Shows in 2018 - 2019
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
Co-Sponsors: Dr. J. Rawal and Dr. J. Guthrie, and Dr. M. Fransky
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
Co-Sponsors: Micheline Leveque, Barr. & Sol., and Barbara Allport
May 1 – June 1, 2019: Anita Murphy – "Exploration in Yellow", painting and sculpture
Opening reception Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Camp Ponacka
June 5 – 29, 2019: Julie Withrow painting and Barbara Allport - "A Sense of Place", painting
Opening reception Friday, June 7 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Ingrid & Hugh Monteith, and Leillah Ward & Ernst Grell
July 3 – 27, 2019: Holly Edwards - "I've Used Up All My Courage", painting
Opening reception Friday, July 5 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Deuce Tattoos & Deuce Boutique & Botanicals, and Barbara FitzPatrick
July 31 – August 31, 2019: Carol Westcott - "Thin Places", painting
Opening reception Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Susan Latremoille, and Pam Gibb-Carsley
September 4 – 28, 2019: Kimberly Tucker - "Inheritance", sculpture
Opening reception Friday, September 6 at 7:30pm
Also: Studio Tour sampler in gallery shop
Co-Sponsors: The Old Hastings Mercantile & Gallery, and Freddie Towe
October 2 – 26, 2019: Douglas Back - Installation
Opening reception Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm
Co-Sponsors: Chris FitzSimons - Riverside Suite AirBnB, and Cope-Barrett-CPAs
November 1 – 30, 2019: Rob Niezen – "Nocturnal Reflections", painting
Opening Reception Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Pat Cooke in Memory of Paul D. Cooke
December 4, 2019 – January 25, 2020: 37th Invitational Juried Show
Opening reception Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Boyer GMC Bancoft
Now Showing
Anita Murphy - "Exploration inYellow" Painting and Sculpture
May 1 – June 1, 2019
Opening reception Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm
Sponsor: Camp Ponacka
About the Exhibition
I have chosen the title "Exploration in Yellow" with the knowledge that it is the one colour when cold that can be the most offensive and when warm make us all feel unexplainably drawn to it. It is also the one colour that we would find very difficult to live without. A warm or cold yellow creates how we feel about what is around us.
This particular body of work is about the narrative. Painting is language, it allows the artist to speak about what they see and feel. It is an endless pit of interpretation by the viewer and the artist who will spend a lifetime finding all the words. In this work, the colour yellow creates a feeling about and within each painting. It can represent the sun but still feel cold, it can create a feeling of warmth and prettiness yet overshadow torment.
The narrative to a painting for me is important. Can you sit down and write a few lines to an opening paragraph about what story a painting tells? We are taught to paint what you see and this is crucial but what you see goes beyond the technical skills. What the subject portrays and how I as an artist portray it lies totally in my interpretation of the language of art. I am hoping each painting in this body of work goes beyond the limitation of my own technical skills and takes the viewer to a place of emotion.
