tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67289983408093168942024-03-14T02:33:50.189-07:00Lotus in Motion, the watercolour projectInternational artist Gordon Halloran creates floating paintings in the shape of a lotus leaf, inspired by Claude Monet's water lily paintings, calving arctic icebergs and the flora and fauna of nature.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-67604868110649374062013-03-26T18:42:00.001-07:002013-03-26T18:45:34.040-07:00LOTUS in Palm Desert @ Lis & Dolores'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-80932299117165577822012-07-12T12:51:00.000-07:002012-08-23T12:36:23.371-07:00Paddy Wales Commission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0hVEbNbhtE/UDaB20oXA0I/AAAAAAAAGlI/27641nre7yI/s1600/2%2Blotus%2Bon%2Bboat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0hVEbNbhtE/UDaB20oXA0I/AAAAAAAAGlI/27641nre7yI/s400/2%2Blotus%2Bon%2Bboat.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mwh9FlqIWpw/T_8o2FjGQSI/AAAAAAAAGkI/aFjqrnWk1Z4/s1600/Paddy%2BWales%2Bgrass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mwh9FlqIWpw/T_8o2FjGQSI/AAAAAAAAGkI/aFjqrnWk1Z4/s320/Paddy%2BWales%2Bgrass.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roberts Creek pond. Photos by Paddy Wales.<br />
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-85055288862652142772012-07-12T12:42:00.002-07:002012-07-12T12:42:35.231-07:00Ducklings on a Lotus leaf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QCK_o4CdxSY/T_8ngEKQoKI/AAAAAAAAGjY/YkOMOwvuYDw/s1600/Ducks%2Bon%2BLOTUS%2B%25232%2Breduced.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QCK_o4CdxSY/T_8ngEKQoKI/AAAAAAAAGjY/YkOMOwvuYDw/s400/Ducks%2Bon%2BLOTUS%2B%25232%2Breduced.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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A spring day at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden. Susan Mah photos. <br />
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<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-61575037148272365282012-06-18T10:20:00.001-07:002012-06-18T10:49:24.529-07:00Opening @ Dr. Sun Yat Sen GardenVancouver's Chinatown. Saturday, June 16th. Pelting rain.<br />
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Thank you to volunteers: Rick Wang, Eugenie Leenhardt. Musicians: Tian Zhang and Joanna Wang.Photos: Caitlin Hicks & Susan Ma. <br />
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<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-46740238503117296292012-06-17T15:51:00.000-07:002012-06-18T10:49:38.055-07:00Susan Ma photographs LOTUS opening @ Sun Yat Sen Garden<br />
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It rained. But what a perfect place to be on a wet day;covered passageways kept us all dry. And indoors, tea, cookies, music. More photos with credits to come.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-63844679945769035952012-06-14T12:35:00.000-07:002012-06-17T15:30:39.419-07:00Lotus in Motion, The Color of LifeDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden Classical Chinese Garden<br />
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Opening reception: Saturday June 16th 3 - 5 PM<br />
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Lotus in Motion, The Color of Life shows at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Garden in June and July. Artist Gordon Halloran's floating painting installation was inspired by Claude Monte's impressionist water lilies, calving icebergs and overlapping organice textures of landscape flora. <br />
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Enjoy the natural movement of the round paintings as they float atop the water -- affected by currents, breeze, rain and the movement of birds and insects in the garden environment. <br />
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Resplendent with summer glory, each composition glows with layering of pattern and hue whose origins proliferate in nature. Wing and leaf, feather and petal, pond life, flora and fauna - all resonate, all blossom on the radiant surface of Lotus. <br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-60197555375782497472012-06-05T11:26:00.001-07:002012-06-05T11:26:46.494-07:00Paris, The Tuileries<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sppn2ZD_aXE/T85OvoF0HyI/AAAAAAAAGd0/-5DBFNiF-oE/s1600/Paris.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="267" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sppn2ZD_aXE/T85OvoF0HyI/AAAAAAAAGd0/-5DBFNiF-oE/s400/Paris.jpeg" /></a><br />
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As part of Jardins, Jardin, Eliane Cumet of Pastille presented <i>Lotus in Motion</i> outside the Louvre at the beginning of June. <br />
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May 31, in the the quiet of the late afternoon at the Scholar's Garden, Gord tethered lotuses and set them afloat in the jade waters of classical Chinese garden of the Ming Dynasty, downtown Vancouver. <br />
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Indoors, Susan Mah helped us install the wall paintings. Opening: June 16th 2:30 - 4:40 PM. <br />
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<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-62908164276990599972012-05-01T15:10:00.001-07:002012-05-29T12:19:16.196-07:00Roberts Creek Arts Festival * May long weekendGORDON HALLORAN studio is featured in the first inaugural Roberts Creek Arts Festival, held during the May 19 - 20. 2 days of music, art, film & food at 7 Roberts Creek venues, showcasing local and international talent.<br />
