Artist Bio: Jack MacAulay

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“So what am I doing with the classic view cameras?…Well, I like to reduce the subject materials to their simplest form. Also, I like to expand how we see abstraction in photographs.”

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“More to the point, I take pictures with 4″x5″ and 8″x10″ view cameras, lots and lots of pictures. By the current paradigm, I make quite small b/w prints from 4″x5″ and 8″x10″; contact prints up to 11″x14″ enlargements. I believe that small prints have a lot of aesthetic presence, rather than the histrionic presence of large prints.”

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“I’ve lived in Kitchener since 1965, and shortly fell in love with the lush southern Ontario landscape. My photographs are taken in all seasons, but I have a special interest in winter photography. My teachers and mentors Howard Bond, Stuart Nudelman, and Norman Rothschild have given me a lot of coaching, for which I am very grateful. Although photography is a medium based on technology, the important part of my background are the people.The arts community in Waterloo Region is a growing and vital one. My fellow photographers are not my competition; I see us as all being in this together. “

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Website: http://jackmacaulay.ca/

Artist Bio: Ron MacDonald

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“Most of my life I have been focused upon the persuit of the image and it’s meaning, both the obvious and metaphorical, while using a wide variety of media to bring that to a new reality. I have made explicit attempts to engage the most important personal and emotional and beautiful images in my works. I realize I have had the extravagance of doing much of my artwork for the sheer pleasure of doing it, after all what is more important to an artist than the doing of the art? The mainstay of all my work is my sketchbook and the time involved in developing ideas from memories and life-experiences. “

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My art work involves the following:

  • Painting in acrylic on canvas
  • Graphite drawing
  • Pen and Ink designing
  • Ceramics
  • Digital photography
  • Watercolour
  • Soft pastel

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Website: http://www.ronmacdonald.ca/

2010 Call to Artists

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We are looking for interested painters, potters, jewelers, photographers, knitters, stained glass artists, woodworkers, and others, who are interested in participating in the 3rd annual Central Art Walk of Kitchener-Waterloo.
The area involved will be bounded from Union St. to Victoria, and from Belmont to
Weber.
Artists will invite the public into their homes and studios to view and purchase art.
There will be a small fee to cover the cost of advertising and a sign to place in front of your home/studio.
Please email your name, address, a description of your art, and 1 or 2 pictures to:
centralartwalk@rogers.com.

3rd Annual Cherry Festival

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A community announcement from Debbie Chapman about the 3rd annual Cherry Festival (click here for the Google map):

The Cherry Festival will be held in Cherry Park on July 10th. Last year was a great success and we anticipate an even larger crowd this year (approx. 3,000). At the festival we have such things as live music, miniature horses, a bouncy thingy, lots of vendors, food and lots of cherries and cherry baked goods. We are looking for local artists to set up booths to paint, draw, sew or sculpture and/or sell their work.
I would appreciate it if you could please send this ‘call for artists’ to the members of your group. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.
It is a lot of fun and a great way to get to know new people in the area.

Send us an email at info@centralartwalk.com if you want to take part, or get more information about this year’s Cherry Festival.

Portrait of the Artist: Alannah Mason

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Alannah’s work is also referred to as A MASON ART; an eclectic ‘Amasonian’ collection of art. Alannah’s work that is displayed today are all original acrylic paintings. She has contemporary abstract, beautiful sunsets, mystical desert scenes, and some surprises.
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Alannah’s primary influential artists in her life would be DaVinci and Warhol. Alannah is primarily self taught, but some of her artistic strengths are inherited by her mother, Bonita. Her art and craftsmanship branches out into so many genres. She is also a professional face painter and recently was a Makeup Assistant for the Cirque du Soleil.
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You can see her work at Station 2 Studios.

Portrait of the Artist: Lisa Meschino

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Informed by her training as a dancer, Lisa has a long-standing interest in observing the human body. She is fascinated by the relationship between the body’s lines and shapes, as well as the body’s relationship to the larger space it occupies. Her figure studies have evolved from investigations of shapes wrapped by space to figurative lines returning to space to the inner space of the body. By reducing the figure to simple forms, she aims to capture the embodied experience of movement. Through her passion for the process of mark-making, she explores new ways to break through the surface of the body. In all her paintings, the effect is sensual and visceral, eliciting fleshiness out of stone, and sinew out of line.
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With over 25 years of painting and drawing experience, Lisa has honed her painting and drawing skills at Central Technical School, York University fine arts department, and The Toronto School of Art. She continues to evolve her “bodyscapes” through local mentorship programs and artists’ collectives, bringing to life the expressive interpretation of the inner landscape of the human form.
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She will be showing at Station 2 Studios.

Portrait of the Artist: Elizabeth Backler

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After years of dry skin – so dry that it itched, flaked and cracked – and years of using ineffective commercial soaps, creams and lotions for relief, Elizabeth Backler began creating her own soap. Bubbling with success, she started experimenting with different types of vegetable oils, common and exotic, to create a superb bar of soap that cleans and moisturizes the skin while nourishing the senses.
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In 2008, she started Massey Soap House, creating bar soap as well as liquid hand soap, shower gel and other bath and body goodies. She is in the process of launching her website, http://www.masseysoaphouse.com/.
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You can see her work at ZuckerLoft Studio at 14 Peltz Avenue. For more information, email soap@masseysoaphouse.com.

Reminder for images and information

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This is a reminder to all Art Walk artists to get their images to Cal as soon as possible this week. Also, we’ll need contact information for the flyer, whatever you’re comfortable in publishing. We’ll publish the following info:
– Name/Studio
– Media
– Website
– Email
– Phone number
The most important information, of course, is your name, your picture, and your media types.
Here’s an example of what you’ll see on the flyer:
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Remember, this needs to be sent to us this week! Email images and information to Cal Howard and myself.
Spread the word to the people participating at your studio.