Bread Basket: A Member's Exhibition

Carroll Charest, "Equidae", mixed media, 38" x 51" x 18"

In Gallery ​A

Art Bigger Than a Bread Basket

Argy-Burgess . Borowski . Cann . Charest . Constable . McBride . Nikolic . Sereno-Janz . Thibault

Nine artists featured in our front gallery present exceptional work, expressive in voice and media, ranging from dramatic wood cut prints, six foot gel transfers, mixed media sculptural reliefs through to evocative paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolour. Juried.

​In Gallery ​B​

Art Smaller Than a Bread Basket

Although limited by size, these small works by our Visual Arts Alberta – Carfac membership bring power and punch to the front line. These works bring the magic of multiple views /investigations and discoveries of the world we live in out of their studios and into our lives.

Exhibition Dates:  June 19 to August 1, 2014

Location: Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, 3rd Floor, 10215 -112 Street, Edmonton

Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Friday 10 to 4 / Saturday Noon to 4

Bread Basket: A Member's Exhibition

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Allison Argy-Burgess, "Belfast Rhodo", watercolour/ink, 24" x 18"

In Gallery ​A

Art Bigger Than a Bread Basket

Argy-Burgess . Borowski . Cann . Charest . Constable . McBride . Nikolic . Sereno-Janz . Thibault

Nine artists featured in our front gallery present exceptional work, expressive in voice and media, ranging from dramatic wood cut prints, six foot gel transfers, mixed media sculptural reliefs through to evocative paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolour. Juried.

​In Gallery ​B​

Art Smaller Than a Bread Basket

Although limited by size, these small works by our Visual Arts Alberta – Carfac membership bring power and punch to the front line. These works bring the magic of multiple views /investigations and discoveries of the world we live in out of their studios and into our lives.

Exhibition Dates:  June 19 to August 1, 2014

Location: Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, 3rd Floor, 10215 -112 Street, Edmonton

Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Friday 10 to 4 / Saturday Noon to 4

Jayne Willoughby: Night Drawings and Recent Works

Jayne Willoughby, from the Veil Series, painted paper collage mounted on wood cradle, 14" x 14"

At a young age Jayne spent many hours looking out the car window watching objects appear and disappear through the heat waves of summer on the stark landscape of the southern Alberta prairie.  This inspired Jayne to develop a keen interest in the way objects appear in different light settings and how they change visually over time.  A recurring meditation in the mirage-like environment inspired Jayne’s ongoing fascination with broken and distorted line and image.  

This exhibition highlights some of Jayne Willoughby’s international professional success in the past seven years. 

The Night Drawing series began in 2007 after being inspired while playing around with night photography.  After seeing the early Night Drawing textiles, teacher and mentor Nancy Crow invited Jayne to include #14 and #15 into the Color Improvisations Exhibition, which toured Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Ireland and the Netherlands for a three and a half year period.  Night Drawing #2, #3 and “Thoughts” have had extensive exhibition exposure in the US and #3 was included in the 2012 Canadian exhibition “Tradition in Transition” in France, curated by Sandra Reford.  “Thoughts” was selected for the prestigious Sightlines Exhibition, one of the Studio Art Quilt Association’s most successful touring exhibitions.  

The recent works in this exhibit are mixed media paper collage, part of an emerging body of work titled ‘The Veil Series’.

View Willoughby's work in Gallery B of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "Night Drawings and Recent Works" runs concurrently with the paintings of "A Personal Phytopia" by Pamela Thurston in Gallery A. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm. We will be closed on Saturday, May 17.

Pamela Thurston: A Personal Phytopia

Pamela Thurston, "Deep, Deep, Deep", oil on canvas, 36" x 36", courtesy of Scott Gallery

Alberta artist Pamela Thurston says of this body of work:

Nature is more than simply an “environment”; beyond the myriad forms, textures and colours created by Nature there is soul and the only appropriate response to it is awe. When they are observed closely, with wonder, natural objects seem decidedly otherworldly. The paintings function on several levels:  to express not only my fascination with small details and objects of the plant world and my belief in the value of actually noticing them, but as well, my sense that the veil between here and the sublime is a thin one.

I have titled the paintings to reflect my relation to them, or their significance to me, because I hope not only to elicit a sense of fascination with Nature but also to comment on my experience of living, feeling and sensing that there is more that lies beyond the surface of things.

View Thurston's work in Gallery A of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "A Personal Phytopia" runs concurrently with the textile and collage work found in "Night Drawings and Recent Works" by Jayne Willoughby in Gallery B. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm.

Jayne Willoughby: Night Drawings and Recent Works

Jayne Willoughby, "Night Drawing #3", textile, 36" x 58"

At a young age Jayne spent many hours looking out the car window watching objects appear and disappear through the heat waves of summer on the stark landscape of the southern Alberta prairie.  This inspired Jayne to develop a keen interest in the way objects appear in different light settings and how they change visually over time.  A recurring meditation in the mirage-like environment inspired Jayne’s ongoing fascination with broken and distorted line and image.  

This exhibition highlights some of Jayne Willoughby’s international professional success in the past seven years. 

The Night Drawing series began in 2007 after being inspired while playing around with night photography.  After seeing the early Night Drawing textiles, teacher and mentor Nancy Crow invited Jayne to include #14 and #15 into the Color Improvisations Exhibition, which toured Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Ireland and the Netherlands for a three and a half year period.  Night Drawing #2, #3 and “Thoughts” have had extensive exhibition exposure in the US and #3 was included in the 2012 Canadian exhibition “Tradition in Transition” in France, curated by Sandra Reford.  “Thoughts” was selected for the prestigious Sightlines Exhibition, one of the Studio Art Quilt Association’s most successful touring exhibitions.  

