Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Best 10% at TOAE 2012


Toronto  Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) 2012

The  Best 10%



A scorching weekend ( + 37C) in Toronto couldn't stop me from visiting friends at TOAE this year , and I was  there first hour  Friday 6th of August , to take all inn before the big wave of  heat .

Just observed that this year were less artists in the show, and happy to report that the cutsy, crafty are slowly but surely disappearing, good riddance!!!I am all in for quality over quantity, and even happier to see that some of my most admired artists in Ontario were in the show.

Some of my studio neighbors in the Case Goods Warehouse were showing , also met new painters and  art schools graduates , students or winners of local government grants.

All in all ,a pleasant morning, and if I wasn't so busy last weekend , I wanted to visit again , but there are only so many hours in a day .
                                                        Friday July 6th 2012 at TOAE , Toronto , On

 So here's my  best 10%  , these are  the works I admired the most this year at TOAE:



1 . Oil Painting

 Chris Knights   www.christopherknights.com

Julia Wandepolder   www.juliawandepolder.com



2. Encaustic

David Brown   www.encausticcollage.com

Su Sheedy      www.susheedy.com



3. Drawing

Thelia Sander Shelton  ( on paper) www.theliashelton.com

 Monique McCabe  ( on maylar) (no website- student ) 

Jeremy Leung ( on paper) www.jeremyleung.com





4. Collage

Tatyana Abel    www.tatyanaabel.weebly.com



5. Sculpture

Ross Bonfanti   www.rossbonfanti.com

Tracey Martin ( sculpture and knitting)  www.traceymartinartist.ca

Steven White  www.stevenwhite.com

Debbie Evans Schlums  www.debbiebanksschlums.com



7.Ceramics and Glass

Christopher Reid Flock  www.studioreid.com



8. Mixed Media




9. Acrylic Painting



9.a Abstract Surrealist

Jaber Lutfi ( Montreal) www.jaberlufti.com



9.b Abstract Expressionist

Frank Mayer    www.frankmayerart.com

Leanne Lang    www.leannelangpaintings.com

Paul Boddum   www.paulboddum.com

Bill Philipovich  www.philipovich.com

Ehrling White  www.ehringwhite.com



9.c Acrylic Figurative

Adrienne Dagg   www.adriennedagg.com

Derek Stefanuk   www.derekstefanuk.com

Peter Barelowski  www.peterbarelowski.com



9.d Acrylic Landscape

Mark Resmer   www.markresmer.com



Very sad to say that not even one of the Watercolour artists in the show made my list, and I love the medium ,the works were mediocre and the subject matter too expected , nothing original.



I am very curious to see if any of my chosen artists will make it into the juried show in January

 2013 .Meantime I loved the show, this was a must see Toronto!!!!