Year of the Horse: Goals for 2014!

As we gallop into the year of the horse I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year and start goal setting for 2014!

Last year was a big year for me! I moved from a condo into a house, completed a number of contract roles; one with Calgary Arts Development, the second with the Arts & Culture division with the City of Calgary, and the biggest news of all I got married in 2013! With all the changes, challenging roles professionally, and excitement in my personal life, last year was a slow one on the art front! I am looking forward to getting back to work and have some new ideas for projects both inside and outside the studio.

One of the first items on my list is converting my garage into a working art studio; stay tuned for images and updates on the progress. I will also plan to continue my studio work, oil painting on photograph prints. I have some great imagery taken from my honeymoon, which I plan to use in a series of paintings and am excited to share in the months to come! Watch for works in progress. The year of the Horse's focus will also include education. I hope to continue my professional development and do some further research into educational opportunities. I am kicking off this year's theme of education by participating in a course presented by the City of Calgary's Public Art program, "Artists Working in the Community".  I hope to share some of my learnings from the program in the weeks to come.

If you have not visited my website in a while, it is new and improved...swing by www.ltornack.com

Lastly, a big thank you to all my family, friends, and supporters in 2013, especially my husband Eric! You inspire me to keep on trucking!

Peace
Lisa Tornack

Wildflower Art & Salon Sale

Join us Sunday December 8th, to see the wonderful artworks and fine craft created by the professionally trained, practicing instructors of Wildflower Arts Centre. From ceramics to glass, drawings and paintings there is something for everyone on your holiday list!

Wildflower art Centre 
3363 Spruce drive SW
10am-4pm

Artists will be onsite all day, pop by say hello and get into the holiday spirit!

Refreshments will be served
cash/visa/ mastercard accepted

New Logo!

Check out my new logo designed by graphic artist Adam Warner of Calgary Alberta. I plan to use this every where... I am thinking a rubber stamp may be in order! Adam also designed a business card for me, I love the way he integrated the infinity symbol within the card design. The infinity symbol is one of my personal symbols which I have use in a number of my paintings. Other personal symbols of mine include falling cherry blossoms and the use of the colour red in virtually every one of my paintings.

Two Views: Art Exhibition of Andrea Lau and Lisa Tornack

Artwork by Andrea Lau

The art exhibition Two Views, features the artwork of Andrea Lau & Lisa Tornack. The exhibition was installed the week of March 25, 2013 at The Main Dish in Bridgeland. Two Views will run through to the June 2013.

The Main Dish is located at
903 General Ave NE
Calgary, Alberta
T2E 9E1
(403) 265-3474

Visit www.tmdish.com/ for hours

Lifecycle Community Bike Project: Grassroots Inspired Grants

Lifecycle Community Bike Project took place at G.W. Skene an elementary school located in Calgary's north east. For two consecutive afternoon's in March 2013, artists Hannah Poon and Lisa Tornack had the opportunity to work with 75 grade 5 to design and paint an interactive mural. This mural project utilizes salvaged bike parts to create a vibrant outdoor mural for the Lifecycle Community Bike Shop and G.W Skene. The three grade five classes brainstormed around themes of walk-able, bike-able cities and Calgary to create the final three paneled triptic. Each of the three panels will find a home in separate parts of the city. The first will find it's home at the Lifecycle Community Bike Shop, the second will be keep as a legacy piece for the school, and the third will be gifted to a public space in north east Calgary.

We would like to thank Lifecycle Community Bike, staff and students of G.W Skene for and a big thank you to Calgary 2012 for their generous support of this project!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my family, friends, and to all the supporters of me and my artwork!

As I hang a new calendar on the wall it is hard to believe a new year is already upon us. Looking back on the year, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their support. I had a very busy 2012 and was privileged to serve on the board of UAS working with the fundraising team, as well as undertaking a new role for Calgary Arts Development. Looking ahead to 2013, I am very excited about the upcoming year both personally and professionally!  Early this year, I will be exhibiting with fellow artist Andrea Lau, in the exhibition Two Views.  This show will take a non-traditional look at western landscape. Stay tuned more more details. Also thanks to Calgary 2012 GIG Grant, I will be presenting a solo exhibition Frozen Bow at the Untitled Art Society in March.  This exhibition will explore the small components of landscape, highlighting the natural beauty of the mighty Bow River. Meanwhile back in the studio, I am looking forward to devoting more time to studio practice and to continue my work painting on photograph as well as further the experimentation with photo base collage.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday, I wish you a happy and prosperous 2013!
Peace
Lisa Tornack

For more information about and to preview works by artist Andrea Lau visit her website at
http://www.andrealau.com/

You are invited to 10

This year is a special one, marking the tenth year since I began painting professionally. I would like to extend an invitation you to join me at the AREA for the opening reception for the exhibition on Thursday, December 6, 2012 7-10pm. This exhibition, will feature a single painting from each respective year. Please help me to celebrate the last ten years and welcome the next! Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

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