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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.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My predominantly large scale acrylic paintings on canvas, explore unusual lighting, transparency, abstraction, universality, movement, colour and connections between them. I am also
interested in the universal human responses and relationships to natural landscapes, water and the beauty of natural geometries. I am well known for three dominant themes, Forest Light Series, Shorelines Series and City and Country Gardens. ”
C. B.
Rodin 2011
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
Women's Executive Network
Awards
Trout Unlimited Canada
American Watercolour Society, traveling exhibition
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Adirondacks American Watercolour Exhibition, Old Forge, New York
Adirondacks American Watercolour Exhibition, Old Forge, New York
Toronto Watercolour Society
Toronto Watercolour Society
International Artist Award
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
BIMCOR
Canadian Home Insurance
RBC Dominion Securities
Bastedo Sheldon, McGiveny
Deloitte Touche
Jasa Management Group
A & W Vancouver
All Canada RadioTV
Northern Telecom
Atoma International
Shibley Righton & McCutcheon
Stafford Hotel, UK
Husky Injection, Bolton
Cambridge Shopping Centres
Husky Injection, Shanghai
Cibavision, Compass Communication
Geary Electric
Constitution Insurance
Nissan
Smith Kline Beecham
Princess Margaret Hospital
Langevin Resources
North Amercian Life
Tilley Endurables
Husky njection, Luxembourg
Knight McBain
Nesbitt Burns
Husky Injection, Canada
Husky, London, UK
Ronsco
Movado
MRS Trust
Holiday Inn, Toronto
Clublink
Alliance
Etheringtons
Prince Arthur Condos
Ingram Micro
MBNA Bank
Optimum Reassurance
Goldlist Construction
Cambridge Shopping Centre
Husky Injection, Singapore
Canadian Waste Management
Farmers Mutual
Highview Resources
CAN Insurance
Private colletions is Canada, UK, USA, Bermuda, Barbados and Australia
Credits
CSPWC Juror, Open Water, 81st Exhibition
Lieutenant Governor's Reception, Queens Park Collection
Varley Public Gallery, OSA Juried Portrait Exhibition
Adirondacks Show Juried Show, Old Forge, New York
Thomas & Magic Railroad, artist, film post production & design
Royal Canadian Academy, Millennium Exhibition Juried Show, Stratford, ON
Atelier du Séguret, painting, international milieu, Séguret, Provence, France
Artist in Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Artist of the Year, Trout Unlimited, Canada
Artist and Designer, Warner Brothers, Two Moose in the City
American Watercolour Society, international exhibition, New York City, travelling show
Education
PhD, Holistic and Aesthetic Education, University of Toronto, Faculty of Education, Toronto, ON
Institue of Studies in Education, Thesis: Between Brushstrokes, text & visual essays, original illustrations, artwork, photography
Canadian Securities Course
M.A., Fine Art: Visual Communication, Theory, Studio and Teaching, summa cum laude, Norwich University, Vermont College, VT
Adult Education Specialist Diploma, high honours/summa cum laude, Seneca College, Toronto, ON
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Independent studies with several prominent American watercolour painters as well as Sumi-e
Exhibitions
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
Wood Public Art Gallery, VT
Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
Whitman Gallery, Toronto, ON
Anthony Gallery, Burlington, ON
McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville, ON
Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
Innverlyn, Whitby, ON
Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
"Art Blooms" Group Show, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Roger D Arndt & Bev, Rodin, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
SUNSHINE 80, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Forest Edges, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
West End Gallery
"Illusions of Light", West End Gallery
"Jewels of Canada", West End Gallery
Publications
Splash 8, Watercolor Discoveries, North Light Books
Canadian Master Painter, International Artist Magazine, June
Watercolour Magic, Landscape Elements, Water, April
Splash 5, North Light Books
Splash 4, North Light Books
Between Brushstrokes, Doctoral thesis, U of T Library
Watercolour Magic, Painting Movement in Water, June
Journey of Waters, Masters Thesis, Vermont College
But is it Good Art? Colour Intuition or Theory
Biennale, Magazin d'Arte
Biennale, Magazin d'Arte
Colour This Picture, Among Teachers Journal, OISE
Watercolour Magic, Painting Movement in Water
The Broad Edged Pen, Handwriters Guild of Toronto
Joey Runs Away, illustrator, Annick Press
CBC Radio Canada, French language review
Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Journal
Oakville Beaver
Oakville Beaver
Hamilton Spectator
The Muskokan
J Beacon Times
TWS Show Awards, Cable 10
Toronto Star, June & October
The Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
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