Bev Rodin
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| Prairie Pond | | Acrylic on canvas | | 42 x 40 Inches | $ 5060
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Catherine Beverly Rodin is an internationally collected Canadian artist known for her accomplished, contemporary and distinctive paintings of light and atmosphere interpreted both on large-scale canvases and in watercolour. Bev exhibits her works in
galleries across Canada and her paintings can be found in public, corporate and private collections in North America, Australia, Japan, Mexico, France, Luxembourg, Barbados, Bermuda, Shanghai and the UK.
Bev began her art career in the village,
Port Cartier, Quebec at the age of nine under the tutelage of the internationally celebrated Mme Francoise Drolet. Always the last family member to linger in the museum or gallery, Bev was always soaking in the colours, shapes and images from the
exhibitions. Bev has experienced the exceptional variety, magnitude and ruggedness of the landscape while residing in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Colorado, and Alberta as well as traveling overseas. Her three main series, Forest
Light, Shorelines and City and Country Gardens trace back to the dramatic icy shorelines of the St. Lawrence river, the sturdy hollyhocks and peonies of her grandparent’s prairie homestead garden and the vibrant autumn trees of Ontario country
lanes.
Always eager to learn, Bev experiments with small and large custom canvases, up to 7 ft x 8 ft, has studied with prominent North American artists, graduated with an M.A., in visual communication and a PhD from OISE, U of T, worked with
international artists at the Atelier du Seguret, Provence and was awarded an artist residency at the Leighton Studios at the Banff Centre.
Bev’s current acrylic painting technique springs from her award winning experience as a watercolourist,
oil painting technique, the study of Japanese brush painting, painting large scale backdrops for film post production, illustration work for children’s books and sketching on location, combined with the use of extensive glazing, abstraction, negative and
positive space, bold brushstrokes, Munsell colour theory, bravado, curiosity, intuition and a generous dose of serendipity.
Over the course of her career, Bev has worked with a number of charities in support of both humanitarian and conservation
initiatives including COSTI Immigrant services, Sunnybrook Cancer Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hope Air, National Dog Service, Kortright Wildlife Centre and Earth Rangers.
Bev currently resides in Ontario with her husband Jim Mellard and
close to her two grown children Sean and Adele. Bev divides her time between an old stone house and studio and a northern Ontario retreat, Minwashin, along the Magnetewan river waterway.
“ I feel both humbled and honoured that my paintings have
found themselves in so many places with many different audiences. I thank my family, friends, colleagues and galleries for their enthusiasm and continued support. I cannot imagine my life without art and the magic and the truth it reveals.”
C. B.
Rodin 2007
