Studio Notes and News

December 2011

Happiness for everyone  during this holiday season!

 

Mike and Judy at Taharti Lake Ranch  2011~12

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Please click here for information about the latest exhibit

"Something Old , Something NEW"

at the Groop Gallery, Prince George, B.C.

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 November 2011

The BREEZE Gold & Gallery : Quesnel, B.C.

Autumn artists' gathering  October 29, 2011

Stan Krumm, Judith , Suzanne Wright

The Gallery is brimming with great art: and, as always, it is creatively displayed amid the other eclectic Breeze merchandise. The Saturday evening gathering and the participants were even more rewarding than the scrumpscious Halloween cupcakes JI am grateful for the extent and quality of the support for local artists at the Breeze.

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Two Rivers Gallery: Prince George, B.C.

       "More than the View"   

                                                      October 21, 2011 to January 1, 2012

work from the Permanent Collection

                                                                          

Judith with Geography X

 

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July 2011

 

There is an exciting exhibit at the Penticton Art Gallery

"Ebb and Flow" July 15 - September 11, 2011

Contributing artists: Brent Bukowski, Judith DesBrisay, Destanne Norris

Click here for more information

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Judith with selected works at Ebb & Flow

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Polarity, or action and reaction: we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and in light; in heat and in cold; in the ebb and flow of water; in male and female; in the equation of quantity and quality…in the systole and diastole of heart….

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

 

 

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 Judith will participate in a Summer art auction at Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC

RIPE
10 Fruitful Years of the Artists' Project

Click here to view images and reach the auction site

Proceeds from this auction will go to the Island Mountain Arts Scholarship Endowment Fund

for the Toni Onley Artists' Project.

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Judith also donated work to the Penticton Art Gallery   annual fundraising auction.

 

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  June 2011

 Please  visit the newest exhibit at the Groop Gallery 

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May  2011

 

Live Art Auction May 14th @ 7:30pm

This will be an evening of wonderful art, hors d'oeuvres & excitement. Bid on original works of art by professional artists from across Canada at a live auction. Click here to see works for the auction.

View Judith's work: geography 6 with other works at the Two Rivers Gallery : Rustad galleria

 

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 April  2011

 Two Rivers Gallery upcoming exhibits and preview of the annual art auction

 

Artists across the province working in any media were invited to submit work to be juried into this exhibition which will explore the theme "Us". As a collection of individuals we make up our families, our neighbourhoods, communities, towns and state, sometimes blending in easily to those around us, sometimes sticking out because of our differences. Homogenous or disparate, what makes us who we are? This exhibition offers a range of perspectives through recent work by artists from across British Columbia. Judith's work "Embody" was juried into this regional exhibit.

View "Embody" in the New Works gallery.

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View Judith's  installation, Sacar a Luz  , in the Mixed Media gallery

The exhibit continues in Prince George, BC at the Groop Gallery

and at Artspace

 

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March 24, 2011

"NAUTILUS"  by Sylvia Regehr Graham 

mixed media, 10 x 14 inches.  Gift of the artist:  not for sale

 

Sylvia, whose recent death leaves us filled with  regret  and fond  memories , enriched the lives of countless people.           Dear artist, teacher, friend:  you will be  missed immensely.    

                          

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January 2011

"Happy New Year"

from our Taharti home nestled at wintery meadow's edge.

 

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December 2010

Merriness all-ways!! and best wishes for the New Year.

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The GROOP GALLERY

presents a seasonal exhibit: "ICE"

 Opening reception Friday, December 10, 2010

for details please see: www.groopgallery.com

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November 2010

Polar Perspectives:opening reception, October 15, 2010

       The exhibit continues at the Groop Gallery until December 01, 2010.  www.groopgallery.com

 

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October 2010

          Judith is the featured artist at the  Groop Gallery in Prince George this Autumn.   

         The gallery will  exhibit selected works from Judith's  Polar Perspectives series  throughout October and November.

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Taharti Autumn gold shimmers as the Quesnel Breeze  Gold & Gallery  ushers in a new collection of diverse fine art and jewellery for patrons.

 

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September 2010

Prince George's Groop Gallery presents

their latest exhibit: Rust and Found

 

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August 2010

This summer marks the tenth anniversary of Two Rivers Gallery and we celebrate with our "alumni" exhibition, 10x10x10.  Over 45 artists, who have exhibited in main gallery solo or small group shows over our first ten years, have contributed to the occasion. Each artist has responded to the challenge to create a 10"x10" work of art. The resulting artworks serve as reminders of past exhibitions and as a way of checking in on old friends.

Jeanne's dream      10 x 10        Judith DesBrisay

 

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June 2010

Judith with groop gallery owner-artist, Melanie Desjardines.

Judith's new "Seedpod" works can be viewed at the Prince George groop gallery.

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            May 2010             

Judith joins local artists  at  the Quesnel, B.C. art  workshop 

 

by Edward  Epp :    http://www3.telus.net/eepp/index.htm

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Melanie Desjardines will open a new commercial art gallery in downtown Prince George, B.C.

 As a member of this eclectic group of artists I wish to thank Melanie for the opportunity to  participate    in  the Groop Gallery opening  May 1, 2010.

