Instructors
Don Maynard lives and works in Kingston, Ontario.He is this years winner of the Mayor's Art Award. His art practice includes painting, sculpture, and multi-media installations. Previous public art works include Stand of Birch, Archive and Fallen Star for the City of Ottawa and Wave for the City of Toronto.
Maynard shows nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and a Chalmers Fellowship. Previous solo exhibitions include Tidal Mass, and Franken Forest at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston, and Franken Forest at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. Maynard is represented by Newzones Gallery in Calgary, Alberta, and Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, New York. His works are in private and public collections at home and abroad. Representation Newzones Sears Peyton |
Su Sheedy was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and has lived in Kingston, Ontario since 1992. She began painting full time in 2001 and since then has marshalled her fascination with surface effects into a substantial art practice. Unsurprisingly, given the tactility of her work, she cites the art of Paterson Ewen and Cy Twombly as influences. Narrative markings result from pouring, routering, or persistent scraping gestures. Often relying upon the grid as her structure, a profusion of repeated forms, strokes and textures result in what could be described as ‘tactile expressionism.’
Twenty years a Registered Massage Therapist, Sheedy remains interested in cellular memory, sensory perception, and our visceral response to texture. Her work is held in a number of collections including the Visual Art Collection of Foreign Affairs and International trade Canada. She has taught workshops and given lectures in her medium. She has been Chief hanger and Adjudicator in several Art Exhibitions and is represented in Toronto, Ottawa and Kingston. Representation Muse Gallery Galerie St-Laurent + Hill |