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Within the hidden forests along the beaches of the Sunshine Coast in Roberts Creek are some of Canada’s foremost contemporary artists and creators: painters, musicians, sound artists, film makers, sculptors and designers. Surrounded by nature, equipped with technology, they contribute to the global, creative,social, and material culture. <br />
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Each of the 7 beautiful venues will be filled with creativity, performances, delicious local food & drink, and engaging people throughout the weekend.<br />
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Gordon Halloran is well known to world audiences as the creator of <i>Paintings Below Zero</i>. His monumental public art installations of non representational paintings in ice have fascinated audiences in Chicago (Millennium Park 2008), at Toronto City Hall (2007), at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and other international locations. In 2006, Halloran was Canada’s official representative to the Cultural Olympiad for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, where he created an enormous installation filling a deconsecrated church at the Fortessa di Fenestrelle (www.paintingsbelowzero.blogspot.com) <br />
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Invited to be feature artist for Public Art at the Miami International Art Fair and Art Palm Beach in 2010, Halloran recently installed <i>Lotus in Motion</i>, a site-specific series of floating paintings at VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, Canada (2011) and Sun Yat Sen Gardens in Vancouver (2012).<br />
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VENUE #4<br />
For the inaugural Roberts Creek Arts Festival, at VENUE #4, art lovers can experience floating paintings in the garden pond plus a myriad of techniques and forms both abstract and representational in the many works of art at Halloran’s garden studio. <br />
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Featured on studio walls: HUNG JURY, 12 life-size portraits in mixed media surrounding the viewer as accused. Caitlin Hicks, playwright and performer will embody one of the quirky characters with a short performance. Also featured will be Jackie Allen Gye, jazz vocalist, accompanied by pianist Ken Dalgleish. Performance times: tba<br />
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Additionally, visitors can view floating paintings in the studio pond and see images from his <i>Paintings Below Zero</i> work in public art with Torino Collection. Books on his Italy installation will be for sale as well as small giclees of the floating paintings. Food, beverages and music will also be featured.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-32749957751698031812012-04-27T18:10:00.001-07:002012-05-01T14:07:22.520-07:00Meditation on Lotus: FamilyWriters' Cafe Special Edition
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: The Arts Building, Gibsons
Presented By: The Arts Building
Cost: $10 at the door (by donation)
Writer/actress Caitlin Hicks emcees this special edition of the Writers' Cafe. This is one of several events held in conjunction with the opening of artist Gordon Halloran's <i>Meditation on Lotus</i>, floating artwork inspired by nature. The theme for the evening is "Family" in its broadest sense.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-16266513513092165592012-04-02T11:47:00.046-07:002012-04-02T12:11:48.821-07:00Halloran to showcase LOTUS in Paris at Jardins, Jardin (aux Tuileries)<span style="font-style:italic;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-54nOAwrLwlE/T3n3nBIC5AI/AAAAAAAAGXM/bEq5WN8m4B8/s1600/Lotsa%2BLotus%2B%2540%2BVanDusen.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-54nOAwrLwlE/T3n3nBIC5AI/AAAAAAAAGXM/bEq5WN8m4B8/s400/Lotsa%2BLotus%2B%2540%2BVanDusen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726880650867434498" /></a> International artist Gordon Halloran, known worldwide for his public art paintings in ice (www. paintingsbelowzero.com) has been invited to create an installation of floating paintings <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion</span> at an exhibit in the Tuileries Garden in Paris. <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus en Mouvement</span></span> will be showcased in a garden pond as part of an exhibition called <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jardins, Jardin</span> between May 31st and June 3rd in Paris in the gardens around the Louvre. (www.jardinsjardin.com).<br /><br />Partnered with The Louvre and the Tuileries Garden, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jardins, Jardin</span> is a national event in the heart of Paris dedicated to outdoor design and the art of living in the garden, an exhibition of creativity and innovation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--4jRi03a3Wg/T3n4ZrZrBnI/AAAAAAAAGXk/X7b67uzoCHU/s1600/Green%2B%2540%2BVanDM%2BHalloran.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--4jRi03a3Wg/T3n4ZrZrBnI/AAAAAAAAGXk/X7b67uzoCHU/s320/Green%2B%2540%2BVanDM%2BHalloran.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726881521209116274" /></a> <br />Eliane and Michel Cumet, Landscape architects of a company called PASTILLE, have partnered with Halloran to exhibit <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lotus en Mouvement </span> </span>in one of the 20 featured gardens of the exhibition. Additionally, PASTILLE will market these individual paintings designed for personal ponds, pools and water features. Halloran will design the exhibit for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jardins, Jardin.