Tag: Paintings

  • Seeing Eye to Eye

    Seeing Eye to Eye

    Seeing Eye to Eye

    July 7th– August 15th, 2020

    Guitars and Moons

    by Vadim Vaskovsky

    In Her Golden Land

    by Teresa Mrozicka

     

    Guitar and Moons by Vadim Vaskovsky and In Her Golden Land by Teresa Mrozicka will open on Tuesday, July 7th and run until Saturday, August 15th. This vibrant, colourful and uplifting exhibit period falls under Studio22’s 2020 vision idiom ‘Seeing Eye to Eye’. 

    Preview and presale for this exhibit will take place from Tuesday, July 7th to Friday, July 10th.  Normal gallery hours will resume July 7thand exhibits open to the general public for purchase on Saturday July 11th.   On this opening day, the gallery will be holding a DROP ACROSS with the artists in attendance from 1 to 4 pm.  Numbers will be monitored for safety but all are welcome to stop by to meet and speak with the artists and view the exhibits.

    “Vibrant colours have the inherent quality of being uplifting.  Brightness cheers us.  As we come out of our protective and restrictive interiors to the sunshine and freshness of a dawning summer season, our hearts lift and we miraculously adapt a skip to our step despite the dire predicament of our current collective experience.  We need to be lifted up – especially right now.

    I used to own a pair of bright yellow corduroy pants.  They weren’t the best fit or the most flattering to my figure but I was always struck by how happy wearing them made me feel.  Every time I looked down at my legs, I felt inexplicably happy.  It was like turning my face up to the sun and feeling a gentle heat kiss my skin.  It literally brightened my day.

    It is this uplifting ‘sun seeking’ ethos that governs the current work of artists Vadim Vaskovsky and Teresa Mrozicka.  Vaskovsky looks to the lure of southern locations for his body of work titled Guitars and Moons.  The canvases encapsulating and transporting us to a south summer idyll where life has a calm stillness and warmth and the sounds of happy ease surround.  The viewer travels to a happy place.  Mrozicka finds her sunshine and light in the garden – In Her Golden Land- where rolling hills and blanketing skies are likened to feminine curves and earth’s mothering nature.  The artist embraces the in and out cycles of seasonal living to motivate and guide her artistic practice.  Her work always plays to this joy in nature.

    It is in this vibrancy of light and colour that places these two artists eye to eye.  Where their inspiration and their expression meet to bring the viewer a bit of warmth and comfort that is so needed when we come out of the dark of winter and the coolness of shade whether that be figurative or literal.  This is a time to look up and feel inexplicably happy – and, if you are so inclined, to take a slice of this sunshine into your own world – to gaze upon and find cheer whenever you need it.” 

    – Ally Jacob, Director, Studio22

  • Guitars and Moons

    Guitars and Moons

    The Artwork

    Caribbean Resort

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    Five Musicians

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    Hope

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    Metaphysical Bottle

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    Pregnant Woman

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    Guitars and Moons

    Paintings by Vadim Vaskovsky

    Guitars and Moons by Vadim Vaskovsky will open on Tuesday, July 7th and run until Saturday, August 15th. This vibrant, colourful and uplifting exhibit falls under Studio22’s 2020 vision idiom Seeing Eye to Eye and is showing concurrently to In Her Golden Land by Teresa Mrozicka.

    Preview and presale for this exhibit will take place from Tuesday, July 7th to Friday, July 10th.  Normal gallery hours will resume July 7thand exhibits open to the general public for purchase on Saturday July 11th.   On this opening day, the gallery will be holding a Drop Across with the artists in attendance from 1 to 4 pm.  Numbers will be monitored for safety but all are welcome to stop by to meet and speak with the artists and view the exhibits.

    Artist Statement:

    Work knows what it wants.  Form tells me about itself.  I search for concrete forms of my sensations and perceptions.  I paint and translate. This language has its roots in synthetic cubism developed by Picasso and Braque a hundred years ago. 

    Guitars, moons, mouse, dog, cat, seagull looking at a melon, mandolines, palms and musicians., these are the ‘talking’ or ‘singing’ elements of this series. I tell some stories yet try to find that transition point of when paint applied to canvas transforms into what it represents, whether that be a guitar or a moon. I want strokes and fills to remain material in texture, shape and pigment to achieve an ornamental look of the painting. Brushes, palette knives, combs and sticks are used in the impasto method of applying oil and acrylic paints.

    Biography:

    Vadim Vaskovsky, born in 1973, spent his childhood in Central Asia, Russia, and Ukraine before moving to Canada in 2002. The artist takes inspiration from various locales and themes, including his adopted home in Prince Edward County. 
     
    Since graduating from the Grekov Art College in Odessa, Ukraine in 1990, his work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications. His art works can be found in private and public collections in Europe, Canada and the United States.

