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Featured Artwork:
"Davis Strait" by Dave Marshak
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Welcome to Drawnonward.... It's a palindrome it reads
the same, whether you start with the first letter or the last. Either
way, when you reach the end, you find a new beginning. It's the perfect
metaphor for an artistic journey. And a perfect metaphor for the group
of young artists whose work you will see on this site.
We started out as a bunch of friends with a common
idea of what we found exciting and challenging as painters and we
feel really lucky to have made this our way of life . We are all
constantly excited over the ideas of what is still to come.
All in their early 30's, the bonds between these painters are deep.
Five of them became friends in high school where they discovered their
common love for landscape painting. Three went on to university and
two to the Ontario College of Art, where they met several more kindred
souls.
Our first excursion was a two-week canoe trip on the
Montreal River in Algoma. It was an incredible experience and it
was very evident that this was something we would be doing again.
And the bonus was the enthusiastic response the show received a
few months later. Then when Scotia Capital Markets approached us,
it made it easier for us to reach some of our goals.
The number of artists in Drawnonward has varied. Today they are seven,
but that could shrink or expand. What will not change is their shared
dedication to exploring and portraying the Canadian wilderness. Over
the last 10 years, they've travelled the breadth of this land from
the fertile beauty of the rainforests of the Queen Charlotte Islands
to the rugged grandeur of Newfoundland's rocky shores. Painting "en
plein air", they've lugged their paintboxes and sketchbooks into the
heart of Canada's wilderness areas for weeks at a time. By car, milk
truck, camper van, fishing boat, train, canoe, Drawnonward a refitted
school bus that sleeps nine, and most recently a trip to the Arctic
on the M/V Explorer,a small-capacity,zodiac-equipped expeditionary
vessel. And always with a quest to share their stories of artistic
discovery and ongoing exploration of Canada's wilderness.
Climb aboard - let the adventure
begin...
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Drawnonward
Feb. 1, 2007 - Feb. 25, 2007
Lennox Contemporary
OPENING NIGHT
Thursday Feb 1st, 7-10pm.
The Artists of Drawnonward will be in attendance.
Hope to see you at the show!
Lennox Contemporary
12 Ossington Ave.
Toronto, ON
416 924 7964
Hours: thurs-sun 12-5pm.
Drawnonward
Nov. 18, 2006 - Nov. 30, 2006
Stockton Gallery
Unionville, Ontario
Sat. November 18th - Nov. 25th. Artists Present 12:00pm - 3:00pm.
Hope to see you at the show!
Stockton Gallery
206 Main Street
Unionville, ON
905 948 0000
Hours: tues-sat 10am-5pm, sun 12-5pm.
more show listings...
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