</span><br /><br /><br />Photos by Mike Halloran, taken at exhibit of<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;"> Lotus in Motion</span></span> at VanDusen Botanical Garden, Summer 2011.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-9671877457819068122012-03-01T09:42:00.018-08:002012-04-20T13:41:40.222-07:00Yoga by the Sea to host new Lotus in Motion exhibit by Gordon Halloran<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fYZa4DZ5THg/T0_Jn2wLarI/AAAAAAAAGV4/VKCA31eLbsQ/s1600/Gentana%2BVerna%2Bturquoise%2B%2526%2Blavender.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fYZa4DZ5THg/T0_Jn2wLarI/AAAAAAAAGV4/VKCA31eLbsQ/s320/Gentana%2BVerna%2Bturquoise%2B%2526%2Blavender.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715008138706119346" /></a><br />MEDITATION ON LOTUS: FAMILY<br /><br />March 15, 2012 - Roberts Creek artist Gordon Halloran, known worldwide for his Olympic installations in ice (www. paintingsbelowzero.com) will open an exhibit of paintings called <span style="font-style:italic;">Meditation on Lotus: Family</span> as part of his Lotus in Motion work. <br /><br /> The large open studio space of Yoga by the Sea in Roberts Creek is the setting for the exhibit. These are paintings that began the artist’s exploration of Lotus, and are part of his process of creating the floating paintings that have become Lotus in Motion. <span style="font-style:italic;">Meditation on Lotus: Family</span> will include early paintings exhibited at the Miami International Art Fair, and Art Palm Beach, 2011, where the artist was invited to be the featured artist in Pubic Art. <br /><br /> The local exhibit will be made up of permanent paintings in the shape of the lily pad, bold in colour, varied in size and created from a variety of materials. Some of the lightweight paintings exhibited in Miami, which floated in the air, attached by a mere string, will be displayed at the Yoga-by-the-Sea as well as the mixed media paintings in cradled panel. All paintings share texture, brilliant colour, lacework and mystery not only with the with the artist's paintings in the water, but also his past, ephemeral work in ice. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kiks_9sogfk/T0_KE9wWaXI/AAAAAAAAGWE/PTn7CQoGgFE/s1600/Lotus%2Bin%2BMotion%2Bbluegreen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kiks_9sogfk/T0_KE9wWaXI/AAAAAAAAGWE/PTn7CQoGgFE/s320/Lotus%2Bin%2BMotion%2Bbluegreen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715008638802094450" /></a><br /> In 2011, the artist created a public art installation of floating paintings in the shape of a lotus leaf at VanDusen Botanical Garden during the summer months. <br /><br /> As part of the process for creating this artwork, the artist studied the patterns and hues of nature surrounding the lotus in the garden. His observation that every shape and pattern in nature can be found in permutations in other organic materials is expressed on the surface of each painting thorough the colors and textures of landscape flora and fauna. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJ6ebCVwwws/T5HJgvfbI0I/AAAAAAAAGX8/C0tDgKmIAIU/s1600/Ken%2Bat%2BOpening.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJ6ebCVwwws/T5HJgvfbI0I/AAAAAAAAGX8/C0tDgKmIAIU/s320/Ken%2Bat%2BOpening.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733585364960617282" /></a><br /><br /> The paintings themselves are grouped in ‘families’, distinctive by their colour and pattern. The juxtaposition of the different families of paintings creates a visual impression of the connectedness of all organic matter. With these paintings, the artist expresses this observation of linkages and shared characteristics, as well as the relationships that humans create and call ‘family’. In Chinese lore, the stalk of the lotus plant is easy to bend in two, but is very hard to break because of its many strong sinuous fibres. Thus the lotus can represent an unbreakable relationship between two lovers or the members within a family.<br /> <br />The paintings will be on display until April 30th. A special reception on Sunday, April 15th from 3 – 5 PM is planned at Yoga by the Sea, with the artist in attendance. <br /><br />To contact the artist: Caitlin Hicks 1 (604) 886-3634Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-19446681162076428882012-01-04T17:42:00.000-08:002012-01-04T17:53:01.382-08:00Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden to host LOTUS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYRVZb-Kfr0/TwUAYbXxjHI/AAAAAAAAGU8/BzSJzdFlfL4/s1600/sun-yat%2Bsen%2Bsim.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aYRVZb-Kfr0/TwUAYbXxjHI/AAAAAAAAGU8/BzSJzdFlfL4/s400/sun-yat%2Bsen%2Bsim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693957723544194162" /></a><br />Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown is the setting for the next LOTUS installation by Gordon Halloran, made up of multiple paintings in the shape of the lily pad, bold in colour and varied in size. Visitors will see the artwork as they walk the paths, touring the gardens. <br /><br />As part of the process for creating this artwork, the artist studied the patterns and hues of nature surrounding the lotus in the garden. His observation that every shape and pattern in nature can be found in permutations in other organic materials is expressed on the surface of each painting thorough the colors and textures of landscape flora and fauna. <br /><br />The paintings themselves are grouped in ‘families’, distinctive by their colour and pattern. These ‘families’ float and move together on the water in relation to each other and to the landscape. The juxtaposition of the different families of paintings creates a visual impression of the connectedness of all organic matter. <br /><br />With these water paintings, the artist expresses this observation of linkages and shared characteristics, as well as the relationships that humans create and call ‘family’. In Chinese lore, the stalk of the lotus plant is easy to bend in two, but is very hard to break because of its many strong sinuous fibres. Thus the lotus can represent an unbreakable relationship between two lovers or the members within a family.