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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
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
A & W Vancouver
All Canada RadioTV
Alliance
Atoma International
Atoma International
Bastedo Sheldon, McGiveny
BC Hydro
Bell Canada
BIMCOR
Business Development Bank
Cambridge Shopping Centres
CAN Insurance
Canadian Home Insurance
Canadian Tire
Canadian Waste Management
Cibavision, Compass Communication
CIBC
Clublink
Constitution Insurance
Deloitte Touche
Diploma Collection, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Encal Energy Resources
Etheringtons
Farmers Mutual
Geary Electric
Goldlist Construction
Highview Resources
Holiday Inn, Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Husky Injection, Bolton
Husky Injection, Canada
Husky Injection, Shanghai
Husky Injection, Singapore
Husky njection, Luxembourg
Husky, London, UK
IBM
Ingram Micro
Jasa Management Group
Knight McBain
Kortright Wildlife Centre & Earth Rangers
Langevin Resources
MBNA Bank
Movado
MRS Trust
Nesbitt Burns
Nissan
North Amercian Life
Northern Telecom
Oakville Trafalgar Hspital, Sunnybrook Cancer Centre
OISE, University of Toronto
Optimum Reassurance
Pan Canadian Resources
Prince Arthur Condos
Princess Margaret Hospital
Princess Margaret Hospital, St Michaels Hospital
Private colletions is Canada, UK, USA, Bermuda, Barbados and Australia
Queens Park, Provincial Government of Ontario, 2006, 2007
RBC Dominion Securities
Ronsco
Seiko Canada
Shibley Righton & McCutcheon
Smith Kline Beecham
Stafford Hotel, UK
Sumimoto Bank
Tilley Endurables
Toronto General Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Wood Public Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, USA
Zurich Life
Credits
2006 Lieutenant Governor's Reception, Queens Park Collection
2006 CSPWC Juror, Open Water, 81st Exhibition
2005 Adirondacks Show Juried Show, Old Forge, New York
2005 Varley Public Gallery, OSA Juried Portrait Exhibition
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 Royal Canadian Academy, Millennium Exhibition Juried Show, Stratford, ON
2000 Thomas & Magic Railroad, artist, film post production & design
1994 Artist in Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Atelier du Séguret, painting, international milieu, Séguret, Provence, France
Education
2004 Canadian Securities Course
1997 PhD, Holistic and Aesthetic Education, University of Toronto, Faculty of Education, Toronto, ON
Independent studies with several prominent American watercolour painters as well as Sumi-e
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Adult Education Specialist Diploma, high honours/summa cum laude, Seneca College, Toronto, ON
M.A., Fine Art: Visual Communication, Theory, Studio and Teaching, summa cum laude, Norwich University, Vermont College, VT
Institue of Studies in Education, Thesis: Between Brushstrokes, text & visual essays, original illustrations, artwork, photography
Exhibitions
2012 Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2010 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010 Forest Edges, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2010 "Jewels of Canada", West End Gallery
2008 "Illusions of Light", West End Gallery
2008 SUNSHINE 80, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2008 Roger D Arndt & Bev, Rodin, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
2006 West End Gallery
2006 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, ON
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
1982 Toronto Star
1983 Joey Runs Away, illustrator, Annick Press
1985 Toronto Star, June & October
1987 The Globe and Mail
1993 J Beacon Times
1993 The Muskokan
1993 TWS Show Awards, Cable 10
1995 Hamilton Spectator
1995 Oakville Beaver
1996 Splash 4, North Light Books
1997 Between Brushstrokes, Doctoral thesis, U of T Library
1997 Colour This Picture, Among Teachers Journal, OISE
1997 Oakville Beaver
1997 Watercolour Magic, Painting Movement in Water
1997 Watercolour Magic, Painting Movement in Water, June
1998 Splash 5, North Light Books
1998-99 Biennale, Magazin d'Arte
2000-01 Biennale, Magazin d'Art
2001 Watercolour Magic, Landscape Elements, Water, April
2002 Canadian Master Painter, International Artist Magazine, June
2004 Splash 8, Watercolor Discoveries, North Light Books
2006 Edmonton Journal
2008 Edmonton Journal
2010 CBC Radio Canada, French language review
But is it Good Art? Colour Intuition or Theory
Journey of Waters, Masters Thesis, Vermont College
The Broad Edged Pen, Handwriters Guild of Toronto
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