Art in Motion
The Art in Motion initiative presents a creative, new look for Airdrie Transit's monthly passes. Twenty-one local artists provided artwork that will be featured on Airdrie ICE and Airdrie Local passes starting in September 2011.
September Passes
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Name: Charlene Vanderhorst Types of Art Painter, Sculptor, Ceramicist,Leaf stone tiling & Mural Designer Website|Email newvision41@hotmail.com Education University of Manitoba, Fine Arts Program Artist Statement: I enjoy painting nature – striving to capture nature's beauty in purest form. Painting landscapes connects me to natural sacred places that I have visited. I love to incorporate symbols of plants, water, skies, and trees that represent healing, life, wisdom and harmony. My passion and vision is to paint images that portray international cultures, communicating ancient history and ethnic beauty, in my art work. |
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Name: Heather A Plimmer Type of Art: Watercolor Email: hplimmer@hotmail.com Education: Airdrie School of Art Notre Dame University, Summer School of Art Artist Statement: Painting has changed the way I look at everything around me. The ability to capture the moment with my camera, and then paint my interpretation of it, is a feeling of empowerment. |
October Passes
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Name: Jantina McMurray |
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Name: Michelle Pickering Type of Art: Acrylic on Canvas Email: juneberrystudio@hotmail.com Education: Red Deer College, Art and Design Diploma Grant MacEwan University, Graphic Design Diploma Artist Statement: It starts with my passion of creativity. I love stepping out to inspire people in their own beauty. Community is the place that allows that realization to happen. |
November Passes
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Name: Koos de Jongh |
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Name: Tara Twan |
December Passes
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Name: Rod Wood |
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Name: Alice Lord Type of Art: Photography Email: pixbyalice@hotmail.com Artist Statement: I am an Albertan, currently residing in Airdrie, Alberta. Photography has always been my passion and have looked at life from behind the lens as long as I can remember, starting from behind my dad's Brownie camera. |
January Passes
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Name: Ken Hoehn |
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Name: Koos de Jongh |
February Passes
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Name: Chelsea George |
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Name: Roger Robinson Type of Art: Oil on Canvas Email: rlrabbit@shaw.ca Artist Statement: Roger began painting as a hobby upon retirement, and often paints while camping and experiencing natures wonders. |
March Passes
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Name: Robert Harriman (Bob) |
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Name: Robert Harriman (Bob) Type of Art: Painter, Cartoonist Website | Email: www.bob4art.com | bob4art@shaw.ca Artist Statement: Bob is a self-taught Canadian artist and published editorial cartoonist. He hopes his web site will provide interested viewers with some insight as to the diversity and quality of his latest work. |
April Passes
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Name: Tami Hort Lathwell
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Name: J. Thumann Molnar Type of Art: Sculpture & Painting Email: police06@telus.net Artist Statement: Portrait and mural artist, and author of a biographic novel, she believes talents originate from God, but improvement comes with stretching one's self to pursue excellence. She also enjoys a policing career, drama & theatre. |
May Passes
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Name: Joy Ann Beckley
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Name: Kristy Reimer Type of Art: Photography Email: www.kristyreimerphotography.com Artist Statement: Kristy Reimer's photographic style journey has spawned from searching for light, believing that well lit subjects are the first building blocks of good photography. She has become known for pushing the boundaries of bold colors while keeping the "bones" of a good technical image. She has lived in Airdrie since 2004 with her husband Barrett and calls Airdrie home. |