<br /><br />Additionally, the lotus is connected to Buddhism, symbolizing purity and perfection. The roots of a lotus are in the mud, the stem grows up through the water, and the scented flower blooms above the water, basking in the sunlight. This suggests the progress of the soul from the mud of materialism and suffering, through the waters of experience, and into the sunshine of enlightenment.<br /><br />To contact the artist: Caitlin Hicks (604) 886-3634Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-85919850998835371662011-10-12T16:31:00.000-07:002011-11-29T10:54:10.695-08:00LOTUS revealed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5hHQw1pBNN0/Tpd7MeTih7I/AAAAAAAAGHo/lYmW2DYjRI8/s1600/Big%2B3%2Blotus%2Breduced.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5hHQw1pBNN0/Tpd7MeTih7I/AAAAAAAAGHo/lYmW2DYjRI8/s400/Big%2B3%2Blotus%2Breduced.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663130510665353138" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EupQbPKju88/Tpd5p_yS6yI/AAAAAAAAGHE/zRXDfSd-qsM/s1600/Yellow%2B%2526%2Bblue%2BLotus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EupQbPKju88/Tpd5p_yS6yI/AAAAAAAAGHE/zRXDfSd-qsM/s400/Yellow%2B%2526%2Bblue%2BLotus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663128818845674274" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion</span> brings focus to water, the beauty of clean water and its importance as part of the natural world. With lightweight paintings that float atop translucent water, the artist has created an artwork in response to nature, in cooperation with nature's beauty. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qMQRFasdZTo/TpdxkaVh9TI/AAAAAAAAGGs/88nswjL1LQ8/s1600/Yellow%2Bpink%2Bet%2Bal%25232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qMQRFasdZTo/TpdxkaVh9TI/AAAAAAAAGGs/88nswjL1LQ8/s400/Yellow%2Bpink%2Bet%2Bal%25232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663119926800545074" /></a><br />As water holds the work, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus</span> reflects nature's shapes, forms and colors. Wing and leaf, feather and petal, all coalesce in Halloran's vibrant palette. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9T-3eguybjo/Tpd6C0OeaiI/AAAAAAAAGHQ/54iIJwZXSHo/s1600/Green%2BBIG%2BLotus%2Breduced.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 151px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9T-3eguybjo/Tpd6C0OeaiI/AAAAAAAAGHQ/54iIJwZXSHo/s400/Green%2BBIG%2BLotus%2Breduced.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663129245239372322" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"A really unique and unforgettable dialogue between man and nature, technology and emotion."</span> - Giorgetto Giugiaro, founder & chairman, Italdesign referring to the artist's monumental installation at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games (www.gordonhalloran.com)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mJMvQJNN5Lc/Tpd66XwZAVI/AAAAAAAAGHc/8bdXs7475EM/s1600/Guests%2B%2540%2BLivngstn%2BLOtus%2BMHalloran.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mJMvQJNN5Lc/Tpd66XwZAVI/AAAAAAAAGHc/8bdXs7475EM/s400/Guests%2B%2540%2BLivngstn%2BLOtus%2BMHalloran.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663130199669670226" /></a>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-84919265085037088492011-09-28T12:32:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:26:42.902-08:00LOTUS at Art Crawl<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlEwjcMf6K4/ToN23lHMxqI/AAAAAAAAGFE/YsJ7gYeSpt8/s1600/Gord%2Bwaist%2Bdeep%2B%2540%2BVanDusen%2BLOTUS.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JlEwjcMf6K4/ToN23lHMxqI/AAAAAAAAGFE/YsJ7gYeSpt8/s320/Gord%2Bwaist%2Bdeep%2B%2540%2BVanDusen%2BLOTUS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657496254134666914" /></a><br /><br />We're taking part in the Sunshine Coast's 2nd Art Crawl, October 21st-23rd. In Roberts Creek, you can see the colourful installation of Gord Halloran's LOTUS IN MOTION in the garden pond.<br /><br />Friday night from 7 PM to 9 we welcome all with beverages and socializing -- and a view of Halloran's other permanent artwork from the two Olympic Winter Games - 2006 in Turin and 2010 in Vancouver. Also featured will be a variety of retrospective work - some representational, painterly and provocative. Come meet the artist.<br /><br />The Art Crawl offers Crawlers access to 108 participating galleries and art studios, representing over 175 artists along the entire Sunshine Coast Highway from Langdale to Lund.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-17555212759014369912011-08-11T21:13:00.000-07:002011-08-11T21:25:50.889-07:00Public art - a million different responses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KMstRbrnxx8/TkSo8sAzWUI/AAAAAAAAGEE/9Er-pZlw87k/s1600/lotus%2Bprovince%2Bpressemail.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KMstRbrnxx8/TkSo8sAzWUI/AAAAAAAAGEE/9Er-pZlw87k/s400/lotus%2Bprovince%2Bpressemail.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639818393934846274" /></a>
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<br />From the article: "Public art offers a window into our present collective condition. It can be the most direct and free exchange of ideas we have.