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  • JAZZ – TEARS AND SMILES

    JAZZ – TEARS AND SMILES

    New paintings by Neli Nenkova

     

    Bold, vibrant and striking are just a few words that come to mind when describing Studio22’s latest exhibit by the talented visual artist, Neli Nenkova. The new solo exhibit entitled JAZZ – TEARS AND SMILES will be on display from April 23rd to May 25th and will feature twelve 24” x 36” paintings of some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.  The large acrylic paintings go on sale to the general public on April 27th and accessibly priced poster art of some of the originals will also be available for purchase at the gallery. 

    Jazz – Tears and Smiles, is an exhibit that appeals to both jazz lovers and art collectors alike. As is the music commonly referred to as ‘jazz’, Nenkova’s latest body of work is full of range, diversity, richness and beauty.  Nenkova’s pieces do more than visually captivate the viewer; through the use of vibrant colour and brushstroke, the artist’s work succeeds in not only capturing the improvisational element unique to this music genre, but also immortalizing the soulful creativity of these larger than life legends.

    “Billie, Ray, Ella, Louis, Etta, Chet, Miles, James, Aretha, Amy, Frank and Nina have pushed me to question and rediscover myself artistically by using a novel painting style that aspires to mirror their purity, expressiveness and force of feelings. Their songs often born from vastly painful experiences contrast beauty and sadness through the inner power of each performer. It is that energy extended to the listener my paintings seek to highlight becoming a visual representation of the bittersweet excitement we all know and love as Jazz.” – Neli Nenkova

    Nenkova’s inspiration for these works are revealed in the titles of her paintings.  From “What a Wonderful World” to “Love is a Losing Game”, the essence of these songs are played out on the faces of their messengers.  There is pleasure and there is pain – tears and smiles.  Nenkova’s stunning canvases invoke the feeling of pure joy one gets when listening to these great masters of Jazz.  She extends the vibrancy of their songs and reminds audiences to revisit their timeless musical heritage.  Nenkova succeeds in making the images of these artists as iconic as their music.  

    Jazz – Tears and Smiles is on exhibit from Tuesday, April 23rd until Saturday, May 25th.

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    Neli Nenkova is a Sudbury based visual artist with more than 20 years of art experience in Europe and Canada. Nenkova is also a Provisional RGD Graphic Designer. She hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and Fashion Design, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design. Nenkova is a recipient of numerous art and design awards, with the latest including: OSA 7th International Miniature Print Biennale- Winner Category Intaglio, Ottawa, Canada; 50 Carleton Award for Logo Design and Studio123- Design Award for Northern Ontario. In 2016, Nenkova was one of seven finalists in the national competition for a new tourist logo of Bulgaria organized by Ministry of Tourism of Republic of Bulgaria. Neli Nenkova’s paintings are in public and private collections in France, Bulgaria, Italy , Germany, Greece, USA, Japan, Turkey, the Vatican and Canada.  

  • FUEL for Hibernation

    FUEL for Hibernation

    Share your love of art with the ones you love.

    November 3 to December 8, 2018

    Preview – October 30-31 / Pre-Sale – November 1-2

    Early access for Studio22 Subscribers

    Group Show featuring the work of

    Robert Blenderman, Bernard Clark, Jane Derby, Stefan Duerst, Debra Krakow, Molly McClung, Teresa Mrozicka, Susan Oomen, Rob Niezen, Susan Paloschi, Evelyn Rapin, Lee Stewart, Norman Takeuchi and Vadim Vaskovsky

    (All artwork priced under $500)

    CAN YOU GIFT A LOVE OF ART?

    The act of giving is engrained in many cultures – ritualized for a myriad of purposes – as rite, as reward, as gratitude.  A gift is many things.  It is not always of a physical nature, and a physical offering is not always the real gift. A pair of track shoes to the aspiring runner is a gift of opportunity.  A book to a child is a gift of an expanded mind.

    It is natural that we like to share the things we value.  In a world of ever expanding stuff, it is more important than ever that we find value in the things we choose to share.  We at Studio22 hold dear the idea that art is a gift. It elevates our state of mind and gives texture and colour to our imaginations.  In the words of Ezra Pound,

    Beauty in art reminds one what is worth while, I am not now speaking of shams.  I mean beauty, not slither, not sentimentalizing about beauty, not telling people that beauty is the proper and respectable thing.  I mean beauty.  You don’t argue about an April wind, you feel bucked up when you meet it.  You feel bucked up when you come across a swift moving thought in Plato or on a fine line in a statue.

    In acknowledgement of the gift-giving season, Studio22 is proud to present FUEL FOR HIBERNATION– an exhibit of art, all under $500, that ignites our thoughts to help us while away the dark hours of winter.  We invite you to share your love of art with those you love. Consider gifting a love of art.  We all deserve to feel bucked up.

    ***As well as this exhibit of art under $500, the gallery offers customized gift certificates – purchasable directly from our online store.

    The Artwork

    Red Sun

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