GALLERY ARTISTS 2019

BIOGRAPHIES

THE BACCALIEU GALLERY GALLERY ARTISTS 2019 Biographies

JEANETTE JOBSON Jeanette Jobson is a visual artist who lives and works in Flatrock and Heart’s Content, and Labrador, Canada. She was born in Nova Scotia, grew up in Newfoundland, and lived in Ireland and the United Kingdom for fourteen years, before returning to the province in 1988. She studied fine art under Tom Greenshields, R.A., in the UK, with an emphasis on classical drawing techniques.

She continued to expand her technique in painting through a variety of mediums, with her work evolving over time into its current impressionist style and exclusive use of a palette knife.

Jeanette has devoted time at the board and mentor levels to the local and international arts communities. She also teaches workshops in classical techniques of drawing and painting with knives for beginners and advanced artists.

Her work is in the collection of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and has been exhibited in The Rooms and is in private collections throughout Canada, USA, England, Australia and New Zealand. She has exhibited in numerous group shows and has had solo exhibitions in the UK and Newfoundland.

Jeanette is represented by Peter Lewis Gallery in St. John's and The Baccalieu Gallery, Heart’s Content, of which she is the owner and gallery director.

1 DIANNE BURTON

Five years ago I decided to give rug hooking a try and there has been no looking back!

I have taken courses with guild teachers at the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland & Labrador and with Deanne Fitzpatrick both on-line and at her studio in Amherst , NS.

As well as RHGNL I am a member of the Road to the Beaches Rug Hooking group in Eastport and Crafty Hands in Glovertown.

I have taught Beginner's rug hooking classes and I have participated in the permanent Heritage Rug Display at the Beaches Heritage Center in Eastport for which I hooked “Alexander Bay Train Station” depicting transportation of the past.

My work has been juried by the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.

AUDREY COLE

Audrey Cole is originally from the west coast in Canada, born in Alberta, she also lived in British Columbia and Saskatchewan before moving east while in the Canadian Air Force. While serving in the military she met and married Ern Cole from and subsequently moved to Newfoundland living in Carbonear, Grand Falls and finally St. John’s.

Audrey is mostly self-taught, her mother was a painter and she was encouraged and given the opportunity to be creative as a child. She has completed several courses and workshops with various Newfoundland artists and printmakers.

While oil paint is her medium of choice she also does printmaking and makes her own sketchbooks and watercolour books. Her favorite subject is the Newfoundland coastline and she can often be seen sketching along the shore at any time of the year.

In her 60 year art career she has had many solo exhibitions and has taken part in countless group exhibitions. Her work has been shown at Topsail Gallery , Spurrell Gallery, Five Islands Gallery , Pollyanna Gallery and more recently at the Baccalieu Gallery and Ocean View Gallery.

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JOANNE COLE COSTELLO

Joanne Cole Costello started her formal art training through numerous courses at MUN Extension Arts in the 1980’s and obtained a Fine Arts degree at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario in 1989.

Her work reflects the unique geology of Newfoundland. She finds inspiration in the geological history of the province, often travelling to remote headlands and shorelines to find the subjects for her paintings. She credits her childhood for her interest in rocks, roaming the beaches and hills of Crockers Cove, Carbonear.

She currently lives in St. John’s and works full-time at the Map Room and Archives and Special Collections Division of the Queen Elizabeth II Library. She is also coordinator of the First Space gallery at the QEII.

LOUISE COLLIER

Louise Collier is a based artist. She has a B.A. In Fine Art from the University of Guelph and a B. Ed. From Memorial University. She also has a Diploma in Graphic Design and completed a number of other art courses and workshops.

Louise spent most of her time teaching and raising her 3 three children. Now that they are grown, she has lots of time to devote to her art. She has worked in a lot of different mediums, but has preferred working in scratchboard for the past decade. She is an active member of International Society of Scratchboard Artists and has had work included in their international juried exhibitions.

She is an award-winning artist provincially and internationally. Her work has been juried into the LSU Animals in Art show as well as the Calgary Stampede Art Auction, as well as others. Louise’s work is in national and international private collections, as well as in the collection of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

3 DORA COOPER

Dora Cooper is a Newfoundland and Labrador visual artist who paints landscapes, iconic Newfoundland scenes, seabirds and florals in a realistic style, primarily using acrylics and watercolour.

