November 5, 2021 – January 22, 2022

CARMICHAEL CANADIAN LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION: TRADITION TRANSFORMED

Details

Exhibit: November 5, 2021 – January 22, 2022

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 6, 1 – 3 pm

Prizes

Juror’s Prize

$1500

Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist 

$1000

Paul Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts 

$250

This is OMAH’s 20th year hosting this juried exhibition that honours the legacy of Group of Seven member, Franklin Carmichael, who was born in Orillia in 1890.  This year, Jurors Martha Reeve; Art Advisor and Deborah Farquharson; Interdisciplinary Artist, had the very tough task of sifting through submissions by almost 400 incredibly talented artists of all mediums from across Canada.   After weeks of careful consideration the jury has selected 53 pieces from 52 artists.  Tradition Transformed marks the ever-changing landscape in the artist’s mind, fulfilling the Group of Seven’s aim to create a uniquely Canadian identity.  Introducing the artists of the 2021/2022 Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed.

2021 Artists

 

Peter Adams

Shannon Anderson

Tobi Asmoucha

Tiffany Blaise

Chelsea Brant

Linda Briskin

Christopher Cape

Donna Chudnow

Erin Fyfe Donnelly

Holly Fay

Jane Forrest

Richard Foster

Anita Granger

Sarah Hawley

Jessica Hein

David Holden

Sharon Hunter

Philip Jackman

2021 Artists

 

Jelica Jovin

Gita Karklins

Paddy Lamb

Jane Lawrence

Alexandra Majerus

Bettina Matzkuhn

Tammy McClennan

Alan McCord

Kara McIntosh

Andrew McKay

Cindy J. Miller

George Novotny

Denesee Paul

Laura Peturson

Piera Pugliese

Brenda Mabel Reid

Tom Ridout

Ava Roth

2021 Artists

 

Lori Ryerson

Trish Shwart

Julia Soderholm

Marta Stares

Peter H Stranks

Denise Strong

Irina Teske

Michael Trommer

Joanna Turlej

Anna Wagner-Ott

Isaac Watamaniuk

Janine Wheeler

Elayne Windsor

Lynn Wyczolkowski

Diana Yoo

Angela Zheng

The Paul Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts Award: $250

The award has been graciously funded by the Quarrington Arts Society in recognition of the contributions Paul Quarrington made to Canada’s artistic community. Paul was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator. 

Winner: Ava Roth, Encaustic Sewing, Silver Leaf

Friends of Paul’s selected Ava Roth for her encaustic and sewn work, Encaustic Sewing, Silver Leaf. They said that the work is an evocative and textured bridge that links a primary encaustic image with carefully juxtaposed thread work. It resists a merely static appreciation by exploring and evoking tensions between permanent and temporary, between natural and human made and also between past and present.
Her multi-disciplinary visioning is amplified by her ability to draw from these tensions to create a new and unique perspective.

The Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award: $1000

This award has been graciously funded by the Batchelor family upon the passing of arts advocate, Kevin J. Batchelor, in 2015.  Batchelor was a local music teacher and artist. The Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award was given to an emerging artist working in either one of the 2-D mediums such as painting or drawing.

Winner: Tiffany Blaise, New Horizon

Tiffany is a British Columbia based artist who has actively sought opportunities for emerging artists in the Vancouver area and internationally. Tiffany says her aim is to approach her practice in a holistic way by continuing to apprentice with other artists to work towards mastering techniques and refining concepts, embarking on artist residencies to source inspiration by being immersed in different environments, producing bodies of artwork that explore the link between landscape and emotion.

Jennifer and Kelly Batchelor remarked on Tiffany’s work, New Horizon:
The representation of sea and sky was quite compelling. The intensity and majesty of nature in its most elemental form was captured.

The Jurors’ Prize: $1500

Jurors’ Prize is awarded to the artist who best exemplifies the qualities that Franklin Carmichael found ideal, incorporating diversity in their work, using an expressionistic style, and remaining sophisticated in their depictions of the various landscapes in our geography.  The recipient of this award should be visibly embracing, challenging or addressing existing approaches to Canadian landscapes. 

Winner: Erin Fyfe Donnelly, Act Natural 1

Erin is a Windsor based landscape artist whose practice is an exploration into physical and social boundaries by creating work that raises issues of land-use and property. One may think they see and feel they inhabit the location while simultaneously aware they are being rejected by it.

The juror’s, Martha Reeve and Deb Farquharson remarked:
The first thing that struck us about this piece, is the monochromatic orange—a colour that alerts the viewer to a hazard. In this case, we felt the artist must be referencing the alarming rate of disappearing landscapes and ecological environments. The palette also conjures reminders of the many forest fires this summer.

We love the inclusion of an actual stick on a shelf beside the painting— bringing our attention to a felled tree. To us, this speaks about the artist’s concern for and interaction with the physical space of the forest.