Join me in September-Creativity workshops in breathtaking St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick, Canada @Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
The versatility and pliability of Cold Wax medium lends itself to abstract painting as well as representational response. In this breathtaking location ( Bay of Fundy with the highest tides!) we’ll explore land and sea for inspiration.
EXPLORING THE SURFACE: Painting with COLD WAX and OIL Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre September 17-21 10am-4pm Ancient and intriguing, this luscious and tactile medium fosters versatility. Its translucent qualities allow light to penetrate into the surface, emphasizing rich and vibrant colour, depth and tone. Texture, mark-making, relief and stencilling will be explored by utilising cold wax medium, oil pigment, drawing materials and tools including brayers, brushes, knives, scrapers and squeegees. Cold wax medium can be merged with found natural materials (leaves, bark,wildflowers) as well as photos and paper. Along with studio exploration we’ll also go outdoors with cold wax medium, oil, pigments and tools, allowing for a dialogue with the breathtaking environment around us. Texture, mark-making, relief and stenciling will be explored by utilizing cold wax medium, oil pigment, drawing materials and tools including brayers, brushes, knives, scrapers and squeegees. No previous art-making experience needed-just an open mind! 5 day workshop fee: $500 Registration Deadline: 10 August 2018 Members of Sunbury Shores receive a 10% discount. Register: http://sunburyshores.org/adult-courses/ http://sunburyshores.org/contact-us/p 14 2018 Registration Deadline: August 10, 2018 |
Walk with me! This is an environmentally friendly workshop and your ephemeral land art will be documented via video. LANDWORKS, WALK AND MAKE Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre Sep 10 - Sept 14 10am-4pm In this workshop, our goal is to understand nature by directly participating in nature as intimately as we can. This is an opportunity to engage with the natural world by walking and making art within it. In response to St Andrews by the Sea and The Bay of Fundy’s diverse natural environment, we will ‘walk and make’ daily at various locations. We'll guide you in making ephemeral land art utilizing materials from each site’s immediate surroundings such as sand, driftwood, litter, seaweed, stones and foliage. We’ll also review the evolution of land art, from plein air painting (Claude Monet) to contemporary environmental art (Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long) as well as ‘walking’ art (Hamish Fulton). Those who would like to draw or paint ‘en plein air’ as well as photographers will benefit from this workshop. ‘Works in progress’ as well as finished landworks will be documented via video. No experience necessary! We will walk and make rain or shine, so please dress accordingly. "We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” ― Andy Goldsworthy. 5 day workshop fee: $500 Registration Deadline: 10 August 2018 Members of Sunbury Shores receive a 10% discount. Register: http://sunburyshores.org/adult-courses/ http://sunburyshores.org/contact-us/p 14 2018 Registration Deadline: August 10, 2018 |
informed by the influence of weather, Yates' cyclical body of work maps a quest for preservation while contemplating the consequence of change
Jan Yates makes paintings, transitory land works, installations, interventions and community projects that consider shifts in a changing climate. With sensitivity as to how weather shapes environment, communities and culture, the artist focuses on remote, wild locations and is concerned with the impact a changing climate has on isolated communities-and with how communities impact climate and the ecosystem.
Yates has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards with recognition from the Ontario Arts Council. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, her work is collected throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. OAC international residency grants have also supported Yates' work in Ireland and the Shetland Islands.
Arts For Patronage
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North Haven, Fair Isle
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Collect original art in exchange for letting the artist spend time in your vacation home when you can't be there. Coastal areas of Canada or anywhere in Europe.
Please contact the artist for details. janyatesart@gmail.com
Please contact the artist for details. janyatesart@gmail.com
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I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council in awarding me exhibition and travel grants. These contributions have made a profound impact on my practice
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