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The Niche
OTTAWA GALLERY
Karen Goetzinger
The Day Spring Came
$2053
acrylic, graphite, ink, oil
Karen Goetzinger is a visual artist who resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Through the use of mixed media such as acrylic, ink, graphite and oil pastel, she expressively marks the imprint of time and place on individual memory. There is a fierceness about her brushwork— an agitation and determination and yet her paintings are often described as beautiful, uplifting, and filled with life and energy. Colours and strokes with forward movement push off the edge of the canvases as if there were not enough space to contain all that life.
Shelly Amor
Crocuses
$405
Mixed Media Resin
Shelly is a fauvist artist and has a need to surround herself in bright colours, especially in these last two Covid years. Her artwork ‘Crocuses ’ was created at the beginning of Covid where she was feeling constrained by the lockdown and had a need to be free. The crocus is breaking free of its winter hibernation and spreading colour in the dreary rainy months of spring. At the time Shelly was hoping for a rebirth for the world, not realizing Covid would continue for at least another two years. The resin allows the light to bounce off many reflective surfaces and changes as the viewer perceives it from different angles.
SOLD
Susan Robertson-Baranick
Vaguely Floral
$308
Acrylic on canvas with embedded shells
Susan is a retired health care worker who has returned to Uof O and is currently in the third year of a BFA. This piece is more representational than her usual work but is characterized by the same use of highly saturated colours and layered application. It represents memories of subtropical gardens and my escape from winters.
Karen D. Miller
Dahlia
$257
Textile art (wool and acrylic yarns, acrylic paint on rug warp)
Karen D. Miller is a textile artist living and working in Ottawa. Her work focuses on discovering the overlooked and underappreciated, and presenting them in unusual ways. This piece is one in a series inspired by her own watercolour sketches of flowers in her garden. By interpreting these images through the use of fibres, she is able to retain their "sketch-like" quality while injecting them with texture and dimensionality. Karen has had her work exhibited across Canada and the US, and included in international publications.
Karen D. Miller
Hydrangea
$257
Textile art (wool and acrylic yarns, acrylic paint on rug warp)
Karen D. Miller is a textile artist living and working in Ottawa. Her work focuses on discovering the overlooked and underappreciated and presenting them in unusual ways. This piece is one in a series inspired by her own watercolour sketches of flowers in her garden. By interpreting these images through the use of fibers, she is able to retain their "sketch-like" quality while injecting them with texture and dimensionality. Karen has had her work exhibited across Canada and the US, and included in international publications.
Karen D. Miller
Peony
$257
Textile art (wool and acrylic yarns, acrylic paint on rug warp)
Karen D. Miller is a textile artist living and working in Ottawa. Her work focuses on discovering the overlooked and underappreciated and presenting them in unusual ways. This piece is one in a series inspired by her own watercolour sketches of flowers in her garden. By interpreting these images through the use of fibers, she is able to retain their "sketch-like" quality while injecting them with texture and dimensionality. Karen has had her work exhibited across Canada and the US, and included in international publications.
Tropics
Despina
$280
A semi-abstract portrayal of spring flowers in a golden vase. Despina made this painting over the span of 24 days in January 2022 in anticipation of springtime and brighter days ahead. “Tropics” is a social commentary that depicts the multiple demands that we face in various aspects of our lives - attempting to contain and balance it all in our day-to-day without overextending ourselves.
Heavy acrylic on 8”x 10” wood panel ($280)
Heavy acrylic on 8”x 10” wood panel ($280)
Janet Evans
Sprung
$513
Glass/wood
Janet Evans has been creating glass art for the past 14 years. Her hot shop pieces include paperweights, vessels and non-functional works. She has fused glass, making plates, bowls and jewelry. Torch work is now her primary focus, creating both wearable glass art as well as exploring larger sculptural pieces. "Working with glass is, to me, like capturing light in solid form. While hot glass is a very challenging medium, it is playing with its luminous quality and colours that has become my passion. I use humour and whimsey to make my art accessible to everyone. I use glass as the medium in my representations of nature to underline the fragility of our environment. In 'Sprung', delicate blossoms emerge from coarse driftwood in a visual representation of the hope we all feel at this time year."
