic, modernistic tendencies, were unique and stylistically worlds apart from counterparts Matisse, Kandinsky and Picasso. In 1913 artist David Milne wrote, “there is no doubt about their value to Canada … the prime minister could vote the seven a million dollars each and still be in their debt.”

This is what can be said of all the artists who have generously donated their works for sale at the 2016 AGB Art Auction. Their art reflects not only their expertise but their commitment to their craft and their dedication to bringing you their best to enjoy for generations to come. Without them we would not be here. To our generous sponsors, we thank you for your ongoing and tireless support of the arts community and the programs and outreach those donations provide. To the volunteers who continue to offer dedicated service year after year, know you are appreciated and without you the AGB could not function.

Art is integral to the health, diversity and strength of a community and must be accessible to all regardless of age, economic, social, mental or physical status. Community engagement and involvement is the soul of the AGB, without it, the AGB is just another gallery with pretty pictures.

On behalf of the AGB Art Auction Committee, staff and volunteers, thank you for your support.

Cheryl Miles Goldring, Chair

M E S S A G E F R O M T H E C H A I R

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A U C T I O N P R O C E D U R E S

ADVANCE BIDDING

Absentee Bid

• Purchase a ticket to the Art Auction, which gives you a bid number. An absentee bid consists of the maximum price you would be willing to pay for the piece in which you are interested. • You may place an Absentee Bid with our volunteers at the preview or contact Danielle Gibbons by email [email protected] or call 905-632-7796 ext 304 to make arrangements

Telephone Bid

• Purchase a ticket to the Art Auction, which gives you a bid number • Contact Danielle Gibbons by email [email protected] or call 905-632-7796 ext 304 and we will arrange for a senior member of staff to act as your bidder. You will be on the phone with your designate who will be in the auction room acting on your behalf. • We will only place a bid on your behalf if you direct us to do so

LIVE AUCTION

• You must purchase a ticket to the Art Auction to place bids in the live auction • When you arrive at the gallery, you will register for the auction with a volunteer and receive a bid number, found on the back cover of this catalogue. This is the bid number you will raise to bid in the live auction.

SILENT AUCTION

• The silent auction is open for bids throughout the preview week, beginning on May 29 at 2pm, and will close at approximately 9:45 pm on Auction evening, June 3 • If you place a bid during the week prior to our Auction evening on June 3, we will take your credit card and contact information to hold your bid. • If you are present during Auction evening when the silent auction closes, you may make your payment and take your piece home with you. You must purchase a ticket to be present at the event on June 3. If you are not present when you win, we will charge your credit card and you can pick up your piece starting on Monday, June 6.

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS

• When you are ready to pay for your purchase(s), please proceed to the Payment Desk, located at the Lakeshore doors. Once your payment is made, proceed to the Community Gallery to pick up your Live Auction pieces, or the Lee-Chin gallery to pick up your silent auction pieces. Present your invoice, and you will receive your wrapped artworks. • If you require help to carry the artwork to your car, we’d be pleased to help. • 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall Sale: Free admission throughout Art Week. Artwork can be purchased and taken home during the AGB hours from May 29 at 2pm through to Auction Evening on June 3. Please note: if you are present on June 3rd during our Live Auction event from 6:30pm onwards, you require a ticket. • All sale artwork is paid for at the Brock Lobby desk and picked up in the Lee Chin Gallery.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

• All live auction purchasers must have a bid number in order to bid. • No lots may be removed from the AGB until full purchase price is paid. • Live and silent auction artwork is subject to 13% HST • Interac, Visa, MasterCard and American Express are accepted. • All due and proper care has been taken in the compiling of this sales catalogue and the descriptions therein, and it represents our opinion and that of the consignor as to the authorship of the works offered for sale. • All property is sold “as is” and neither the consignor nor we make any warranties of the correctness of the catalogue. Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine its condition. We reserve the right to wit drawany property before sale. All bids are per lot as numbered in the catalogue. • We reserve the right to reject any bid. The highest bid acknowledged by the auctioneer will be the purchaser. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer will have the final decision either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the article in dispute. Our sale record is conclusive. • All lots have conservative reserve bids. The auctioneer will open bids at his discretion and during the sale acknowledge advance bids as the occasion arises. Lots failing to achieve the reserve price will be withdrawn from the sale.

