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, Leslie Franklin, Marim Daien Zipursky, and Mohan Tenuwara.

Fairmont Winnipeg

Artists

  • Cindy Dyson
  • Dawn Schmidt
  • Leslie Franklin
  • Marim Daien Zipursky
  • Mohan Tenuwara
Cindy Dyson

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.

Dawn Schmidt

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.

Leslie Franklin

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.

Marim Daien Zipursky

Marim Daien Zipursky

Current ceramic pieces on display in the Gold Lounge are the work of local artist Marim Daien Zipursky. Marim uses the ancient process of smoke firing in her exquisite sculptural creations. Instead of traditional glazes, Marim incorporates organic materials, such as rose petals, straw and seaweed, as well as copper wire, steel wool, oxides and salt to create subtle patterns and colour.

During firing, many variables can impact the final creation – the way the bin is loaded, the temperature of the firing, the additives to the sawdust and even the weather. When fully cooled, the work is removed from the ashes, cleaned and sealed. No two pieces are the same – each piece is a unique surprise.

Mohan Tenuwara

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.

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