CAROLYN DOVER
Artist Statement
This collection of small works I have specifically created for Jordan Art Gallery, are re-imagined variations of Niagara Vineyard paintings executed in 2005 for "Language of the Land", a solo exhibition at the Grimsby Art Gallery. Although much smaller than the original works, they still hold a similar strength in the jewel-like, high key colours and bold graphic design elements that I use. I am drawn to the ordered beauty that exists in the vineyards. These treasured spaces are disappearing all too quickly, due to potential urban encroachment. The vines evoke themes of transformation.
I see the diurnal rhythms of nature as an undercurrent through the richness of new growth, bounty, and rebirth.
C. Dover
This collection of small works I have specifically created for Jordan Art Gallery, are re-imagined variations of Niagara Vineyard paintings executed in 2005 for "Language of the Land", a solo exhibition at the Grimsby Art Gallery. Although much smaller than the original works, they still hold a similar strength in the jewel-like, high key colours and bold graphic design elements that I use. I am drawn to the ordered beauty that exists in the vineyards. These treasured spaces are disappearing all too quickly, due to potential urban encroachment. The vines evoke themes of transformation.
I see the diurnal rhythms of nature as an undercurrent through the richness of new growth, bounty, and rebirth.
C. Dover
Bio
Carolyn Dover is a Hamilton-born artist who has lived in Grimsby for the better part of 30 years. Currently, her studio is located at the Cotton Factory, Hamilton's largest creative facility. She studied at both McMaster University in Hamilton and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in 1985.
Carolyn is an award winning artist who has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Southern Ontario. For many years she worked as an instructor at the Dundas Valley School of Art and the Art Gallery of Burlington. Her various experiences are as juror, guest lecturer and conference workshop facilitator. Carolyn regularly exhibits her plein air work and large format landscapes of the region, and is represented locally by Earls Court Gallery. Although she has tackled feminist issues in a variety of genres, like the human figure and symbolic still-life works. Carolyn consistently returns to the landscape. Her process and work is very much a product of the Canadian landscape tradition.
Carolyn Dover is a Hamilton-born artist who has lived in Grimsby for the better part of 30 years. Currently, her studio is located at the Cotton Factory, Hamilton's largest creative facility. She studied at both McMaster University in Hamilton and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in 1985.
Carolyn is an award winning artist who has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Southern Ontario. For many years she worked as an instructor at the Dundas Valley School of Art and the Art Gallery of Burlington. Her various experiences are as juror, guest lecturer and conference workshop facilitator. Carolyn regularly exhibits her plein air work and large format landscapes of the region, and is represented locally by Earls Court Gallery. Although she has tackled feminist issues in a variety of genres, like the human figure and symbolic still-life works. Carolyn consistently returns to the landscape. Her process and work is very much a product of the Canadian landscape tradition.
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GEOFF FARNSWORTH
ARTIST STATEMENT & BIO:
My paintings explore a relationship between figurative and abstraction in order to meld unconscious probing and stylistic innovation with a meditative figural base. It is important to me that the paintings work well as collections of shape, colour, texture, and energy, while also building a compelling image. Working with people and objects from my personal world, I focus on maintaining a balance between plan and accident, known and unknown, restraint and exuberance. My figures look out as much into mindscape as landscape.
Geoff Farnsworth, 2017
Geoff Farnsworth began his art training in Vancouver before moving to New York City to study at the Art Students League from 1997 to 2002. He trained full time from the human figure in various realist ateliers here before moving into abstract classes to continue exploring. The main artist and teacher he studied under here was William Scharf. William Scharf was the studio assistant and friend of Mark Rothko, and so a direct influence of the New York Abstract Expressionist school began to shape new directions into Farnsworth's painting. A concern for process, colour, and abstract composition began to meld into his figuration and form.
A post 9-11 environment with tightening visa restrictions finally prompted Geoff to follow his long time urge to move to Toronto. Here he continued to explore in his painting and to exhibit more. He currently lives and works in St. Catharines, Ontario. His paintings have been shown in New York City, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Niagara Falls, Norway, and Sweden.