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<br />"The artist's challenge is to deliver work to the public that engages the broadest possible audience. Work that inspires a million different responses -- all of them true." Gordon Halloran
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<br />To see this article online, go to: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/GALLERY+Gordon+Halloran+exhibits+work+Lotus+Motion/5219108/story.html
<br />Online photo: Caitlin HicksCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-10477000105748822282011-08-01T18:47:00.000-07:002014-10-27T17:39:58.923-07:00LOTUS In Motion Opens @ VanDusen Botanical Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Globe & Mail photographer Darryl Dyck took the above photo on Thursday as Halloran installed the floating paintings. Friday, as the installation opened to the public, the image was chosen as one of the most popular photographs of the day in Canada's national newspaper. <br />
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Below the artist installs in Heron Lake. <br />
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Photos below: Michael Halloran<br />
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See lotusandyou.blogspot.com for pics of the opening party</div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-25757943905865939852011-07-20T12:17:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:58:59.061-07:00Floating paintings next project for Ice Gate artist<span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion,the Watercolour Project</span><br />debuts at VanDusen Botanical Gardens<br /> <br />Sunshine Coast artist Gordon Halloran, who created the wall of ice paintings called <span style="font-style:italic;">Ice Gate </span>for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, will bring another brilliantly coloured outdoor public art installation to the City of Vancouver in July, 2011, called <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion, The Watercolour Project.</span> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EgKlo3xKu9Q/TicrSD3VeqI/AAAAAAAAF98/hc43Stz3ObY/s1600/Katherine%2Bin%2Bmy%2Bgarden.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EgKlo3xKu9Q/TicrSD3VeqI/AAAAAAAAF98/hc43Stz3ObY/s400/Katherine%2Bin%2Bmy%2Bgarden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631517448325135010" /></a><br /><br /> VanDusen Botanical Garden is the setting for this first-ever floating painting installation, by artist Gordon Halloran. Made up of lightweight works in the shape of the lily pad, bold in colour and varied in size, the work finds inspiration in Claude Monte's impressionist waterlilies, calving icebergs and overlapping organice textures of landscape flora.<br /><br /> Visitors will see the artwork as they walk the paths, touring the gardens. Livingston Lake, Heather Pond and Heron Lake will contain the floating paintings.<br /><br /> <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion </span>uses site, scale and colour to attract viewers. Like bees to bright flowers, onlookers are seduced by vibrancy, lured into collective play. Working along the trajectory of his unique, sculptural ice paintings (Paintings Below Zero), Halloran employs water as part of the artwork's physicality. His floating paintings bud from the natural world; each composition, a layering of pattern and hue whose origins proliferate in nature. Wing and leaf, feather and petal, all are employed to coalesce as Lotus. Temperate rainforest, garden forms and pond life, flora and fauna are studied within the brilliant surface of waterlily leaves. <br /><br /> <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus</span> paintings are made of simple, organic materials: watercolour paper and beeswax and are loosely labeled according to Linnaean taxonomy, a system used to identify plants. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Western culture, eastern spiritual heritage</span><br />The floating lotus paintings evoke a cultural heritage that is western and a spiritual heritage that is eastern. Informed by a view that is scientific and an artistic sensibility that marries technical mastery and innovation, the paintings offer a rare perception of the multiple layers of a seemingly singular experience.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">City of Vancouver first host to artist's unique work</span><br />Vancouver Parks Board was first host to artist's frozen paintings @ Vancouver's West End Community Center in the early nineties. The artist has since produced Paintings Below Zero for 2 Olympic Winter Games, and has created monumental installations in other international cities, his artwork seen by hundreds of thousands of people.