ARC Gallery, located at 1106 – 101st St. North Battleford, has 12 working artists’ studio spaces and a gallery space featuring their work.
Gallery hours are Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Amanda Fisher
Being a mother to a wonderful little girl and stepmother to another now grown woman, I have come to appreciate everyday life more and want to capture the waning mind’s perception of life. I am an artist of many talents — crochet, painting, photography, editing, military and more.
I like to tell stories and revel in the details. When I was a child I often spent time as grandma’s second shooter at weddings. Camera in hand, I captured the candid moments that could have been forgotten. Watching my grandmother work really influenced my way of working. She had a natural ease when guiding the situation and placing subjects. Her playful nature while photographing children was never forceful, always fun. I loved how she could demand respect yet show such great restraint.
Many a night was spent in her darkroom pouring over photographs, watching her work her magic, which is what it was, magic. I remember the glow-in-the-dark tape on the light switch, the smell of the negatives in the dryer, the vision of the picture coming through the developing solution. I will never forget those days.
Now it is a new day. My grandmother is an angel and digital photography has become a dominant factor in today's world, but a great photo is still a great photo. The elements include crisp subjects, ever striving for cleaner lines and clearer colour contrasts along with the perfect balance or exposure, invoking pictures revealing what it is like to be human, showing or sharing emotion to the viewer.
Every moment no matter how small is an event. A moment of life is the most precious gift God has granted me.
Barb O Neal
As a recent addition to the Artist Run Centre and an artist new to the world of painting, my work is all about experimentation and learning. I take inspiration from other artists and every artist and their works has something to teach me.
Primary colours randomly applied and given texture with plastic are the jumping off spot for a work that is cut and collaged together in a strong geometric design. Combining the random. Chance of crinkled plastic and deliberate precision of ruler drawn lines gives interest while creating a cohesive whole.
Having a background in dimensional clay art, I am more comfortable with texture and shape. Moulding paste applied to the canvas before painting is an exciting way to combine sculpture and painting. Once a texture has been achieved, paint is layered on in either thin watery layers as were applied to the Shade Tree or more saturated colours as are found in Dancing Flames. Add to this choices of glazes and varnishes and there are more combinations and ideas available than this artist can try in a lifetime, but I am out to prove that those who cannot draw can too make art.
