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BR209
acrylic, canvas
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Bev Rodin
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"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."
Edgar Degas
Catherine Beverly Rodin is an internationally collected Canadian artist known for her accomplished, contemporary and distinctive paintings of
light and atmosphere interpreted both on large-scale canvases and in watercolour. Bev exhibits her works in galleries across Canada and her paintings can be found in public, corporate and private collections in North America, Australia, Japan, Mexico,
France, Luxembourg, Barbados, Bermuda, Shanghai and the UK.
Bev began her art career in the village, Port Cartier, Quebec at the age of nine under the tutelage of the internationally celebrated Mme Francoise Drolet. Always the last family
member to linger in the museum or gallery, Bev was always soaking in the colours, shapes and images from the exhibitions. Bev has experienced the exceptional variety, magnitude and ruggedness of the landscape while residing in Quebec, Ontario,
Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Colorado, and Alberta as well as traveling overseas. Her three main series, Forest Light, Shorelines and City and Country Gardens trace back to the dramatic icy shorelines of the St. Lawrence river, the sturdy hollyhocks
and peonies of her grandparent’s prairie homestead garden and the vibrant autumn trees of Ontario country lanes.
Always eager to learn, Bev experiments with small and large custom canvases, up to 7 ft x 8 ft, has studied with prominent North
American artists, graduated with an M.A., in visual communication and a PhD from OISE, U of T, worked with international artists at the Atelier du Seguret, Provence and was awarded an artist residency at the Leighton Studios at the Banff
Centre.
Bev’s current acrylic painting technique springs from her award winning experience as a watercolourist, oil painting technique, the study of Japanese brush painting, painting large scale backdrops for film post production, illustration
work for children’s books and sketching on location, combined with the use of extensive glazing, abstraction, negative and positive space, bold brushstrokes, Munsell colour theory, bravado, curiosity, intuition and a generous dose of
serendipity.
Over the course of her career, Bev has worked with a number of charities in support of both humanitarian and conservation initiatives including COSTI Immigrant services, Sunnybrook Cancer Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hope
Air, National Dog Service, Kortright Wildlife Centre and Earth Rangers.
Bev currently resides in Ontario with her husband Jim Mellard and close to her two grown children Sean and Adele. Bev divides her time between an old stone house and
studio and a northern Ontario retreat, Minwashin, along the Magnetewan river waterway.
“ I feel both humbled and honoured that my paintings have found themselves in so many places with many different audiences. I thank my family, friends,
colleagues and galleries for their enthusiasm and continued support. I cannot imagine my life without art and the magic and the truth it reveals.”
C. B. Rodin 2007
The Meaning of Forests
The forest paintings that I am developing
are a dialogue of the experience of being in a forest. Through careful observation and interpretation on location as well as experimentation in the studio I am exploring various seasons and light conditions. Location experience is essential as
authenticity is an essential aspect in developing a satisfying and imaginative body of artwork.
Forests and more simply trees are an ancient archetypal image with the glades or openings in the forest as magical and full of possibilities as the
trees themselves. Trees, one of the oldest living things, have played a part in the histories of countless generations and are embedded within the histories of the Canadian people. The various meanings of the forest and trail I hope to communicate
through my work are hope, silence, patience, stoicism, universal intelligence, safety, growth, imagination, wildness, freedom, time, space, memories, resilience, hospitality, strength, comfort, endless possibilities, individuality and
home.
Three specific approaches to research and creation are currently expanding my work. First, I am interested in observing and documenting the subtle differences between twelve calendar months rather than just a season. This observation
naturally leads to distinctly different colour palettes, distance, texture and depth. Second, I propose to research and develop paintings within each month that concentrate upon subtle and unique lighting and atmospheric conditions. The focus of my
fieldwork includes not only photography but also the on location creation of large gestural charcoal drawings and painting studies and notes on light effects. Thirdly, the series must be enriched by more research into the layering, textures, density,
growth rhythms and depth of a variety of hardwood and softwood forests found primarily in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This creative endeavor I believe will be a multi year project ands possibly life long project,
developing a significant body of large paintings.
I am inspired by the modern landscape tradition of Gerhardt Richter, although he is less known for these works, Walter J Phillips, Peter London, John Dewey (Art as Experience) and Rudolf Steiner.
Richter’s works attract me for their large scale, as well as the successful combination of authenticity and layered abstracted over-painting.
My current work also explores backlighting effects in various subjects including the forest light
series, gardens, peonies, orchids, figurative work and interiors. My painting practice includes digital and slide reference as well as sketches and notes on impressions. As a watercolorist I include both oil and watercolour painting techniques in my
acrylic paintings. I often lay out the works in a value scale with large brushes on a tinted ground in order to capture depth and composition prior to refining the colour palette.
All of my paintings in both watercolour and acrylic on canvas are
in response to my experiences in natural surroundings and everyone is invited to encounter and interpret the paintings with their own meanings. Although nature based the forest paintings and gardens are illusionary spaces, abstracted, haunting, quiet, at
times thoughtful, at times energized and occasionally magical.
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Bev Rodin
CSPWC
Affiliations
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Ontario Society of Artists
Awards
2005 Adirondacks American Watercolour Exhibition, Old Forge, New York
2004 International Artist Award
2003 Trout Unlimited Canada
2001-3 American Watercolour Society, traveling exhibition
2000 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
1998 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
1995 Adirondacks American Watercolour Exhibition, Old Forge, New York
1994 Toronto Watercolour Society
1993 Toronto Watercolour Society
Collections
Bell Canada
Canadian Tire
Zurich Life
BC Hydro
Pan Canadian Resources
Business Development Bank
IBM
Encal Energy Resources
CIBC
Sumimoto Bank
Seiko Canada
Atoma International
Wood Public Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, USA
Queens Park, Provincial Government of Ontario, 2006, 2007
OISE, University of Toronto
Diploma Collection, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Kortright Wildlife Centre & Earth Rangers
Princess Margaret Hospital, St Michaels Hospital
Oakville Trafalgar Hspital, Sunnybrook Cancer Centre
Toronto General Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Credits
2006 CSPWC Juror, Open Water, 81st Exhibition
2006 Lieutenant Governor's Reception, Queens Park Collection
2005 Varley Public Gallery, OSA Juried Portrait Exhibition
2005 Adirondacks Show Juried Show, Old Forge, New York
2003 Artist of the Year, Trout Unlimited, Canada
2001-03 American Watercolour Society, international exhibition, New York City, travelling show
2000 Artist and Designer, Warner Brothers, Two Moose in the City
2000 Thomas & Magic Railroad, artist, film post production & design
2000 Royal Canadian Academy, Millennium Exhibition Juried Show, Stratford, ON
1994 Artist in Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Atelier du Séguret, painting, international milieu, Séguret, Provence, France
Exhibitions
2008 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2005 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2004 "Art Blooms" Group Show, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2003 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2002 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
1999 McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
1997 McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
1995 McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
1994 Wood Public Art Gallery, VT
1990 Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
1989 Whitman Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988 Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
1986 Anthony Gallery, Burlington, ON
Publications
2004 Splash 8, Watercolor Discoveries, North Light Books
2002 Canadian Master Painter, International Artist Magazine, June
2001 Watercolour Magic, Landscape Elements, Water, April
1998 Splash 5, North Light Books
1997 Watercolour Magic, Painting Movement in Water, June
1997 Between Brushstrokes, Doctoral thesis, U of T Library
1996 Splash 4, North Light Books
But is it Good Art? Colour Intuition or Theory
Journey of Waters, Masters Thesis, Vermont College
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