Shoreline Project
Artist: Ruth Barrett
Title: Houses on the Attersee, after Gustav Klimt, with permission, 2004
Medium: pure wool fabric strips, traditional rug hooking / Dimension: 18” x 2
Statement: “The flow of the painting by Klimt appealed. Also, it was so different from his other pieces, Woman in Gold and The Kiss.”
Artist: Gail Bukata
Title: Emperor’s Garden
Artist: Mary Burdick Bowie
Title: Rainbow Trout,
Artist: Joan Harris
Title: The Barn on Highway Six, 2010
Medium: Wool / Dimension: 24” x 36”
Statement: “This work was included in the Simcoe County Museum 2011 exhibition ‘The Barn Raising Project’, a show of forty rugs that travelled across Canada, celebrating the beauty of rural Canada. From the exhibition catalogue: The barn on highway six has been a local landmark for over a hundred years. The fields are now planted by the Bogle family. The sunflowers are a spectacular sight as cars line up along the highway for photos and the joy of walking among the blooms. Our family has purchased sunflower seeds for about fifty years from the Bogles to feed our large assortment of winter birds. When the Barn Project came around, of course I knew what I would do: the lovely old barn. The Bogles were very helpful and allowed me to walk among the sunflowers breathing in the scent. We take guests up to see the spectacular display. What a joy to behold!”
Artist: Marjorie Hewitson
Title: Hopeful Tree, 2009
Medium: Wool material cut in strips / Dimension: 55” x 82”
Statement: “I wanted to introduce my love of flowers and gardens, with my love of colour and came up with Hopeful Tree.”
Artist: Beth MacCara
Title: Art Nouveau,
Artist: Lisa Meecham
Title: Joe Izzard Playing the Fiddle (c1900), 2018
Medium: 100% new wool on linen, 20” x 28” / Dimension: 20” x 28”
Statement: “Drawn to the utilitarian craft of rug hooking, with every loop pulled contributing to the story-telling narrative of the Canadian experience - I am alternatingly playful and challenging with my artistic works. It is my intention to cultivate the medium of rug hooking into sparking tough conversations while nurturing the indefatigable spirit of its subjects and producers.”
Title: Hay Wagon and Cove, by Maude Lewis, rendered in Rug Hooking, 2015 Hay Wagon
Medium: hand dyed, upcycled wool with vintage embellishments, Dimension: 20”x22”
Statement: “The paintings of Maude Lewis translate beautifully into the medium of rug Hooking. The bright colours, naive style and whimsy made hooking this piece a joy.”
Artist: Brenda Waugh Malstrom
Title: North Bedeque School Christmas Concert, 2014
Medium: wool on linen / Dimension: 30” x 22”
Statement: “I went to this school house in grade 4 to 6. The two people on the left my grandmother and me on our way to the Xmas concert where I sang a duet and acted in the Xmas play. It was a wonderful evening.”
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