Jean-Pierre Morin, Quebec

Shown here: Sulpture Jean-Pierre Morin @ Gallerie Orange, Montreal.

Sculpture

Brad Copping`s green house - I keep have thought about several times recently, having seen months ago at XeXe Gallery.

From his artist statement ``As nature reveals, change is the only constant. Lakes become swamps, which become meadows, which become forests; plants and animals die and decay... Seeing these moments of transition reminds me of our ties to the natural world. I want to reaffirm these ties by highlighting these moments.`` http://www.xexegallery.com/


Sculpture artist Camilla Geary-Martin was at the 2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. Sanctuary, in bronze shown here.

From Camie's website:

..."a globe of simple branches representing the canopy that surrounds and protects the earth. Cast in bronze, it demonstrates the strength of the canopy, while the delicate twigs expose its more fragile nature."

Montreal + Canadian History

A new Montreal find: artist and boutique owner Lysanne Pepin. Her series Weighlessness features underwater video, translated into paintings of Quebecois artists and comedians. Beautiful work, on wood grain. http://www.pepinart.com/en/collection.php
















And a Montreal favourite - Galerie Orange. Nicolas Ruel`s photography on steel shown here.

Bridget Riley Inspired Sculpture

1. I’m a fan of Bridget Riley's landscape inspired op art. When I read about Peter Bowyer's work The Torrents of Spring which showed at Paul Petro last fall I was excited. The piece is a recreation of Bridget Riley’s painting titled Movement in Squares(1961). Sadly, the installation was over before the Canadian Art news was written, so I missed it. Peter Bowyer has public art installed at Queen's Park and at the Toronto Sculpture Garden.
   
   Matthew Tarini, Toronto 2009 The Artist Project. Portraiture and still life work. matthewtariniart.blogspot.com
   

Fantastic Characters, Glass Sculpture & Works in Paper

Painterly sketchings. Fun, funny, freaky cartoon-esque characters. Episodic, kinda intense and fantastic. The‘ongoing adventures of Griffinlown’ series, Board of Directors, 1080 Queen Street W, Toronto.

Mythic themes: food, aliens, musical instruments, Godzilla and bears. The ongoing adventures of Griffinlown art series is collection of collaborative works between Clint Griffin and Jesse Lown. Art from both artists also showing. See Clint Griffins work here.



Norah Deacon at David Kaye’s gallery, 1092 Queen W. Paper. Phenomenal.

Brayham Contemporary Art

Sko! (everything happens all at once) is the name of the show. Svava Thordis Juliusson's pastel & pencil 2D and her sculpture works buzz with energy.

Lynn Campbell’s weighty delicacies, in her Evocation Series.



http://www.brayhamcontemporaryart.com/