T (r)opical from Thailand
Back Lane Studios, 9 Neepawa Ave. Toronto
(half block east off Roncesvalles just south of Revue Cinema)
Sept 14/15 noon to evening hours for the Roncesvalles Polish Street Festival; weekends Sept 21/22 and Sept 28/29 noon to 5 pm
Contact Jennifer at hedlong18@gmail.com
Bringing to an art practice aspects of my life and thinking in my corner of the world, I have looked to culture, people, the poverty of neglect, sorrows and the places and times of solace. My painting is also about form, the play and study of colour, composition, materials, working with the moods of abstraction primarily. But I will also use realism for narrative and people. Recent watercolours have been about colour, light, and gesture through landscape study. Sculpture has refered to the organic, usually animals, birds, as seen through abstraction. I’ve been lucky to engage with artmaking, with work shared with all who can find it, for those who go to the galleries, festivals and tours I’ve shown in, for family and neighbours, and for those who find my efforts online here.
Exhibitions: In Toronto (upcoming) Back Lane Studios Sept 2024, LVAC Gallery 2023, Riverdale ArtWalk 2022, Rebecca Gallery 2019, Back Lane Studios 2018; in Guelph, Necessary Arts Company 2016, The Art Bar 2017, Art on the Street 2017; in Toronto, Neilson Park Creative Centre 2014, Distillery District ArtFest 2006, Bloor West Village studio tour 1999-2005; in Ganges, BC, Salt Spring Artist Alliance, Mahon Hall guild exhibitions (two juror choice awards)1997/1998; in Toronto, Rebecca Gallery 1996, Newman Gallery 1995, Music Gallery 1995, John B. Aird Gallery/The Ontario Society of Artists - OSA annual exhibition (juror choice award) 1995; York University: Samuel J. Zacks, Arthur Haberman, IDA(honourable mention)1993-1994.
Studies: BFA Visual Arts, York University 1991-1994; Ontario College of Art (now OCADU) and Toronto School of Art courses 1989-1991; Goldsmith College courses, London 1979. University of Toronto Honours BA cum laude 1980; U of T English literature MA courses 1980-1981; George Brown College General Carpentry 1982. Plus work in renovations contracting, book publishing, and post-secondary teaching.
WORK AVAILABLE
Green Crescent 30x24 in. oil on birch panel 2021/24
Let’s Compare 27x22 in. oil on canvas 2023
Echo 40x30 in. oil on birch panel 2023
Dying Light 26x24 in. oil on birch panel 2020
Moon Shadow 28x22 in. oil on canvas 2023
Orange Tarp Camp 24x30 in. oil on canvas 2023
Forest Opening 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2023
By the Lake 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
Chalk Horse 18x24 in. oil on canvas 2019
The Rio Grande 20x20 in. oil painting 2022
Recruited 9x9 in. oil on canvas 2022
Into Dark 9x9 in. oil on canvas 2022
Punk Dance (Michael Clark) 18x14 in. oil on canvas 2023
Watercolours, Views of Northern Thailand, 2024
Mountain Village Near Chiang Mia 8x8 in. watercolour 2024
A Thailand Range 12x16 in. watercolour 2024
Northern Thailand 8.5x12 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Hot Springs 1 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Hot Springs 2 12x9 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Hot Springs 3 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Rooftops 1 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Rooftops 2 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Pai Hotel View 8x10 in. watercolour 2024
Mountainside Garden, Pai 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Across the Valley, Pai 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
Thailand Mountain Garden 8.5x11.5 in. watercolour/ink 2024
Phrae, Thailand Wat 7.5x9.5 in. watercolour/ink 2024
Chiang Mai Wat 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
View from Kalm Village Crafts Center, Chiang Mai 5x7 in. watercolour 2024
Watercolours, Ontario scenes
Prince Edward County 9x12 in. watercolour 2024
North Bay Hotel Pool 7.5x10 in. watercolour 2024
Portrait of a Pomeranian Cairn Terrier 7x5 in. watercolour 2024
Archer 11x7 in. watercolour 2024
Calla Lilies 1 16x12 in. watercolour 2024
Calla Lilies 2 16x12 in. watercolour 2024
Birdhouse 16x12 in. watercolour 2024
Golden 14x11 in. oil on canvas 2023
Pink Ribbon 10x10 in. oil on panel 2023
Greg Reading 14x11 in. oil on canvas 2018
With Tulips 24x18 in. oil on canvas 2020 nfs
Greg 14x11 in. oil on canvas 2020
Studio Portrait 14x11 in. oil on canvas 2020
Son of the Sea 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
Morning Star 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
The Tenor 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
Noble Spirit 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
Venus 20x16 in. oil on canvas 2022
Sculpture
Bundle 13x6x6 in./26 in. fabric, sequins, pom poms 2024
Owl basswood 2023
Rabbit basswood 2023
Owl and Mouse basswood 2013
SOLD OR GIFTED, SELECTED
Green Fusion oil on canvas sold
To Destroy oil on canvas sold
Greeting oil on canvas sold
8th Street Skatepark oil on canvas gifted
The Lyre of Megiddo oil on canvas sold
Rosewood oil on canvas sold
The Man Who Sat Down oil on canvas sold
White Room oil on canvas gifted
Pink oil on canvas sold
Big Wave Rising acrylic/oil on canvas sold
Adventure 1 oil on canvas sold
Adventure 2 oil on canvas sold
Peace oil on canvas gifted
Twilight 1 oil on canvas gifted
Twilight 2 oil on canvas gifted
Cycle oil on canvas sold
Gathering oil on canvas gifted
Study in Red oil on canvas gifted
Thunderstorm, July 13 oil on canvas gifted
Shade Garden oil on canvas sold
Lake at Night oil on canvas gifted
Crashing Wave oil on canvas gifted
Fountain oil on canvas gifted
Tulips oil on canvas gifted
Green Lattice oil on canvas sold
Hatched oil on canvas sold
Andalusian Dance oil on canvas sold
Pearl River oil on canvas sold
City Lights oil on canvas sold