November 2021 - Remembrance
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show. Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The November theme of the monthly gallery is "Remembrance". November 11 is a special day to remember the sacrifices of our military and their families and also the displaced peoples who suffer around the world from ongoing conflicts. This month always feels full of weight for me and leads to all kinds of remembrance of my past, including the happy memories of my child when he was young, my family members who are no longer with us, and beloved pets who had to leave us.
This month, our members share their remembering in this gallery.
Click on the first image to see a slideshow and discover the artist's name.
Look up the artists in our directory to learn more about them and how to connect!
The November theme of the monthly gallery is "Remembrance". November 11 is a special day to remember the sacrifices of our military and their families and also the displaced peoples who suffer around the world from ongoing conflicts. This month always feels full of weight for me and leads to all kinds of remembrance of my past, including the happy memories of my child when he was young, my family members who are no longer with us, and beloved pets who had to leave us.
This month, our members share their remembering in this gallery.
Click on the first image to see a slideshow and discover the artist's name.
Look up the artists in our directory to learn more about them and how to connect!
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October 2021 - Fall for Colour!
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The October theme of the monthly gallery is "Fall for Colour!" Every autumn the leaves turn colour and fall, and we all swoon through the process even though it means winter is coming. If only this Fall colour could last longer!
Click on the first image to see a slideshow and discover the artist's name.
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The October theme of the monthly gallery is "Fall for Colour!" Every autumn the leaves turn colour and fall, and we all swoon through the process even though it means winter is coming. If only this Fall colour could last longer!
Click on the first image to see a slideshow and discover the artist's name.
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September 2021 - Hit the Books!
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The September theme of the monthly gallery is "Hit the Books!". No secret why September gives us all the feels for reading, writing, arithmetic and Books! Back to school with all of you!
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The September theme of the monthly gallery is "Hit the Books!". No secret why September gives us all the feels for reading, writing, arithmetic and Books! Back to school with all of you!
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Andrea Filiatrault
I made a book about trying to balance making art and working from home in 2020, for a school assignment. Here is a video showing the work.
I made a book about trying to balance making art and working from home in 2020, for a school assignment. Here is a video showing the work.
August 2021 - Dog Days of Summer
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The August theme of the monthly gallery is "Dog Days of Summer". Why is August called that? Can't you just imagine the lazy thump of a dog's tail as the heat waves rise from the road? Actually the month of August is associated with the star Sirius since it is the brightest in the August night sky.
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The August theme of the monthly gallery is "Dog Days of Summer". Why is August called that? Can't you just imagine the lazy thump of a dog's tail as the heat waves rise from the road? Actually the month of August is associated with the star Sirius since it is the brightest in the August night sky.
Click on the first image to see a slideshow and discover the artist's name.
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July 2021 - Canadian Beauty
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The July theme of the monthly gallery is Canadian Beauty. Living in this beautiful country is a privilege that we experience every day but it is more than the landscape that we appreciate, it is each other.
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The July theme of the monthly gallery is Canadian Beauty. Living in this beautiful country is a privilege that we experience every day but it is more than the landscape that we appreciate, it is each other.
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June 2021 - Explore!
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
The June theme of the monthly gallery is Explore! Almost everyone can admit that after months of lockdown, they would be happy to explore somewhere other than the grocery store! Some of our artists have chosen to explore news ways of creating with materials or methods. Our artists have submitted their favourite works related to the theme, please enjoy them.
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The June theme of the monthly gallery is Explore! Almost everyone can admit that after months of lockdown, they would be happy to explore somewhere other than the grocery store! Some of our artists have chosen to explore news ways of creating with materials or methods. Our artists have submitted their favourite works related to the theme, please enjoy them.
Look up the artists in our directory to learn more about them and how to connect!
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Artist: Barry Smylie
Title: Nahihe Ridge
166 x 38 in (168 cm x 97 cm)
Acrylic on one 24 x 36 inch stretched canvas, one 18 x 24 inch canvas laminated ply panel, two 12 x 18 inch canvas laminated ply panels, and one 9 x 12 canvas laminated ply panel.
I was experimenting with “cubism” or multipoints of view. I am never certain that I can paint a painting, my subjects vary and I must vary my approach to suit the subject. Every painting is new territory. This pentaptych is also an attempt to synthesize the colour field painted geometry of my university studio instructors, Yves Gaucher and Roy Kiyooka. The formula is: Grand Manor Painting + Cubism + Post Painterly Expressionism = something new? Something postmodern composed of famous movements of the modern era… and that is + Conceptualism. The concept being that long lost doctorate academic synthesis of the thesis and the antithesis. All the preceding movements of art have been exclusive (you can’t paint that, it has been done before). It is time to revisit that theory which leads to the elimination of painterly style. The postmodern era, I would suggest is a time of reconciliation and reunification of the experimental and scientific mutilation of art to see what it is composed of in favor of putting poor broken Humpty Dumpty back together again.
Title: Nahihe Ridge
166 x 38 in (168 cm x 97 cm)
Acrylic on one 24 x 36 inch stretched canvas, one 18 x 24 inch canvas laminated ply panel, two 12 x 18 inch canvas laminated ply panels, and one 9 x 12 canvas laminated ply panel.
I was experimenting with “cubism” or multipoints of view. I am never certain that I can paint a painting, my subjects vary and I must vary my approach to suit the subject. Every painting is new territory. This pentaptych is also an attempt to synthesize the colour field painted geometry of my university studio instructors, Yves Gaucher and Roy Kiyooka. The formula is: Grand Manor Painting + Cubism + Post Painterly Expressionism = something new? Something postmodern composed of famous movements of the modern era… and that is + Conceptualism. The concept being that long lost doctorate academic synthesis of the thesis and the antithesis. All the preceding movements of art have been exclusive (you can’t paint that, it has been done before). It is time to revisit that theory which leads to the elimination of painterly style. The postmodern era, I would suggest is a time of reconciliation and reunification of the experimental and scientific mutilation of art to see what it is composed of in favor of putting poor broken Humpty Dumpty back together again.
May 2021 - Flowers
Welcome to the KWSA monthly art show! Each month our members submit their artwork related to a specific theme.
Who could imagine a better theme for the month of May than Flowers? Each Winter during the cold fury of the season, we almost forget the perfect breezes and gentle sunshine of the month of May. But the bulbs and perennials are only resting and May is the month they spring forward again.
Please look up our the artists in our directory to learn more about them and how to connect!
Who could imagine a better theme for the month of May than Flowers? Each Winter during the cold fury of the season, we almost forget the perfect breezes and gentle sunshine of the month of May. But the bulbs and perennials are only resting and May is the month they spring forward again.
Please look up our the artists in our directory to learn more about them and how to connect!
