My Work in GREAT Big Smalls VII at Cube Gallery

The Strength of Nature

By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

My works will be part of Great Big Smalls VII at Cube Gallery in Ottawa, from Tuesday November 29th, 2011 to Saturday December 31st, 2011.

Vernissage: Thu Dec 1st, 2011 — 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm Fine Art, Music, refreshments, fun.

Cube’s seventh annual show of small works with BIG heart. The show features 65 artists, from the established to the emerging. There will be cultural gifts for everyone and at all price levels. Start your collection – or round out your existing one with some great small pieces. All works are original, small and suitable for Christmas, Chanukah or any other holiday tradition you celebrate.

Memories are Beginning to Fade

By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

Featuring these great artists! Sam Vainola, Gayle Kells, Norman Takeuchi, France-Marie Trépanier, Pina Manoni-Rennick, Monika Seidenbusch, John Felice Ceprano, Sanjeev Sivarulrasa, Jeannine St-Amour, Victoria Wonnacott, Katherine McNenly, Mahshid Farhoudi, Wendy Stevenson, Joejene C. Santos, Kathy M. Haycock, Juliana McDonald, The Latest Artists, Joyce Burkholder, Karen Goetzinger, Gilda Pontbriand, Adrienne Herron, Olaf Krassnitzky, Shannon Whittle, MaryAnn Camps, Barbara Gamble, Ingrid Dabringer, Jessica Sarrazin, Rebecca Mason, Reid McLachlan, Lindsay Watson, Karina Kraenzle, Denis Larouche, Linda Sorensen, Monique Martin, Russell Yuristy, Jennifer Gibbs, Meghan Myres, Barclay Guinn, Chris Johnson, Patti Normand, Peggy Hughes, Richard Purdy, Gerald Trottier, Suzan Mandla, Kristy Gordon, Karole Marois, Megan Hinton, Anne Barkley, Tiffany Teske, Doug Cosbie, Garry Bowes, Katrin Smith, Janet Moore, Pansee Atta, Paul Schibli, Sue Ukkola, Eric Walker, Mary Wong, Jean Jewer, Dan Austin, Gwen Best, Don Monet, Beth Levin, John Shea, Tony Clark, Anita Utas, Aili Kurtis, Keith Bell

Change Your Life

By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

Leave No Stone Unturned

By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

I Hear Your Voice (On the Wind)

By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

Its Time to Make a Change 

 By Tiffany Teske

Encautic (Wax) Collage

12x12"

Preview of My Work in the Florescence Show, Currently On at Cube Gallery in Ottawa

Dance Passionately Through Life (or I also like to call it Ghost of the Dance)

Encaustic Collage on Wood

12x12"

I love living in Banff, but my old art stomping grounds are Ottawa, Ontario & Chelsea/Wakefield, Quebec, and sometimes, I miss it and the lovely people I know from there. I still show my work in these locations, most frequently at Cube Gallery in Ottawa, for at least two group shows a year, when I am on top of things. The current show, Florescence, is a show about flowers. I have 10 Polaroid transfers, 4 encaustic collages, and 2 collages on canvas in this show. I WISH I could attend the opening on Sunday afternoon, because one of my oldest Ottawa art friends (I mean how long we have known each other, not her age) Mahshid Farhoudi, is the show, too. Mahshid and I used to share a studio on Preston Street in Ottawa. Those were the days... Barbara Gamble, an artist I admire, is also in this show. And the people on the guest list are a whose who of Cube and Ottawa artists I know including Ruth Secunda, Sandra Hawkins, Vivian Tytor, Pam Connolly, Violeta Borisonik, Patrick John Mills, and of course, the owner of Cube, Don Monet. I wish, yet again, that I could somehow teleport myself to this opening to see all the beautiful work. If you are interested in what I have in the show, scroll down to see my offerings...

Bloom

Collage on Canvas

16x20"

Arms of the Angels

Encaustic Collage on Wood

12x16"

Blossom

Polaroid transfer original

3x4"

Once Upon A Time

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Bloom

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Storehouse & Nursery of Bastardy

Encaustic Collage on Wood

12x16"

Nostalgia

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Days Gone By

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Time Passes Quickly

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Geisha Girls

Encaustic Collage on Wood

12x16"

It Came To Me In A Dream

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Please Come See Me

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Give Up Every Preconceived Notion

Collage on Canvas

12x12"

Today I Thought Of You

Polaroid Transfer Original

3x4"

Growth
Polaroid Transfer Original
3x4"

Florescence - Cube Gallery, Ottawa - September 6th to October 2nd, 2011

Give Up Every Preconceived Notion by Tiffany Teske
Collage on canvas
12x16"

16 pieces of my work are in the following show. 10 are Polaroid transfers, 4 are encaustic collage, and 2 are collage on canvas. I will be uploading images of them all here in the next couple days. For now you can see them in this Facebook album...