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I N D E X

Artist Name Lot #

Cora Brittan 1Joan Heyerichs 2Lou Chenier 3Grace Afonso 4Jolanta Jung 5Claudette Losier 6Robin J. Mitchell 7Gillian Song 8A. Linda VanWyk 9Janet Keefe 10Rossana Dewey 11Kristofir Dean 12Donna Greenstein 13Elizabeth Jaworski 14Michael Sheppard 15Jane Theodore 16Janice Ykema 17Helen Griffiths 18Bill Philipovich 19Lee Munn 20Avoseh Sejiro Olaotanqasd 21Peter Kirkland 22Mary Anne Ludlam 23Jodie Hart 24

Artist Name Lot #

Anna Kutishcheva 25Diana Lee 26Jerzey Werbel 27Vanessa Cress Lokos 28Burlington Fibre Arts Guild 29Peter Adams 30Donna Fratesi 31Julia Veenstra 32Marsha Strycharz 33Rose Savage Ouellette 34Wayne Moore 35Lisa Ng 36Sandee Ewasiuk 37Bruno Capolongo 38Bronislaw Bak 39Joel Masewich 40Lynne Schumacher 41Kayo O’Young 42Deborah Pearce 43Kimiko Koyanagi 44Gisele Comtois 45Brian Darcy 46E. Robert Ross 47Robert Bateman 48

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CORA BRITTAN

The Mysterious Bower 22 Carat Gold, Silver Leaf, Light Fast Inks, Wax, 18.5” x 25”

BIO

Art has long been an important part of my life and has been a thread that has run through my educational experi-ence. In London, England I studied fine arts at Sir John Cass College, and in Atzumpa, Mexico I explored dry-point etching with Vicent Rascon. In my own work, and in teaching others, I con-tinue to study and learn – a lifelong process.

One of my greatest pleasures is to en-courage others in artistic endeavors. I have taught mixed media techniques and calligraphy at both Sheridan and Mohawk College, the Art Gallery of Burlington, the Waldorf School and the Hamilton Board of Education.

Retail Value $1,100 Lot 1

JOAN HEYERICHS

Century Old Maple Tree Oil on Canvas, 24”x24”

BIO

Through my years of study I have learned to be a painter from observa-tion. I translate what I see using colour as my inspiration to interpret the world around me.

My subject matter can come from the studio with views from a window, interi-ors or still life. I am equally as passion-ate about painting plein air.

Painting in the pastoral offers tranquility and in turn painting in the city creates en-ergy with the interactions of passers by.

My work is the influence of my mentors and the visual study of some of my fa-vourite artists Van Gogh, Mattise, Bon-nard, and Hockney.

Retail Value $800 Lot 2

LOU CHENIER

The Duke of Porkingham Wood, 26”x21”

BIO

Ever since Lou was a young boy in Northern Ontario he’s enjoyed the great outdoors. He loves going on hikes and kayaking and, most of all, the animals he encounters along the way. He has a quick eye to detect any movement and can spot these “friends” right away.

Lou has been a wildlife carver for over 25 years and he has won many awards for his work.

His carvings reflect his love of nature and its wonderful diversity. Inspiration can come from a fallen leaf to a beau-tiful deer running across a trail or a majestic stag standing tall on a distant hillside. His greatest satisfaction comes from capturing the pure essence of each animal and its personality.


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GRACE AFONSO

Escarpment View Oil, 15”x30”

BIO

Grace is a long time resident of the Halton area. She recently moved to a small, rural farming community which provides much of the inspiration for her art. Working primarily in oil paint due to its expressive chromatic range. Grace is an observational artist and works from life using intense colours to express the complex interplay of light and matter. She often paints en plein air and sets up large canvases in farmer’s fields throughout all kinds of weather in the quest to capture the fleeting moment.


JOLANTA JUNG

Tropical Fantasy Clay and Glass, 13”x13”x12.5”

BIO

Jolanta Jung was born and educated in Poland, and has been living in Cana-da since 1981. She is a ceramic artist who always experiments with different materials including in clay. In 2010 she joined the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON., as an Artist in Resi-dence, which allowed her to grow and develop a new body of work. During her residency she often collaborated with other artists at the Centre, espe-cially from the glass studio.


CLAUDETTE LOSIER

The Village Gate Acrylic, 16”×20”

BIO

Claudette has won several awards which include Honourable Mentions, the Ger-ald Gunther Humanity Award, and the City of Toronto Purchase Award. In 2014 Claudette’s “Night Vision #3” painting was purchased by the Ontario Government. She has recently exhibit-ed in the following shows, the Toronto Outdoor Art Show and the Queen West Outdoor Art Show, Toronto, On, Echo Art Fair in Buffalo, NY, and the 2nd In-ternational Biennale Art of Palermo, It-aly. In August 2014 two of Claudette’s paintings were selected in the “Up Your Alley” wall mural contest in Hamilton.


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ROBIN J. MITCHELL

Great Landing Oil on Gallery Canvas, 12”x24”

BIO

Since September 2011 I have been painting full-time. I have collectors in all the corners of the world, from Ber-lin, Germany, to Perth, Australia and places in between. I normally paint small sizes as I enjoy completing them in one sitting. The small size also invites the viewer to look closer and become more personally involved with the work. I have been teaching workshops and classes in painting and drawing since 2013.


