My artistic work and explorations continue, between various travels, and I share some of them on my Facebook Pages: You are invited to visit and comment! UPCOMING COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS: IMAGINATION August 24 - September 3, 2017  Artusiasm Gallery 1684 St. Clair Ave West OPENING RECEPTION Friday August 25, 2017: 7.00 - 11.00 pm with live music, artists present and refreshments *** AQUAVISION FALL 2017 Toronto Watercolour Society's Show September 7 to October 2, 2017   UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBIT: REFULGENT New Work September - November 2018  Lazy Daisy's Cafe 1515 Gerrard Str. East Toronto Tel: 647/ 341-4070 *** 2017 SO FAR: Participated to the DVAC and TWS Spring shows celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary and to 3 group shows at Artusiasm Gallery [see 'Past Exhibits' for details] + I travelled for three months through New Zealand, enjoying Summer at the antipodes,    and also visit Switzerland several times this year.   *** 2016 IN REVIEW: I had 3 solo exhibits and participated to 10 collective shows during 2016, between four trips to Switzerland to care for my parents. In June & July, I travelled across Newfoundland - pictures and comments to be found on Facebook. Some of the paintings were displayed in the OPAS show, the others somewhere later. I have also been deeply affected by the decline of my elderly parents and their poor health, and that has obviously influenced my art. I find trees continue to express my emotions and thoughts well, as you can see here:    Yesterday, TWS Award of Merit Afeared II Inside-Out IV Please see 'Past Exhibits' for details about 2016's concluded shows 2015 IN REVIEW: During this year I participated to seven collective exhibits and had two solo shows. [see 'Past Exhibits' for details] I also attended several inspiring art classes over the Summer: = Fold, Tear and Cut [paper] at the TSA with Donnelly Smallwood, and = Printmaking at CTS with Dawn Hemmy    Elliptoid, scored paper construction Persistence, lt.ed. etching on Japanese paper Map, rice paper and ink 2014 IN REVIEW: At the beginning of 2014 I focused on finishing my 3-year visual art programme at the Art Centre, graduating from CTS at the end of June. During that time, I developed three series of works: = Gestation/ Germination, a series of sculptures, installations and 3-D pods = Groves, a series of abstracted acrylic paintings and drawings = Fractured, a series of large acrylic paintings with palette knives   Gestating, hydrocal & cotton mesh Summer Grove, abstract acrylic sculpture, January 2014 [detail] painting, March 2014 [detail] In September 2014 I went painting outdoors with OPAS for most of a week in Killarney, and another week in Killbear Provincial Park. Between October and December 2014 I had 4 solo exhibits and participated to one collective show. [see 'Past Exhibits' for details] Solo Exhibits in Preparation: STARK SHORES Newfoundland in Watercolour and Acrylic Paintings *** PAKEHA EYES New Zealand Landscapes *** CONTACT: ioana.bertrand.art@gmail.com
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