In That Which Inspires Us four artists joined together to explore the elements, subjects and scenes that inspire them. The show ran from May 4-29.
Annie Churchill’s artwork often reflects living and painting in Collingwood, surrounded by the stunning beauty of the Georgian Bay Area and Niagara Escarpment. Her goal is to interpret and share the world as she sees it, encouraging the viewer to engage in that vision, creating an appreciation for conservation and preservation of the land and all it sustains.
George Rutherford, an exclusively acrylic artist, finds inspiration from his many excursions in the Southern Georgian Bay region, as well throughout the more northern regions associated with Georgian Bay – Parry Sound, Killarney and Sioux St. Marie.
Art Quilter Heather Bennett finds her muse in color, texture and her environment, often working with a concept in mind that will be conveyed in the work at hand, but at other times impelled to create something abstract.
Maureen White traverses a constantly changing style and subject matter in her artistic renderings. Many energies emerging into a style of shifting degrees, depending on the time of day, the weather, the place and the direct stimulus of the environment. Inspiration can emerge from the most unlikely sources!
The Artists
P. Annie Churchill
Canadian/American visual artist P. Annie Churchill has had a lifelong passion for art and beauty. Inspired in childhood by her mother and great grandfather, both fine artists as well as decorative painters. Influenced and intrigued by the Impressionists, Post Impressionists, Abstract and Surreal artists, Annie studied and imitated their paint styles from an early age. Being educated in the arts in both the US and Canada, Annie has lived and traveled extensively throughout the diverse North American landscape, which has given her a deep appreciation of the incredible terrain from coast to coast.
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George Rutherford
Although George has always enjoyed drawing and painting, his busy career as a Head of School permitted him very little time to do so. Since retiring and moving to Collingwood, he has devoted more of his time and energy to painting, exclusively in acrylics. His inspiration comes from his many excursions in the Southern Georgian Bay region, as well throughout the more northern regions associated with Georgian Bay – Parry Sound, Killarney and Sioux St. Marie.
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Heather Bennett
Heather loves to create art quilt pieces that are colourful and conceptual, with lots of texture and embellishments. She began as a traditional quilter and gradually moved into Art Quilting, loving to experiment with new techniques to challenge herself. Heather belongs to two international Art Quilting groups and has exhibited in Europe, USA and Canada.
Maureen White
“Soon to be famous, not dead yet” has been assigned rather affectionately to a great portion of Maureen’s artistic renderings. Over 60 years, and probably the same among of art workshops with renowned local and international artists, has led to a vastly developed and constantly changing style in her artistic renderings. Many energies emerging into a style of shifting degrees, depending on the time of day, the weather, the place and the direct stimulus of the environment.
Maureen has studied at The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal; Three Schools, Toronto; The Armory Art School, West Palm Beach, Florida; and The Boca Raton, School of Fine Art, Art Workshops in the Villages, and has enjoyed a vast experience of many instructors.
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