GILLIAN SONG

Fishing Shacks on French Coast Acrylic, 30.5”x24.75”

BIO

Gillian Song is a Burlington artist who works in painting and printmaking. She grew up in Wales and trained as a nurse in London, England. Although she has always had a lively interest in art, Gillian did not start painting seriously until after attending a summer art school in Northern Ontario.

Gillian studied at at Sault College of Fine Arts and with many different teach-ers at Dundas Valley School of Art. Her subjects are taken from her garden, her life and happenings in the world in gen-eral.


A. LINDA VANWYK

Collaboration in Nature Oil, Cold wax & Collage, 12”x24”

BIO

I am a contemporary mixed media artist, I have studied and used various media over the years but it is the art of collage that intrigues me the most. My collage paper designs are prepared by painting with acrylic paint and ink, applying printmaking techniques using stencils and drawing text. I continuous-ly explore how patterns relate to one another and how each piece of paper is organized on the painting to support my original colour choices and design ideas.


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JANET KEEFE

Seascape Form Clay, Coiled Construction Oxidised Firing, 19”x9”x8”

BIO

Janet Keefe was born and educated in England she studied art there and in Paris, before immigrating to Canada. She worked in health care while potting until 2000, when she was able to pot full time.

She spent fifty years developing her skills in ceramics, particularly enjoying coiling. Her curving forms are derived from elements of landscapes where she has lived.


ROSSANA DEWEY

Crisp Morning Oil, 24”x30”

BIO

Rossana Dewey is a contemporary oil painter residing in Burlington. She grew up with broad creative interests and experimented with various medi-ums. Rossana began painting serious-ly after attending Sheridan College’s Continuing Education Fine Arts pro-gram in 2008, and went on to study at the Dundas Valley School of Art to pursue her interest in modern painting. She prefers to paint observations of everyday life. Rossana works contin-uously to improve her skills and hopes to make paintings that speak and inspire by utilizing her philosophies of composition, content, colour palette and style to create an expression that is distinctly her own.


KRISTOFIR DEAN

Indigo Sunset Acrylic on Panel, 24”x24”

BIO

Kristofir Dean is a painter based in Hamilton, Ontario. He holds a BFA from Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) and has shown his work internationally. He is currently represented by Ian Tan Gal-lery in Vancouver and Art Interiors in Toronto.


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DONNA GREENSTEIN

Schomberg Fair Belgians II Oil, 22”x28”

BIO

Donna is a contemporary Canadian representational animal artist focus-ing mainly on farm animal and bird oil paintings. She grew up helping in her dad’s animal hospital tending pets. Horses and dogs were her art subjects from the time she was young and Don-na spent all the money she earned from babysitting to go to horse stables on weekends. She loves painting her own animals plus those of farming friends. For the most part she prefers animal “portraits”, close up head shots. As of 2013, Donna has converted to oil painting, a medium she loves.


ELIZABETH JAWORSKI

Autumn Acrylic, 30”x40”

BIO

Elizabeth Jaworski is an accomplished artist who has achieved recognition through artists’ organizations such as the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and many more. She con-tinues to win awards in Juried Shows across the country, and has accumulat-ed a list of corporate and private collec-tors including the National Gallery in Ottawa, The Royal Collection at Wind-sor Castle, to name a few. Visitors who view her work are immediately drawn to her artwork. Her artwork reveals an artist who has explored both the ele-ments and edges of the wilds as well as the everyday, and she transfers them to the canvas with consistent brilliance.


MICHAEL SHEPPARD

Pygmy Owl on Cedar Tupelo Wood, Acrylic Paint, 12”x7.8”x9.5”

BIO

Michael Sheppard is a retired Halton Board Teacher. He has been working with wood for most of his life but has been carving for over 30 years. He has competed successfully in national and international wood carving competi-tions.

He has taught a variety of carving courses at the Art Gallery of Burlington for 14 years. Although his specialty is birds of prey and song birds, he carves in a variety of different styles.

He has been a member of the Art Gal-lery of Burlington for over 20 years and a member of the Sculptors and Wood-carvers Guild for 14 years. He is a past president of the guild and is very active in the Guild Gallery.


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JANE THEODORE

Nightfall Acrylic on Canvas, 30”x30”

BIO

Jane Theodore lives and paints in To-ronto, Canada. Her twenty-year fine arts background includes exhibited work in galleries, representation by in-ternational art distributors Progressive Fine Art, and Chicago Center for the Print, and publication by fine art pub-lishers Verkerke Reprodukties N. V., of Holland. Jane’s work is included in the Collections Canada website, Women Artists in Canada, and represented in numerous collections throughout North America.


