CALENDRIER D'EXPOSITIONS

HIVER et PRINTEMPS 2012

Aussitôt la page tournée sur 2011, voilà que se sont dessinées les expositions de 2012 pour les mois de mars à juin. En voici les détails.

March 16th - 18th
NEPEAN FINE ART LEAGUE 2012 SPRING SALE
Ukrainian Banquet Hall 
1000 Byron Avenue, Ottawa
Friday     16th        5 - 9PM
Saturday 17th  10AM - 5PM
Sunday   18th  10AM - 4PM
I will be showing my clay objects as well as my watermedia brushwork.


March 30th - April 1st
WEST END POTS SALE
Churchill Seniors Recreation Center
345 Richmond Road, Ottawa
About 20 dedicated ceramists showing their more recent work!
More details coming up.






May 4th - 6th
MANOTICK ART ASSOCIATION 2012 SPRING SALE
Manotick Curling Center,
5519 South River Drive
Manotick (on the island)
I will be showing my clay objects as well as my watermedia brushwork.
More details to come soon.
www.manotickart.ca

June 9th and 10th
"...OF BRUSH AND CLAY"
1584 Sobeau Court, Kars
SEE DIRECTIONS AT THE END OF THIS PAGE
Saturday and Sunday  10AM - 5PM
8th annual open house 
celebrating a fabulous complicity 
with my friend Ann Gruchy, visual artist / www.anngruchy.com 
In support of the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind

This year again Ann and I will be exploring each other's media on a given theme: GESTURES is the theme we selected for 2012. 

It is always very challenging for Ann to play with clay and for myself, to explore Ann's media. It is the kind of exercise that revived my pleasure to do watermedia brushwork, which I started last summer. 

WATERMEDIA

While still playing with clay, I started to explore different watermedia: watercolour, acrylic and ink. It is spontaneous, instantaneous and it gives me great pleasure. 
Texture, nature, gestures, very close to the way I "clay": very me, as my son put it!
I am deeply attracted by the philosophy of Sumi-e painting (see link at the bottom) which depicts its subject in just a few brush strokes. A kind of "simplicité volontaire", simple living or... painting! I can tell it will be a long process!


A blissful 2012 to all of you! 

DÉMARCHE D'ARGILE

Je façonne des objets d'argile à la main tout en respectant profondément les qualités de chaque terre. Ces objets, avant tout utilitaires, prennent des formes inusitées aux surfaces fortement texturées: textures obtenues après avoir plié et replié la terre ou encore en la pressant contre diverses surfaces naturelles. Mes céramiques, cuites à haute température dans des fours de briques alimentés au bois ou à température moyennement haute dans un four électrique, présentent un caractère rustique et raffiné tout à la fois. Et comme l'argile n'aime pas se répéter, chaque pièce est distinctement unique.

VASE, wood-fired, 17" long; $200

CLAY PROCESS

I hand form clay objects with a deep respect for the clay' possibilities in mind. These objects, mainly functional, take unusual forms offering highly textured surfaces achieved by folding the clay over and over, layering it or pressing it against various natural surfaces. I fire my work either at high temperature in brick kilns fueled with wood or in my electric kiln at mid/high range temperature. My clay objects have an earthy -though refined- feel to them: each piece is unique since clay doesn't wish to repeat itself -and neither do I.