Listing of Works on Exhibit at SYNERGY, OKWA February Group Exhibit

SYNERGY, OKWA's February/March Group Show is at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library from 02 February to the 25th Feb and moves on to Belleville into the John M. Parrott Art Gallery in the Belleville Public Library from March 2nd to the 30th, 2011. Here are a few listings of works on display.  Unless specified NFS (not for sale) or SOLD, artworks are for sale.  Contact the artist by the given email address with each artwork.

Su Sheedy NFS. encaustic with coneflowers diptych.
sheedy@kingston.net

BEST IN SHOW:
Julie Davidson Smith $450. acrylic. "Submerged"
juliedavidsonsmith@gmail.com

BEST IN SHOW:
Julie Davidson Smith $450. acrylic/oil pastel. "Night Walkers"
juliedavidsonsmith@gmail.com

Julie Kojro $325. acrylic on canvas. "Wild Irises".
juliemikkola@hotmail.com

Julie Kojro $450. acrylic on canvas. "Window Boots".
juliemikkola@hotmail.com

Sharon Thompson $2,000. oil/concrete on board 48x43"
griffin@queensu.ca

Verna Vowles $1,000. acrylic. "Reminiscence"
bandv@kingston.net

HONOURABLE MENTION:
Verna Vowles $1,000. acrylic. "Reminiscence 2"
bandv@kingston.net

Judy Springer $90.00. Digital drawing. "Flight"
jspring@persona.ca

Margaret Lock $1200 framed. chalk pastel on paper 22x30" "Maples and Shagbark Hickory"
lockfp@queensu.ca

Margaret Lock $1200 framed. chalk pastel on paper. "Beaver Dam" 22x30"
lockfp@queensu.ca

HONOURABLE MENTION
Martine Bresson $350 Giclee  "Maguey Man"
martinebresson@yahoo.com

HONOURABLE MENTION
Martine Bresson $350. Giclee "Woman with Garlic"
martinebresson@yahoo.com

Erika Olson $750. chalk pastel. "Geraniums on Blue"
erikaolson@yahoo.com

Erika Olson $950. chalk pastel. "Mexican Jug on African Cloth.
erikaolson@yahoo.com

Lee-Ann Taras $500.
16x48" mixed media. "Balance"
leeanntaras@kos.net

Lee-Ann Taras $500.
16x48" mixed media. "Exuberance"
leeanntaras@kos.net

Mieke Van Geest. $135 unframed photograph. $300 framed. "Within the Pines 01"
miekevg@distributel.net

Mieke Van Geest. $135 unframed photograph. $300 framed. "Within the Pines 02"
miekevg@distributel.net

Sally Milne $1500. watercolour "Sunlit Blue"
sm@sallymilne.com

June Anderson. $900 oil on canvas "Apples II"
june-anderson@cogeco.ca

June Anderson. $550 oil on canvas "Apples I"
june-anderson@cogeco.ca

Diane Black. $450. Clay "Celest"
blackmac@sympatico.ca

Wendy Cain. $800 handmade paperpulp spray and stencil. untitled
wcain@persona.ca

Barb Carr $850. Collage. "Autumn Woods"
barbecarr@hotmail.com

 

Diane Black SOLD

Barb Carr $450. collage. "Snow"
barbecarr@hotmail.com

Pauline Conley. SOLD

Pauline Conley. $450. Mixed media on panel 20x24" "Al Forja"
paulinegerardconley@gmail.com

Hanna Back $2,500.  Paperclay 18x12.8x11.75"  "Emerging"

j.hanna.back@gmail.com

Mary E. Crawford $400. oil and mixed media
"Island Wilderness 01"
mecrawford@sympatico.ca

Mary E. Crawford $400. oil and mixed media
"Island Wilderness 02"
mecrawford@sympatico.ca

Julie Withrow $550. oil stick on panel "Chair Box"
jwithrow@reztel.net

Mary O'Brien $450. mixed media on canvas.
8x10" mobrien@kos.net

BEST IN SHOW.
Jane Derby NFS "Breakup" oil on plaster and found materials.
jderby@kingston.net

Jane Derby $900. automotive paint on found materials.
"Surface" jderby@kingston.net