In the Wind
Despina
$270
“In the Wind”
A semi-abstract portrayal of spring flowers swaying in the wind. Despina made this over the span of 25 days in March 2022 in anticipation of springtime and brighter days ahead.
Heavy acrylic on 8”x10” wood panel
A semi-abstract portrayal of spring flowers swaying in the wind. Despina made this over the span of 25 days in March 2022 in anticipation of springtime and brighter days ahead.
Heavy acrylic on 8”x10” wood panel
Eleanor Stewart
Forest
$82
gouache, paint markers, ink, and coloured pencils on paper
IG
@rats_in_pants
www.eleanorstewardt.weebly.com
@rats_in_pants
www.eleanorstewardt.weebly.com
Sarah Ladhani
Chamelo-flauge
$92
Acrylic on Glass
Sarah Ladhani is a self-taught artist the frequently explores different mediums to create pieces that are truly unique. Her work regularly features elements of nature or space, to which this art piece is no exception. Playing with the transparency of the glass, Sarah has created the illusion of hiding in plain sight, for which chameleons are so well known for. With the unique effect of this medium and the artistry, this playful art piece is meant to interact with any space it is displayed in by incorporating the surroundings into the background of the piece.
Eleanor Stewart
VASE
$82
IG
@rats_in_pants
www.eleanorstewardt.weebly.com
This illustration by Eleanor Stewart is bright and blooming. A bouquet of flowers and other unusual objects sprout out of a severed head. The objects are pulled from a specific moment in time and the colours match the feelings of sunlight indoors.
@rats_in_pants
www.eleanorstewardt.weebly.com
This illustration by Eleanor Stewart is bright and blooming. A bouquet of flowers and other unusual objects sprout out of a severed head. The objects are pulled from a specific moment in time and the colours match the feelings of sunlight indoors.
Robin Colverson
Foam on river water
$129
Photography
Robin uses photography and the editing capabilities of Photoshop to enhance images in a way to ask the viewer to see the subject in a new light. In this photograph of spume on the surface of the water at Hartwell lock, the colours have been enhanced to emphasize the strength of the patterns created by the foam.
Robin Colverson,
Electric Dandelion
$129
Photography
Robin strives to find patterns and abstractions in the commonlace. In this piece a dandelion seed ball was photographed using a macro lens. The image was then isolated, enhanced, and a spherical filter applied. The resulting image conjures a global network of connected neural synapses.
Danielle Beaulieu
Flowing Creek
$390
Watercolour
Danielle Beaulieu is an award winning self-taught watercolour artist that has exhibited in Canada and the United States. She likes to depict unique aspects of Canada’s rivers, streams and lakes, which are impacted by climate change. As climate change creeps up on us, we tend to forget what the reference points are and tend to adjust to the new normal.
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Carol Howard Donati
leaf spray
$77.00
drypoint with chine College
Carol Howard Donati is an interdisciplinary artist of settler origins working with still and moving images, paint, print and found materials related to place. Her works have shown locally and internationally, and she holds Master’s Degrees in Anthropology (University of British Columbia) and Fine Arts (University of Ottawa).
Gabrielle Madore,
Where your roots are
$257
Soft pastel and pencil crayon on paper
Madore created this work to highlight the majesty of the root system of a plant people generally disregard-- the dandelion. The artist represents the robustness of this dandelion by using its roots and stems to reach out to the edge of the page, grounding the dandelion in the composition. By focusing on the roots she seeks to draw out her subject's individuality. Every plant roots itself differently and the shape of those roots mark their unique history. So long as a dandelion has its roots, it can
regrow season after season.
regrow season after season.
