June 26 - August 3, 2008
Catherine Linfield, James Wilson

Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery

Catherine Linfield
is a woman obsessed. In the last four years she has created over 100 sculptures, all of horses. Linfield, currently residing in Berry Mills, NB, studied art at Mount Allison University and eventually discovered raku, a process whereby pieces are fired quickly, removed from the kiln while hot and placed in a tin can with combustible materials. As the piece smolders, oxygen in the clay and the glaze is consumed by the fire, leading to unpredictable colourations, patterns, and textures. Linfield's creativity takes place within these tight confines of established subject and variable process and still manages to yield endlessly colourful possibilities.

Catherine Linfield has had numerous shows in and around the Maritimes and received grants from the NB Arts Board in 1994 and 2007. Her work can be found in several private collections.


James Wilson

"Light at the Edge" is an extension of an evolving theme by this artist - (water's edge).

Using a large format panoramic camera, Wilson has made striking images along the rivers and the shores of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.  Remote sun drenched beaches; marsh grasses in the fog, waterfalls and frost bitten trees are just some of the subjects so sensuously revealed in his images. Included are three new images taken in the floods of 2008.

Flood Waters 2008

With " Light at the edge " Wilson continues to project calm and tranquility in the environment, which has become a trademark style to his landscapes.  They remind us all of how beautiful and precious the land and water is here in the Maritimes.

James Wilson has been practicing Photography for more than 30 years.  His Landscapes are large and lush.  His work can be found in several public and many private collections, notably the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the New Brunswick Art Bank and 5 Canadian Embassies in Europe and Middle East. 

Beamers Creek-James Wilson
Artists' website: www.jameswilson.ca


 

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