JANICE YKEMA

Cows in a Row Acrylic, 18”x36”

BIO

Janice grew up in the farm area of Niagara-on-the-Lake and proceeded from there to graduate as a mature student from OCADU. In the nine years she has been painting she has had her work in two travelling group exhibition of Ontario, which included McMichael Art Gallery. Her work has been shown internationally in Turkey and the United States and she was chosen to be the poster artist for this past years Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.


HELEN GRIFFITHS

It’s Been a Long Day Oil, 24”x18”

BIO

Helen Griffiths was born with a paint brush in her hand. She graduated from the Illustration program at Sheridan College, and had worked for numerous years in the commercial arts profession.

Helen is always striving to gain more knowledge, searching for ways to grow and evolve. She is inspired by a varied selection of artists such as Lucien Freud, Gustav Klimt, William Morris, Water-house and Rembrandt.

She creates images that she is attracted to and has a varied portfolio of still life, portraits and landscapes.

Helen regularly posts her latest work on her blog, helengriffithsart.blogspot.ca, or on her website, www.griffitti.biz


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BILL PHILIPOVICH

Autumn Joy Acrylic on Canvas, 30”x30”

BIO

Bill Philipovich was born in Edmonton. He has a life-long art background hav-ing worked for over thirty years as an illustrator and art director in marketing communications.

His career brought him to Toronto in 1986 where he also began to develop his fine art painting which is now his prime focus. He is mainly a self-taught artist who draws inspiration from the great art movements of the past and present. Bill’s work has found a place in both private and corporate collections at home and in the United States.


LEE MUNN

Orange is the new Green Acrylic on Canvas, 48”x24”

BIO

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Lee is a landscape style painter. His formal art education began 30 years ago, at the age of 16 and continued through his late teens when he studied Fine Arts at Dundas Valley School of Art, Graphic Design at George Brown, Mohawk and Sheridan College.

He travels all over Ontario in all sea-sons painting small pieces on location and taking photographs, then bringing them home to his studio to turn them into larger paintings. Nature and the out-doors have always played a strong role in his art. All paintings were done while listening to one band and are named with the music that went with it.


AVOSEH SEJIRO OLAOTANQASD

Carpo Series (Proposal) Acrylic on Canvas, 24”x35”

BIO

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Sejiro incorpo-rates his passion for automobiles into his new oil painting series titled “Car-po”. Sejiro graduated from Lagos poly-technic, with a higher diploma in paint-ing, in 2013. The young experimental artist began working on his “CARpo” series in late 2015, which depicts love, automobiles, nature and human. Aside from his art practice, he also works in the television media industry. His work-ing experience includes international stations like ‘Bloomberg TV Africa’ and presently works with ‘Wazobia TV’ in Lagos, Nigeria.


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PETER KIRKLAND

Drawing #1, 12/2015 Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 48”x36”

BIO

Peter Kirkland’s paintings and drawings contain forms which the artist intends to be elliptical, suggestive perhaps of sources in nature but never so specific that they could be limited to a single in-terpretation. The artist routinely removes layers, either by erasing or blocking out with gesso in the drawings, or sanding in the paintings. These revisions are a deliberate disruption of the creative process, designed to force a rethinking of the image’s development by introduc-ing elements beyond the artist’s control. Traces of the cancelled images usually persist, though, tracking the construc-tion of the work through time and creat-ing something of an internal narrative.


MARY ANNE LUDLAM

Cottage on Hazelton Watercolour, 11”x17”

BIO

Graduating in Interior Design, from the Ontario College of Art in 1954, Mary Anne (Mason) won the Gordon C. Leitch travelling scholarship and attend-ed the Fontainebleau School of Fine Art in France. For 25 years, she has practiced as a contract designer, creat-ing office interiors for major Canadian companies such as General Electric, Blue Jays and Toronto Life. Later, she developed as a painter, starting with shop windows, markets, city streets and finally the Canadian Landscape coast to coast. Now she is a life member of three important societies, a winner of major awards national and internation-al, and hangs in many permanent col-lections, both private and corporate.


JODIE HART

Antique Wood Box with Lilies Oil on Wood Panel, 18”x24”

BIO

Jodie Hart has been immersed in art since childhood, first learning to paint by watching her father. She was in-spired from a very young age by his collection of books on Seventeenth Century Dutch and Flemish painting. She completed her Diploma of Illustra-tion at Sheridan College in 1998, and after winning numerous scholarships at-tended McMaster University where she continued her art studies, graduating in 2007. After experimenting with various subject matter she now focuses almost exclusively on allegorical still life paint-ing. Hart’s compositions are dramati-cally lit with direct sunlight, which gives the objects a real sense of being caught in a moment in time.


