10 New Works from Lee Stewart
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LOST PORTRAITS – New Works by Keight MacLean
Keight MacLean would be the first to admit that there is something perplexing and paradoxical about great art. The challenge as an artist—especially one capable of approaching the latter—is to develop an aesthetic that both celebrates beauty and showcases their expertise, yet still stakes a claim on the radical inventiveness of artistic creation. That is, every artist must find her own unique voice.
For MacLean, finding her voice has coincided with giving voice to forgotten and historically marginalized women. LOST PORTRAITS, her latest body of work, features MacLean’s traditionally inspired portraits, presented with a contemporary twist, such as fluorescent spray paint, re-harvested artists’ mediums and destructive techniques. Driven to explore new materials and apply experimental methods, MacLean is a natural student and calculating risk-taker. Working on surfaces of various sizes affords MacLean the freedom to explore new territory and makes her work accessible to a range of investors.
MacLean’s dedication to her practice is impressive for an emerging artist. She credits her experience under the tutelage of Karen Peperkorn of Kingston’s Creative Arts FOCUS Program with helping to set her on her artistic path. A recent OCAD University graduate and an alumna of the school’s revered Florence Program, located in Florence, Italy, MacLean takes a holistic approach to her practice. She continually seeks out opportunities to establish connections with fellow artists, to broaden her audience, and to cultivate new collectors. Now based in Toronto, she has participated in various art fairs, such as Toronto Outdoor and the Artist’s Project, garnering an extensive following. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally and her work is in collections throughout Canada, the USA, Italy and the UK.
Studio 22 is thrilled to welcome Keight MacLean home and to present LOST PORTRAITS, her first major solo exhibition in Kingston.
LOST PORTRAITS will be on display at Studio 22, located at 320 King Street East, Kingston from September 12-October 28, 2017.
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KALEIDOS: BEAUTIFUL FORMS by Diane Laundy
KALEIDOS: BEAUTIFUL FORMS by Diane Laundy
“Nature, architecture and everyday objects contain patterns that intrigue, mesmerize and engage me. Taking those initial images and abstracting them is a form of play for me,” admits photographic artist Diane Laundy. “It is like looking through the lens of a kaleidoscope at the endless possibilities of patterns and forms.”
Indeed, Laundy’s work is more than mere representation, moving beyond realist photography to a form of photographic abstraction. By transforming her initial photographs of the textures, patterns and subject matter which attract her, into entirely new creations and forms allows Laundy to present a vision uniquely her own.
Influenced by textiles and quilts and the way they are created and combined, Laundy’s technique involves cutting and arranging the same image, a series of images, or parts of images.
“In this series of images, I turn natural and architectural details into a series of kaleidoscopic designs. By mirroring, flipping and layering the original image, I create an impressionistic view of the original, bringing out the beautiful patterns and forms inherent in the subject,” Laundy further explains.
Diane Laundy practices photography as a means to express her creative ideas. She has exhibited her photography in numerous solo and group exhibitions at Studio 22 (Kingston), the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte), Nocturne: Art at Night (Halifax), ViewPoint Gallery (Halifax), Gallery Raymond (Kingston) and the Kingston Arts Council (Kingston). She has also participated in juried studio tours in Maberly, Kingston and Merrickville. Her photographs have been published in Peeling Bells (2015),
Fabrications: Modern Architecture Re-imagined (exhibition catalogue, 2010), Ferment (2003), and on the cover of the CD Cycle of Life (2005). Her work is in private collections across Canada, and in the Nova Scotia Art Bank.
KALEIDOS: BEAUTIFUL FORMS by Diane Laundy will be on display from July 11 – August 19.
Limited Edition of 10 each – $475 +HST for #1/10 with a 10% increase as each one is sold.
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CELEBRATION – New Works by Rob Niezen
CELEBRATION – New Works by Rob Niezen
Peterborough-based artist Rob Niezen marries his disparate influences, comic book art and classic impressionism, to produce graphic oil paintings which entertain and delight.
Incorporating his observations of everyday life, Niezen weaves a visual tale through his imaginatively narrative canvases. Life is rich with colour and experience; time is measured in moments shared with family and friends.
