Urban Legends: An Art Exhibition By Stephanie van Doleweerd

I’m thrilled to announce an exhibit of nine large portraits of my friends, completed between July of 2023 and January of this year.

When: April 6th to May 4th. Opening reception is Saturday April 6th from 2-4 pm.

Where: Callander Bay Heritage Museum & Alex Dufresne Gallery, 107 Lansdowne Street East, Callander, ON, Canada, Ontario P0H 1H0

Facebook event link: please RSVP here if you can attend the opening: https://www.facebook.com/events/717866290438856

We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.

A Winter’s Day in 2023

It’s the first minus-thirty-something day of the winter, so it’s as good a time as any for a website update.

For me, the highlight of 2022 was having my art chosen to decorate a traffic box at the Olive and Cassells St. intersection. It’s a real treat to drive past this corner and see my work standing out; my urge to use all the crayons in the box pays off, because it’s the most brightly-coloured thing in the landscape.

In 2022 I finished one painting which I’d had in the works for a couple years. I painted this one on an incredibly unforgiving wooden panel, so there was no time for blending. I had to just slap the shapes down and hope for the best. I’m very proud of it. Fans of The Cure will no doubt recognize it.

Robert Smith on the Rooftop

I also discovered round canvases, after building a website for Judy Gouin. I’ve finished two and have two in progress:

A Second Attempt at Rainbow Roses

Last year I did a painting featuring rainbow (pride) roses, and raffled it off to support OutLoud North Bay. I wanted a similar one for my own house so I thought I’d tackle another, similar one. I also submitted this to North Bay’s Public Art program, hoping they may choose it to wrap a traffic-control box in downtown North Bay. We’ll see!

A Year Of Homebound Art

This past year was one for the record books; I have a partner who is considered high-risk if he catches Covid-19, so we’ve had to be about as careful as it’s possible to be. Which means we’re coming up on a year of barely leaving the house.

I have not visited my art studio much, but I brought home my more portable easel and my supplies and set to work on a few large-scale pieces. Here they are:

Overall I feel my technique has advanced pretty significantly over the past year, and I’m proud of all three of these paintings. The roses were raffled off to support Out Loud North Bay and the other two are currently hanging over my couch, available for sale but priced to stick around for a while.