There is this thing with some artists about painting on big canvases. I’m not sure if it is supposed to prove something or if it somehow validates the title of artist but I do find a freedom in movement when working on bigger canvases. I can remember being in the art supply store shopping for my first really big canvas. I had decided I wanted to make a statement piece. There I stood before a wall of various sized canvases that wondering, how big was really big? When I took out my two contenders my thoughts went to price… it hit me as I chatted with a friend on messenger, that my hesitation was due to whether or not I could justify spending $100 on a canvas not whether I could paint something that would cover 6 feet of white space. In that moment, I felt like I was deciding whether my painting was a hobby or a more serious pursuit. My friend pointed out that I could spend $100 just as quickly on something more frivolous and why not do something daring.
Have I mentioned that my home studio is in our basement? Needless to say, I did not get the canvas into the basement. I painted it in our entrance, flat on the floor. It was finished on one session without hesitation. I knew what she would be as soon as the canvas came into the house. I was reminded of that first size challenge this week. I finally decided to paint a larger canvas that I had ordered last year. It sat as a backdrop while I pondered what collection it was meant to be a part of. The important thing to note is that I ordered it online and it was delivered. It just fits down the twisting stairs to the basement. It does not fit in my car.
Four years in and I still have a lot to learn….
Lysa Jordan is an emerging artist born in Trois-Rivières on July 4, 1991. She has a minor from the University of Sherbrooke in visual arts and is currently doing a major in art history at the University of Montreal. In the past few years, Lysa has exhibited at West Elm in Montreal and New York, Gallery Rack (now closed), Ex_situ and at la maison de la culture de Brompton. Involved in her community, Lysa is currently teaching watercolour and mixed media classes. She gave several paintings to raise funds. Including the MAC (Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art) and the Miriam Foundation for Autism. Lysa Jordan is represented by Galerie 33 (Ottawa / Gatineau) and West Elm (Montreal) and Champagne & Paradis (Kamouraska)
Paul studied fine art and graphic design in the 90s and early 2000s, and his work shows an unmistakable graphic sensibility after years working as a designer.
"When I'm out running long distances in our natural and wild places, blood in my ears, sweat in my eyes, brain flooded with adrenaline and endorphins, the colours, forms and spaces of nature are perceived in broad strokes, in flashes and in approximations. I've been intrigued with recording these impressions in two dimensions." Jen Goddard is a contemporary classical artist working primarily in oils with an additional focus on expressive mixed-media drawing. With a background in both art and dance, she seeks organic forms and gestures in all her subjects, from elements of the natural world to the languages of the body and face. Her portraits were shortlisted at the 2014 and 2015 BP Portrait Awards in the UK, and selected as finalist in the 2015 Kingston Portrait Prize. She has had many solo and group shows and has work in private collections in Europe and across Canada.
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