Mary O'Brien $450. mixed media on canvas.
8x10" "King Stone"
mobrien@kos.net

HONOURABLE MENTION
Michele LaRose. "Allegretto" acrylic on canvas.
laing.larose@gmail.com

Isidora Spielmann $1200.  fox collar, velvet cape, needlepoint, applique,
painted wood. "ode to the fox"
isidora@rideau.net

Wendy Cain $450. Handmade paper pulp spray
and stencil. "Untitled" (Frosted Landscape Series)
wcain@persona.ca

Kingston Public Library Exhibition 2011

Sorting painting labels.

wendy adding support.

OKWA members put up the February show in the Kingston Library. Photos by Martine Bresson.

June centering.

Mieke and Mary Peppard

June and Mary in a precarious place.

Su and Sharon take time to contemplate after all is hung.

JUROR: JENNIFER HORNYAK is introduced by Michele LaRose

Michele LaRose gives the following introduction....

Jennifer Hornyak                                                     

Jennifer is originally from Grimsby, about 200 miles north of London, where she and her family experienced to excitement and tribulations of WW2. She was artistic from an early age and went to the Grimsby School of Art after high school. Following that she moved to London with a friend where they dreamed of moving to North America. In 1961 she and a friend took a freighter from Liverpool and it was in Montreal that she met her future husband, Nicolas Hornyak, married and had three children. When her third child was 1 year old she returned to her passion, painting. She studied Fine Art at McGill and pursued other opportunities such as a Vermont residency with Stanley Boxer, Elmer Bishoff, Georges McLean and Tom Butters.

In 1983 she began showing work at the Galerie Claude Lafitte in Montreal. Thanks to this partnership her work was also shown in group exhibitions in Montréal, Toronto, San Francisco, New-York, Boston, Nice and Paris.

During the 80s Jennifer’s work gravitated primarily to the human figure, with the odd foray into landscape and still-life. However, in the 90s, feeling a need for change, she moved from her studio in Old Montreal to another along the Lachine Canal. There she encountered Jacques and Helen Bellefeuille who encouraged her new work and offered her a show in 1993 in their Galerie de Bellefeuille on Greene Avenue in Montreal. Her new work was primarily still life and of a more sombre palette than previously. The show was a huge success and her collaboration with this gallery continues to this day. She has had 5 solo exhibitions there and she has been included in many group exhibitions, notably the Toronto International Art Fair, Miami Art Basel and the Chicago Contemporary and Classic. She has also developed partnerships with other galleries such as Wallace Galleries in Calgary, Galerie St-Laurent & Hill in Ottawa (where she is having a show in April, 2011), Trinity Gallery in St. John’s, Studio 21 in Halifax and the Bennet Street Gallery in Atlanta. During this time she has also taught and juried shows.  Over the last 10 years Jennifer has dedicated herself completely to her art. She now relies on a team that attends to the administrative and management sides of her practice, providing her the luxury of concentrating exclusively on painting. She was generous enough to come and visit us in Kingston and give us the benefit of her considerable experience. She was also available during the reception for members to speak with her about their individual works. 

Michele LaRose said, "Our juror, Jennifer Hornyak turned out to be a lovely lady and was very generous with her comments and willingness to discuss individual pieces with the artists showing."

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As you can see, attendance was rewarding as well as the abundant and tantalizing munchies!

Jane Thelwell (honorable mention) beams!

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THE BEST IN SHOW were by ROSE STEWART, JULIE DAVIDSON SMITH and JANE DERBY.

There were four honourable mentions: VERNA VOWLES, JANE THELWELL, MARTINE BRESSON and MICHELE LaRose.   (Photos of exhibiting pieces will be posted shortly.)

thanks to the following for their able work in getting the show up and advertised:

Show Coordinators: Jane Derby and Barb Carr

Show designers: Su Sheedy and Sharon Thompson

Poster and Evite: Isadora Speilmann

Reception Refreshments/Goodies: June Anderson

Coordinator for Belleville Show to follow: Hanna Back

Juror, Jennifer Hornyak (center) with BEST IN SHOW: Jane Derby (left) and Julie Davidson Smith (right)