32nd Annual
ART GALLERY of GRANDE PRAIRIE
APRIL 28, 2012
April 28, 2012
It is my distinct pleasure and
honour to welcome you to the Prairie Art Gallery’s 32nd Annual Art Auction on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Prairie Art Gallery, its staff and volunteers, and all of the communities that it serves. Once again, the artists of this community have demonstrated, in spectacular fashion, their support for the work we do by donating some of their finest works to our cause. Without their hard work and generosity, this event and the programs and services it supports would not be possible. As always, we are proud to be associated with these pillars of our community, and we are certain that their presence at this event, and all of their work will ensure this to be a special and memorable night. Our sponsors for this evening have once again shown the leadership that each of them is so well known for by setting an example for all of us on how diverse communities are built. It is a pleasure for us to recognize their generosity and to be associated with their visionary awareness that by doing their part to share art with the hearts and minds of their community, they create a legacy of creativity, innovation, and fulfilment that will benefit the
families, businesses, and public life of this region and beyond for generations to come. This event is organized and presented to you every year by dedicated volunteers through months of sincere effort that is inspired by their love of this community and their desire to serve it through the Art Gallery. We hope that you will feel that sincerity in every aspect of the event this evening, secure in the knowledge that this event, like the Art Gallery itself, is an honest expression of love for the community, a gift given freely with the purest of intentions to the future of our region. Thank you for supporting the Art Gallery by attending this evening, this event is intended not only to raise funds for the important programs and services of the Art Gallery but also to inspire you to use those programs and services yourself and to share them with everyone you meet. We hope you will be inspired to join us this summer in our new facility to continue our journey of exploration, inspiration, and preservation of the human spirit through art. Robert Steven Executive Director/Curator The Prairie Art Gallery
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Sheila Craipley Summer Showers (Sexsmith) 2012, Oil on canvas, 13” x 25”
Lorna Nordhagen
Toni Schuler
Near Pipestone Creek 2012, Acrylic, 24” x 24”
Red Light District 2012, Watercolour, 28” x 21”
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep”... Paul Strand
The hustle and bustle of the rush hour can have a negative impact if you need to go someplace quickly, but if you have time to observe, then it’s an experience of light, colour and movement.
Working on Oils and Acrylics, I enjoy painting on location, the Peace Country’s ever-changing landscape being my favourite subject.
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Shauna Hoffos Undercurrent March 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48”
Bernadine Schroyer Untitled 2006, Charcoal ink and acrylic on paper, 411/4” x 29 1/4” framed A painting transforms essence into visible form. It contains a record of action and energy, and can be thought of as the aftermath of a physical event. If one looks hard enough, or long enough, then one can see, feel, and hear, the invisible.
Undercurrent is a continuation of my artistic journey and pursuit to constantly challenge myself. Here I’m employing the use of texture in combination with layers of colour until the finished piece reveals itself.
Peter Deacon The Prime Elements # 41 detail 2012, Mixed media on paper, 12” x 21” The Collage Works. These smallscale Collage works on paper have been selected from the respective series. “Landscape and Memory” and “The Prime Elements.” They have been produced as a coherent body of work in their own right.
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Laurel Rohne Dennis J.A. Brown
Helena Mulligan
Back Water - Buttle Lake August 21, 2011, Acrylic, 14” x 11”
Mother and Child # 6 2012, Concrete with sealer and paint, 14.25” H x 6.25” W x 5.1” D
I always look for strong shapes, unusual atmosphere, strong design and bright points of colour then refine them into a painting.
In making art I like to express what I feel and recreate what my mind sees. Having three of my own children has given me many opportunities to hold a child and experience the love that is expressed in this sculpture.
Wag March 2012 Encaustic painting, 13.5” x 15.5” I have been working in encaustic for the past 4 years. The challenges of working in this medium have allowed me to express myself in a manner that I had not been able to in the past.