The recent works in this exhibit are mixed media paper collage, part of an emerging body of work titled ‘The Veil Series’.

View Willoughby's work in Gallery B of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "Night Drawings and Recent Works" runs concurrently with the paintings of "A Personal Phytopia" by Pamela Thurston in Gallery A. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm. We will be closed on Saturday, May 17.

Pamela Thurston: A Personal Phytopia

Pamela Thurston, "Surface Wound", 36" x 24", courtesy of Scott Gallery

 Alberta artist Pamela Thurston says of this body of work:

Nature is more than simply an “environment”; beyond the myriad forms, textures and colours created by Nature there is soul and the only appropriate response to it is awe. When they are observed closely, with wonder, natural objects seem decidedly otherworldly. The paintings function on several levels:  to express not only my fascination with small details and objects of the plant world and my belief in the value of actually noticing them, but as well, my sense that the veil between here and the sublime is a thin one.

I have titled the paintings to reflect my relation to them, or their significance to me, because I hope not only to elicit a sense of fascination with Nature but also to comment on my experience of living, feeling and sensing that there is more that lies beyond the surface of things.

View Thurston's work in Gallery A of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "A Personal Phytopia" runs concurrently with the textile and collage work found in "Night Drawings and Recent Works" by Jayne Willoughby in Gallery B. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm.

Jayne Willoughby: Night Drawings and Recent Works

Jayne Willoughby, from the Veil Series, painted paper collage mounted on wood cradle, 14" x 14"

At a young age Jayne spent many hours looking out the car window watching objects appear and disappear through the heat waves of summer on the stark landscape of the southern Alberta prairie.  This inspired Jayne to develop a keen interest in the way objects appear in different light settings and how they change visually over time.  A recurring meditation in the mirage-like environment inspired Jayne’s ongoing fascination with broken and distorted line and image.  

This exhibition highlights some of Jayne Willoughby’s international professional success in the past seven years. 

The Night Drawing series began in 2007 after being inspired while playing around with night photography.  After seeing the early Night Drawing textiles, teacher and mentor Nancy Crow invited Jayne to include #14 and #15 into the Color Improvisations Exhibition, which toured Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Ireland and the Netherlands for a three and a half year period.  Night Drawing #2, #3 and “Thoughts” have had extensive exhibition exposure in the US and #3 was included in the 2012 Canadian exhibition “Tradition in Transition” in France, curated by Sandra Reford.  “Thoughts” was selected for the prestigious Sightlines Exhibition, one of the Studio Art Quilt Association’s most successful touring exhibitions.  

The recent works in this exhibit are mixed media paper collage, part of an emerging body of work titled ‘The Veil Series’.

View Willoughby's work in Gallery B of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "Night Drawings and Recent Works" runs concurrently with the paintings of "A Personal Phytopia" by Pamela Thurston in Gallery A. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm. We will be closed on Saturday, May 17.

Pamela Thurston: A Personal Phytopia

Pamela Thurston, "Latent Poppy", oil on canvas, 20" x 20", courtesy of Scott Gallery

Alberta artist Pamela Thurston says of this body of work:

Nature is more than simply an “environment”; beyond the myriad forms, textures and colours created by Nature there is soul and the only appropriate response to it is awe. When they are observed closely, with wonder, natural objects seem decidedly otherworldly. The paintings function on several levels:  to express not only my fascination with small details and objects of the plant world and my belief in the value of actually noticing them, but as well, my sense that the veil between here and the sublime is a thin one.

I have titled the paintings to reflect my relation to them, or their significance to me, because I hope not only to elicit a sense of fascination with Nature but also to comment on my experience of living, feeling and sensing that there is more that lies beyond the surface of things.

View Thurston's work in Gallery A of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "A Personal Phytopia" runs concurrently with the textile and collage work found in "Night Drawings and Recent Works" by Jayne Willoughby in Gallery B. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm.

Jayne Willoughby: Night Drawings and Recent Works

Jayne Willoughby, "Thoughts 1/5", mixed media textile, 8" x 8"

At a young age Jayne spent many hours looking out the car window watching objects appear and disappear through the heat waves of summer on the stark landscape of the southern Alberta prairie.  This inspired Jayne to develop a keen interest in the way objects appear in different light settings and how they change visually over time.  A recurring meditation in the mirage-like environment inspired Jayne’s ongoing fascination with broken and distorted line and image.  

This exhibition highlights some of Jayne Willoughby’s international professional success in the past seven years. 

The Night Drawing series began in 2007 after being inspired while playing around with night photography.  After seeing the early Night Drawing textiles, teacher and mentor Nancy Crow invited Jayne to include #14 and #15 into the Color Improvisations Exhibition, which toured Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England, Ireland and the Netherlands for a three and a half year period.  Night Drawing #2, #3 and “Thoughts” have had extensive exhibition exposure in the US and #3 was included in the 2012 Canadian exhibition “Tradition in Transition” in France, curated by Sandra Reford.  “Thoughts” was selected for the prestigious Sightlines Exhibition, one of the Studio Art Quilt Association’s most successful touring exhibitions.  

The recent works in this exhibit are mixed media paper collage, part of an emerging body of work titled ‘The Veil Series’.

View Willoughby's work in Gallery B of the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery in Edmonton. "Night Drawings and Recent Works" runs concurrently with the paintings of "A Personal Phytopia" by Pamela Thurston in Gallery A. These exhibitions will be up in the gallery until June 14, 2014. The Gallery is open from Wed-Fri, 10-4 pm and Sat, 12-4 pm. We will be closed on Saturday, May 17.