Using light and colour, shadows and reflections, Niezen depicts table tops filled with glassware that sparkle and shine, signifying the joy of living life to its fullest.
A true master of painting sunlight–reflected and refracted, direct and indirect— Niezen’s bold use of colour, exaggerated angles, and unique perspectives lend drama to these unexpected images. Like snapshots of a perfect holiday, each canvas takes on the sense of a memento. Celebration is all about savouring life’s experience.
Born in The Hague, Netherlands, and now living near Peterborough, Ontario, Rob Niezen is a painter and printmaker who has participated in over 30 exhibitions. His works can be found in collections, internationally.
CELEBRATION – New Works by Rob Niezen will be on display from July 11 – August 19.
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Happy 11th Birthday to the Open Gallery at Studio22
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Happy 150th Canada!
2 great Canadian things to celebrate July 1st, 2017
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New Works by J.T. Winik
Raven Haired Woman – 16″ x 13″ – oil on panel – $1425 
Sitting – 12″ x 10″ – oil on panel- $1350 
Accordion II – SOLD- 10″ X 10″ – oil on panel – $1300 
Swirl – SOLD – 12″ X 10″ – oil on panel – $1350 
Frog Pond – 23×23″ – $2300 
Woodland Creek – 24×24″ – $2400 
The Path – 25×25″ – $2400 
Sojourn – 25×31″ – $3600 
Night Portal – 31×31″ – $4100 
HOUSE 9 – 6×6″ – $600 
HOUSE 7 – SOLD- 6×6″ – $600 
HOUSE 5 – 6×6″ – $600 
HOUSE 3 – 6×6″ – $600 
Lone Tree x 6 – 10×40″ – $1100 “As a visual artist, I often explore themes of isolation, introspection and the fusion of contrary states of being. Whether my work is figurative, abstract or in the realm of landscape, I’m intrigued with the pairing of dichotomies, these which may appear in the expression of a face or in the lines of an abstract. Merging beauty and awkwardness, freedom and control, fragility and strength, etc., I seek to capture the fine balance that binds opposites – because that’s the world I observe, the world I feel, and the world that most moves me: a world that always knows some sense of discomfort in its beauty.”
JT’s work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Canada, The Netherlands and Mexico and she is currently represented in galleries in Toronto, Montreal, and Amsterdam. Her paintings have been featured in national magazines, books and book covers in Canada, Holland, Turkey and England. She paints full time from her studio in Kingston and has spent extensive periods working at studios in Spain, Holland and Mexico. Her work has been collected throughout Canada, the USA and Europe.
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Osvaldo Gonzalez Herrera
RETORNO
Montreal-based Cuban artist Osvaldo González Herrera
A stunning body of work representing an extraordinarily unique vision, RETORNO takes the viewer on a journey into the surreal landscape of dreams.
Herrera’s work defies conventional definitions, liberating the viewer from the constructs of previously conceived notions of the human form. Incorporating a splatter-like style reminiscent of Jackson Pollock and evoking the sensibility and playfulness of Ralph Stedman, Herrera recalls abstract expressionism as an anchor for an entirely original direction. Much of Herrera’s works have a narrative quality, featuring enigmatic themes and lurid figures in intriguing situations.
In Herrera’s own words, “I propose possible interpretations in order to provoke a dialogue with the viewer.” In so doing, the discourse between subject and object is set in motion, whereby the exchange of ideas creates a flow that leads the viewer back to the initial state of wonder. There are no easy answers here, but a return to yet more questions.
Working in a variety of forms, from painting and graphic arts to humorist drawing, Osvaldo González Herrera studied art in his native Cuba. In 2013, Herrera relocated to Montreal, where he continues to work as a painter and graphic artist. His work has been shown in several solo and collective exhibitions, both in Cuba and internationally. He has published his humorist works in several local newspapers.
RETORNO; Paintings by Osvaldo González Herrera will be on display at Studio 22, located at 320 King Street East, Kingston from May 30 –July 1.
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New Works by Jane Derby
GOUGING, NAILING, CUTTING, SCRAPING & PAINTING – New Works by Jane Derby
Exploring our local environment through artistic innovation.
