Allan Geske has been making prints for about thirty years. His studio is located in the Artspace Building in the Exchange District.
His prints are represented in collections throughout the USA, Japan, Korea, Britain & the Netherlands. Allan is best known for his copperplate engravings...intricate, complex & provocative images that at times evoke the landscape, but also stand as breathtaking abstractions. His etched work often incorporates prairie images paired with replications of charts, maps and iconic symbols.
Allan Geske has been a printmaker since the mid-1970s and he employs various techniques in his art such as etching, engraving, relief and mixed media. His images often include the prairie landscape: maps, charts and blueprints that locate our place in the world and language that integrates the letters, words, symbols and markings of the draughtsman, poet and educator.
Geske has traveled extensively and his prints are metaphors that create disparate associations relating to his sense of home and place of origin.
From the catalogue of a recent show at the University of Winnipeg:
"Master printmaker Allan Geske uses techniques such as etching and engraving to call up the sepia-toned maps and charts of 19th century travel and exploration. These rational ways of representing the world -- carefully laid-out and geometric -- combined with poetic approaches, to unexpected effect. Works such as Atlas Vignette and Prairie Orbs seem to picture a world both familiar and far away." -- Alison Gillmor, 2007
William Pura, professor of printmaking and painting at the School of Art, University of Manitoba, has said:
"Allan Geske is a master printmaker, co-founder and current coordinator of North Nassau Printmakers located in Winnipeg's Artspace building. Geske has explored many aspects of printmaking but is best known for his engravings on copper -- intricate, complex and provocative images that at times evoke the landscape, but also stand as breathtaking abstractions formed by the unique line that only the engraving technique can make. His work often incorporates prairie images paired with replications of global charts or maps as well as letters, words and iconic symbols."
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
In Plain View - Bev Morton and the Wayne Arthur Gallery
Strongly committed to the arts, Wayne Arthur and his wife Bev Morton were determined to display and sell the work of other Manitoba artists. On December 1, 1995, they opened the Wayne Arthur Sculpture & Craft Gallery at their home in St. Andrews, near Oak Hammock Marsh.
After Wayne passed away, Bev moved the gallery to Winnipeg. Together with her new husband, Robert MacLellan, Bev has run the Wayne Arthur Gallery at 186 Provencher Boulevard since November 30, 2002.
Some of Wayne's drawings are available for purchase at the gallery as well as the creations of over 130 Manitoba artists, working in the fields of painting, print-making, mixed media, sculpture, pottery, jewellery, glass and photography.
After Wayne passed away, Bev moved the gallery to Winnipeg. Together with her new husband, Robert MacLellan, Bev has run the Wayne Arthur Gallery at 186 Provencher Boulevard since November 30, 2002.
Some of Wayne's drawings are available for purchase at the gallery as well as the creations of over 130 Manitoba artists, working in the fields of painting, print-making, mixed media, sculpture, pottery, jewellery, glass and photography.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
In Plain View - Helen Lyons
Helen Lyons is an artist and art historian, she is a graduate of the BFA program at the University of Manitoba, she has also has achieved a BA in Art and Art History from the University of Toronto.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
In Plain View - Steve Jorgenson
Steve Jorgenson was born on Bainbridge Island, Washington, in 1947 and grew up in Seattle. After graduating in 1969 with a B.A. degree in Art from Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, he received an Art Education Teaching Certificate from Seattle Pacific University in 1971.
A variety of jobs in teaching and construction followed before he emigrated to Canada in 1975 where he works as a potter and sculptor. He has been a partner in The Stoneware Gallery since 1985.
His wheel-thrown pots are made of stoneware clay and are designed to be functional and have visually complex surfaces. Motifs from nature are carved into the pots which are first covered with brushed on multi-coloured slips. Transparent matte and gloss glazes are applied and then the pottery is fired in a gas kiln to approximately 2350° F., utilizing a heavy reduction atmosphere which produces richly coloured glazes and clay bodies.
A variety of jobs in teaching and construction followed before he emigrated to Canada in 1975 where he works as a potter and sculptor. He has been a partner in The Stoneware Gallery since 1985.
His wheel-thrown pots are made of stoneware clay and are designed to be functional and have visually complex surfaces. Motifs from nature are carved into the pots which are first covered with brushed on multi-coloured slips. Transparent matte and gloss glazes are applied and then the pottery is fired in a gas kiln to approximately 2350° F., utilizing a heavy reduction atmosphere which produces richly coloured glazes and clay bodies.
In Plain View - Kathleen Noelle Black
Kathleen creates one of a kind glass sculptures, original paintings and small unique glass jewellery pieces.
