The RBC Canadian Painting Competition 2003

2003

Western Canada

Chris Dorosz
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Screen 2, 2003
48 x 72
Industrial staples, sparkles, acrylic/gel medium on canvas

Chris uses paint as a metaphor to the physical world pushing towards virtual reality. On canvas, he mimics a screen monitor through the grid work of industrial staples and various paint mediums. Screen 2 depicts the idea of slowing down the quickness of monitor imagery.

Jurors:

• Bob Boyer artist; department head, Indian Fine Arts,
  First Nations University of Canada
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Wanda Koop artist
  Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Paul Kuhn director, Paul Kuhn Gallery
  Calgary, Alberta

Eastern Canada

Peter Dykhuis
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Radar Paintings/Series 3, 2003
48 x 48
Encaustic, enamel on 12 panels

Radar Paintings/Series 3 is developed from several images of precipitation patterns recorded at a weather station located in Halifax. The satellite point of view maps out territory and weather patterns and becomes the subject matter that encapsulates how landscape can be represented in a digitally constructed, connected, and scrutinized world.

Jurors:

• Jocelyne Aumont owner and director, Galerie Trois Points
  Montreal, Quebec
• Ingrid Jenkner curator, Mount St. Vincent Gallery
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Jeffery Spalding director and chief curator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
  Halifax, Nova Scotia

Central Canada

Chris Rogers
Toronto, Ontario
Untitled, 2002
60 x 72
Oil on canvas

Chris explores light and psychedelia generated from natural and artificial sources. He uses found and original photographs as a source for large abstraction that may also appear representational.

Jurors:

• Robin Metcalfe curator, Museum London
  London, Ontario
• Sarah Milroy visual arts critic, the Globe and Mail
  Toronto, Ontario
• Kim Moodie artist and instructor, University of Western Ontario
  London, Ontario
• Joanne Tod artist
  Toronto, Ontario

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