Category Archives: hydrangea

Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens Exhibition 2016, New Zealand

While in New Zealand recently we visited the Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens to see the 2016 exhibition. This was one of my favourites. After walking along the hydrangea avenue one sees at the end Janette Cevin’s ‘Hydrangeas’. Large-scale hydrangea paintings with their glossy highly decorative metal surfaces covered in acrylic and resin are larger than life […]

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Nana’s Garden Series

Today I worked on the 6th in my ‘Nana’s Garden’ series where I am making hydrangeas in memory of the females in the maternal side of my family. My mother and sisters have their hydrangeas already. I will be exhibiting 3 from the series in Articulation’s ‘Urban Textures’ exhibition in the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery […]

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McMullen – Donna Clement’s Work

‘Motif de Fleur’ ‘Lilies’ The Urban Textures theme also included flowers because when we were in Winnipeg for our study week we spent time looking at gardens, particularly the impressive botanical gardens. That was when I saw magnificent hydrangeas, which brought back my childhood memories and I made the Nana’s Garden series in response. Donna […]

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McMullen Gallery Artists’ Reception

Donna and I had a slow trip through snow this morning when we travelled from Calgary to Edmonton for a couple of functions to do with Articulation’s exhibition in the McMullen Gallery. This is the view of the gallery space when you walk through the front door. Vickie Newington’s work on panels. 2 of my […]

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The Fruits of Summer Show in Nectar Desserts

Donna, Nancy, husband Ron & I hung The Fruits of Summer show at Nectar Desserts this morning. Nancy painted 2 series of works featuring apples & cherries and some watercolour flowers with her calligraphy. Donna examined cross sections of fruits in fibre… and worked flowers in her signature tissue paper drawing technique. I made little […]

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