Gail Bourgeois and Paula Murray at the OAG

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Art Gallery, contemporain, contemporary, drawing, Gail Bourgeois, Ottawa, painting, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine

While distributing pamphlets downtown at the Ottawa Art Gallery I visited the exhibitions of two of my friends/colleagues were having an exhibition this summer: Gail Bourgeois and Paula Murray.

“Correspondence” – From roots to rhizomes to mycelial networks – by Gail Bourgeois
June 4 – Sept. 18, 2016
I was particularly attracted to her abstract shapes on Mylar.

“You are me” by Paula Murray
June 24 – Sept. 25, 2016
Here a my favourite pieces. Guess why…

THE SEAHORSE PROJECT – The interview

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artist residency, École d'art d'Ottawa, Interview, Ottawa School of Art, seahorse, YouTube

Finally I found time to go to the Ottawa School of Art to use their movie editing software and put this interview together. Mind you the next day there was a giant sinkhole downtown right where I passed by to go home afterwards. Being an artist is risky business. 🙂

It is now up and running on my YouTube Channel. This was done last year during the opening of my end of Artist Residency at the Ottawa School of Art.

Dawn Dale, artist, friend and mentor, was kind enough to do it and did a great job. I’ll let you be the judge of it.

More of my work out there

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sale, vente

This year I tried to expand my presence on the market. I even spent a week in Montreal to talk to various Galleries. There are places of interest that I haven’t pursued further at the moment but it was a great adventure with positive feedback on my work as I brought some pieces along for the ride.

You can now find my work at the following locations:

• The Hintonburg Pottery Shop / Earthen Vessels Clay Studio (Ottawa, ON)
• The Ottawa School of Art Boutique (Ottawa, ON)
• La Fab Boutique (Old Chelsea, QC)
• Galerie Old Chelsea (Old Chelsea, QC)

Hintonburg Pottery Shop and earthen vessel clay studio

The Ottawa School of Art

La Fab

Galerie Old Chelsea

Reception night for The Seahorse Project

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argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, Exhibition, Exposition, hippocampe, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Ottawa School of Art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse, YouTube

After a big Fall storm, some people were brave enough to come and have a chat during the Reception for my show at the Ottawa School of Art.
Fellow ceramic artist Hilde Lambrecht got me a wonderful bottle of wine with a Seahorse on it called “Promised Land”. It was very “À propos” for this show. Thanks Hilde! Thanks as well to all of those who showed up and those who have already visited and left a note in my book, as well as those who will come prior to Wednesday (when I’ll take it down).
A big thanks to Dawn Dale as well for graciously accepting to interview me for a YouTube video.

Nice!

Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note

Awesome gift from Hilde.

Refugees.

Friends and fellow artists.

On the Line

Ready when you are.

Still Standing.

The Pacifist.

Flagship Species.

The Fallen.

Friends and fellow artists.

Friends and fellow artists.

View from outside, at night.

View from outside, at night.

View from outside, at night.

2015 Ottawa Guild of Potters Spring Sale

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argile noire, black clay, Exhibition, Exposition, porcelain, porcelaine, pot, poterie, pottery, sale, vente

Today I went to see the Ottawa Guild of Potters Spring Sale. I am still a member of the Guild but am not currently exhibiting with them as it is mostly functional work people look for in these show. This is the 2nd time they use the former Horticulture Building at the Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. It was a hot and humid day both inside and out but the natural light was amazing.

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Photoshoot for Lines in Nature | La nature des choses

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Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, hippocampe, Laguna Frost, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse

Last Sunday, all of the artists collaborating on the show “Lines in Nature | La nature des choses” were at the Ottawa School of Art to take pictures of our work for the catalogue. While some of the pieces were still a work in progress, Paula Murray and I had decided to have it finished for the photoshoot.

On the project’s Blog you can see pictures of the artists interacting with each other. They were taken by Dawn Dale.

Here is our piece entitled On the line | En eaux troubles. It will be for sale at La Fab (Old Chelsea, QC) between May 23-June 21. A big thank you to our Maggie Knaus for photographing all the artworks that day. It promises to be an exciting show.

On the line | En eaux troubles (credits: Maggie Knaus)

On the line | En eaux troubles (closeup of the seahorse) – (credits: Maggie Knaus)

Reception for “Ultramarine” – Montreal

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Art Gallery, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Galerie d'art, Interview, Liana Voia, Montreal, Reception, Vernissage, YouTube

Sunday April 5th was the Reception for “Ultramarine”. Lovely crowd, friendly artists. I got positive feedback for the expressive quality of my work and a lot of questions about the techniques used to make it. I spent time with artist Yuliya Chernyshova and her husband from Sherbrooke chatting about her endeavours while having a toddler, just like myself. I also talked to Pauline Lauzon alias Poe whose watercolors I liked very much.

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I also had the pleasure to be interviewed by Liana Voia who came all the way to Montreal at my invitation (thank you so much for your dedication to artists and the industry!) and interviewed as well the owners of the Repaire des 100 talents Gallery: Luc Poudrier and Adeline Lamarre.

Interview of Géraldine Petit-Gras

Interview of Luc Poudrier

Interview of Adeline Lamarre

Artist Residency – Work in Progress (9)

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seahorse

Here is the latest prior to bisque firing. I am thinking of having a twin for this one, that could be put back to back on the wall or facing the other one…

Ultramarine – Galerie Le repaire des 100 talents (Montréal)

This is one big step forward for me in my artistic career as I decided to apply to a juried show in Montreal. It’s a first for me to be exhibiting in a big city outside of Ottawa. I’m very excited. We are 31 artists. And in case you didn’t notice, it is right up my alley with the sea/ocean as a theme. And the poster has one of my pieces on it. 🙂

The gallery is called “Le repaire des 100 talents” (the hideout of the talented 100s).  Here is a gallery tour (slideshow) including the boxes I brought with my pieces ready to be hung/put on a shelf. Some walls are barren because this is the time in-between shows when some artists are picking up their works and others are bringing theirs.

I am hoping to be able to make it for the April 5th Reception. If you can’t make it, here is a sneak peek of some of the work that will be presented.

 

Dates: April 1rst – May 10th, 2015 (Reception in the presence of artists on April 5th from 4:30 pm – 9 pm)

Address: 5867 St-Hubert blvd, Montreal QC (Rosemont Subway)

 

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Video of my interview on TV Rogers

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Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Interview, Laguna Frost, poterie, vidéo, YouTube

Hello,

Finally I managed to edit the video of my interview on TV Rogers (French only) and uploaded it on YouTube. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check the related Post I made in January.