She has studied under a number of well known local and internationally acclaimed artists, won awards for her work, and has been featured in magazine and newspaper articles.

Dora has supported the arts community by serving on the board of the Art Association of NL since 2005 in a number of roles, including, most recently, as president. She is also a member of Arts Northeast, a collaborative group of visual artists living on the Northeast coast of the Avalon Peninsula.

On two occasions she has collaborated with a group of artists to recreate and preserve the history of the Capital city and, most recently, Burin and the surrounding areas.

Her work is in private collections in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

DAVID CONNOLLY

I grew up in Brigus Newfoundland with a great appreciation for the beauty of my surroundings and a fascination with traditional Newfoundland architecture.

While I have painted most of my life for pleasure, I’ve only become a serious painter within the last few years. It is Newfoundland I like to paint.

I am captivated by the process of turning what I see into finished works of art. I use a camera to capture my subjects then translate them onto canvas in my studio. I like to use small canvasses because they are more intimate, like the houses I paint, and the place where I grew up. My paintings tend to evoke memories of earlier places and times.

Although I have lived in Toronto for many years, I return to Brigus as often as possible for inspiration. My paintings for me fulfill a sense of the past and reflect my love of Newfoundland and her treasures.

4 DIANA DABINETT

Since 1998 during an 18-month Artist-In-The-Community project in Hopedale, Diana has become increasingly fascinated by the particular geology of Newfoundland and Labrador. Her focus has narrowed to the coastal terrain where the weathered rocks and cliffs expose the patterns and forms of the eroding shore. The runs along the cliff of her home in Shoe Cove and is a constant source of inspiration. She works from an initial, personal contact but develops the subject from there. Often the coastal view is obscured by the fringing boreal forest so she makes the trees transparent to expose the cliffs and ocean vista and links the branches and twigs into the rhythms of the ocean currents.

In 2017 during two periods spent exploring the north side of Conception Bay to Grates Cove, she discovered the elusive, foggy view across to which reinvigorated memories of sailing through Baccalieu Tickle many years before. Salmon Cove, Black Head Cove, The Mousehole and Flambro Head were discovered along this coast and appear in several paintings in the exhibition.

She has lived in the community of Shoe Cove, in Pouch Cove north of St John’s on the east coast of Newfoundland looking out over the Atlantic Ocean since 1975. Her large, acrylic paintings are all contemplative studio works, but she also enjoys the intimacy of small, traditional egg tempera paintings to capture the light along the province’s rocky shores.

Diana Dabinett was born in 1943 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in central Africa. In 1963, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. From 1965 to 1969 she taught in high schools in Zimbabwe and England.

In 1969 Diana emigrated to London, Ontario, Canada where from 1969 to 1973, she was assistant curator at the Art Gallery of London, now Museum London. In 1975 she moved to Newfoundland and Labrador where for the last 45 years she has maintained a full-time professional studio art practise from her home studio in Shoe Cove. She has exhibited in over 70 solo and group exhibitions.

Work by Diana Dabinett is found in the public collections of The Provincial Art Bank, NL, the City of St. John’s, the Canada Council Art Bank, Foreign Affairs Canada, the University of Western Ontario, and many private collections around the world including Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

Diana has completed over 15 site-specific commissioned works for public spaces such as the Manuel’s River Hibernia Interpretation Centre, the Deer Lake Airport, the Fluvarium St. John’s, Labrador Health Centre Goose Bay, and the Community Hospital in Monterey, California

5 IRENE DUMA

Irene is a multidisciplinary artist who since 2016 has turned her attention to painting. Drawing inspiration from her training in improv comedy and clowning, her work is characterized by its playfulness, spontaneity, and rhythmic movement. Whether painting large canvases or her signature itty bitty #minidumas, her bold, painterly strokes exude energy and delight the eye with their vibrant colour and charm.

Irene has a Fine Art History degree from the University of Toronto and studied illustration at Parsons School of Design. Drawn to the energy and raw natural beauty of Newfoundland, she moved from Toronto to St. John’s in 2008 where she currently works and teaches out of her 100-year-old home she dubs “the unstitution.” Irene is represented by Red Ochre Gallery in St. John’s, NL

For more information about her art, teaching and workshops, please visit ireneduma.com.

PATRICIA HAYNES

When I finished high school in 1968, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life so I decided to take a photography course in the local collage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Once in the course, I discovered that I loved taking pictures and I had an eye for it. So I’ve been taking photographs ever since across Canada and in Europe.