<br /> <br /> The registered, non-profit group <span style="font-weight:bold;">Third Coast International Public Art Society </span>is helping to raise needed funds to defray production costs of the installation. There are two primary ways to support <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion, the Watercolour Project</span>. One is by purchasing Lotus art cards. The other is to sponsor a floating painting for a day, a week, a month, or the entire duration of the installation. Go to the blog site (www.lotusandyou.blogspot.com) to get your art card & contribute direclty to offset the hard costs of creating the artwork.<br /> <br />Contact: Caitlin Hicks 1-604-886-3634<br /><br />Photo credit: Katherine KortikowCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-24729733031040725972011-07-14T14:15:00.000-07:002011-08-01T18:47:48.386-07:00Public art . . what was the artist thinking?What is it that artists contribute to our experience of life? To our culture? To our sense of purpose and meaning? To the quality of our lives?<br /><br />Practical things, for sure. If you look around, chances are that almost everything you see has been designed by an artist. The chair you're sitting on, the ring on your finger, the pen in your hand, your keyboard. Everything that moves us forward as a society comes out of the creative process. <br /><br />Artists explore the world we live in with the expression of their beings. In other culture, they're Shamans, they see things and can't avoid communicating what they see. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKpGMtz6q3I/Th9gbUyP0xI/AAAAAAAAF9k/QL-SVHm98Ts/s1600/Lotus%2Bw%2Breflection.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YKpGMtz6q3I/Th9gbUyP0xI/AAAAAAAAF9k/QL-SVHm98Ts/s400/Lotus%2Bw%2Breflection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629324081788605202" /></a><br />Artists make tactile an idea, they give coluor to an insight, shape to an observation. They put in context things intuited. And when their creativity meshes just so with their materials it is without words, sublime. It's not always beautiful, but it's a meditation on life. <br /><br />With <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion,</span> </span>artist Gordon Halloran reflects on nature. in <span style="font-style:italic;">Smile of the Buddha</span>, Hippolyte Taine's short passage juxtaposed with contemplation on Monet's water lilies, resonates: <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Nature is . . . an infinite chain of causes from effects and effects from causes, an infinite progeny into the past and the future of decompositions and recompositions with no beginning and no end." <br /></span><br /><br />I'll leave you with that for today.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-8747561481320227062011-06-22T14:44:00.000-07:002014-10-27T17:39:23.495-07:00Benefit for Public Art, June 17, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ON JUNE 17th, we hosted members of our community at a FUNDRAISER FOR PUBLIC ART in Roberts Creek. The artist, Gordon Halloran, created a special preview installation of the floating paintings as part of the evening. We'd love to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank those who contributed to this event.<br />
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Our SPONSORS, Judith Reeve, Landscape Architect, The Coast Reporter & IGA Gibsons; VOLUNTEERS Tracy, Jaz Halloran, Nina Haedrich, Shelley Harrison-Rae, Joanne Bennison, Lis Dixon, Donna Schmirler, Erik Olson, Jean Marc Boyd; PROFESSIONALS Dave Halstead and Gibsons Party Rentals, as well as all those who attended, who brought their friends and participated in the evening.<br />
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It was wonderful fun; five permanent LOTUS paintings were sold and we raised almost 25% of the expenses of LOTUS IN MOTION at VanDusen Botanical Garden, July - September 2011.<br />
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This Sunday, June 26th 2 - 5 PM OPEN HOUSE come out and see the artwork in the garden. Call for location 886-3634</div>
Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-6139619610649120482011-06-21T22:04:00.000-07:002011-06-21T22:15:08.163-07:00Public art by Gordon HalloranVanDusen Botanical Garden to host <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HhvLG8-t0ic/TgF4ZfoWPSI/AAAAAAAAFzg/dZe30Z64IQA/s1600/Big%2Bpink%2B%2526%2Bblue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HhvLG8-t0ic/TgF4ZfoWPSI/AAAAAAAAFzg/dZe30Z64IQA/s400/Big%2Bpink%2B%2526%2Bblue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620906189317881122" /></a><br /><br />Multi-coloured lotus leaves to float on two lakes, one pond in July<br /><br />JUNE 6, 2011, Vancouver - Artist Gordon Halloran, who most recently completed a wall of ice paintings called ICE GATE for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, will bring another brilliantly coloured outdoor public art installation to the city of Vancouver in July, 2011 called <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus In Motion, the Watercolour Project</span>.