 

 

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 April 2010

 

http://www.earthday.ca/pub/index.php

More than 6 million Canadians join 1 billion people in over 170 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in  an  Earth Day activity. Judith is participating in two group art exhibits to note Earth Day   (see below).

             In Quesnel, a group show presents  works of varied artistic interpretation in response to the theme:  Our Environment: Our Future

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Another diverse artistic group invites you to join them

at  their annual exhibit

about environmental concerns.

 

ConsuMEd can be seen during April 2010 

 at ARTSPACE

1685 Third Avenue, Prince George, B.C.

 

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February 2010

Taharti artist admires  winter's beauty while conjuring memories  

for her Polar Perspectives series.

Watch for participation in 2010 group exhibits at Prince George, B.C.

 

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December 2009

Frosty greetings from the Cariboo for all!

May your New Year  be merry and bright!!

 

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November  2009

The Breeze: Gold and Gallery, Quesnel, B.C. exhibits a selection of Judith's art works, along with those of diverse local artists.    Suzanne Wright, Breeze co-owner, joins Judith with  some of the artist's Geographies series, which are currently exhibited at the Breeze.

 

 

 

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 October 2009

 This Autumn look for new works at Kelowna's Hambleton Galleries   www.hambletongalleries.com

 

 

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August  2009

         Island Mountain Arts  at Wells, B.C. offers many delights: www.imarts.com

In July I joined a group of eager participants for Susan Madsen's "Painting with Oils" course.

 

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 July 17, 2009

 Legacy Artists helping Artists

 

 

"Escalera"    acrylic on panel   44 x 66 cm    Judith DesBrisay

The show features works donated to IMA for an auction to raise funds for the IMA  endowment     scholarship fund.  Works will be auctioned online through  Doug Levis Fine Art auctions in Calgary:          www.levisauctions.com

The exhibition runs July 17 - August 9, 2009.

 

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June 11 -13, 2009

 Bridges: An Arts & Culture Festival in Our City 

The festival  took  place at the University of Northern British Columbia. There were displays and performances of original work by Prince George visual artists, writers, and musicians; academic presentations, panel discussions on the cultural economy of small cities and the culture of small cities, with a focus on Prince George; and workshops for both artists and community organizers.  Local artists and arts organizations were in the spotlight as they shared audiences, networked, and built new partnerships with one another. 

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March 2009

 Celebrate World Water Day at the opening of

UNDERCURRENTS: Turbulence Beneath the Surface    Images and Comments on the State of our Waters.  Everyone is invited to the opening celebration at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Artspace, Prince George, B.C.

At this free event: meet the artists, enjoy some refreshments, discuss the issues, watch the film F.L.O.W., For the Love of Water, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. following the opening. 

 UNDERCURRENTS  runs until April 30, 2009.

 

 

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February   2009

                        Please enjoy the "New Works" in the recently added  gallery. Happy New Year!

 

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 December 24, 2008

Best wishes for everyone, now and always.

from our wilderness haven, Taharti.

 

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October 30, 2008

Explore Judith's work at Kelowna's Hambleton Galleries.

www.hambletongalleries.com

Selections from her 'Polar Perspectives' series can be viewed  alongside the diverse works of other gallery artists.

                

"Absence"   oil on canvas   36 x 36 in           (diptych)       "Presence"   oil on canvas    36 x 36 in

 

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Autumn 2008

NEW WORK

 

  "Fissure"       acrylic on canvas          40 x 30 inches      

Geographies continue to evolve.....

 

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August 26, 2008.

We have intermittently visited the Stikine River area in northern British Columbia  since 1980. How we love its diverse offerings of person and place! What changes we witness:  there and elsewhere.

Judith @ the Stikine River , Telegraph Creek, B.C.           2008

 

Stikine River           sticks 'n stones       2008

 

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August 15, 2008.

The artist's talk was well attended and well received. The exhibit has been dismantled. My sketch book is burgeoning with new images for future works. I'll gather more images and ideas as we re-visit northern B.C.  Watch this space for further postings.  Happy Summer!

 

ARTIST'S TALK  

 

The Two Rivers Gallery 

presents....

Elizabeth Miller: Landscapes of a Lifetime.

Opening Reception August 7th, 2008

Rustad Galleria at 7:00 pm

A Night of music, conversation and cakes with

 Judith DesBrisay having an Artist's Talk at 7:30.

This will be one of the last opportunities to see

Judith DesBrisay's Geographies before it closes! 

We hope to see you there.

 

TWO RIVERS GALLERY

725 Civic Plaza

Prince George, B.C.

V2L 5T1

telephone:  (250) 614-7800

toll free: 1-888-221-1155

 

  

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 Judith DesBrisay exhibited at Two Rivers Gallery 2008

 

       

                 

 

 “Geographies”

 

Judith DesBrisay explores the interplay of person and place in her recent acrylic paintings. The series “Geographies” reflects observations made while travelling and speaks to her experiences while living within a wilderness setting outside of Quesnel, B.C. The Two Rivers Gallery will also exhibit "Constellations" a selection of innovative works by Montréal’s Jérôme Fortin who transforms recycled materials in much of his meditative artwork.

 

Exhibit: May 23 to August 10, 2008 

 

   Reception:     May 22    7:30 PM

  Artist’s Talk:    August 7   7:30 PM