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Elizabeth Twiss
Tulips for Jo
$180
Oil
Elizabeth Twiss (Howells Humm) is an Ottawa-based visual artist who has always been delighted by shape, visual rhymes and the effects of light. She works mainly in oils and watercolours, having earned a Certificate in Fine Arts from St Lawrence College in 2014. Since then, she has ventured on an independent learning journey at her easel in the old Stick Cooperative Studio. She is a longtime member of Arteast. The piece “Tulips for Jo” was created to commemorate the sense of joy and hope generated by an exuberantly-coloured bouquet during a bleak winter.
Robin Dziekan
Hold Tight
$87
Robin is an artist who enjoys exploring new mediums and recently got into digital art. This piece embodies spring with its florals and vibrant colours.
You can see more of her work on Instagram @robin.originals.
You can see more of her work on Instagram @robin.originals.
Aneela Rahman
Serenity
Acrylic on canvas
Spring is a time of renewal. The weather is change, days are longer, and warmer. It is also a reflective time for many. This piece reflects that moment of reflection in a serene place. The artist hopes to inspire the viewer to take a moment and reflect on their day during this season of renewal.
Robin Dziekan
Never let go
$87
Robin is an artist who enjoys exploring new mediums and recently got into digital art. This piece embodies spring with its florals and vibrant colours.
You can see more of her work on Instagram @robin.originals.
You can see more of her work on Instagram @robin.originals.
SOLD
Brianna Nykilchyk
page 32 A/P
$51
inkjet print (cyanotype reproduction)
Brianna Nykilchyk is a queer interdisciplinary artist, born in Ottawa, Ontario, working with textiles/fibre arts, sculpture and photographic processes. Nykilchyk is currently in the diploma program at The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). They’re interested in combining traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology, resulting in a unique juxtaposition of techniques and visuals. Nykilchyk focuses on sharing perspective on queer experiences as well as global impacts of climat change and the environment. This collection of prints are all misprints/artist proofs with minor imperfections, all reproductions of cyanotype plant photogram prints.
Brianna Nykilchyk
page 15 A/P
$51
inkjet print (cyanotype reproduction)
Brianna Nykilchyk is a queer interdisciplinary artist, born in Ottawa, Ontario, working with textiles/fibre arts, sculpture and photographic processes. Nykilchyk is currently in the diploma program at The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). They’re interested in combining traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology, resulting in a unique juxtaposition of techniques and visuals. Nykilchyk focuses on sharing perspective on queer experiences as well as global impacts of climat change and the environment. This collection of prints are all misprints/artist proofs with minor imperfections, all reproductions of cyanotype plant photogram prints.
Brianna Nykilchyk
page 21 A/P
$51
inkjet print (cyanotype reproduction)
Brianna Nykilchyk is a queer interdisciplinary artist, born in Ottawa, Ontario, working with textiles/fibre arts, sculpture and photographic processes. Nykilchyk is currently in the diploma program at The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). They’re interested in combining traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology, resulting in a unique juxtaposition of techniques and visuals. Nykilchyk focuses on sharing perspective on queer experiences as well as global impacts of climat change and the environment. This collection of prints are all misprints/artist proofs with minor imperfections, all reproductions of cyanotype plant photogram prints.
SOLD
Brianna Nykilchyk
page 35 A/P
$51
inkjet print (cyanotype reproduction)
Brianna Nykilchyk is a queer interdisciplinary artist, born in Ottawa, Ontario, working with textiles/fibre arts, sculpture and photographic processes. Nykilchyk is currently in the diploma program at The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). They’re interested in combining traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology, resulting in a unique juxtaposition of techniques and visuals. Nykilchyk focuses on sharing perspective on queer experiences as well as global impacts of climat change and the environment. This collection of prints are all misprints/artist proofs with minor imperfections, all reproductions of cyanotype plant photogram prints.
ANEW
Presented by The Niche Ottawa Gallery, Anew explores the inflorescence, verdure, and growing of coming Spring!
Circulating Exhibition May - June 2022
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