I moved to Newfoundland in 1989 with my Newfoundland husband & my two children. I love this beautiful and unique island. I look through the lens with the enthusiasm and amazement of a tourist, but the pride and love of a local.

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KAREN LEGGE

Have you ever met a truly creative accountant? Karen (Lynn) Legge spent over 25 years in the accounting field but has always had a passion for creating things. About 20 years ago she picked up a paint brush for the first time and fell in love. She has tried a variety of mediums such as watercolour, colour pencil, and pastel, but she always returns to her favourite, acrylics. Her subject matter has included portraits of people and animals, flowers, still life, and of course, Newfoundland landscape. Karen has studied under multiple artists and drew knowledge and inspiration from them all. Most recently, she was honoured by being named "apprentice" to the well-known artist, Clifford George. He has been instrumental in the development- of her own unique style which she dubs "vibrant impressionism". Karen was born "in town" but her roots are deeply planted in Cavendish, Trinity Bay, where both her parents were born, were raised, and now live again, and where many of her best childhood memories were created. Whether it be squid jigging with one of her Pops in the wee morning hours; helping the other Pop collect eggs without a run-in with the rooster; or ice fishing and a boil-up on Round Pond with a crowd. The memories are priceless and inspire her love for the outdoors, people, animals, and Newfoundland's natural beauty. Karen finally retired from her desk job and moved "around the bay" (Port Blandford), where she now pursues her love of art with renewed zest. When she's not outdoors exploring and enjoying Newfoundland's beauty, Karen loves to recreate it on canvas. If you decide to add a piece of hers to your art collection, she hopes you enjoy it as much as she enjoyed creating it for you!

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TERRI LEONARD

Terri has been painting for the past twenty years. Since she retired, she has devoted her time to her art. She has studied with notable artists in Newfoundland and in Florida where she now resides with her husband during the winter months. Terri has won numerous awards for her paintings with art associations in Florida. She is a signature member of the Florida Sun Coast Watercolor Society (FSWS), and as such, is permitted to use these letters after her name. Terri has also won awards for her work here in Newfoundland as well. The most prominent of which are through Provincial Arts and Letters Competition. She has won two honorable mention awards in Graphic Arts and a second place award in Photography.

Terri has sold a large number of paintings over the years. Notable collectors are the Government of Newfoundland, Newfoundland Hydro, Anthony Insurance, Newfoundland and Labrador House, Newfoundland Telephone as well as many prominent Newfoundlanders. Terri’s paintings can also be found in many other collectors in Canada and the United States.

Terri Leonard paints in watercolors, pastels, acrylic, pen/ink and in mixed media. She chooses her subject so as to show the beauty of Newfoundland. She paints scenes of Newfoundland, past and present, often showing how the past influences the present. She enjoys all mediums, but watercolor has been her favourite. People who recognize her work see scenes with soft distinct colors, faded background and lots of light, however her work is continually evolving.

8 CAROLYN MORGAN

Carolyn’s art work communicates ideas and stories filtered through her imagination. Her work often reflects the struggle between the industrialized/ technological world, and the natural world. A person, a place, a leaf, a seedpod, a phrase in a book, or a fragment of conversation, can trigger a torrent of visual images that will condense into an artwork. Carolyn enjoys the challenge of working with many different materials: textiles, clay, metal, paint, print and enamels. The medium and method she chooses to create her art is dictated by the demands of the visual story created in her imagination.

Carolyn’s favourite place, outside of her birth province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is France. In the summers of 1991, 1997 and 2008 she journeyed to France to study painting 'en plein air' with French artist Jean Claude Roy and Newfoundland artist Ilse Hughes. Carolyn has kept her art practice ‘new’ by continuing to participate in art workshops from local, national, and international artists.

In August of 2014 Carolyn exhibited her art work in a solo show at The Five Island Art Gallery in Tors Cove NL. The multi-media show was titled, Art is for Apple and visually explored the mythology of the apple.

Carolyn`s art work has been exhibited in group shows at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, The Rooms, NL, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, NL, the AANL, The Eastern Edge Gallery, NL as well as the Arts Centre in Port Moody, B.C. In 2010, Carolyn was invited to show her wearable art creation titled, ‘Buzz Off ’, at an international, juried show in Port Moody, B.C. She also created a new art work for this show, titled ‘Olympic Support ’, and this art work won the runner-up award in the Olympic category. Her sculptural work has been purchased by the Provincial Art Bank, her art figures (dolls), enamel work and paintings have been purchased for private collections in Canada, U.K. and the U.S.A.