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ANNA KUTISHCHEVA

Warm Evening Acrylic on Canvas, 38”x48”

BIO

Anna Kutishcheva graduated from Sher-idan College, Advanced Illustration program. Anna works as a free-lance il-lustrator and fine artist. Her works have appeared in MacLean’s, Ocala Style, Niagara Life, American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Arabella and Ca-nadian Brushstroke magazines. Anna is a recipient of Antoinette (Toni) Stevens Award for Best Acrylic Painting in the Show, 2nd Open National Juried Exhi-bition of Society of Canadian Artists, Kaleidoscope of Arts in Burlington Art Centre, Honorable Mention, Kaleido-scope of the Arts. Burlington Art Centre - ‘Judges Choice Award’, Art Gallery of Peel’s 36th Annual Juried Show - ‘Peo-ple’s Choice Award’


DIANA LEE

Tea Roses Acrylic on Board, 48”x24”

BIO

Diana Lee is a self –taught artist who love drawing and painting very much. She admires classical artists because they were able to transform the real sub-ject they saw onto a painted surface. She is a member of Colour and Form Society and Figurative Expressions. Her art work has been exhibited in many places and paintings been purchased by judges, and doctors all over Ontar-io. She is also an art teacher at Oakville Art Society and at Eminence Learning Center.


JERZEY WERBEL

Awakening Kensington Acrylic 30”x40”

BIO

Jerzey Werbel attended the University of Art and Education in Poland, where his work in the traditional medium of painting began. Eventually Jerzey per-manently resettled into South-Western Ontario.

Over the next 20 years Werbel travelled across Canada, indulging in the lush visual landscapes of freedom, which have been a prominent inspiration in his works. Werbel currently continues his travels across Canada documenting a land he now calls his own through, what he says is a visual expression of emotion, externalized through paint. Werbel’s work had been exhibited across Canada and internationally.


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VANESSA CRESS LOKOS

Paradise Oil, 24”x18”

BIO

A native to Cambridge, Ontario, Va-nessa Cress Lokos obtained a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Otta-wa. Her travels led her through Europe and eventually to Melbourne, Australia, where she continued to study art, ex-hibit and sell her work. More recently she has shown in Georgetown, Missis-sauga, Toronto, Waterdown, and juried exhibitions in Burlington and Hamilton.

Much of her inspiration comes from the diversity of landscape, seemingly unnoticed details and the unexpected. Traditional glaze oil painting tech-niques allow the artist to explore a su-perior quality of light and depth which she finds rewarding. Consequently her work captures the viewer’s imagination and holds their attention.


BURLINGTON FIBRE ARTS GUILD

Rebecca Reaches Out Various Textiles, 55”x90”

BIO

This collaborative piece won Juror’s Choice when it was originally entered in the AGB (formerly BAC) Tall Tales Exhibit in 2013. It shows the Rebec-ca sculpture embracing the Burlington Pier during its construction, both having struggled for acceptance in the commu-nity. Batiks and conventional fabrics, upholstery and felted materials, various wool, threads and surface treatments, all hung on galvanized steel pipe with washers between each unit.15 Burling-ton Fibre Arts Guild members, each made one section, from left to right: Robynne Cole, Joanne Vandermey, Margaret Bryant, Elizabeth Avery, Diane Sutton, Lynne Mack, Barbara Chapman, Sandy Simmelink, Carol Kerley-Rimmer, Brenda Becker, Judy Makinson, Karen Ray, Renate Min-Oo, Toni Major, and Susan Todd-Wilson


PETER ADAMS

The View from E-19 #2 Mixed Media on Canvas, 36”x30”

BIO

Peter Adams was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a degree in Film Stud-ies from Queen’s University but now directs all his creative energy towards painting. Since moving to a farm near Creemore in 1998, he has been investi-gating places where human and natural worlds meet - both in harmony and in opposition. Traditionally an oil painter, Adams’ most recent work features con-te, acrylic washes, paint markers, graf-fiti paint, oil sticks and oil paint. A re-cipient of numerous awards and grants, Peter Adams recently received a Cherry Carnon Award and was short-listed for the Salt Spring National Art Prize.


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DONNA FRATESI

Aging Gracefully – Nelson St. Acrylic, 24”x30

BIO

Hamiltonian by birth, living in Burling-ton for many years, she is considered self-taught. She studied with various well known Canadian and American Master painters. Donna organized and ran Famous Artists Workshops in Bonita Springs, Florida giving her the opportunity to meet and study with Tony van Hasselt, Charles Redi, Burton Sil-verman, Mark Mehaffey, among others.