Emotional strengths and weaknesses of living give life to Kathleen's work. Small glass pieces to larger organic, cast glass sculptures, windows; paintings in oils, water colour, acrylic and mixed media all reflect an exploration of light, dark, transparency and growth. This is all about time - time of day, time of life, how little or great the time.
Kathleen was encouraged as a child to paint on walls. She has continued her education in glass at Alberta College of Art and Design, Red Deer College and visual art at the University of Manitoba. She was the only Manitoban accepted into the juried Glass Art Association of Canada Juried Show "Lucent". A glass piece was accepted by the Manitoba Craft Council for the Annual Juried Show 2009. She has been recognized locally for her glass sculptures. Her work is represented in B.C., Alberta and most importantly here at home in Manitoba.
Emotional strengths and weaknesses of living give life to Kathleen's work. Small glass pieces to larger organic, cast glass sculptures, windows; paintings in oils, water colour, acrylic and mixed media all reflect an exploration of light, dark, transparency and growth. This is all about time - time of day, time of life, how little or great the time.
Kathleen was encouraged as a child to paint on walls. She has continued her education in glass at Alberta College of Art and Design, Red Deer College and visual art at the University of Manitoba. She was the only Manitoban accepted into the juried Glass Art Association of Canada Juried Show "Lucent". A glass piece was accepted by the Manitoba Craft Council for the Annual Juried Show 2009. She has been recognized locally for her glass sculptures. Her work is represented in B.C., Alberta and most importantly here at home in Manitoba.
In Plain View - Ray Chistopherson
Ray Christopherson's pottery combines traditional forms with clean lines. Combined with his multiple-glaze techniques, he produces a unique and original look. His work is inspired by the thought that simple is beautiful. His glazes and glazing methods are inspired by nature or interpretation of nature. The marble glaze was inspired by wheat fields, mosses, grasses and rocks of the prairies. Other glazes are used for the power of the colours.
Ray believes pottery is a tactile art form meant to be held, touched and used. Beautiful pottery should also beautify a meal or a cup of tea or coffee.
His work has been displayed in various stores in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Beach, Clear Lake, Brandon, Kitchener and Waterloo.
Ray Christopherson is a Winnipeg potter who studied art at Tec Voc High School and the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Before concentrating on pottery, he studied pottery under local artists: Valerie Metcalfe, Kathy Koop and Steve Repa who inspired him to continue pottery.
Ray believes pottery is a tactile art form meant to be held, touched and used. Beautiful pottery should also beautify a meal or a cup of tea or coffee.
His work has been displayed in various stores in Winnipeg, Winnipeg Beach, Clear Lake, Brandon, Kitchener and Waterloo.
Ray Christopherson is a Winnipeg potter who studied art at Tec Voc High School and the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Before concentrating on pottery, he studied pottery under local artists: Valerie Metcalfe, Kathy Koop and Steve Repa who inspired him to continue pottery.
Monday, 26 September 2011
VIDEO: In Plain View - Jane Wood
Having spent the first half of her life in England, Jane now calls Winnipeg, Canada her home. After working in the beauty industry on both sides of the Atlantic for many years she was looking for a new challenge. Jane has always had an interest in arts and crafts, including paper arts and polymer clay, but little did she realize that the skill of knitting, taught to her by her grandmother, would lead her to the fascinating world of felting.
After reading the 'how to' of felting in a magazine Jane knitted and felted her first bag and, even though it was less than perfect she was hooked. Felting is an art, not an exact science, when a bag is felted minor variations will show up in the size or shape, resulting in a unique piece every time. With every bag Jane felts she learns something new. Some of her most successful pieces have been the result of a near disaster and for Jane that is what makes the whole process so exciting.
Jane's bags are knitted by hand using 100% wool. She uses different wools, including, Merino, Icelandic, Mohair and Aran. Each kind of wool produces a different finish to the felt. After felting in a washing machine the handbags are rinsed, blocked and air dried. Embellishing each one with either felted flowers, ribbon or beads completes a truly unique piece of wearable art.
After reading the 'how to' of felting in a magazine Jane knitted and felted her first bag and, even though it was less than perfect she was hooked. Felting is an art, not an exact science, when a bag is felted minor variations will show up in the size or shape, resulting in a unique piece every time. With every bag Jane felts she learns something new. Some of her most successful pieces have been the result of a near disaster and for Jane that is what makes the whole process so exciting.
Jane's bags are knitted by hand using 100% wool. She uses different wools, including, Merino, Icelandic, Mohair and Aran. Each kind of wool produces a different finish to the felt. After felting in a washing machine the handbags are rinsed, blocked and air dried. Embellishing each one with either felted flowers, ribbon or beads completes a truly unique piece of wearable art.
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