In 2016 Carolyn had her first novel Art Love Forgery, published by Flanker Press. Her second novel, Unveiled, will be released in May 2019. Both novels are about artists.

9 LORNA MULLIGAN

Lorna Mulligan’s artwork presents observations, memories and visual responses to walking along the coastal landscape, a subject that continually inspires the artist. These pieces combine landscape imagery with lyrical abstraction, texture and gestural brushwork. The maritime shoreline is a site of convergence, a location that embodies a sense of being at the edge, of crossing over — a boundless place of exploration.

Lorna Mulligan is an artist, teacher and calligrapher, living in Montreal. She studied at UBC and the Banff Centre. Her mixed media artworks have been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and she is represented in numerous public and private collections.

TERRY NICHOLLS

Terry is a B.Sc. graduate (Biology) of Memorial University in St. Johnís Newfoundland and Labrador and a former biologist. He is a self-educated mosaicist who has been creating mosaic art since 2000.

He has been twice awarded a Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award for visual arts. His mosaic work received the first place award in the mosaic category in the International Delphi Glass - Glass Art Competition. He was also awarded the People's Choice award in that competition. His mosaic work is recognized both nationally and internationally.

He resides in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

10 FLORENCE PINHORN

As a small child I knew I wanted to paint. I am still fascinated by colour, texture, light, movement and form. Few things are more thrilling for me than creating a piece of original artwork, whether it’s capturing the morning sun on a bucket of berries, the expression of a child, or the drama of a startling landscape. My art comes from the wonder of life and nature, demanding a constant search for seeing and understanding.

JOAN ROBERTS

Joan Roberts is a visual artist who lives in St. John's, NL Canada. Joan is primarily

a self- taught artist however she has taken many classes and workshops with several local and nationally acclaimed artists.

Joan paints acrylics, oils, watercolours and pastels. Joan’s new medium of choice is alcohol inks. She paints many subjects and she endeavours to create art that evokes mood, emotion, and enjoyment to the viewer. She enjoys the challenge of

using her own photos, sketches and her imagination to capture what she feels in the moment. Joan enjoys realism but also explores abstract and impressionism

Joan works from her home studio where she also teaches watercolor to beginners. Her works are exhibited at Step-aside Gallery, Burin, Ocean View Gallery, Carbonear, The Baccalieu Gallery, Heart’s Content and the Kraken Art Gallery and

Studio, St. John’s.

Joan is a member of the Art Association of Newfoundland and Labrador and is also a member of Arts Northeast.

11 MITZI SMITH

I am a multi-media artist and have been practising art for a very long time. I taught art at the junior high level in St. John's for 25 years. During this time I worked with watercolours and gouache. I also became interested in workshops to keep me going while teaching. I really needed to connect with other artists. When I retired I became more active in the art community and started to stretch my abilities much more seriously.

Over the years I have worked with various media. My favourite is working with oils. However, I also like to dabble in acrylics, watercolour and gouache.

In addition, I have enjoyed printmaking in all forms: relief, woodblock, lino, etching, lithography, mono printing and more. There is so much to learn each day when you're a printer. There are so many different methods to use to accomplish a print. Prints are not all identical when inked and pulled by the artist. I don't think you can really make the perfect print time after time. They may look the same but there are small, slight differences with a hand pulled print.

12 ERIC STENTAFORD

Eric grew up in Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada. After graduating High School he went on to study Biology at Memorial University of Newfoundland where he earned his BSc. and later, an Education Degree. He taught Science and Art throughout his teaching career in St Georges and St. John’s. He resides in Manuels, Newfoundland and Labrador, adjacent to Conception Bay.

A lover of the outdoors. In summer his creativity extends beyond the canvas and into the garden. No Pesticides here!

He loves to paint the sea and the Newfoundland landscape. “To paint your subject you have to be familiar with it in a spiritual and structural sense”. As Louis Armstrong once said, “If you ain’t got it in ya, ya can’t blow it out.” Thus time in the woods, on the beach or piloting his boat on Conception Bay, are times to experience and photograph his subject matter. “There is nothing like the wind in your face and the smell of the sea and the land on a warm summer or autumn day!” These experiences have led to the painting of striking compositions and powerful skies.

