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Heartbeat by Laurie O'Reilly Canadian Painter
Streetheart by Laurie O'Reilly Canadian Painter
Narrative painter Laurie O’Reilly has once again been busy creating new paintings. Two of these are now on www.MadeInHaliburton.ca . As usual Laurie tells a story through her work. In this case it is the stories of two different young women. What do you think she is trying to convery through these paintings? You can answer on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/MadeinHaliburton
This June 29th is The Art Hive’s 5th Anniversary. They are having a birthday bash on Saturday June 30th 11-3:30 … please join them and let all your friends know about the kick-off to their summer long celebration! This event is only the start of the celebration. They have a series of 2 week exhibitions planned that have a theme of the 5 Asian Elements: Metal, Fire, Wood, Earth and Water. Each lasting 2 weeks and featuring the work of different Art Hive artists.
The first exhibition is Metal and runs from July 7 to July 20 and features Erin Lynch and Sue MacDonald.
The second element is fire, and Laurie O’Reilly will be presenting her encaustic (from the Greek word enkaustikos, ‘to burn’) pieces. This exhibition will be in conjunction with John Jackson who is a stain and fused glass artist. The “Fire” Exhibition runs from July 21 to August 3rd.
Wood is third running from August 4th to the 17th featuring Tiffany Howe, Ron Evens Noelia Marziali and Britt Lauson.
Earth is next August 18 to the 31, Sandi Luck, Sharon Lynch, Dianne Mathesand Rita Benson.
Last, but by no means least, is Water September 1st to the 14th with Charlene McConnel and Darby Bayly
On the first Saturday of each exhibition the artists will be available from 11 until 3 to chat with you about their pieces. Please mark your calendars and take in this wonderful event.
Canadian painter, Laurie O’Reilly, is currently working hard to create the pieces that will be shown in her next Exhibition at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery in Minden, Ontario, Canada. The work is supported by an Ontario Arts Council Grant and the proposed Exhibition dates are September and October of 2013. The working title for the show is “Extending the Narrative”.
Laurie states that she is a “visual storyteller” and “a visual anthropologist”. As such all of Laurie’s work contains narrative and she is now working to entwine previously created narrative images into new pieces that extend this narrative further in time. Her pieces have an emotional impact and this show should prove to be a powerful show as she works to “balance the sweet and the harsh” in this extension of her character’s stories.
Laurie began her association with the Haliburton Highlands in 2003 when she started taking courses at the Haliburton School of the Arts. When her husband decided to retire Laurie found the perfect spot to live, paint and be closer to the Arts Community and School of the Arts in the Haliburton Highlands. She is an active member of the Art Hive Collective, a member of the Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands. and sells her work on www.MadeInHaliburton.ca.