Leftover copper from a refrigeration manufacturing plant near Kingston and plaster lath salvaged from old homes provide inspiration for local artist Jane Derby. By using a variety of techniques to creatively repurpose discarded materials, Derby opens up the possibility of rethinking our relationship to trash and poses the question, What is beautiful?
Given our current environmental crisis, Derby’s work feels both timely and prescient. It is no surprise, then, that she has been recognized with a number of prizes and awards, including the Environmental Spirit Award from the Recycling Council of Ontario.
While Derby’s works suggest how reimagining cast-off objects may portend the future, her aim is predominantly aesthetic. What she is able to produce from these raw materials is exquisite. Her blend of experimental, yet exacting, technique yields energetic and enlightened landscapes; upending all expectation.
As Derby explains, “Most recently, the result has been a series of bas relief landscapes made from household cans. I cut and shred these, nailing the pieces to plywood, simulating the grasses, earth and water that make up the textural beauty of wetlands of Eastern Ontario. The recycled cans, rusted and corroded through patinas, lend themselves to an implied critique of our current environmental practices, a reminder that two thirds of the original wetlands have been lost.”
The exhibit combines the refined practice Derby has been exploring since graduating from OCAD, with the new element of locally sourced copper. The reclamation of Kingston’s very own industrial waste presents Derby with the opportunity to demonstrate how we might all take part in re-envisioning our future.
Gouging, Nailing, Cutting, Scraping & Painting will be on exhibit at Studio 22, located at 320 King Street East, Kingston from May 30-July 1.
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May 26th – New exhibit previews during Art After Dark
Gouging Nailing Cutting Scraping & Painting
New Works by Jane Derby
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RETORNO
Osvaldo Gonzalez Herrera
We will be previewing our freshest exhibits at this year’s spring Art After Dark gallery tour. Come get a peek of some really exciting new works. Have time to ponder and make your move when these works go on sale on Tuesday May 30th.
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A Perfect Day – New Oils by Susan Oomen
April 4 – May 13, 2017
Susan Oomen’s works perfectly express mood; capturing stillness in action. Serene lake-scapes depict a life well lived, paddlers float upon light-dappled water, portraying the double meaning of reflection. Idyllic boathouses and iconic muskoka chairs invite the viewer to take pause. The works suggest moments of solitude as well as intimate pairings, illustrations of what it means to be close to nature and to one another. Each moment depicted invites the viewer to reminisce about their own beloved interactions with the natural world and the joy of living fully.
A Perfect Day is a reminder of the sanctuary of nature and the invaluable gift of tranquility. Featuring ethereal canvases of various shapes and sizes, Oomen’s latest exhibit offers a portal to a meditative state of mind; connecting you to beauty and bringing a moment of contemplative bliss into your home, office, or cottage. As Oomen herself remarks, “It becomes a visual journey, as your eye travels, taking in water, then shoreline, horizon and sky. Perhaps for a few moments, through this journey, we have imagined ourselves there.”
Having grown up in a large Dutch farming family in the Kingston, Ontario area, Oomen remains close to her roots. While she has made her home in Utopia, Ontario, her paintings are often inspired by the landscapes, lakes, and waterways of the Thousand Islands region, Algonquin Park, and the Muskokas.
A graduate of the Fine Arts Program at Queen’s University, Kingston, Susan Oomen is represented by Studio 22 in Kingston, Ontario and Roberts Gallery in Toronto. Susan has shown in galleries throughout Canada for over 30 years and has just completed solo shows in 2016 and 2014 at Roberts Gallery, and at Studio 22 in 2015. She has received various awards and grants over the years and her work can be found in public and private collections throughout Canada and the United States. Her painting titled ‘Annie’s Wake’ was featured in September 2016 on the cover of the American Psychologist.