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Ken HouseGo
Vicki Hotte
Cathy Stafford
Fallacy of Expectations 2012, Mixed media, 23.6” H x 14.4” W x 2.4” D
Rest 2005, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 25” x 21”
Untitled March 2012, Oil paint, 41” x 23.5”
I leave behind aesthetic embers for others to stir and start their own fire.
This painting was inspired by the evening of a hot summer day. Cattle have settled for the night, and the air is cooler, with still a layer of dust in the air.
Cathy Stafford has been painting for 13 years. Formally trained at GPRC, she continues to paint and plays around with paper-mache sculptures. She occasionally exhibits locally.
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Carrie Klukas Stampede 2011, Acrylic on board, 12” x 24” A sudden, frenzied rush, a headlong flight of a herd. The marks creating movement and clouds of dust in their wake.
Marjorie Taylor
Grant Berg On The Canadian Shield 2012, Stone, 10” H x 8.5” W x 6” D On the Canadian Shield is a piece in my own style but heavily influenced by the Group of Seven and Lawren Harris and those great paintings documenting our amazing country and landscape.
Transformation from Sculpture 2012, Mixed media/acrylic on canvas, 24” x 37” In my latest work, I have chosen to develop a two-dimensional work from my sculptures. Always interested in shapes, I have found it a challenge to place threedimensional work on canvas. Texture was used along with a limited palette to complete the process.
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Carmen Haakstad Moon in the Tree Tops 2012, Oil on Board, 12” x 24” “Moon in the Tree Tops” is one of 35 paintings I created for the exhibition “Journey 2012” opening May 11th at the Prairie Art Gallery. It is truly a privilege to be showing in the historic gallery, after having been saved twice from the modern day wrecking ball. Congratulations to the Gallery Board and Staff, the many Artists and Patrons of the Arts, for making a “community dream a reality.”
Suzanne Sandboe Vernaiolo 2012, Acrylic, 24” x 36” Found objects telling a story that you create through layers of paint about the present or past letting your imagination wander.
Leslie Bjur endless March 2012, Brazilian soapstone 14” H x 18” W x 12” D Working with soapstone enhances all the other creating. The three dimensional aspect combined with removing of material to reveal an inner beauty is meditative and balancing.
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Jim Stokes
Robert Guest
Last Summer, Goin’ Green 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 22” x 20”
Night Fog and Old Birch Trees 1986, Shaded pencil drawing, 14” x 11”
Peter von Tiesenhausen Firebreak (Multiple) detail 2012, Charred, carved wood, 5.5” x 39” Peter has been exploring fire imagery using a variety of media including fire, for over 20 years.
Sort of real, sort of abstract, a landscape painting of our prairie parkland environment.
Even though I enjoy contemporary design and flare, I am still committed to the wonderful world of nature for basic inspiration. I guess I was born that way.
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Tina Martel Marjorie Henn
Bibi Clement
Searching Saskatoons March 2012, Watercolour/crayon and ink, 20” x 16”
Standing Angel (from the series “Vigil of Angels”) exhibited at the Prairie Art Gallery in 2009, 2009, Wood salt fired, 20” h x 6” w x 4.5” d
The saskatoon picking jaunts in my childhood country life have remaining memories that propel me to keep going “searching” every season!
My work is deeply informed by the ancient traditions of Japanese ceramist especially the art and ritual of Anagama Woodfiring. The woodfire process symbolizes rebirth and the continual cycle of life.
Metro Square (large) 2009, Mixed media: paper, string, medium and acrylic paint on canvas, 24” x 24” Metro Square was created for a solo exhibition entitled Aleatoric. Each of the pieces was based on some element of randomness as well as being heavily influenced by my downtown studio location in Calgary with its accompanying traffic, lights, crowds, ubiquitous cranes and construction sites.
