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, Leslie Franklin, Weldon Neufeld, Ann Rallison, Dawn Schmidt, and Mohan Tenuwara.
Artists
Ann Rallison
Local printmaker Ann Rallison uses experimental print techniques to create whimsical and richly textured etchings and collagraph prints. Her unique methods, including different metals for etching, hand-cut stencils for screen printing and dry point on plexiglass, deliver an innovative take and unique perspective on the Manitoba landscape.
Born and educated in England, Ann obtained her first degree from the University of Liverpool and subsequent degrees from the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. Ann has been an active member of the Manitoba Printmakers Association Inc. for many years as an instructor, studio renter and member of the board. She has tried many forms of printmaking and continues to enjoy learning, as well as teaching.
Blowing in the Wind (Artist Proof)
Limited Edition Print, 25" x 19" framed
$450
Blowing in the Wind (Varied Edition 9/10)
Limited Edition Print, 25" x 17" framed
$450
Contemplating the Sky (Varied Edition 3/5)
Limited Edition Print, 32" x 18" framed
$495
King of the Arctic (Varied Edition 1/15)
Limited Edition Print, 35" x 23" framed
$595
The Winter Watcher (Varied Edition 1/5)
Limited Edition Print, 29" x 23" framed
$595
Wanderings (Varied Edition 2/5)
Limited Edition Print, 25" x 22" framed
$595
Winter Crescent
Monotype Print, 18" x 25" framed
$400
Winter's Golden Hour (Varied Edition 3/10)
Limited Edition Print, 18" x 25" framed
$400
Winter’s Golden Hour (Varied Edition 1/10)
Limited Edition Print, 18" x 25" framed
$400
Winter’s Golden Hour (Varied Edition 2/10)
Limited Edition Print, 18" x 25" framed
$400
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
Crossover Hour
Acrylic, 40" x 60"
$3850
Portage Avenue
Acrylic, 42" x 48"
$3145
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
Leslie Franklin
Leslie Franklin is an award-winning Manitoba artist whose vivid use of colour and loose, flowing style produces expressive, unconventional results. Working primarily in the mediums of alcohol ink and watercolour, her unique style combines elements of realism with free-flowing, non-traditional and vibrant colour, rendering unique interpretations of seemingly conventional subjects.
A focus in Leslie's work is the exploration of human and animal interactions with their environment. This love for animals and nature was evident early on and, coupled with natural talent, garnered Leslie several art awards through province-wide school competitions. It also led her to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree, while subsequently growing her artistic talents through seminars and workshops with renowned watercolour artists. Her science background underpins her experimentation with interactions and combinations of mixed mediums. It is perhaps this scientific knowledge, combined with her mastery of working in this challenging medium, that place her alcohol ink paintings in a league of their own.
Leslie is a select member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Manitoba Society of Artists, Northern Plains Watercolour Society and Assiniboia Group of Artists Collective. She has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions across Canada and the United States.
Bearscape
Alcohol Ink , 50" x 42" framed
$3600 - sold
Bison Grove
Alcohol Ink , 50" x 42" framed
$3600 - sold
Early Harvesters
Alcohol Ink, 50" x 38" framed
$3200
Nature Within
Alcohol Ink , 50" x 42" framed
$3600
Once in a Blue Moose
Alcohol Ink , 38" x 50" framed
$3200
Mohan Tenuwara
Mohan Tenuwara is Winnipeg-based artist working primarily in oil and acrylics. As an artist, musician and practicing architect, Mohan's creativity has many outlets. His paintings reflect his love of architecture and he draws parallels in his depictions of prairie sky, horizon lines, fields and water. Capturing light and celebrating it through texture is at the forefront of his work. Mohan's scenes of rural Manitoba reflect a stark yet beautiful reality, often warmed by an infusion of light. He sees his role as part of a storytelling tradition. He supplies a setting, sometimes adding characters, and hopes viewers will use their own experiences to complete the story.
Born and raised in the coastal town of Galle in Southern Sri Lanka, Mohan moved to Canada in 2005. Mohan lives with his wife and two sons in Winnipeg.
My Manitoba, Where the Sun Resides
Acrylic, 48" x 60"
$6000
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