The Michael Prue East York Foundation Award of excellence
August Peonies by Stuart Graham
This was the one award I did not jury, but I totally agree with the selection. I love this piece. Awesome in every way. It was chosen by a member of the East York Foundation. I wanted to include it as its such a stunner!
Award for Best Interior
Salon des Artistes, Rouen Museum, France by Vanaja Cotroneo
I felt this piece needed an award for the painstaking work on the perspective of the building and it's architectural detail, the painting inside the painting, and the thoughtful figures, each figure involved in specific activities, eating, listening, writing, etc. i talked to the artist after the awards were done, and she informed me of the hours and hours it took to finish this piece.
Award for Original and Innovative
Nightfall arrives on Our Illuminted Planet by Dee Birchmore
I love having an award to encourage artists to reflect their deepest, farthest out there ideas. Afterall, when we share ourselves, the thoughts we have inside of us, is when we start developing a voice, a unique artistic vision that makes us different from everyone else.
Award for best Cityscape
Night Crossing by Tracey Narduzzi
I found the amount of detail in this piece to be just right, left out enough, left in enough. it also has great feeling of nightlife about it.
Award for Best Abstract
by Eva Johnson
The composition is solid, leading the eye all over and though the picture plane. Good eye flow. I often say to my students when you say it like you mean it, people will listen, and follow.
Award for Best Portrait
Piece by Piece by Nora MacPhail
This portrait is full of integrity. The sensitive way the eyes are painted, the broad brush strokes, suggesting beard without painting every detail, the colour palette is lovely. The style is loose, but the drawing is quite specific, plus the brushwork was very loose and lively.
Award for Best Landscape
Yours to Discover by Joan MacDonald
Like the cityscape, we are looking at a piece that has enough detail, not too much. To simplify the composition, and lead the eye through all areas of the picture plane is what we are all after. You may not see it on this image, but the sky was softly graded, creating a nice sense of the dimension of the sky. I also like the colour play, some realistic colour, and some out there. Fun.
Award for People, other then a portrait
Hanging Around, by Marian Ferguson
What I like here is the assigning something very specific in every area of the picture plane, which allows the blues and oranges to play off each other. I also like the varied textures and soft/hard edges from one plane to another. The boys here are having some conversation, they are involved, really engaged.
Award for Best Floral
Three Roses by Lesley Healy
Some pieces need no explanation, but I'll say it anyways. What crazy amount of patience required to execute this piece. So thoughtfully created. Patience!! Sometimes a traditional, realistic approach can be quite beautiful.
Honourable Mention
Summer, by Masood Omer
Honourable Mention
tea cups by Jessie Gordon
This piece had lively brushwork, yet when you stand back from it the image is quite clear. Two paintings in one! playful colour as well.
Honourable Mention
Vineyard, by Eric David
I love a full, harmonious colour palette. This piece was just fun and stood out because of it's colour. I imagine this piece was so much fun to paint. I'm thinking about the values in the sky, mixing slightly different values softly changing as the are broken by the red branches.
Honourable Mention
Breezy Day by Ioana Bertrand
This piece is whimsical, a little mysterious with the undefined background, and the two figures, one in front of the laundry and one behind. fun, edges, special effects. A lot going on! Also original.
Honourable Mention
Le Tour by Marion Wilson
The first thing that struck me about this piece was the original idea being expressed here. I like the way the cyclists in front have all the detail, getting more vague as they recede in the back. I was drawn to this piece because of the original subject matter, which stands out in a large group show. Nice to see an array of ideas.
Honourable Mention
Sam's Choice by Ellen Sienkiewicz
Originality comes in different forms, subject matter for one. Or dimensions of picture plane. In this case, we have a landscape scene that suits the dimensions of the picture plane beautifully, accentuating what the artist wanted to express-beauty by expanse.
Honourable Mention
The Black Settee by Norman Lockington
This traditonal full body portrait was very carefully rendered, committing to realism. The patiently painted folds of the skirt, the loose brushwork of the couch, to the nicely blended face.Don Valley Art Club: I'd like to thank Louise Lefevre for asking me, Georgia Bowen for assisting me, and Norman Irwin for the extra pics I was missing.
This show is on filmy 19nth, free admission, over 100 paintings at the Todmorden Mills on Pottery Road.
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