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Elisabeth Belliveau Weather Notes # 1 and 2 April 2012, Silk screen print with drawing, 9” x 24”
Dan Arberry
Ken Ayre
Portrait 2011, Pastel, 8” x 10”
Ayreloom Table and Chayre 2011, Wood and fabric, Chair 44” H x 22” W, Table 18” H x 16” W
There is a quote from Fairfield Porter that I refer to from time to time, it reads “What I think now is that it doesn’t matter much what you paint, what matters is the painting.”
My appreciation of nature inspires me to create and improvise on basic themes and techniques for building my “furNATURE.”
Intuition, curiosity, material exploration, poetry.
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Cheryl Brown Nicole Bauberger Listening to the Mountain # 08 - 05 2005, Oil on panel, 12” x 12” This painting was part of the “Listening on the Mountain” exhibition at the Prairie Art Gallery opening in February 2007. It survived the roof’s collapse. It was part of a sequence of paintings observing one mountain over the summer of 2005 from spring to fall snow.
E. Ross Bradley Young Doctor - 9.III.I0 2010, Conte on paper, 25” x 18” A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and the University of Guelph, Ross Bradley has exhibited nationally and internationally for more than 30 years. His studio practice has focused on the human figure for the past twenty years, working in drawing, sculpture and photo transfer.
Your Heart’s Delight 2012, Lampwork beads/silver, necklace, earings, bracelet Glass continues to be a very fulfilling medium for me. Its versatility lends itself to sculpting and its colour is vibrant.
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Leona Cochrane Ice Box 2009, Oil on canvas, 40” x 32” The paintings are based on a place and became about intuitive memory of place.
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Kate Clifford
Sue Cloake
Big Horn 2011, Acrylic, 16” x 20”
Estate Grounds 2011, Mixed media collage, 13” x 14” framed
As an artist I like to challenge myself. The challenge was to work mainly with one colour to express an image where you can feel the coolness/heat of the colour while expressing the shades of light and dark.
This small scale image bestows a sense of grandeur through the use of varied textures, rich colours, and ancestral subject matter.
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Calvin Cornish Sleeping Wolf February 2012, Pencil, 11” x 14” Calvin is a local, self taught artist working mainly in pencil wildlife and aboriginal themes, as well as, landscape acrylics.
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Douglas Coupland Tamarack Unique pigment print, 30” x 37” Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complimented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. In 2000, Coupland resumed a visual arts practice dormant since 1989. His is a postmedium practice that employs a variety of materials.
Debbie Courvoisier Vestige 2012, Porcelain/raku on acrylic board, 18” x 18” Working in clay has been so very rewarding, the Raku portion of my work always leaves me wanting more!
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Linda Craddock Corinne Cowan Merging with M51 March 2012, Acrylic, 16” x 20” Turning one’s focus from tangible earth toward the star lit sky allows imagination to expand, like space itself. “Merging with M51” is my reflection of a dwarf galaxy being absorbed by the large spiral galaxy, Messier 51. (April 28, 2012, International Astronomy Day)
Canyon Melt # 13 November 2011, Mixed media oil on wood, 8” x 13” Johnston Canyon at spring thaw. Water has many transitional states from ice to liquid to mist. This capacity for metamorphosis has autobiographical meaning and is related to the inevitable cycles of life and cycles within life. The seasons are internal as well as external.
Jody Farrell Springtime in Alberta 2012, Oil on canvas, 8” x 10” framed Jody Farrell works in oils and acrylics and paints impressionist landscapes and urban scenes.
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Pam French
Liz Gogal
Marilyn Gourlay
Cabo Rock Crevice November 2010, Photograph, 18” x 12”
Dedicated and Free July 25, 2011, Acrylic, 24” x 36”,
Villa in Mexico November 2010, Watercolour, 19” x 17” framed
When I am taking photos I always have an idea of what I hope the end product will be. Sometimes nature takes over and you are pleasantly surprised by the results. This photo’s subtle colours really come through and it’s a work of nature.
The poppies sway in the breeze, so delicate and free. Love the cadmium red colour of the poppies.
