Experience the profound evolution of Elayne Windsor's artistic journey in Manifestations
Delve into the depths of the pandemic's impact as Windsor's work transitions from the outer world's beauty to the inner reflections of turmoil and complexity. With pieces ranging from collage to decollage, witness the fusion of outer rhythms and inner imagination, inviting you to take a stroll through Windsor's manifestations and engage in a dialogue with your own thoughts and surroundings.
All are welcome to attend the Artist Talk & Reception!
Saturday, June 1, 2024 • 2pm to 4pm
“The most valuable space for an artist is not physical. It is not canvas, brushes, paint, glue, scissors or a room; it is the space inside the mind.”
EXHIBITION STATEMENT
Over the course of the pandemic my work took a new direction, exploring a lot of decollage, with my work becoming more reflective of the turmoil that many of us found ourselves in. During the pandemic, online life became more predominant. While working during this period, I listened to the radio a lot with my work reflecting the complexity of the issues that surrounded us during that time. This exhibition shows the evolution of my thinking from pre-pandemic to now.
Pre-pandemic my work reflected a lot of my thinking and ideas while walking. These ideas came from the beauty, the patterns, and the nature that I was passing through while walking. During the pandemic, I continued to walk but the thinking became much more internal and reflective of the times we are living in, responding to the media discussion that seems to become forefront in my thinking and processing.
This exhibition contains works in both collage and decollage and charts both the inner and outer world as I walked, examining the world from multiple and varied perspectives at one time. It explores the simple outer rhythmical movement and patterns of my body integrated with my inner imagination and thinking. Once the thinking has come to a logical conclusion, the work is completed and released to the world as my manifestations. An artist’s hope is that the viewer will then take the ideas for a walk.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The most valuable space for an artist is not physical. It is not canvas, brushes, paint, glue, scissors or a room; it is the space inside the mind. It is the space to explore ideas, think about concepts and compositions, deciding how to get out of a problem or combine past ideas.
Taking an idea for a walk is the driving force of an artist. Finding the mental space is often hard. I find think time through walking. To me walking is like a mini vacation. Walking, especially in nature, allows me to step outside of society for awhile, all it’s constraints and expectations. Being an artist is to constantly have a conversation with yourself.
As I walk, I am selecting, eliminating, and emphasizing ideas. What comes up is often a multitude of questions, rather than answers. Back at my studio I am ready to explore the questions and see what answers arise. For me the meaning often comes behind the work, rather than in front of it. I work to narrow my thinking, searching for the answers.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Elayne Windsor is a multi-award-winning collage artist from Reaboro, Ontario. She has worked with a variety of mediums over the years but continues to return to collage, and more recently to decollage as her medium of expression. Elayne is a self-taught artist who has taken workshops with artists such as John Leonard, Denis Cliff, and Kat Honey. Her work has been exhibited, and collected, in both Canada and the United States.
Elayne had a successful 30-year career in education. She spent the second half of her career teaching at Grandview Public school with the Trillium Lakelands board. In 1996 she made the transition to working full-time in the Arts. She is the meeting chair for the Kawartha Arts Network, the New Membership chair for the Colour and Form Society and a member at large of the Ontario Society of Artists.
She balances her commitment to supporting the arts community at large with her daily studio work.
RECEPTION CATERING