She is an elected member of the Cana-dian Society of Painters in Watercolour and one of her paintings was recently purchased by the Ontario government for their archives at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Donna is represented by Artspace Gallery in Oakville and the Art Gallery of Burlington. ’


JULIA VEENSTRA

Mason Jar Acrylic, 30”x36”

BIO

Julia Veenstra is a vibrant and impres-sionistic painter with a diploma in Il-lustration from Sheridan College. She strives to capture a moment that brings comfort to the viewer. Working as a studio artist, she creates large format paintings that capture the imagination. Her paintings are a study of colour, light and shape. Beautiful negative space is important and her strokes are fresh and vigorous.

Her work is collected around the world and she is carried by galleries across Canada.


MARSHA STRYCHARZ

Still Life with Vases, Bottle and Bowl Oil, 20”x30”

BIO

Marsha was born and raised in Mon-treal, Quebec and now resides in Oakville, Ontario. She holds a B.Sc, in Mathematics, an MBA and the Project Management Professional Certifica-tion. After retiring from a corporate and consulting career a few years ago, she began pursuing her interest in art and more specifically in painting. She completed the Fine Arts certificate pro-gramme at Sheridan College and se-lected oil as her medium of choice. She paints primarily still life from her home studio. She has been participating in shows and competitions for the last 6 years.


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ROSE SAVAGE OUELLETTE

Beading Weaving Carnelian Necklace Jewlery, 17”

BIO

Living in the Niagara Region is a con-tinuing inspiration for Rose in helping her find her artistic direction. With her professional background in dentistry, she finds herself drawn to art forms requiring tremendous dexterity and pa-tience.

Rose has been a participant in the Art Gallery of Burlington Wearable Art Show and the Art Auction for the past six years, as well as the AGB, Fine Arts and Craft Show in past years. One of Roses’ highlights has been having one of her pieces worn to the 2013 Acad-emy Awards in Los Angeles California.


WAYNE MOORE

Entangling Acrylic, 42”x42”

BIO

Wayne Moore is a painter, sculptor, and a popular instructor for over 20 years. He has been showing and selling his award winning work for 30 years, has had numerous solo and group shows in the region and his work was recently featured in Artists & Poets Magazine. Wayne’s work is in corporate and private collections in USA, Holland, Japan and Canada.


LISA NG

Flamingos in the Bathroom Acrylic on Canvas, 36”x48”

BIO

Lisa Ng was born in Hamilton, Ontar-io. As a child she immediately held an interest in being a poet of sorts. She at-tended the Dundas Valley School of Art and graduated from the Ontario Col-lege of Art and Design (OCAD) 2007, obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Lisa Ng has won numerous awards in-cluding those from the Scarborough Arts Council , the Artist’s Network of River-dale and has received positive reviews from the Globe and Mail and NOW Magazine. Lisa Ng is also the Rogue Leader of The Spooky Astronauts Draw-ing Club and a friend of Pablo Jueves.


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SANDEE EWASIUK

Learning to Fly Mixed, 30”x40”

BIO

Sandee Ewasiuk is a graduate from On-tario College of Art and Design. Prior to OCAD, she studied Fine Art at Niagara College and later on Art History at Mc-Master University. She has been exhib-iting and selling her work for over 25 years through exhibitions, galleries and commissions. Her work can be found in collections world wide.

Sandee is also a teacher at the Dundas Valley School of Art in Dundas and the Art Gallery of Burlington, where she continues to learn from her students. Her courses include acrylic, mixed me-dia, watercolour, drawing and painting large scale.


BRUNO CAPOLONGO

Mount Nemo by Moonlight Oil, 12”x24”

BIO

Bruno Capolongo is an established art-ist of Neapolitan descent. He traveled to Italy many times, especially Rome, to study original art. His work is collected by private and corporate collections alike. He`s been in well over 130 exhi-bitions, including over 30 solo shows. Exhibiting primarily in Canada and the United States, he has also shown in Japan. Bruno has been represented by a number of fine art establishments, including galleries in Toronto, Montre-al and Washington D.C. Capolongo is the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the internationally coveted Elizabeth Greenshields prize three times, and consecutive first place awards for the national Canadian Ex-hibition and competition Evidence of Things Unseen.


BRONISLAW BAK

Missing Dreams Mixed Media, 36”x36”

BIO

Bronislaw ‘Bruno’ Bak is a graduate of the Art Institute in Wroclaw, Poland. He has over 30 years of experience as an artist, graphic designer and decorator. He likes to experiment with various ma-terials, ranging form oils to pastels to various mixed media. Bruno has show-cased his work at a number of galleries and exhibitions around the GTA. He has placed 2nd in Toronto’s Art Credo exhibit for his three mixed media paint-ings, collectively entitled Genesis. A father of three children, he currently re-sides with his wife in Oakville.