Watercolour’s on the beach, a medium that travels well, depicting memories, while relaxing - in Mexico.
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Kim Huynh Candace Gunsolley Emerging Three March 2012, Mixed media: casted face, handmade paper 22” h x 8.5” w x 8.5” d I enjoy casting faces and making masks. I was inspired to create this sculpture for my love of the number three and texture.
Digit Eight 2008-2010, Chine-colle lithograph 35” x 27” framed “Digit Eight” is derived from a print installation, “Burden of 4000 Pearls,” and speaks of the interconnectivity of our personal desires of accumulation and its effects on the destruction of our environment, within a collective culture of capitalism and globalization.
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Melanie Jenner Covered 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20” The act of painting brings me a great sense of joy. Creating something outside of myself that comes from a place within myself is a unique and rewarding experience. This is what makes me happy. This is what excites me and fuels my soul. This is what I love to do.
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Lynn LeCorre Rolling Hills Near Sangudo 2008, Acrylic on board, 6” x 14” I seek inspiration from the landscape, when painting en plein aire, a small format allows me to quickly capture the light and colours of the land. It is the immediacy of painting in the moment that inspires me.
Darla Dawn Lukac Pi’aki - The Dancer January 17, 2012, 4.5” x 6” Pen and ink/watercolour Batik, watercolour, photography, pen and ink are my favoured mediums. Zebras, lions, salamanders, bison, floral, landscapes and the uncommon are my muses. My maternal lineage is Kainai or the Bloods from Southern Alberta. My art tends to have indigenous flavour.
Angie Maksymetz Tapestrees March 2012, Mixed, 12” x 12” Angie Maksymetz is an active local musician who enjoys dabbling in a variety of arts.
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Catherine McLaughlin Burnt River bridge August 2004 Colour photography, fuji film 400, 11” x 14” I was intrigued by the place where reflections on water met land. We did not step beyond the bridge but the afternoon sun cast our shadows - me, the kids, a dog onto the scene.
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Carol Bromley Meeres
Virginia Moore
Between Showers 2011, Digital photography, 12” x 18” Last year’s abundant rainfall presented many opportunities for capturing a watery view of our world.
Jasper Vista in Fall March 2012, Oil on canvas, 11” x 14” Working from plein air studies, my paintings convey the exuberant experience of being in wilderness through the use of vibrant yet natural colors. My paintings seek to move beyond photographs and capture the living energy of each location.
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Mary Parslow Mary Mottishaw Dam the Peace 2012, Mixed media, 12” x 12” Mary Mottishaw is a Dawson Creek mixed media artist. This piece considers an effect of the site C dam proposed for the Peace River. It is created in layers incorporating machine stitching on canvas, coloured pencil and graphite.
Sachie Ogawa A. M. August 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30” I stopped making art when I was about 18 years old but after meeting some Grande Prairie and area artists I was inspired to draw again. This is a little gift for this art community.
Silent Sundown January 2012, Monoprint, 9” x 12” This is one of a series of cityscapes completed after an enjoyable trip to Edmonton which included sunsets in the evening.
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Candace Popik
Irene Pearcy (donated by the estate of Irene Pearcy)
Purple Iris, In My Garden Series # 5 2006, Watercolour, 15” x 11 As a true believer in the beauty of nature I have endeavoured to capture that beauty through oil, acrylic, pencil, ink, pastels, charcoal and watercolour.
Maverick 2011, Photograph on canvas, 20” x 30” Things in everyday life are amazing and I try to capture these things behind the lens of a camera, especially when two amazing things collide and become magic!
Patricia Peters September’s Morning Song 2011, Acrylic, 18” x 24” By employing delicious colour, transparencies, and texture I try to evoke my feelings and energy in response to visual stimuli. My response is intuitive and continually evolving.