<br /><br /> VanDusen Botanical Garden is the setting for the two-lake-one-pond installation, made up of multiple paintings in the shape of the lily pad, bold in colour and varied in size. Visitors will see the artwork as they walk the paths, touring the gardens. Livingston Lake, Heather Pond, and Heron Lake will contain the paintings which will float on the water. A smaller installation will also be featured in the pool of the Bentall Garden just inside the Garden Entrance. The installation opens to the public July 29th. <br /><br /> Gordon Halloran’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus In Motion</span> uses site, scale and colour to attract viewers. Like bees to bright flowers, onlookers are seduced by vibrancy, lured out of individual pursuits into collective play.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uOf-lG7EwWg/TgF5FpuV-JI/AAAAAAAAFzo/MmDzMWhwWGA/s1600/Close%252C%2Bflat%2Byellow%2B%2526%2Bpink.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uOf-lG7EwWg/TgF5FpuV-JI/AAAAAAAAFzo/MmDzMWhwWGA/s400/Close%252C%2Bflat%2Byellow%2B%2526%2Bpink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620906947941628050" /></a><br /><br /> Working along the trajectory of his unique, sculptural ice paintings, (Paintings Below Zero), Halloran employs water as part of the artwork’s physicality. Floating lily pads in a variety of sizes, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus In Motion</span> is an installation of shape and hue that finds inspiration in Claude Monet’s Impressionist waterlilies, calving Arctic icebergs, and overlapping organic textures of landscape flora. Halloran’s lotus paintings bud from the natural world – each composition, a layering of pattern and hue resplendent with vigour.<br /><br /> When the new $20 million Visitor Centre opens at VanDusen in September 2011, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus In Motion</span> will provide a backdrop of magnificent colour to the building in the garden setting. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6kGA67-IBV0/TgF54utJqQI/AAAAAAAAFzw/UWxTKmvwdvU/s1600/Magenta%2BLOTUS%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6kGA67-IBV0/TgF54utJqQI/AAAAAAAAFzw/UWxTKmvwdvU/s400/Magenta%2BLOTUS%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620907825452132610" /></a><br /><br /> In addition, the artist is creating a new series of <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus In Motion</span> paintings for a parallel exhibit. While the water installation uses a combination of materials designed to stay afloat and intact in the water as well as to be seen from a distance, the permanent wall paintings are made of slightly different multi-layered materials, rich in texture, lacework, and brilliant colour. <br /><br /> A special press preview on Thursday, July 28th is planned at VanDusen Botanical Garden, with the artist in attendance. For press information on this opening, contact Caitlin Hicks (604)886-3634. <span style="font-style:italic;">Lotus in Motion, the Watercolour Project</span> runs until September 30.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-57069368701785586492011-06-20T21:02:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:57:37.031-07:00Dragonfly on a lotus leaf<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Sh7h1nzBTY/TgAfV9ZxSPI/AAAAAAAAFzI/gLz2FAnx--c/s1600/Put%2Bin%2Byour%2Bpond.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Sh7h1nzBTY/TgAfV9ZxSPI/AAAAAAAAFzI/gLz2FAnx--c/s400/Put%2Bin%2Byour%2Bpond.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620526797078743282" /></a><br />At the BENEFIT FOR PUBLIC ART held at the artist's studio and garden this past weekend, Gord read from a book which has resonated with him called "Smile of the Buddha".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HR5PbclVmxA/TgAbQKPk-II/AAAAAAAAFzA/a4QY65vuLmo/s1600/Reflections%2Bin%2Bpond%2BLOTUS%2BGord.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HR5PbclVmxA/TgAbQKPk-II/AAAAAAAAFzA/a4QY65vuLmo/s400/Reflections%2Bin%2Bpond%2BLOTUS%2BGord.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620522299399927938" /></a><br /><br />In this book are his favorite artists: Monet, van Gogh, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Brancusi, O'Keefe, Klein, Jasper Johns, Cage. All of them, it turns out, are linked by observation of the present moment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBkUouo4HsE/TgAbFZzyqpI/AAAAAAAAFy4/OXIONZbxhHg/s1600/Gord%2Breaching%2BOlson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBkUouo4HsE/TgAbFZzyqpI/AAAAAAAAFy4/OXIONZbxhHg/s400/Gord%2Breaching%2BOlson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620522114599791250" /></a><br /><br />Claude Monet, painter of stillness and reflection, was one of the first artists to suggest a meditative state of mind with his artwork. With his water garden in Giverny, he joined his meditation on impermanence with the idea of regeneration and renewal; renewal that can be observed in the garden, with the seasons, the birds, insects and plants. