I often think of artists as being a bit hermit-like.
I imagine they head straight to their studio in the morning, coffee in hand as they prepare for a day of work at their easel. Oil Portrait Painting So when I come across a collective of all-women artists, it is interesting to me to learn how they feed off of one another. And with the recent discovery of a painting by Group of Seven painter Tom Thomson at a Vancouver garage sale, I think about this Group of 8 women who are also Canadian painters, and my intrigue continues. Right now, there are five women comprising the Group of 8. They will be showing their work at the Gwen Fox Gallery in Selkirk from April 15th - the 30th. The opening runs from 2:00 - 4:00 on Sunday. We asked Jane Gateson to describe why being a part of this collective means so much to her.
Portrait Oil Painting *** In June of 2008, I was attending Arts West Annual Artists' Retreat at Wasagaming. This is an intensive 5 day event, where participants have the opportunity to concentrate on developing their art practice under the supervision of an experienced professional instructor. Magical things happen at that camp and the forming of the Group of 8 was one of them. The intensity of the camp is not for the faint of heart. The critiques, the challenges, the questions and learning curves often lead to both laughter and tears and eventually to new outcomes. Several of the artists attending this camp, myself included, had painted together before in Winnipeg under the mentorship of Milos Milidrag (formerly from the University of Sarajevo). We began to wonder what it would be like to be part of a group that would continue the camp experience, by supporting each others artistic careers and offering feedback to one another. That fall seven of us began to meet regularly. We knew we were passionate about painting. We knew we wanted to discuss art practices and techniques, go to galleries together, attend lectures and workshops together and essentially, and share our work.
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