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Gene Schultz
Tanya Sedore
Firestorm February 2012, Mixed media on canvas, 30” x 24”
Busting At The Seams 2008, Photograph, 24” x 16”
Dawn Saunders Dahl Elvira 2011, Oil on canvas, 24” x 24” My canvases are fuelled with inspiration from music, artistic explorations of friends and other well-known inspiring artists, wrapped within surreal storytelling.
Abstract painting allows me to use the visual language of colour and texture to interpret the world as I see it. A subject can be reduced to the illusion of reality, but the viewer may interpret it as coming from something real.
I originally shot this photo in London back in 2008, knowing that one day I would know exactly what to do with it. Finally in early 2012 it came to me, it is now a part of my collection.
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Larena Shakotko Laura St. Pierre
Sardines 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 4” x 12” I started painting fish last year to highlight some endangered species, and I’ve found it so inspiring that I haven’t been able to quit.
10.15 (Artist’s Proof) Urban Vernacular Series 2012, Archival inkjet, 17.6” x 49.2”
Marian Jacoba Shilka Standing In My Power 2011, Acrylic mixed media, 24” x 24” This painting revealed itself after a deep connection with the grace and power of trees. I explored the idea of incorporating moss and bark, and adding an impression of the sacred shield representing power, bravery and wisdom.
“URBAN VERNACULAR” is a sculptural/photographic project that imagines a series of cobbled together dwellings located on the fringes of urban space. The constructions refer back to older forms of shelter that may have been built from earth, sod, or snow. Instead, these Dry dwellings are built from our most accessible and plentiful material, trash.
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Korreena Tucker Bosom Of The Earth March 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48” Business woman by day, artist by night. I am originally from Prince George, B.C. and moved to Grande Prairie in 2006. Art is my passion I strive for diversity.
Carl White 1610 2011, Intaglio etching, 8” x 6” In the way that a poet would seek to understand language with the goal of approaching the sublime, I have tried to understand painting with similar purpose. I am painting poems, images that dance between realism and abstraction, text and flesh, with the hope that the viewer experiences rather than views.
32nd Annual Art Auction Acknowledgements Raffle Me An Artist
Event Title Sponsors
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Catalogue Sponsor Art Forever Council
Patrons of the Gallery
Forbes and Friends Flair Boutique
Big Country XX FM Gail Haakstad of Royal LePage Realty Kay McVey Smith & Carlstrom LLP Ken & Teresa Sargent Family Foundation Northern Metalic V the Vacation Store
Friends of the Gallery AON Reed Stenhouse Apex Security Fred and Ruth Estlin Investors Group
Gift In Kind
Alberta North Auction Services Canadian Linen Marcy’s Flower Boutique Menzies Printers Visa Truck Rentals
Auction Committee Jean Bauer Carrie Klukas Brandi Martin Rob Swanston Patricia Trout
Catalogue Design Rob Swanston
Acknowledgements Live Music by GP3 Master of Ceremonies Ken Truhn
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE We sincerely believe that when you explore the new Art Gallery facility later this summer you will agree that such a large and beautiful home for art in Grande Prairie would have been unimaginable when the Gallery was founded in 1975. To be honest, it has seemed equally unimaginable at many points over the past five years of construction as well. But the completion of this truly spectacular new facility is evidence that the future of the Art Gallery will be unimaginably bright. All we know about the future of the Art Gallery is that it will be as surprising, enlightening, rewarding, exciting, and mysterious as is the experience of art itself. It is truly inspiring to consider that ideas that have
never yet been conceived in the history of humankind will someday be expressed in the work of artists not yet born that will be presented on these walls that we in Grande Prairie have built for that purpose. That we have created an engine for creativity, one that will never cease to expose the minds of this community to the newest, the most innovative, and the most beautiful creations of our society is our proud legacy, and protecting, nurturing, and enhancing that legacy is our proud duty. We are pleased that you have joined us in fulfilling that duty tonight. Please accept our sincerest thanks for supporting your Art Gallery and your community.
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