Toronto 
Events Description
On September 28th we will be introducing a new artist to our collectors. Please join us from 12 – 3 pm at the gallery for a meet-and-greet with the British Columbia-based IceBear!
Artist’s Statement
I have not chosen art, painting, and sculpture. It is a task, a responsibility if you will, given me by the Creator from birth. As a small child removed from home and family, speaking no English, and placed in foster care in Toronto, drawing was often my primary means of communication. The elders of my people, whom I met for the first time a few years ago, tell me that even as a toddler, I drew. I am, they say, what the Anishinabe call a Dreamer.
Sculpting is not a choice of one art form over another, although it sometimes becomes easier for me. The images in my spiritual works, which include sculpture, come to me as visions, each a separate individual with its own life, often complete, and as perfectly formed and visible to me as stone picked off the beach. They can be turned, moved, and looked at from various perspectives; from that ‘seeing’ comes the understanding of whether the spirit of this particular vision is to be expressed in two or three dimensions.
I learned much about sculptural products while creating the bas-relief murals in Sidney and Victoria, starting with resin and expanding foam, moving to structural foam and fiberglass, then acrylic stucco, and eventually to a major sculpture that utilized all of these as well as a few other new materials.
My study of various materials and methods has resulted in some exciting new possibilities. The bas-relief murals in Sidney were the first of their kind, and at the time had artists from all over the continent contacting my studio to find out how they were done.
I believe that as an artist, to be an artist is to continue to learn, explore, and expand one’s knowledge and skills. This means constantly testing, and pushing the boundaries of both one’s skills and the products available.
For me, to ever be confined to one genre, palette, or family of products would be impossibly stifling. The creation of Art is a lifelong adventure, to be explored and savoured, Each vision has a life and presence of its own and demands its unique way of being presented to the world.
It is my task, my obligation, to be the instrument of that presentation..
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : free
free to attend
How to get tickets?
Phone: 9058202233
Email: gallery@crescenthill.com
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Saturday September 28, 2024
Meet and Greet from 12-3pm in the main gallery
Venue & Address
Crescent Hill Gallery, 10-2575 Dundas Street, Mississauga
Wheelchair accessible
