I am participating in a number of shows in the upcoming weeks if you are in the neighbourhood come check it out! The T-Shirt Show takes place in Vancouver this weekend, sadly I cannot be there but I will be in attendance at the 4th Annual Art Show & Sale, in Strathcona in Calgary this weekend. Then Sunday I head off to Edmonton, to install my solo show at the Northern Jubilee Auditorium.
Watch for more details and photos!
T Shirt Show
Saturday, November 28th
I, Braineater Art Gallery, 302 857 Beatty Street Vancouver, BC
7 pm-12:00am
Come Celebrate With Us!
4th Annual Art Show & Sale
Nov 28 & 29
10:00 - 4:00 (Saturday & Sunday)
19 Strathcona Place SW, Calgary, Alberta (house)
Artist in Attendance
Barbara Rumberger
Cindy Plomp
Connie Cooper
Jeff Yee
Jill Nuckles
Joan Irvin
Lisa Tornack
Mindy Andrews
Natali Rodrigues
Rachel Collins
Atelier Natura, Blog of Visual Artist Lisa Tornack
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Welcome to Atelier Natura!
My name is Lisa Tornack and I am a visual artist who lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In this blog, I hope to highlight my work, speak to technique, outline sources for inspiration, and talk about the creative process.
But first I will tell you a little about myself. I am a graduate of ACAD, from the ceramics department. During my time at art school I was making sculptural ceramics, working with nature themes. I sculpted small trees with leaves and cornucopia style vessels. I minored in painting at art school but 6 years ago, made the switch to painting solely. I was sharing a studio with Diane Sullivan at the time(my former instructor/ceramist). She was watching me working with clay and paint in the same studio. During one of our many long talks she suggested that she liked my paintings more than my clay pieces. It was one of those "aha" moments and I have been painting ever since. Although I have switched mediums the themes of my work have remained the same. I am working with nature, leaves, grasses, and trees. I am often asked why nature as a theme, actually it has taken some time to understand this for myself. When looking at the natural world we can see through a window of time, a condensed life cycle. One can observe all phases of life: birth, growth, demise, and regeneration. I am fascinated by the way nature illustrates, in the most unassuming leaf, branch, and twig, the interconnection of all things.
I began as an acrylic painter, but switched to oil due to financial need. I was broke and I was out of acrylic paint (I know now why Picasso had a blue period, it is one color you hardly use). A friend of mine was a friend/model of Charles Malinsky and he had gifted to her his large canisters of oil paint before his departure to Spain. My friend in turn gifted these paints to me. This is how I began working in oil. I must say it was a very difficult transition. I had never worked in oil at art school and really had to teach myself. In the beginning I was washing up my skin with thinners and battling to get anything “good”. It took a good six months to understand the properties of the material and few more years to get really comfortable with it.
So for the next few years I painted.
But first I will tell you a little about myself. I am a graduate of ACAD, from the ceramics department. During my time at art school I was making sculptural ceramics, working with nature themes. I sculpted small trees with leaves and cornucopia style vessels. I minored in painting at art school but 6 years ago, made the switch to painting solely. I was sharing a studio with Diane Sullivan at the time(my former instructor/ceramist). She was watching me working with clay and paint in the same studio. During one of our many long talks she suggested that she liked my paintings more than my clay pieces. It was one of those "aha" moments and I have been painting ever since. Although I have switched mediums the themes of my work have remained the same. I am working with nature, leaves, grasses, and trees. I am often asked why nature as a theme, actually it has taken some time to understand this for myself. When looking at the natural world we can see through a window of time, a condensed life cycle. One can observe all phases of life: birth, growth, demise, and regeneration. I am fascinated by the way nature illustrates, in the most unassuming leaf, branch, and twig, the interconnection of all things.
I began as an acrylic painter, but switched to oil due to financial need. I was broke and I was out of acrylic paint (I know now why Picasso had a blue period, it is one color you hardly use). A friend of mine was a friend/model of Charles Malinsky and he had gifted to her his large canisters of oil paint before his departure to Spain. My friend in turn gifted these paints to me. This is how I began working in oil. I must say it was a very difficult transition. I had never worked in oil at art school and really had to teach myself. In the beginning I was washing up my skin with thinners and battling to get anything “good”. It took a good six months to understand the properties of the material and few more years to get really comfortable with it.
So for the next few years I painted.
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