Vague Memories by Matt Petley-Jones
In this exhibition ” Vague Memories ” Matt Petley-Jones has used landscapes as a vehicle for the application of paint and colour to create distance, tonal variants, changing hues and shapes.
Ann Vandervelde
I have always believed that paintings are a form of language. An image elicits immediate dialogue between itself and the viewer and it is not essential (sometimes counter intuitive) to understand what the artist was thinking/feeling at the moment of creation. A painting has a life that draws upon others’ experiences and that is what makes it so powerful. -Ann Vandervelde
![The Grid [2013] Acrylic and paper on canvas, 24 x 36 inches](https://i0.wp.com/petleyjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/The-Grid.jpg?w=496&h=334&ssl=1 "The Grid [2013] Acrylic and paper on canvas, 24 x 36 inches $2800")
The Grid
Peng Liu
Born in Northern China. Currently living and working in Beijing and Vancouver, Canada.
Biography
2002-2003
Film Director Diploma, Beijing Film Institute
1996-98
Created the “Visual Arts & Advertising Center” Beijing, China
1986-98
Full time self-directed study in painting, performance art and cinema
1982-1985
Heilongjiang Fine Arts Institute, China
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Summer’s going fast, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010 A Gift from Johann, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2008 Last 100 Years, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007 Solids: BOUND, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver
2006 Far and Away, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Peng Liu, new works,Jacana Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Yuanmingyuan, Beijing, China
1992 Yuanmingyuan, Beijing
1991 Grey House Gallery, Beijing
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Adanac, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver
2003-2009 Various Group Shows¸ Jacana Gallery, Vancouver
1995-98 Beijing Art Scene & Yuanmingyuan, Beijing
Ann Nelson
In Sweden (my grandparent’s home) there is a word, “smultronstallet”. Translated literally it is “the place of wild strawberries,” but it means much more than that: it is a secret place, discovered, treasured, shared with friends. (The wild strawberries are only implicit; they suggest themselves because of their rarity and beauty.)
Smultronstallet is any personal wonderland that has somehow singled itself out from ordinariness and become free from the bewilderment of the outside world. It is filled with meaning, with compelling humor and gentleness.
Some vital spirit has been uncovered; somehow here the way of the universe has been apprehended and given actuality. “Magic is afoot, God is alive.” Familiar forms take on new aspects, evoke new resonance. Everywhere there is a delightful purposelessness, undiscovered secrets.
An affectionate bond (Thoreau called it “an infinite and unaccountable friendliness”) grows between person and place. One embraces and is embraced. Life is affirmed. It is to be celebrated.
Ann Nelson
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
2010 UNLEASHED, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Earth Laughs in Flowers, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 Re-Gifted, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 WAC Bennett Gallery, SFU
2003 Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria
2001 BC Festival Of Arts Show, Surrey
1997 Surrey Art Gallery
1996 Gateway Gallery, Richmond Art Centre
1996 Keith Alexander Gallery, Vancouver
1994 Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Atelier Gallery
1992 Richmond Art Gallery
1990 Atelier Gallery, 1989 Zhuhai Gallery, China
1989 Surrey Art Gallery
1987 Surrey Art Gallery
1986 Granville Island Graphics, Vancouver
1984 Surrey Art Gallery
1983 Emily Carr College of Art and Design
Ann’s works are included in many private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia and in the collection of the Surrey Art Gallery.
Education
Ann was educated at Douglas College and the
Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
Phil Mann
These paintings are about the tension that is created when one views the gestural area pressing against the panels of colour, competing for attention. Colour is used to enhance the mood of the painting, and adds to the tension between the flat panels of colour and the gestural areas of the paintings.
My work is influenced by the abstract art scene that came out of New York in the sixties and seventies – artists such as Gottlieb, Motherwell and Newman. I am also influenced by Doug Haynes, Robert Sinclair and Jack Bush.
My paintings are meant to be viewed in their entirety; it is the interplay of colour and shape, coupled with the painting’s composition, that creates an evocative feeling. Every brush stroke is integral to the cohesion of the whole. – Phill Mann
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery , Edmonton AB
2000 Spring Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1999 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1999 Spring Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1998 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1998 Spring Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1997 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1997 Spring Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1996 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1996 Spring Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1995 Fall Show, Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB
1995 Der/Mann/Hippel, F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton AB
1993 Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton AB
1992 Doug Haynes, Harold Feist, Phill Mann, Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton AB
1990 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB
1990 F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton AB
1989 F.A.B. Gallery, Edmonton AB
1989 AIDS Benefit (by invitation), The Vic Gallery, Edmonton AB
1989 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB
1988 Studio Watch, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB
1988 The Feel of Abstract Art, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton AB
Selected Collections
The Camino Foundation
University of Alberta
University of Alberta Hospital
The Fairview Hospital
The Alberta Foundation of the Arts, Edmonton and Red Deer AB
Alberta Treasury Branches, Edmonton and Red Deer AB
Duchess de Rothchild, Paris
Education
1993 Ph.D – University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
1981 MFA – Painting and Drawing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
1974 BFA – Painting and Drawing, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
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