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KAqtcIOsbuM/TgAY_60J8NI/AAAAAAAAFyg/3j4mH1Thge8/s1600/Gord%2Bpond%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KAqtcIOsbuM/TgAY_60J8NI/AAAAAAAAFyg/3j4mH1Thge8/s400/Gord%2Bpond%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620519821357215954" /></a><br /><br />On Thursday, Gord installed the floating paintings in the garden pond, surrounded by yellow and purple iris, red azalea, green and lime lady's mantle, fish, birds, dragonflies. Erik Olson took photos, while volunteers shopped, worked in the kitchen, prepared tapas, designed the programme, cleaned and sorted furniture. Getting ready. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kT9oJKoSkqE/TgAgOTImMAI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/BPbs1npmP5M/s1600/View%2Bfrm%2Bporch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kT9oJKoSkqE/TgAgOTImMAI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/BPbs1npmP5M/s400/View%2Bfrm%2Bporch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620527764984967170" /></a><br /><br />The sun made shadows in the fresh air.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oVuuxMWHUdI/TgAjLZDE2HI/AAAAAAAAFzY/SfQNcZK2TJM/s1600/Gord%2527s%2Blotuses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oVuuxMWHUdI/TgAjLZDE2HI/AAAAAAAAFzY/SfQNcZK2TJM/s400/Gord%2527s%2Blotuses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620531013567699058" /></a><br /><br />Tomorrow: Friday night by the garden pond. People, paintings.Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-31905178837722643492011-06-05T19:45:00.003-07:002011-06-22T21:35:08.983-07:00Making art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1eKowzJ9Vk/TgLCa7h8JJI/AAAAAAAAF3I/tRMNmw-Dlfw/s1600/Orange%2Bbeauty%2521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1eKowzJ9Vk/TgLCa7h8JJI/AAAAAAAAF3I/tRMNmw-Dlfw/s400/Orange%2Bbeauty%2521.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621269052824233106" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHHpLWkTHUU/Tew_8ZCIY0I/AAAAAAAAFyQ/bZFyWOZtvus/s1600/Cutting%2Blotus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHHpLWkTHUU/Tew_8ZCIY0I/AAAAAAAAFyQ/bZFyWOZtvus/s400/Cutting%2Blotus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614933142168691522" /></a>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-30518904933957346922011-05-27T17:01:00.001-07:002011-05-27T17:02:10.774-07:00BENEFIT for PUBLIC ART<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Cc9N7ZiX5Q/TeA7ac5K6PI/AAAAAAAAFx8/hAkrRMd77H0/s1600/LOTUS%2Binvite5reduced.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1Cc9N7ZiX5Q/TeA7ac5K6PI/AAAAAAAAFx8/hAkrRMd77H0/s400/LOTUS%2Binvite5reduced.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611550461322258674" /></a>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6728998340809316894.post-9336172242176897012011-05-25T20:51:00.001-07:002011-06-22T21:33:17.209-07:00Discoveries of abstraction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Aa9uSkGDWbU/Td3PegxhwQI/AAAAAAAAFxs/Xd7Y8cP8gl4/s1600/LOTUS%2BPink%2Bw%2Bwater%2Bdrops.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Aa9uSkGDWbU/Td3PegxhwQI/AAAAAAAAFxs/Xd7Y8cP8gl4/s400/LOTUS%2BPink%2Bw%2Bwater%2Bdrops.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610868833874198786" /></a><br />Generate. Proliferate. Grow. Without limit, Halloran’s lotus paintings bud from the natural world – each composition, a layering of pattern and hue resplendent with vigour. By gesture and action, through pattern and structure, the paintings link to nature. With the lotus a shape symbolic of purity and calm, it’s aquatic habitat a peaceful meditation, each painting becomes a unique haiku. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mn79ShWnMso/TgLBjFraZOI/AAAAAAAAF24/gtKP5w08u_Y/s1600/Yellow%2Birises%2B%2526%2BLotus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mn79ShWnMso/TgLBjFraZOI/AAAAAAAAF24/gtKP5w08u_Y/s400/Yellow%2Birises%2B%2526%2BLotus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621268093475644642" /></a><br /><br />Wing and leaf, feather and petal, all are employed to coalesce as lotus. Everything is possible; every combination of line and colour may be utilized, like chance joining of genetic material making each family member individual yet related. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5io-rqZKRo/Td3OhJ0V8II/AAAAAAAAFxk/S9WSC_uFQoU/s1600/LOTUS%2Bpink%2Bw%2Bmoss%2Breflection.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5io-rqZKRo/Td3OhJ0V8II/AAAAAAAAFxk/S9WSC_uFQoU/s400/LOTUS%2Bpink%2Bw%2Bmoss%2Breflection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610867779739971714" /></a><br />Temperate rainforest, garden forms and pond life, the flora and fauna that surround Halloran, engender the intention of vital luminosity.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cmZa6ytP-ag/TgLB7vsTNcI/AAAAAAAAF3A/rKBLozg3gHM/s1600/Magenta%2B%2526%2Bblue%2Bfamily%2B%25232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cmZa6ytP-ag/TgLB7vsTNcI/AAAAAAAAF3A/rKBLozg3gHM/s400/Magenta%2B%2526%2Bblue%2Bfamily%2B%25232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621268517070517698" /></a>Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574718587937121356noreply@blogger.com0