Trees play an important part in many of Eric’s compositions as they are a way to include the dimension of time. There is no pretence, only truth. It is there to see. Trees tell you about their good times, their hardships, and their struggles through life, even in death. If you are feeling down, look at a tree, follow it upward to the sky and look beyond.

Over the years Eric has... - Painted with local artists, under the guidance of Lloyd Pretty, in the Stephenville area. This resulted in group exhibitions at the Stephenville Arts and Culture Centre. - Taught Art at the Junior High level for 25 years. - Attended Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook, Newfoundland to begin a Fine Arts Degree. - Served as a Director with the Art Association of Newfoundland and Labrador for 3 years. Participated and helped organize a number of group exhibitions with this Association. Presently a member of AANL. - Designed the original logo for the Manuel’s River Natural Heritage Society. He also completed the logo design for their Bobber Race Ticket and Newsletter. - Requested to submit logo designs for the Cabot Celebrations in 2000. - Completed numerous courses with Memorial University branch for continuing studies in life painting, portraiture, drawing and landscape painting. - Paintings located in various Corporations and private collections in Newfoundland, Canada and abroad. - He was a winner in the 2017 Arts and Letters competition. - He has 7 paintings exhibited at the Town Hall as part of their permanent collection.

13 KAREN STAPLETON

Karen Stapleton is a fused glass/stained glass artist. She has lived in Newfoundland for over thirty years. She is originally from Ontario but moved in the early 1980’s and has chosen Newfoundland as her place to call home.

She has always had an interest in art whether it be drawing or painting. Twelve years ago she took a stained glass course and got hooked on the colour and beauty of glass. She has spent many hours studying with Yvonne Winchester at her glass studio in St. John’s, NL. A few years ago, during a trip to Montreal, she was able to attend a lead caning course at the renowned Studio Du Verre.

Karen is a member of the Art Association of Newfoundland and Labrador and has shown and sold some of her original glass pieces during their exhibitions. Her work has also been shown and sold at the Botanical Gardens, Memorial QE II Space Gallery, Mirabella Gallery, Trinity, Oceanview Gallery, Carbonear, and Baccalieu Gallery, Heart’s Content.

In addition to original art pieces, Karen creates one-of kind jewellery and small art pieces under the name “Sweet Pea Designs” which she sells with her sister–in–law and brother-in-law, Jan Marie Stapleton and Scott Stapleton

14 MERRILL SOOLEY

Born in the late 1950s and raised in Heart’s Delight, Trinity Bay in the 60s and 70s, Merrill went on to study and teach visual arts in St. John, Newfoundland and Toronto, Ontario, for 40 years. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, while teaching full time, he was painted in watercolors and acrylics as a leisure activity and exhibited in local shows and galleries.

In 2013, upon retiring from the Peel District School Board he began to seriously study and practice oil painting. He moved to the town of Cobourg, Ontario, in the artist rich region of Northumberland and joined several art organizations. He immersed himself in courses and workshops with local, national and internationally recognized artists while painting and exhibiting in regional groups shows and galleries.

Returning to Newfoundland in December of 2018, he now keeps a home studio in Carbonear where he paints on a daily basis. He also teaches privately, mentors other artists and offers public workshops in oil painting.

His work can be found in private collections across Canada and the USA and in local galleries.

15 JENNIFER YOUNG

Many take comfort in stability and steadiness. I believe, like Heraclitus, that the only thing that is constant is change. After 25 years as a management consultant where I helped others to change and improve their world, I can now say I have completely changed mine. Moving my passion for art from pastime to profession.

Although best described as an emerging artist, my journey has already been lengthy spanning over 15 years of experimentation, practice and proficiency. I have already created a significant body of work. My work has been produced in class, in my home studio and a significant amount in various En Plein Air settings.

Over the years I have had the pleasure to paint, draw and learn from a wide variety of exceptional artists. The list is long. Some of my most influential teachers include Tammy Pilon (Port Moody Arts Centre), James Lindfield (Emily Carr University), Sue A. Miller (Bay School of Art) and Gerry Squires. There have also been many Anna Templeton Instructors, including Jim Maunder, Greg Bennett, James Pay, Wallace Ryan, Jason Wells and Jeanette Jobson.

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