Title
“Tory”
Size: 20” h x 18” w
Medium: Oil, Portraiture
Commissioned piece: $300 sold for
Title
“Drawing of Young Girl”
Size: 11” x 14”
Medium:
Graphite
Portraiture
Commissioned (sold) $80
Title
“Adam”
Size: 20” h x 16”w
Medium: Oil
Jaki's grandson, price would be $300
Title
“Three Hours Old”
Size: 26” h x 32” wide
Medium : Oil
Portraiture
I have 6 children and 8 grandchildren. This is my oldest son Jaret
and my youngest grandchild Callum who is 3 hours old. Born in July
2007.
Title
“Grapes of Wrath”
Size: 38" h x 50" w
Medium: Oil
Landscape
This painting is for sale for $1200. Working in layers of
glazes, this painting is in oils but has similar qualities to
watercolours with each layer showing through to the next. There are
about 8 layers of paint on this painting which provides luminosity
and depth to the piece. I have also introduced texture to this work,
creating interest.
Title:
“ I am the Light and the Dark”
Size: 18” h x 24” wide
Medium: Oil
Figurative
This figurative painting sold for $800 at one of the Art Gallery of
NS’s themed events. It sold in 2007 for $800 to a company located in
Purdy’s Wharf. This painting is of Isabel Barbet. One summer
my husband Phil and I were visiting my daughter Teal in Vancouver.
She gifted us with an overnight at a B&B on one of the islands just
off Vancouver. During our stay there, we heard what I thought was a
radio, only to learn the next morning that it was Isabel singing,
accompanied by the owner of the B&B playing the piano. Isabel is
from Paris, France and was performing at a Fringe Festival in
Vancouver. She preferred the solitude of the B&B over Vancouver’s
busy-ness. We travelled back to Vancouver together on the ferry,
where we really hit it off. She explained in her broken English that
her performances were about the Jewish Holocaust, her own personal
abuse and the abilities to rise above the atrocities. She invited us
to attend her performance that evening. I can describe her singing
and dance with one word “powerful”. Since that time we have
connected by emails and she has sent me images of her that I could
paint, this painting being one of them. She explained to me that she
felt like she was both: “The Light and the Dark”.
Title
"The Back Shift"
Size: 24"w x 44" h
Medium: Oil
Figurative
This portrait is of my father, who died in his sleep a year ago Aug.
15 at the age of 83. He worked 39 years as a welder at the CN
Railway. This painting depicts a typical day of welding at the Round
House located at the rail yards in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Title
“Potted”
Size: 20” h x 18” w
Medium:
Oil
Floral
First prize in floral at the Elmsdale Art show in 2007
Sold
Title
“One Egg or Two”
Still Life: Always one to take the obvious and force us to really
look at it, this still life makes us study form, texture, and color
of something as mundane as breakfast. This piece is sold.
Title
“What Big Eyes You Have”
Size: 25" w x 26" H
Medium: Oil
Animal Portraiture
As one can tell, I love animal portraiture. I try to capture the
true essence of the animal, his soul. Often I will depict the animal
playing or in full figure.
Jaki's Exhibitions...
- Alderney Landing Craig Gallery Show, September 17 to October 12, 2008
- Artist Show in Mic Mac Mall, September 22 to September 28, 2008
- Jaki will also be exhibiting work at 'From the Neck Up" in downtown Halifax.
- East Hants Fine Arts Show – Elmsdale, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Great Little Art Show – Avondale, 2007 & 2008
- Gallery 215 - Selma, NS, 2007, 2008
- Argyle Gallery, Joint Exhibition with Ross Creek - Halifax, 2007 & 2008
- Argyle Gallery, works in two charitable art shows 2008
- Art Gallery Nova Scotia Show –Art Sales & Rental Invitational show, Halifax, NS, 2006, 2007
- Ross Creek Black Tie Exhibition – Ross Creek, NS, 2007
- Paint the Port – Hantsport, NS, 2007
- Ross Creek Invitational Group Show – Ross Creek, NS, 2006
- “Ethnicity”- Solo Exhibition, Pier 21 Multicultural Assoc. Of NS, Gallery, 2002
- Portland Estates - Installation and Exhibition, Dartmouth, NS, 2001
- “Bountiful Women” Exhibition – Hamilton, ON, 2000
Professional Affiliations...
- President: Art 1274 Hollis Gallery
- Treasurer: Hants County Arts Council, 2007, 2008
- Vice President: Kennetcook Society for Economic and Environmental Development, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Member: East Hants Fine Arts
- Member: Visual Arts Nova Scotia
- Member: Dartmouth Visual Arts
Charitable Donations...
- Nova Scotia Mental Health Association
- The Victorian Order of Nurse' upcoming QE2 fundraiser
- Hants Community Hospital Auxiliary upcoming annual Fundraiser Gala October 2, at the Woodshire Inn in Windsor. This year they are raising funds to purchase a Cardiac Stress test machine.
Education & Workshops...
EDUCATION
- Diploma/Silver Medal – School of Crafts and Design, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
- Certificate - Self employment program, Henson College, Halifax, NS
- Certificate - Marketing and Sales, Confederation College,
Thunder Bay, ON
WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL STUDIES
- Les Drysdale, Burlington ON- rubber mold making and clay modeling
- Norm Dobbins, Duluth, Minnesota, USA – Sandblasting
- Norm Dobbins, Santé Fe, New Mexico, USA – advanced sandblasting, airbrushing, and guilding
- Kai Chan, Oakville, ON - proposal project for Living Arts Centre
- Judith Tinkl, Darrel Morris, Gloria Marshall, Sandy Kryzanouski, and Barbara Todd - various workshops
PUBLICATIONS...
- THE WEEKLY PRESS, May 11, 2007, East Hants Fine Arts write up on award
- THE DAILY NEWS, July 4, 2002: “Ethnicity”, Pier 21 Multicultural Assoc. Of NS
- THE CHRONICLE JOURNAL, Aug. 15, 2002, “Former City Artist Gains National Attention”
- THE SUNDAY HERALD, May 6, 2001: “Sex, Blood & Magic
- THE CHRONICLE JOURNAL, Aug. 28, 2001, Solo Exhibition,
- “INFORM”, Selected works, Book: Sheridan Crafts & Design, 1999
AWARDS...
- Best in Show – East Hants Fine Arts Juried Show, 2007, first place still life 2008
- First Place – still life, and animal: East Hants Fine Arts Juried Show, 2007
- People’s Choice – East Hants Fine Arts Juried Show, 2006
- Board of Governors – Silver medal for academic excellence, 1999, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON,
- Textile Studio Citizenship Award – Oakville, ON, 1999
- “Oakville Galleries Volunteer Award for Outstanding Achievement”, 1999
- “Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year”, Thunder Bay, ON, 1994