Shows in 2018 - 2019
October 31 – December 1: Alex Jack – “From Outside” Exhibition of Landscape Paintings
Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul David Cooke
December 5, 2018 – January 26, 2019: 36th Annual Invitational Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, December 7 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancroft
Closed February
March 6 – March 30, 2019 Anne Renouf – mixed media
Opening reception Friday, March 8 at 7:30pm
April 3 - 27, 2019: Carolyn Jongeward – "Correspondences: Arts of the Loom and the Easel"; painting and tapestry
Opening reception Friday, April 5 at 7:30pm
May 1 – June 1, 2019: Anita Murphy – "Experiencing Yellow", painting and sculpture
Opening reception Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
June 5 – 29, 2019: Julie Withrow painting and Barbara Allport - "A Sense of Place", painting
Opening reception Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm
July 3 – 27, 2019: Holly Edwards - "I've Used Up All My Courage", painting
Opening reception Friday, July 5 at 7:30pm
July 31 – August 31, 2019: Carol Westcott - "Thin Places", painting
Opening reception Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
September 4 – 28, 2019: Kimberly Tucker - "Inheritance", sculpture
Opening reception Friday, September 6 at 7:30pm
Also: Studio Tour sampler in gallery shop
October 2 – 26, 2019: Douglas Back - Installation
Opening reception Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
November 1 – 30, 2019: Rob Niezen – "Nocturnal Reflections", painting
Opening Reception Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm
December 5, 2019 – January 25, 2020: 37th Invitational Juried Show
Opening reception Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30pm
Past Show
Alex Jack Exhibition November 2018
Alex Jack – “From Outside” Exhibition of Landscape Paintings
October 31 – December 1, 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, November 2 at 7:30 pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul David Cooke
About the Artist
Since the late seventies Alex Jack has been painting and drawing. He now works almost all the time with landscape, both outside and in the studio. In 1990 he moved to rural eastern Ontario from Toronto so he could have more time to focus on his artwork. He has shown in galleries in southern, central and eastern Ontario as well as Toronto.
"Marsh and Forest – Late October"
Artist’s Statement
I have been painting and drawing the landscape for many years, both outside and in the studio, the outside work being at the core of my approach. For me the experience of being in the landscape is more important than seeing the landscape as a “scene” or “view”. The landscape’s largeness, aliveness, continual change, and the ongoing relentless push of nature are what I respond to. The painting and drawing materials are used to develop connections with the many sensations that come with being in the landscape, using these to make an image of how I perceive and feel them interacting with each other. I am very engaged with the actual process of painting and drawing, trying to push through, by directness and simplicity, to a unique and coherent image that could not have been foreseen or predicted.
Rocky Dobey Exhibit September 2018
Rocky Dobey - "Intaglio Prints"
An Exhibition of Prints and Sculpture
September 5 – 29, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7th at 7:30 pm.
Sponsor: Hybla Today
About the Artist
Rocky Dobey started making art after moving from Northern Manitoba to Toronto in the early 1970s. While working as a shoeshine boy, he began xeroxing his drawings and posting them on walls and buildings all over downtown Toronto. From there, he progressed to installing metal plaques, copper sculptures and billboard-sized paintings on abandoned buildings. Rocky created and installed thousands of pieces, all anonymously, beginning in 1971. In 1986, he began producing posters (under his own name) for political events and social justice groups for everything from the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War to Prisoner’s Justice, G20 and Occupy. He began his public work as an artist in the mid-1990’s, making copper sculptures and developing his craft as a printmaker.
About the Exhibition: “Intaglio Prints”
These are prints on paper made from copper etched plates. The exhibition also will include four sculptures about 16” tall created from copper and steel. An additional feature of the show is a collaboration with Rocky Green, which will include a collection of 20 small prints (3” x 5” each).