September 6 – Oct. 2, 2011
Florescence
At Cube Gallery
( n. the process of blooming and flowering )

Vernissage: Sunday, Sep 11th, 2011 — 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

They can be an expression of adoration or remorse; happiness or sadness; re-birth or bereavement . The language of flowers is vast, ancient and mysterious, yet somehow always fresh.
Join the dialogue at Cube Gallery from Sept. 6 – Oct. 2 as we present Florescence, a show that celebrates, explores and delivers flowers.
This group will feature some of Canada’s most distinguished still life artists including:
Barbara Gamble, Tiffany Teske, Gary Bowes, Janet Moore, Paul Schibli, Julia McDonald, Mashid Farhoudi, Beth Levin, Nicholas Abusow, Pina Manoni-Rennick.

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Floraison
6 septembre - 2 octobre 2011

Vernissage:Dimanche le 11 septembre 2011 – 14h à 17h

Elles peuvent être une expression d’adoration ou de remords; de joie ou de tristesse; de renaissance ou de deuil. Le langage des fleurs est vaste, ancien et mystérieux, mais toujours frais.
Venez participer au dialogue à la galerie Cube, du 6 septembre au 2 octobre, alors que nous vous présentons Floraison, une exposition qui célèbre, explore et vous livre des fleurs.
Ce groupe présentera des artistes parmi lesquels sont les plus distingués dans l’art de la nature morte.
Barbara Gamble, Tiffany Teske, Gary Bowes, Janet Moore, Paul Schibli, Julia McDonald, Mashid Farhoudi, Beth Levin, Nicholas Abusow, Pina Manoni-Rennick

GREAT BIG smalls IV at Cube Gallery

For those of you in Ottawa this month, there is still time to hit this popular show. With over 300 afforable works of original art, create by over 60 artists, it is a feast for an eyes and a joy for the soul. Still looking for something to satisfy the art lover on your list or maybe you want to give yourself something to smile about? The show runs until December 23rd, and is open until 9 PM.

Here are the dets:
CUBE GALLERY
7 HAMILTON AVENUE NORTH,
OTTAWA, ONTARIO K1Y 1B4
613.728.1750
info@donmonet.ca
cubegallery.ca



I have six framed Polaroid transfer originals in this show. They are all centered around the theme of tulips. Very colorful and festive while we are all in a deep freeze.

Homage to Julia

I sent off my piece for the Homage art exhibit at Cube Gallery in Ottawa, where we used to live. It is a gallery I have had the honor of showing in five times before now. The owner, Don Monet, puts out calls for work twice a year, with themes for each show. I love this because it is both a great way to show work I have already made but also gives me time to create new work if I apply for a show way in the future. This particular theme was a bit more specific than most, which can be very loosely intepreted. The goal was to select an artist, in my case a photographer, whose work I admire, and to then take artistic license to "rip them off". I selected Julia Margaret Cameron, one of my all time favorite photographers, who was photographing in the 1860s. She worked with wet plate collodion, something I have had the pleasure of studying, at Historic Eastfield Village in New York state, with William Dunniway. I have loved Mrs. Cameron's work since the first time I viewed it in Photo History class in University.



The image that I loosely based my image for this show on is called Echo (one in a series). It is one of my favorite images (although I also love Pomona). What I really enjoyed about this challenge was that I could combine old and new. While, Hannah, the woman whom I photographed, has a timeless look, and so does the Polaroid I used to capture her image, her clothing is modern. I did not make this image specifically for this show. I was going to make a new image for this show, but when I started to look back at my work from the past five years I realised I had several images that pay homage to Mrs. Cameron. I find it interesting that I made this image at the very same place where I was taking the workshop on wet plate collodion, which Mrs. Cameron used. The Polaroid for this show was made from an original color slide image.



I hemmed and hawed about how to frame this. Modern or vintage? I was going to mat it in a traditional white museum quality mat with a modern gilded victorian frame but then I decided to keep this little gem little. With the frame it is about 4x5". I decided to use a frame that I bought ages ago while rummaging at the local thrift shop. I originally bought it because it had a charmingly strange image of a woman in it.



I did like the frame but it was really this image in the frame that sold me. She has set next to my desk for several months, and I was a little sad to take her out of her frame and to replace her with a younger woman (I mean really, how unfair after she has been so loyal to me...). I do believe this frame is quite old. The glass is very heavy and is actually convex. I am happy with the choice I made, because I always go pretty conservative with my framing. It is always hard for me to part with my "children" and while I love it when I sell a piece, I would welcome MY "Echo" back...

Homage

Happy to say that I received word that I will be among the 58 selected artists (out of over 100 who submitted) who will be in the Homage Show at Cube Gallery in Ottawa from June 4th - 29th. Don Monet, who has become a friend over the course of the four Cube group shows I have participated in, is always comes up with awesome themes. I love submitting work for consideration to Cube. I though the show would be later in the summer so I am bummed that I won't be at the opening. The artist I plan to pay homage to with my piece is Julia Margaret Cameron.


The Echo, 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron


I had a difficult time chosing between her and Robert Mapplethorpe. I love them both but would rather do Mapplethorpe, but I don't think conservative Ottawa would be very receptive...


Self Portrait, 1985, By Robert Mapplethorpe