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The Final Days for Aesthetic Energy

Gallery de Boer is a flurry of activity as everyone is working hard to prepare for the next exhibition. By November 26th all the artwork on display for Aesthetic Energy will be removed, the walls will be painted and our new exhibition will be hung. Our new Photo Gallery will be set up and the Native Gallery will have been rearranged.

We are excited about the new exhibition which will feature 20 artists. Please check back soon for details and photographs of this exciting new show.

In the meantime, this is your last chance to view the Aesthetic Energy exhibition. If you haven’t seen the power and energy of this show hurry in before it is all gone.

Aesthetic Energy

The creative spirit is at the heart of our humanity. To surround yourself with art is to visually express your own personal aesthetic inspirations. Aesthetic Energy, the latest exhibition at Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz, will immerse you in a sensual experience of the power and energy of some of Gallery de Boer’s finest artists.

Mindscapes & Landscapes – Abstractions of Potential

Gallery de Boer – Fine Art’s latest exhibition, Landscapes & Mindscapes – Abstractions of Potential, is a unique melange of abstract and landscape, oil and acrylic. Participating artists Vera Dernovsek, Valerie Nichol, Marieke Niemeijer and Lorne Wagman all live within 50km of Owen Sound making this a stunning showcase of regional art.

Owen Sound artist Lorne Wagman produces “large-scale renditions of small-scale phenomena.”  Czechoslovakian-Canadian artist Vera Dernovsek lives in Wiarton. She paints what she sees but “gives the reality a personal twist.”

Regional artist Marieke Niemeijer currently lives in Ferndale and believes “an artist is a kind of reporter, using any or all media to convey the experiences in life that they have captured, and then reissuing that experience.” Meaford artist Valerie Nichol grew up in a house filled with music. She says, “Abstract art for me is a visual form of music.”

However diverse the styles and media used by these four artists, the exhibition is unified by a bold and exciting use of colour. As you walk through the gallery and absorb these disparate works displayed side-by-side, your senses will be assaulted by a riot of colour. The surprising harmony that results will energize and excite you.

Landscapes & Mindscapes runs October 20 – December 5, 2009. Please join us for the Grand Opening & Reception to be held on November 7^th from 4 pm to 7 pm.

Aerial Perspectives and Maritimes: Landscape Views

Patric Ryan

Patric Ryan brings his new collection of maritime memories in colours that build from his vivid fauvist palette into subtler atmospheric shades and lights. An interesting aspect of Ryan’s contribution to this exhibition is a number of ink and wash studies that later became templates for his large acrylic paintings. It is a fascinating look at a single artist’s dual interpretations of a single image.

Bruce Steinhoff

Bruce Steinhoff brings his bold broad brush strokes to the shores of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron with vivid energetic imagery from an impressionist palette, much to the enjoyment of all. Steinhoff is a recent addition to the Gallery de Boer – Fine Art family.

John Visser

John Visser’s vibrant impressionist colour-plays of subjects are evocative of the serenity of nature. Many of Visser’s Ontario landscapes are recognizably local settings which showcase the beauty of the Grey-Bruce landscape.

Audrey Holrod: A Lifetime Achievement Opportunity

I first met Audrey Holrod over ten years ago and was instantly intrigued by the artist and her work. The Gallery began to represent Audrey and has seen her reputation grow over the years.

Audrey became an artist late in life, but has made up for lost time. She has had over 34 solo shows and has been part of numerous group exhibitions.

Her works have hung in cities across Canada and have won over 50 awards. Her work has been published in Education Forum and Canadian Camera. In 1995 Polaroid Canada acquired four of her works. In 2006 she self published Beyond the Photo, a history of her experimentation and creation with Polaroid Spectra film and camera

While Audrey’s work has been included in many Gallery de Boer exhibitions, Audrey Holrod: A Lifetime Achievement Opportunity is her first solo exhibition at this gallery. Running for the entire month of May, 50 years of Audrey’s work is on display and sale, with special pricing in place for this once in a lifetime event.

To launch things off, a Grand Opening Reception will be held on Friday May 8^th starting at 7 pm at Gallery de Boer. Special guest Stuart Reid, curator of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery will be opening the festivities by introducing this artist and her body of work.

“Being a teacher was my profession. Being a flower gardener is my hobby. Being an artist is who I am.”

Audrey Holrod: A Lifetime Achievement Opportunity runs May 1 to May 30 2009.

Also see Mixed Media Hanover Artist Audrey Holrod