Opening for
"Out of Bounds" a Non- Objective Exhibition Jan 27th 2013 Etobicoke
Civic Centre Art Gallery
After months of preparations ( painting, visiting with
curators, photographing, e- mailing, phone calls making, shlepping ...) the big day
came: The Grand Opening for " Out
of Bounds" the first exclusively
non- objective group exhibition at the Etobicoke Art Centre , Sunday January
27th 2013, 2-4 pm.
The artists group is impressive, on top of it,the Canadian
abstract matron , Lila Lewis Irving , a powerhouse of an artist and my beloved
art teacher, the one who recommended my work to the gallery curator Thelma Amos
for this show. I am stepping on cloud ten, not just to be in the show but to be
with her by my side, how generous is she??
The high artillery of Ontario abstraction is including
also Vallery Mokrytzki a painter for more than 60 years, Zora Buchanan a
painter for more than 50 years and Susan Collacott painting for more than 40
years .
Painting for less than 35 years puts me in the
"second " wave of this show, with artists Inna Puchala , Bill Philipovich and Julita
Wolanska. I share good company, all of them great non- objective painters.
I am all smiles and told my husband to look at my face,
that this is the image of pure happiness, he laughs. I am thankful for all he
is doing to help me being here, supporting my love for art and believing in me.
He is going to wait patiently for three hours , inside the gallery and outside
,with his cigar, as usual.
My mom stoic support is with me too, she took good care of me
, then of my kids and when needed she took care of my home, while I was away
learning , painting, traveling with my shows,... taking the art world by storm.
Love clouds are blurring my eyes when I
am thinking of her in these moments.
A long list of supporters are in my mind today, my
beautiful daughter who taught me to use photo shop a few years ago, who made
invites for me for the past 15 years and corrected every statement or CV , as
English is my third mother language, after Romanian and Hebrew . And deep
engraved in my mind is my son who
came to my shows and brought me "corporate "clients from his work.
Then here they are all coming to my mind : the wonderful
teachers, artists friends, my art students, curators and art writers, art
groups volunteers and supporters , art directors and coordinators from
different periods of time , from different countries and on almost all the
continents.
I feel gratitude
for to all the private and corporate
clients who purchased my works, and made it possible for me to buy more
materials and rent a studio, the many groups of friends and supporters who
continued to grow in numbers and who are constantly coming to my show openings
, snow or rain or hot weather.
All these wonderful people who crossed paths with me,
who are art lovers, and are my backbone
and my rock, I need all of them, and some are here today:)
I am looking
around and I am smiling happily as the works on the walls are wonderful, the
food is great, the name tags burst with beautiful fresh roses, the catalogues
and invites are in good taste and
Thelma Amos , Denise Dickin, and Peter Code from the Etobicoke Art Gallery Gallery took good care of everything to
perfection.
Rare days like these are a reminder ,that life is worth
living, art struggles are worth fighting and from time to time the stars are all
aligned !!!! Thank you Universe!!!!!
