July 15 to Thanksgiving; Hendrie Park
• Grace Loney* – July 15 to October 12; Maze

Grace Loney's Maze


Yael Erlichman


Yael Erlichman


Yael Erlichman


Yael Erlichman


Jean Pierre Schoss

Jean Pierre Schoss


Jean Pierre Schoss


Jean Pierre Schoss

Chandler Swain's Three Queens


Erin Robertson


Hugh Hamilton


Hugh Hamilton

Presented by:

Buy your admission ticket online and receive a trail map ($2 value)

ANNUAL EVENT CALENDAR
Click here to see our year-long event schedule.

Maze
GRACE LONEY

Maze is a 250 foot long painting in the shape of a celtic knot. Viewers are invited to walk through the painting, and to direct their experience by where they walk and in what direction. Every view presents a different composition, yet it is all connected, allowing for a meditative interaction with the art.

Maze was inspired by the artist's experience of Henry Moore sculpture, walking through the woods, dancing, garden hedges and most of all, music.

The sculpture is constructed of mahogany plywood on aluminum frame. The surface is fiberglass and epoxy, painted with acrylic and coated with marine epoxy. It took more than two years to build — from design stage to frame construction to painting the composition.

Grace Loney is a visual artist, art teacher, gardener, creative explorer, and mother of four.

Maze is on exhibit at RBG until October 12, 2009

YAEL ERLICHMAN BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1954 in Kibbutz Givat Brenner, Israel, Yael Erlichman finds great aesthetic value in the most common human form. Making use of extraordinary technical skills and an eye for vivid and expressive details, she imbues her inanimate bronze figures with deep emotion, humour and energy which serve as a tribute to human nature and human optimism.

She succeeds in combining a profound awareness of the classical tradition of expressive, figurative sculpture with a subtle, playful approach.

Yael studied at 2 colleges of art over the years and has apprenticed with renowned sculptors. She works at a foundry in the Jerusalem hills and is involved in every single stage of the bronze production.

Her art has been purchased by corporate and private collections worldwide and she is represented by several galleries in the USA, Canada and Europe.

Yael's sculptures are a tribute to the joy of creation.

Jean Pierre Schoss BIOGRAPHY
Jean Pierre Schoss works with the human form and images from nature. His work is created by recycling steel from oil tanks, farm implements or any found steel that is thick enough to be used. He cuts apart, heats and recreates the steel in order to orchestrate his ideas. Some pieces are forged and pounded into new forms. He also uses the scraps of steel that have fallen away from other works to build 3-dimensional sculpture. The result is a multi-colored form with images hiding within the form. It becomes the life of the old steel within the life of the first pieces within the life of the new piece.

Jean Pierre’s sense of perspective, originality and technical execution result in a strong and unique expression. The work is primitive, balanced and often very humorous. The rugged, dented and painted oil tanks provide a character and freedom that is refreshing.

The newest direction of expression is sculptural furniture using concrete, glass and steel. The feel is rugged elegance. The pieces are perfectly functional.

Chandler Swain BIOGRAPHY
Chandler Swain has been living, teaching and running studios in the Ottawa area for 27 years. She is mainly known for her pottery decorated with strong, lively drawings and colours. She has taught people of all ages and abilities in numerous artistic disciplines including life drawing, painting and all aspects of pottery making. The main focus of her classes is helping students find their strengths and in making it fun to take risks and make “mistakes” in order to grow artistically. Chandler has shown her work at Burlington Art Centre’s invitational teapot exhibition, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery in Toronto, as well as commercial art galleries in Canada. Chandler has won several awards for her clay work, but considers receiving a Charlotte Whitten Award (2002) for volunteering in the arts in Ottawa, a cherished honour. Advocating community arts projects is a particular interest for her. She has worked as co-coordinator of the Art in the Park non-profit art festival in Ottawa for more than 15 years.

Erin Robertson BIOGRAPHY
Erin Robertson is a sculptor and painter who explores figurative and environmental themes through the inventive use of a wide variety of materials, including oils, acrylics, resins, ceramics, papier-mâché, concrete, metal and textiles. Her art is marked by its whimsical and subversive play on everyday idioms, domesticity, urban landscapes and mythology. She is currenting working on contractual sculptural and scenic painting commissions for public spaces including Canadian Museum of Nature, Rideau St. Business Association outdoor sculpture installation, Museum of Science and Technology, National Art Centre, Great Canadian Theatre Company and Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Hugh Hamilton BIOGRAPHY
Hugh Hamilton has an industrial design degree from Ontario College of Art and Design. He designed award winning Canadian furniture for his own company in the early 1970s. Pieces have been exhibited in gallerys and museums in Canada and the United States. Hugh has been a teacher, freelance designer and herb farmer. Hugh worked from 1974 to 1996 as an exhibit designer for both Canadian Museum of Nature, and Canadian Museum of Civilization. For 35 years Hugh Hamilton has been a beekeeper and manages a 90-acre forest. In 1998 he changed disciplines, built a 2,000 sq ft. studio and a walk-in kiln, and pursued a new interest in ceramic sculpture. Hughs focus is caring for the enviornment and producing works of functional humour.