Celebrating Manitoba Artists – with Fairmont Winnipeg
Pulse Gallery is partnering with Fairmont Winnipeg to showcase the exceptional talent of Manitoba artists. Current work available for sale in the hotel lobby and the Gold Lounge has been created by local artists Cindy Dyson, Dawn Schmidt, Eric Ouimet, Kathleen Black, and Weldon Neufeld.
Artists
Cindy Dyson
Cindy Dyson is an award-winning Canadian artist born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. With a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba, Cindy's richly textured acrylic works chronicle the beauty and fleeting moments of the everyday urban experience. Through the use of brushes, palette knives, found objects and her own fingers, Cindy's acrylic works evoke mood, movement, and a restless energy. She has further expanded her exploration of texture into the fabric and textile mediums. Heavily textured paint evolves into soft fabric, rich with stitching. Whether it's the tactile nature of her bold swathes of paint or the more personal, intimate quality of her fabric quilts, the work beckons the viewer in to touch.
Cindy's work is found in private, corporate and public collections, including the Manitoba Provincial Archives collection. Cindy resides in Oakbank, Manitoba with her husband Bill and dog Albert.
City Hall
Acrylic, 42" x 48"
$3145
Portage Avenue
Acrylic, 42" x 48"
$3145
St. Norbert Farmer's Market
Acrylic, 42" x 60"
$4055
Dawn Schmidt
Growing up in southern Manitoba, Dawn was drawn to the arts from an early age, always drawing, painting and making music. Under the influence of her grandmother, a talented landscape painter, Dawn began to develop as an artist. Building on her talent through courses and involvement with the local arts council, Dawn has matured as an artist and works primarily in the medium of acrylics. Dawn's work brings a bold and vibrant colour palette to her lively studies of our city's historic streetscapes and province’s natural beauty. Key characteristics of her work include an intensity of colour and the ability to capture the light and many reflections of the prairie sky.
Dawn has painted live on stage with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, she has received commissions from many local organizations and her work hangs in private collections across North America.
Historic Exchange
Acrylic, 40" x 16"
$650
Iconic Skyline
Acrylic, 40" x 16"
$650
Star Power
Acrylic, 40" x 16"
$650
Waiting for Spring
Acrylic, 40" x 16"
$650
Eric Ouimet
Eric Ouimet was raised on a farm near the small community of Ste-Agathe in southern Manitoba. It's no wonder the open sky and small-town imagery is often reflected in his work. Eric graduated from l'Universite de Saint-Boniface in Communications and Multimedia (2001) and has since worked in television as an award-winning motion graphics designer. He has created logos/branding for a number of western Canadian companies.
Screen printing is a natural fit for the graphic artist, allowing him to combine his love of design with a hands-on approach. Eric provides a modernist twist to what's familiar and relatable in Manitoba's urban and rural landscapes -- infusing hand pulled, original prints with his signature clean lines, bold colour and exceptional eye for good design. Eric's most recent work includes a collection of large scale one of a kind screen prints and paint on birch wood panels. Living on an acreage just outside the city of Winnipeg with his husband and their dog Pretzel, Eric's home studio is surrounded by the very things that inspire his work. Eric's limited edition silkscreen prints can be found in private collections worldwide.
Birks on Portage
Acrylic, 48" x 24" framed
$4200
Classy Since 1954
limited edition screen print, 36" x 24" framed
$510
Happy Campers
Limited Edition Screen Print, 24" x 36" framed
$510
Lombard Avenue
Acrylic, 60" x 40" framed
$6000
Poolside Accessories
Acrylic, 30" x 48" framed
$4500
Portage and Garry
Acrylic, 48" x 48" framed
$5600
Summer Treat
limited edition screen print, 24" x 36" framed
$610
The Arts Building
Acrylic, 60" x 40" framed
$6000
The View
Acrylic, 60" x 40" framed
$6000
You Don't Say!
limited edition screen print, 24" x 36" framed
$610
Kathleen Black
Kathleen is an award-winning Winnipeg-based artist. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba and further studies completed at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Kathleen works in a diverse cross-section of mediums including acrylic, graphite, oil, encaustic, glass sculpture and pate de verre. Most recently she has combined original drawings on Canadian archival cartography, exploring her love of nature and its interactions with the changing environment. This new exploration has garnered her recognition from the Manitoba Sketch Club and the Manitoba Society of Artists. Kathleen has also merged her worlds of art and medicine through her work with Artists in Healthcare. As a former chemotherapy nurse she has facilitated Art Next to the Big Blue Chair, engaging cancer patients in the art-making process.
Anker Creek - Grizzly Bear
Hand Sewn Fibre on Archived Cartography (Please enquire to view more maps), 31" x 24.5" framed
$495
Weldon Neufeld
Weldon Neufeld combines the love of design with a desire to re-purpose materials that would have otherwise been burned or discarded, turning them into works that are functional, beautiful and made to be cherished.
Turned on a wood lathe, each piece is carefully shaped to expose unique markings and anomalies. Weldon sees these unique characteristics as symbols of the human condition, reminding us that we all bear the scars of life. Not defects, but things that make each of us who we are.
Weldon also uses yakisugi (Japanese wood charring) and acrylic glazing techniques to further enhance the wood grain and overall dynamic of each piece.
Blue ash vase
Wood and Acrylic
$185
Russian olive slice with Tyndall stone
Wood and Stone
$175
Tall charred cedar vase
Wood
$235
Vases
Wood
$65 - Diamond Willow vase / $135 - Natural Russian olive vase / $95 - Natural oak vase