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i Love THIS PIECE
Bernard Clark – Emily Fennell in Water 
Bill Penner – The Teller of Tales 
Debra Krakow – Ste. Catherine 10 
Diane Laundy – Frost & Leaves 
Erika Olson – Hot Pink with Zinnias 
Evelyn Rapin – Nostalgia Personae 
Gary Michail Dault – Onyx Still Life (with feather) 
Hersh Jacob – It Looks Like Rain – SOLD 
Holly Dean – Over Men and Horses, Hoops and Garters 
Jane Derby – What Remains 
Josephine Wren – A Promise 
Keight MacLean – Sibyle 
Kevin Merritt – Beastie Bots – SOLD 
Margaret Hughes – Terra Murata, Procida – SOLD 
Osvaldo Gonzalez Herrera – Retrato 
Patti Leishman – great big popi 
Phillida Hargreaves – Beached 
Rebecca Cowan – Aine 
Robert Blenderman – Summer Sailing 
Rose Stewart – Contingency #1 
Sharon Thompson – Fall in Erika’s Studio 
Stefan Duerst – Bubbling Spring #8 
Su Sheedy – Lichen 4 
Susan Oomen – Kitchen Window 
Susan Paloschi – The Little Golden Tree 
Teresa Mrozicka – Mystical Land 
Ulrich Panzer – Untitled 2016 
Vadim Vaskovsky – Nancy 
Wallace Edwards – Whalephant 
Andrew Danson Danushevsky – Intimacy February 14th to March 25th
Every work of art is unique, created to exist not just for itself, but to be loved. Studio 22 is proud to launch its 2017 Season with the group exhibition, I Love THIS PIECE. The show features singular works from the past collections of 30 artists. Each work has been selected by the artist because it represents a piece which they feel deeply about; works which have yet to find their soulmates.
I Love THIS PIECE is on exhibit at Studio 22 located at 320 King Street East, Kingston from Tuesday, February 14th until March 25th, 2017.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 6pm, Thursdays till 8pm, Fridays till 10pm.
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ILLUSION • Photographs – Andrew Danson Danushevsky
Exhibition
60 DAYS – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
ALMOST IN SEINE – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
COURTYARD – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print
Andrew Danson Danushevsky – Intimacy 
LAST CHARGE – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
MELTDOWN – SOLD 
POST – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
SMOKER – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
STRIP MALL – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print 
WITHOUT SUI (water) – 30″ X 40″ digital fine art print Renowned photographer Andrew Danson Danushevsky returns to Studio 22 Open Gallery with a new collection.
This fall marks the return of internationally recognized Canadian photographer, educator, author, and curator Andrew Danson Danushevsky to Kingston’s own Studio 22 Open Gallery. Actively exhibiting since 1973, and featured in over 50 exhibitions both in Canada and internationally, Danson Danushevsky is perhaps best known for his remarkable series of iconic portraits of prominent Canadian politicians, which became the national bestseller Unofficial Portraits: Canadian Politicians Photographed by Themselves (1987).
The current exhibition, entitled Illusion, like the artist himself, defies simple description. Andrew Danson Danushevsky is no less a social commentator than an artist. With his latest body of work he proposes a new dialogue with and about the medium of photography itself. The grid photographs are symbolic portrayals of the ubiquity of digital imagery and the way in which we engage, or perhaps disengage, from photography in our modern age.
The interplay between multiplicity and simplicity, distance and clarity is revealed, playfully, as perhaps an illusion. By challenging our perceptions of the limits of what photography is meant to do, Danson Danushevsky invites us to move with him beyond art for art sake, and participate in an invaluable conversation about the uniqueness of perspective in a world bombarded by both mundane and provocative imagery. Ultimately, he reminds us that every view stems from and leads back to a worldview. What we share and what we borrow overlap in unimaginable landscapes.
Illusion is on display at Studio 22, from September 27-Novemember 5, 2016.