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JOEL MASEWICH

Sentinel Falls Acrylic with Stainless Steel and Copper on Canvas Panel, 54”x40”

BIO

Joel Masewich is a professional visual artist, working full-time for the past 20 years. He exhibits and sells his work across North America. His works are in both private and corporate collections.

His multi-layered, imaginary works represents his emotional response to landscapes, and sometimes to events or ideas. Many of his paintings are strong-ly horizontal and contain visual refer-ences to water or light. His vivid colours are sharply contrasting as if lit by direct sunlight. Art collectors are drawn to the immediate, fresh quality of his work, which crosses the boundary between landscape and abstract art.


LYNNE SCHUMACHER

The White Pines of Killarney Oil on Canvas, 36”x24”

BIO

I was born in Toronto in 1950 and start-ed painting at an early age. I studied commercial art at Central Technical School under Doris McCarthy before turning my attention to landscape paint-ing. Many hundreds of hours were spent in the Northern Ontario forests researching, sketching, photographing and painting my subjects. A consider-able amount of my childhood was also spent in Nova Scotia where I developed a love for the sea and the Maritime way of life.


KAYO O’YOUNG

Trumpet Flared Turquoise Vase Porcelain, 14.75”x7”x31.5”

BIO

Kayo O’Young is a self-taught Ontar-io artist who is recognized as one of Canada’s finest porcelain potters. In the industry, he is known as “a potter’s pot-ter” and he serves as both teacher and inspiration to numerous potters. Kayo’s work is the focus of numerous exhibits in prestigious museums, galleries, private and public collections worldwide. His work has also been the subject to two films: The Hand and the Spirit (TV On-tario, 1992) and Playing with the Fire (CBC Arts and Entertainment, 1993).

Each of Kayo’s pieces are one-of-a-kind originals. He pays the utmost attention to detail, leaving no area of the work untouched by his genius. Each piece is hand-signed by the artist.


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DEBORAH PEARCE

Commission Portrait, Single Bust This artwork is Sample Only Oil on Canvas, 18”x22”

BIO

Deborah earned her B.F.A. from Mount Allison U.in Sackville NB. She studied Art under Robert Bateman at Nelson H.S.. Deborah received a Canada Council Grant to paint the people of Africa. She studied portraiture at the American Portrait Institute in New York under John Howard Sanden.

Deborah is an award winning mem-ber of the Portrait Society of Canada. She strives capture a likeness as well as their way of life. While teaching in the Subarctic she painted the children; in the West Indies , the local life and in Africa, the different traditions. Locally , Deborah brought attention to the pursuit of excellence in the ” Around the Bay Race” running series and now the “Bur-lington Olympians” series at McMaster U. She continues to teach at the AGB.


KIMIKO KOYANAGI

Eternity Wood Shaving and Chinese White Pigment, 14.5”x4.5”x4.25”

BIO

For the last 40 years, Kimiko Koyanagi has lived in Burlington, but she was born and married in Japan – a third genera-tion member of the Murako doll-making family of Tokyo. Following her family tradition, she has mastered the intricate techniques of fashioning doll-like sculp-tures from Paulowina wood shavings. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout Canada, Japan, the United States and Mexico both in group and solo exhibitions.


GISELE COMTOIS

Blustery Day Oil, 22”x28”

BIO

Born in St. Marc-sur- Richelieu, Quebec, Gisele Comtois now lives in Burlington, Ontario. She has studied various as-pects of fine arts at the Musee de Beaux in Montreal, OC, Cambrian College in Sudbury, McMaster University in Hamil-ton and Sheridan College in Oakville. Ms. Comtois has taught art at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ecole Ste- Marie in Oakville and Ecole St- Phillipe in Burl-ington. Ms. Comtois’ work has also been subject of academic study at Sher-idan College.


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BRIAN DARCY

Summer Reflections Oil on Canvas, 26”x34”

BIO

Brian Darcy`s fascination with the coun-tryside was already instilled as a young-ster growing up in Yorkshire, England. Moving to Canada at the age of seven he became involved with the scouting movement. This exposure taught Brian to appreciate the outdoors and has become a lasting influence in his paint-ings. Working in his favourite medium, oil on Belgian Linen, he portrays a fine arts vision of the countryside. Both in Canada and England, he focuses on the uniqueness of each country`s living landscape. Participating in the presti-gious World Wildlife Fund Auction and meeting HRH Price Philip are highlights of this talented artist. With awards in-cluding the Canadian Society of Paint-ers in Watercolour, his work hangs in private and corporate collections throughout Canada, The United States and England.


