Tay Gallery Kanata

August Highlights

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Making a note to mention a few highlights of  our  summer show in August.New gallery artist Susan Jillette  will be exhibiting  a selection of  delightful whimsical and steampunk paintings. We welcome Susan Jillette to the gallery. Elizabeth Elkin shows a selection of new urban paintings in her  characteristic warm expressive palette  – scenes of Provence, New York, San Francisco, Skyscrapes of Urban  settings in abstracted form,detailed works of Bruges, and old world scenes. All this and  more coming in August!

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Exhibition Paintings: Matters of the Heart

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Matters of the Heart is the featured show in February and March. View the exhibition online featuring  new paintings by 4 artists: Julie Himel, Susan Jillette, Marianna Mikhaylyan and Terry Ananny.

Balm Beach by Julie Himel

The Puddle, Oil painting by Julie Himel

Inspiration, oil by Julie Himel

The Sitting, Oil by Julie Himel

The Letter revisited by Julie Himel

Taking Shape, The Potter by Julie Himel

Tulip Garden, Acrylic  by Susan Jillette, SCA

Rose Garden, Acrylic painting by Susan Jillette

C’est La Vie by Susan Jillette

Longing by Susan Jillette

Artemisia by Susan Jillette

Paper Birds by Susan Jillette

Zenobia by  Susan Jillette

Tendresse, Acrylic by Marianna Mikhaylyan

L’amoureuse  a la rose by Marianna Mikhaylyan

Voyage d’amour by Marianna Mikhaylyan

Falling Snow by Terry Ananny

Under the Street Lights by Terry Ananny

Boiling the Sap by Terry Ananny

Skaters in Motion by Terry Ananny

Hockey Rink by Terry Ananny

Curling on the Rideau River by Terry Ananny

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Matters of the Heart: The Artists

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Matters of the Heart opens at Tay Gallery Kanata February 1 , featuring  Julie Himel, Susan Jillette, Marianna Mikhaylyan and Terry Ananny.  Four artists with a focus on the human figure  with very distinct styles and interpretations .

We introduce Julie Himel to the gallery this month as spotlight artist from Toronto.

Julie Himel is a Toronto painter primarily investigating the human condition through quiet moments of inner reflection. Figures are enveloped in personal spaces, absorbed in meditative activities. While the subjects look inward,the paintings question the thoughts in the mind of the subject, the subtext of the scene, the potential of the near future. When the figures are removed from the view, still life and interior paintings result as portraits just the same.  Table settings, a chair in a room, or even a bar of soap and toothbrushes resting in a cup at the sink attempt to capture the personalities and relationships of the people dwelling in those spaces. The source of Julie’s imagery is photography, though photorealism is not the goal. Executed in oil paint on canvas or board, and using a modified or personalized impasto technique, brushstrokes remain visible.  A painterly rendering of the depth and character that is but a moment caught on film (or digitally) is what is attained.  Each brushstroke carries energy, thought and care.  Preserving those marks adds layers of emotion to the images.  Julie Himel has a Fine Art Diploma from Langara College, a BFA from York University,and a Graduate Diploma from the Toronto School of Art and  her work can be found in private collections internationally, and public collections in Canada and the United States.

Returning  Montreal artist Susan Jillette , SCA  exhibits a selection of  her  portraits of women with  elaborate backgrounds and strong  colour palette  and  expressing  a range of  human emotions and personalities  portrayed in a light vein.

Gallery artists Marianna Mikhaylyan and Terry Ananny  are featured artists this month  exhibiting a number of   new  figure paintings .  Marianna Mikhaylyan paints  in her fluid loose brush style  with romance,  intrigue and tenderness addressed . Terry Ananny exhibits a number of new works in her  highly recognizeable naive style  - joyful and colourful paintings of children at play in the Canadian winter.

 New pastels by Sharon Fox Cranston and Guy Cranston have arrived and are displayed  in the gallery  with other work by gallery artists  in addition to the feature show exhibit .

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Matters of the Heart February 1 – March 31, 2012

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Upcoming show featuring figure works by Julie Himel, Susan Jillette, Marianna Mikhaylyan and Terry Ananny  during the months of February and March. Additions to show in Part II – of Matters of the Heart in March.

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