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Notionography – New Works by Wallace Edwards
Exhibition
PASSING BYE – 24″ x 37″ acrylic on board 
DEEP DREAM – 24″ x 48″ acrylic on board 
THE WISH CATCHER – 30″ x 20″ watercolour 
THE SINGER – 24″ x 17.5″ watercolour 
B IS FOR BAT – 19.5″ X 16 Watercolour 
PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA – 25″ X 19.5″ water-based oils 
OODLES OF DOODLES – 36″ X 23.5″ mixed media on board 
SWEET DREAMS – 24″ x 18″ mixed media on board 
SING ALONG – 23.75″ x 12″ mixed media on board 
SUNNY – 13.5 X 10.5″ watercolour 
LUCKY DEVIL 1 – 12″ x 11″ mixed media on board 
LUCKY DEVIL 2 – 12″ x 11″ mixed media on board 
LUCKY DEVIL 3 – 12″ x 12″ mixed media on board 
ON A SAD NOTE – SOLD 
CAT FISH – SOLD 
MISSING YOU – 14.5″ X 14.5″ watercolour 
FUNNY GUY – 14″ x 11″ watercolour 
GOSSIP – 16″ x 12″ – mixed media on board 
CHANGE OF HEART – 9.5″ x 7.5″ watercolour 
HAPPY SAM – 12″ x 12″ watercolour 
BUTTERFLY FISH – 8″ x 10″ watercolour 
COELACANTH – 12″ x 24.25″ acrylic on board 
FRESH WATER DRUM – 11″ X 19″ watercolour 
STEELHEAD – 11″ x 18″ watercolour 
NIGHT WING – 13.5″ X 10.5″ watercolour 
NIGHT EYES – 18″ x 12″ watercolour 
YIN AND YANG – SOLD 
GREEN HERON – SOLD 
NIGHT HERON – SOLD Award-Winning Local Artist brings Ideas to Life at Studio22.
Studio 22 Open Gallery is delighted to present Notionography, an exhibit of new work by Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author and illustrator Wallace Edwards. The Yarker-based artist and beloved children’s book author is a busy man; his paintings and illustrations are found in numerous public and private collections and publications. In addition to his solo exhibition at Studio 22, Edwards will also be launching a new book, What Is Peace?, as part of Kingston’s Writers Fest.
Wallace Edwards loves to play with ideas. The exhibition of new work explores the way our subconscious mind mysteriously manifests and manipulates myriad images, incorporating ideas into imaginative illustrations. “Notionography refers to a deep pool of ideas,”explains the artist. “It’s like snorkeling- I like snorkeling. Things emerge.”
The exhibition, which features pieces Edwards refers to as “found art,” is made up of drawings and collages reworked and reinterpreted from some of his older sketches. The show also features new acrylic paintings on board, which Edwards has dubbed “stark animal portraits,” that represent a bit of a departure for an artist renowned for his elaborately imaginative children’s illustrations. These bold paintings are deceptively simple, inviting the viewer into a thoughtful examination of artistic precision.
Notionography, the wonderful and whimsical world of Wallace Edwards is on display at Studio 22 Open Gallery, from September 27-November 5, 2016.
Local press about Wallace Edward’s upcoming exhibit…
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Patti Emmerson – “As I See It” Gallery
essence of birch – 48″ x 60″ SOLD 
life illusions i recall – 30X30 $750 
ombre sky -SOLD 
out on a limb 24×30 $675 
spring fling 
cloudy with sunny periods 36×48 or 48×36 $1100 
common ground 24×24 $600 
country roads 15×30 $525 
from there to here 36×36 $900 
if these walls could talk (SOLD) 
nothin’s worryin’ me 30×30 $750 
playground 18×24 $500 
poppiness 24×36 $750 
take me to the river 36×36 + frame $1100 
that cow – SOLD 
the race is on 24×36 $750 
waiting for the 7:05 24×48 $900 
wildfire 48×24 $900 
moroccan mosaic 30×48 $975 
day is done 30×60 SOLD 
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Maggie Sutherland Talks Bodies, Politics and Art
https://soundcloud.com/studio22-sounds/maggie-sutherland-talks-bodies-politics-and-art-with-aviva-jacob
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Interludes ~ Susan Oomen exhibit
Interlude 28×46 
Annie, First Light 16×16 
The Fourth Canoe 30×30 
Sparkling Water II 20×20 
Lake of Bays, Blue Boathouse 38×38 
Lake of Bays, Blue Boathouse 24×24 
In Shadow and Sunlight 24×24 
The Birches 16×16 • SOLD 
Algonquin Cottage 16×16 
Petunias In Sunlight • SOLD 
Green Red Blue 16×16 • SOLD 
Red Doors II • SOLD 
Window 36×48 
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An Informal Conversation with Julie Davidson Smith
https://soundcloud.com/studio22-sounds/an-informal-conversation-with-aviva-jacob-julie-davidson-smith
