Bayview Art Tour October 17-18 2009

Get ready for the Bayview Art Tour 2009, October 17-18 more information coming soon

Hang Man Gallery 756 Queen St East

Two of my acrylic paintings are exhibited in a group show at the Hang Man Gallery during July 16-August 27

Riverdale Art Walk - June 6+7, 2009

Come and see my new paintings on the Riverdale Art Walk. As a preview here is a painting I have just finished, "Invitation au voyage" inspired by a walk by the Rhône in Lyon, France.

Bayview Art Tour coming soon...

This year the Bayview Art Tour will be November 29th and 30th. I hope to see you there. More info coming soon...

Recent Paintings at the Queen West Art Crawl

Come and see me and my paintings at the Queen West Art Crawl Saturday, September 13 & Sunday, September 14 at Trinity Bellwooods Park (11AM to 6PM) - 790 Queen Street West (at Strachan Ave.)

Mexican Vistas - Photographic Series

The five years I lived in Mexico City before coming to Canada were a very significant period of my life. My son and daughter were born there and, because I worked in Spanish, first with hard of hearing children and later children with Down Syndrome, I developed a very personal relationship with Mexico and the people I lived and worked with.

When, twenty years later, my son, the printmaker and musician, Alec Dempster under the spell of the “son jarocho”, married a woman from Santiago Tuxtla I had the opportunity to renew my ties to Mexico, meeting new people and seeing old friends, rediscovering some places I had visited and loved, in particular the regions of Oaxaca and the state of Michoacan where most of the photographs of this series were taken.

With my camera I captured the texture of the skin of an old potter’s hands, the light and shadows framing the view of the valley of Oaxaca from Monte Alban, the rich colors of various arts and crafts: baskets and earthenware, murals or the vivid pink of two chairs. Mexican markets offer an endless source of fascination for me as a photographer and painter, as my”photomosaic” of Mexican markets shows.

My daughter, the visual artist and photographer, Marina Dempster, also got her inspiration from Mexico when a Huichol artist came to the Gardiner Museum and taught her his yarn painting technique and shared his view of the world. Mexico has a big place in my heart and mind.

Photo-Mosaic Series

In this "Mosaic Series" I engage in a re-creation of captivating places I have visited. The process involves a labour-intensive transferring of my photographs to 24"x24" canvas, arranging them in a dance of colour, pattern and rhythm reflecting the character and spirit of each environment. The mosaics are also available as limited edition 20" x 20" or 8" x 10" giclée prints (printed on archival rag paper). To order email me at: francoisecockburn@sympatico.ca.

"Happiness"

"Doors"

"Clocks"

"Stone Angel - Brittany"

"Fruits of Provence"

"Windows to the World"

"Red Maples"

"Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao"

"Old Lyon"

"Hydrangea, Brittany"