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Gordon Harrison Workshop: Feb 28 - March 1, '26
I took a workshop with Gordon Harrison at the Mountainside Gallery in Collingwood at the end of February. I thoroughly enjoyed it. He's a wonderful artist and a very good teacher. The top piece, left, was our first piece. It is (supposed to be)a copy of one of his. Mine didn't turn out as well - of course an artist can't paint exactly like another. He's a pretty tough act to follow.
I was inspired by his process. He is very methodical, which was a big thinking point for me , as I am not. But maybe I can be.
The bottom one is my version of our second painting for which we are invited to use our own source. Gordon was very helpful and generaous in getting us to a point where our paintings worked.
This one is the view from the front of my cottage, inspired by an earlier version I had on my phone to refer to. I really like this version! We were also well supplied for the workshop with quality studio canvasses and a great selection of Winsor Newton Oils. The paintings are big! 24" x 24" and 24" x 30"
Here is my original version from last summer, oil on an 11" x14" canvas board.
Some People Pieces - March '26
Out of the Blue, Mixed Media, 20" x 16"
The blue part of this work was made on the gelli plate through direct collage. I collage my own old gelli prints and other ephemera. After that I 'carved' the people shapes out with acrylic paint intentionally letting the background shine through. I can see the 'chippiness' and colour of the surface is influenced by artists I admire.
This is a couple. They are leaning in to each other. You can see by the lighter blue on their heads that they are' in synch with each other.
The work was made on paper, which was then mounted onto a board with acrylic gel and varnished.
The painting is shown over a shelf in a setup made digitally on an app called "Art Stage". In real life, it's usually hanging in one of the bedrooms in my home, but is currently on display at the Queen Elizabeth Community Centre in Oakville in the "Out of the Blue" show.
We Stand Together, Acrylic, 12" x12"
They are standing together literally,. but also figuratively. These three figures emerged out of the chaos of the expressionist painting, which I had sitting around for a few months. The blueish background effectively pushes them forward. You can imagine all kinds of things about their interaction.
A couple of people who have commented on it see flags. II like that idea, and may fly with that in another painting.
This one is on canvas.
As you can see, I gravitated toward the primary colours. I usually only use 5 tubes of paint,a red, a blue (or Payne's Grey), a yellow, white and burnt umber, regardless of what medium I'm working in.
Charmed, Acrylic, 12" x 12"
These three also came out of an expressionist abstract I"ve had hanging around for months.
I drew the figures over with a black acrylic marker and then left the lines showing. This alludes to something a bit more feminine and tribal than the other two, above, do. This one sets me to wonder whether I should start some of these out more intentionally, with a smoother, more designed style. It's this painting that charmed me to this theme,so I called it 'Charmed".
This is my favourite one.