E. ROBERT ROSS

Koshlong Lake Acrylic on Canvas, 30”x60”

BIO

E. Robert Ross has been a full-time land-scape artists since 1975, exhibiting primarily in Southern Ontario, with solo exhibitions at the public Galleries in Hamilton and Burlington. His work is in many art collections including those of HRH the Price of Wales and the Duch-ess of Cornwall, President Bill Clinton, and Burlington`s municipal twin Ita-bashi, Japan.


ROBERT BATEMAN

Trail at Blind Line – Red Fox Oil on Board, 10”x12”

BIO

Robert Bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist since his early days. As a teenage he started with a representa-tional style, then started to experiment with Impressionism and Abstract Expres-sionism. In his early 30`s, he moved back to realism as a more suitable way to express the particularity of the planet. It is this style that has made him one of the foremost artist depicting the world of nature.


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ABSTRACT: Abstraction means to generalize or simplify, sometimes taking a known subject and reducing it to pure shapes and colours.

ACRYLIC: A plastic-based paint medium that is very versatile. It can mimic the effects of different paint media from the thin washes, to watercolour, to the thick impastos of oil paint.

BASKETRY: Natural vines are collected, washed, dyed (if desired), then woven and shaped into various shapes and sizes, both functional and decorative.

BEADING: Various sizes and shapes of beads are singularly threaded to fabric or a support of cloth, leather, or paper creating a design or pattern. Beading dates back to ancient times, and many countries have a distinct style and method of application. The complexity of beading takes a focused mind and nimble fingers.

CERAMIC (clay): Three-dimensional work, either functional or sculptural, worked in clay and fired to vitrifi-cation.

EARTHENWARE: A type of clay that is fired at low temperature, often called terra cotta. Earthenware, while sometimes white, is usually red in colour due to large quantities of red iron oxide found in the raw material.

ENCAUSTIC: A very old painting technique, dating back to the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, where pigment is mixed with hot wax. This medium is very stable and the finished surface is often buffed to a soft sheen.

ETCHING: An original print reproduced on paper from an inked copper or metal plate. The plate has been coated with a wax-like surface that is drawn on, and then dipped in an acid bath to etch the image onto the plate. The plate is covered with ink and then wiped clean, leaving ink in the etched areas, and the plate is then rolled through an etching press. Etchings are done in limited editions.

FIBRE: The use of yarn, threads, or cloth together or alone, woven into or attached to fabric.

GICLÉE: An ink-jet based digital print.

GESSO: Modern acrylic gesso is actually a combination of calcium carbonate with an acrylic polymer medi-um latex, a pigment and other chemicals that ensure flexibility, and long archival life. It is sold pre-mixed, for both sizing and priming a canvas for painting.

GLAZE: In painting, an additional paint layer of a clear medium, often varnish mixed with linseed oil, with a small amount of colour to deepen and enrich the surface of the painting. In ceramics, a final layer of fine clay and additional oxides and minerals that make the work waterproof and provide colour(s) to the surface.

G L O S S A R Y O F A R T T E R M S

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GOUACHE: A water-based paint medium, often known as opaque watercolour.

GRAPHIC: Refers to images that are often printed, where simplification of shapes and colours create an image that is bold and strong.

HAND PAINTED/HAND DYED: The artist has dyed the threads before weaving the fabric.

MIXED MEDIA: The addition of various mediums, pigmented crayons, pencils, pastels, different papers, fabric, or metallic powders to a support surface, giving a patina as texture combined with colour and the sug-gestion of shapes or lines. The combinations are endless, allowing a great deal of individual interpretation.

OIL: A painting medium where pigment is mixed with linseed oil. This medium is very versatile because of the long drying time. Oil paintings are generally done on a canvas or wood panel.

PASTEL: Pastel sticks or crayons consist of pure powdered pigment, combined with an inert binder. The exact composition and characteristics of an individual pastel stick depends on the type of pastel and the type and amount of binder used. It also varies by individual manufacturer.

PATINA: Originally, the natural colour of oxidized metal surfaces. More recently, the surface colouring is given to various materials such as metal, wood, and plaster when used in relation to sculpture.

PORCELAIN: A fine, pale body of primary clay, with a distinctive ring when struck, fired to vitrification, often to show the translucency.

RAKU: The term raku is derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto, Japan in the late 16th century. For 15 generations, it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. Typically, pieces removed from the hot kiln are placed in masses of combustible material (e.g., straw, sawdust or newspaper) to provide a reducing atmosphere for the glaze and to stain the exposed surface with carbon.

RELIEF: A sculptural panel where the surface is carved to create different levels of depth.

WATERCOLOUR: Coloured pigment is bound with water-soluble gum arabic. Watercolour on paper dates back to early Christian era. It is the oldest of techniques and was widely used before the appearance of oil. Plants and minerals are natural sources of pigment. Modern pigments use fewer organic sources and more synthetic chemicals.

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