Confounding Categorization: A Portfolio by Laine Godsey
Realistic Model 1, turf, sand, Styrofoam, acrylic, found objects
Laine Godsey is an installation artist and sculptor who produces works confounding categorization. Laine frequently uses found objects and materials in her works, leading to an aesthetic that’s widely varied yet still cohesive.
Shapewear 1.0, vinyl, nylon, polyfill
The works in Laine’s recent series Making Realistic Models consist of both sculpture and photography.…
Elements and Landscapes: The Art Portfolio of Marilyn Joyce
Morning showers, sunny afternoon, ink stained papers, rainwater, beeswax
Marilyn Joyce creates delicate mixed media assemblages that express her own relationship to, and experience of, different surrounding environments. The artist’s works are abstract, but call to mind elements and landscapes ranging from arid deserts to bodies of water.
Playa conversation (morning), ink, tea, thread and beeswax on paper
I really appreciate the…
Everyday Masks: The Art Portfolio of Liza Montgomery
Enlightenment: Ella, oil and mixed media on wood
In her artistic practice, Liza Montgomery explores constructed identities and everyday masks. The artist’s painting and mixed media works use faces and figures as their starting point, adding details and elements like cosmetics and jewelry both to obscure and to create an entirely new face for a subject.
Afterglow I, photo-collage, watercolour on panel
In our previous feature of…
Function and Form: The Glass Portfolio of Catherine Hart
Catherine Hart is a stained glass artist who works largely on private commissions, creating glass work for windows and wall-hanging panels. Catherine’s works expertly combine function and form, using sparing, contained planes of colour and sculptural elements.
In our previous feature of Catherine’s work, we looked at the way the artist finds beauty in everyday life. It seems fitting that the artist’s…
Intersectional Elements: The Art Portfolio of Wynne Palmer
Wynne Palmer is an interdisciplinary and media artist located in Vancouver, BC. The artist works in a wide variety of media, but tends to incorporate intersectional elements of technology and nature into many of her pieces.
elvis has left the building 1.0
In our previous feature of Wynne’s works, we looked at the way the artist uses her varied electronic and film-based media to delve into social and psychological…
Dancers in Motion: An Art Portfolio by Luis Pons
Washington Ballet Ballerina Peyton Anderson
Luis Pons is a photographer who works with dancers to create an aesthetic that captures the best of both art forms. Luis’ photographs depict dancers in motion amid unexpected but oddly fitting backdrops, from natural expanses to city streets.
I really enjoy the way Luis is able to integrate his subjects into these seemingly disparate backgrounds. The dancers are…
Dense Florals: The Photography Portfolio of Leslie Ellen Lewis
Leslie Ellen Lewis is a photographer who captures dense florals and foliage, creating images that, from a distance, could be paintings or even textiles. The artist’s works often embrace a slightly subdued colour palette and use branching patterns and reflection to add visual layers.
I really enjoy Leslie’s photographs of flowers, trees, and nature scenes. Many of the artist’s photographs…
Elements of Abstraction: A Portfolio by Amy D Graham
Amy D. Graham is a Massachusetts-based artist who specializes in still-life and figurative paintings, combining these compositional styles with a soft, often pastel colour palette and elements of abstraction and mixed media.
I’m impressed by Amy’s ability to widely vary her style. This ability is especially interesting when the artist puts it into practice creating a series of works that focus on the same subject…
Connection to Nature: The Portfolio of Michael McEwing
Fall Floodplain, oil on canvas
New Brunswick painter and artist Michael McEwing uses his practice as a way to explore and express a connection to nature. The artist’s works are often inspired by hiking, kayaking, climbing, and other outdoor activities, and showcase an eye for detail and an appreciation for green space.
Frozen Falls, Ministers Face, oil on canvas
I really love the bright, lush aesthetic that Michael achieves in his…
Gestural Methods: Art by Noah NJ Bowman
Untitled (Body Politics), acrylic on canvas
Noah NJ Bowman is a painter who specializes in painting on a large scale with wild, gestural methods of mark-making. The artist’s paintings are abstract and utilize a colour palette that ranges from saturated primary hues to deep Earth tones.
I enjoy the way the artist uses a variety of different mark-making styles on each canvas. Many works combine fine,…
Urban Scenes: An Art Portfolio by Shawn Demarest
Powell Paint, oil and graphite on panel
Shawn Demarest’s painting portfolio focuses on urban scenes, viewed through rain-coated or fogged windshields and windows. The artist’s works seem to paradoxically offer a sense of warmth by showcasing stormy, snowy, and chilly scenes as something seen through a protective barrier.
I really like seeing the contrast between daytime and nighttime scenes in Shawn’s…
The Performance Art Portfolio of Monique Blom
Meating the Challenge, durational participatory performance at Nuit Blanche YXE 2017 (collaboration with Arantxa Araujo)
Monique Blom is an artist who works in mixed media and performance art. In her performance practice, Blom address social and political issues, using her own body -- in addition to the physical settings and spaces where her performances take place -- to send a message.
The Storyboard and Concept Design Portfolio of Alan Wade
Alan Wade is an illustrator who works in film and advertising, creating storyboard and concept design work for commercials and other short pieces of media. Based in London, Alan has worked with a variety of companies in the United States and the U.K.
It’s really fascinating to look through Alan’s storyboards and see how a commercial or TV spot comes together. The artist’s drawings are gestural, but…
Nature and Landscape: A Photography Portfolio by Ivan Petrov
Ivan Petrov is a photographer based in Kamloops, B.C. Ivan produces photographs creatively and for commercial projects, with a focus on nature and landscape.
I enjoy the bright, clean aesthetic that Ivan brings to his photographs. In our previous feature of Ivan’s documentary and fine art images, we looked at the artist’s urban and natural landscapes, collected in his Fine Art Photography gallery.…
The Paint and Mixed Media Portfolio of Ben Reeves
Between Dog & Wolf (installation view)
Ben Reeves is an artist based in Vancouver, BC. In his practice, Reeves uses a heavy, layered application of paint and mixed media, along with deep and cohesive colour palettes, to create works that express familiar themes and landscapes in a new and fascinating light.
Untitled
I’m really enjoying the works in Reeve’s recent series Between Dog & Wolf. The works in this series comprise a…