Whitney Community Gallery
Quintessential Exhibition -
“5” Peeled
3 August – 6 September 2006
Opening Saturday August 6, 2005 12:30 – 4:00 p.m
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Photo: Pete Herlihy |
A swirl of colour bursts forth and draws you into the surface of the canvas. A flash of metal gleams silver and gold. Smooth silk, soft wool and chenille mingle in intricate weaves to delight the eye and caress the skin. Whimsy runs over the brown, black and white of the clay and porcelain. Light flashes through and along the cool beautiful surface of once molten glass.
The works of Linda Jenetti (painting), Brenda Roy (jewellery), Pat Burns-Wendland (weaving), Rosemary Molesworth (pottery) and Kathryn Thomson (blown glass) have an innate sense of complimenting each other in this beautifully flowing display. Baring our collective artistic soul is the aim of "5"’s newest creative endeavour. With 5 women, 5 visions, 5 disciplines and now 5 years of showing together, we are putting our best forward - the quintessence of our art. Quintessence: the purest essence of something.Photo: Pete Herlihy
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Linda Jenetti – Painter
Colour and movement are characteristics of Linda’s expressive paintings. Whether on canvas or paper, her use of oil, watercolour, acrylic and mixed media has a lively contemporary style. Her paintings explore the plastic quality of pigments, the basic elements of composition and exhibit no hidden or overt agendas.
Years of exploring portrait and landscape painting have helped to develop her individual style and point of view. Linda divides her creative time between conventional representations of the natural world and various degrees of abstraction.
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Brenda Roy – Jewellery
Brenda is an international award-winning jewellery designer whose work has appeared in television and film as well as being available in galleries across the province. While much of her work is inspired by ancient art and architecture, it is only a starting point for her design process. Brenda’s jeweller is at its core an exploration of contrasts in metal and stone. Smoot stone and polished metal defined by textured backgrounds, the play of colours in the unique stone inlays and precious gems paired with rough minerals create contemporary pieces that hold echoes of the past.
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Pat Burns-Wendland – Master weaver and spinner
“Weaving is only a small part of the process. With each passing season the colours and surroundings change and so does my work. Sometimes I become fixated on a particular design and work through a progression of either colour, style or weave structure, or maybe a particular button can inspire me to create a piece of cloth to enhance it.”
Limited runs of fabric keep Pat focused but also prevent her from duplicating what she has already created – she can get close, but never exactly the same, and that for her is exciting.
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Rosemary Molesworth – Potter
Rosemary makes decorative pottery that is functional and fun. Whimsical black line drawings or primitive stencil and sgraffito designs enhance my pottery that include mugs, vases, plates, planters, trivets, tiles, bowls, and platters. The biggest compliment to my work is that people enjoy looking at and using my pieces.
“I am interested in the exploration of different surface treatments using clay slip, stencils and sgraffito. The use of stylized, naïve decoration in neutral tones on a simple form is an attempt to retain a whimsical or humorous outlook while striving to make pieces that are able to establish an emotional link with the viewer. My work is influenced by ritual, history and everyday life.”
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Kathryn Thomson – Glassblower
Since 1981, my work has been shown in numerous juried and non-juried shows throughout Ontario, British Columbia and in Japan.
“Glass is a fascinating canvas on which to work to express thoughts of whimsy or something more serious. The scope of glass is almost limitless, be it sandblasting a piece of sheet glass or painting with vitreous paints and re-firing the sensuous curve of a blown piece of glass. I love the dance and excitement of creating blown glass and the slower play of reworking its cooled surface. Hot or cold, glass is, in all its beauty and possibility, a wondrous medium to work with.”
