Lief Presents: Quarantine Art show

As we're all stuck in quarantine, or most of us, I have decided to create an opportunity to keep us all busy (at least for a little while). I did some thinking for what to do, and since Sol and I we're doing a lot of art, I thought we could do an end-of-the-week art show. I talked about it with my family and then the idea popped up to include the whole school district on Haida Gwaii for an online exhibit. I thought that was too much work. We eventually came to the consensus that it would be family and friends only.  

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Introducing the Quarantine art show

We received many entries in many different media, ranging from animation, collages, drawing, painting and poetry to food arts and embroidery. I'm impressed with the great turnout. Contributing artist ages ranged from 11 months to 83 years old. Enjoy the show!

Animation

Artist: Abby Horner
Age: 14 years
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Working from Home"
Medium used: animation creator HD (an app) 
Description: I just made this video as a silly little thing to lighten the mood of everyone stuck in quarantine.  

Collage and Mixed Media

Artist: Hazel Peet 
Age: 9 
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: Animal Village by Day
Medium: Eraser clay, plastic, wood, paper and marker
Description: My brother Arlo helped with this too. We made habitats for every animal in the village. My favourites are the beaver lodge and the kelp where the sea otter is.
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Artist: Hazel Peet 
Age: 9 
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: Animal Village by Night
Medium: Eraser clay, plastic, wood, paper and marker
Description: My brother Arlo helped with this too. We made habitats for every animal in the village. My favourites are the beaver lodge and the kelp where the sea otter is.

Artist: Karen Walhout
Age: 36
Town: Skidegate
Medium: Collage
Size: 39x34
Description: This piece was inspired by the flow of the seasons, the journey of our feelings and our connection to all things through the vibration of life.

Artist: Imke Gesman
Town: Peachland
Age: 70
Title: “Protection”
Medium: Collage, multimedia

Artist: Liz Wouters
Age: 63
Town: Comox
Title: Untitled I
Medium: Collage and mixed media
Size: 11 x 15”
Description: The main three pointed image reminds me of the corona (crown) virus visiting us all over the world, and how it brings forth our fears and vulnerability. It also brings forth our compassion, kindness and love. I also see the jester’s hat in the crown-A trickster energy. Sometimes we humans need a big cosmic “ joke” to wake up and really see! 
The colour purple represents Lent in the Catholic Church. This is a time of penance- doing without, inner focus. Lent precedes Christ’s death in the cross and his Resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday.  Maybe humanity is in a similar process right now. ​​

Artist: Liz Wouters
Age: 63
Town: Comox
Title: Untitled I
Medium: Collage and mixed media
Size: 11 x 15”
Description: This speaks to me of the promise of the resurrection. ​​

Drawings

Artist: Timo Johnston
Age: 2
Town: Blue River
Medium: Crayons on paper
Title:  ‘Round Roads’
Description: Drawn for mama

Artist: Angus Bolton
Age: 3
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Space"

Artist: Odetta Muise Bissett 
Age: 8
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "The Weathers"
Medium: Sharpe and pencil crayon on paper
Quote from Odetta: "these are the main weathers"

Artist: Willa Bolton
Age: 6 (7 in May)
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "The Orca Whale"

​Artist: Isadore Muise Bissett
Age: 11
​Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "The Floating Village"
Medium: Ink and pencil crayon on paper
Quote from Isadore " It's awesome"

Artist: Rob Dadd
​Age: 49 (29 when piece was created)
Town: Vancouver
Title: "Aorta"
Size: 20cm x 30cm
Medium: Felt markers on paper
Description: A colourful look into the secrets, depths, energies and selves of the heart

Artist: Lief Morton
Age: 13
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "Doodles upon doodles"
Medium: Graphite, fine liner, and markers on watercolour paper
Description: Inspired by Vexx. There are three steps to making this.
Sketching, inking, and colouring. This was very fun to make and it
​sure kept me occupied for the past week in quarantine.

Artist: ​Arlo Peet
Age: 6
​Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: Monster dude
Media: Paper and marker
Description His name’s Ted, he has 8 eyes, and he is awesome.

Artist:  Amaya Coen
Age: 13 yrs 
Town: Vancouver
Title: "Untitled"
Medium: Acrylic and black ink on watercolour paper. ​​​

Artist:  Amaya Coen
Age: 13 yrs 
Town: Vancouver
Title: "Untitled"
Medium: Acrylic and black ink on watercolour paper. ​​​

Artist: John Davies
Age: 83 
Town: Tlell
Title: "Colourful Background" 
Medium: Ink and coloured pencil on paper

Artist: Tracy Morton
Age: 48
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "Face Study #1, #2"
​Medium: Graphite on paper

Artist: Steve Tarola
Age: 73
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Loon on Yakoun"
Medium: Pen and Ink drawing on paper
Description: Male is displaying, which is a warning

Artist: Lauren Suttonbrown
Age: 14
Town: Nanaimo
Title: "Curious Cat"
Medium: Pencil on Paper

Artist: Katie Greene
Age: 39
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Meanwhile..."

Artist: Matt Bolton
Age: 57
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Visiting Orca"

Artist: Sol Morton
Age: 11
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "Modern House"
Medium: Drawing on paper
Description: Very hard to make

Artist: Sol Morton
Age: 11
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "New York City"
Medium: Drawing on paper
Description: Very, very hard to make

Embroidery

Artist: Jennifer Davies
Age: 79 
Town: Tlell
Title: "Alexander Calder’s Wire Sculpture"​
​​Medium: Thread on Linen

Artist: John Davies after a drawing by his grandson Finley
Age: 83
Town: Tlell
Title: "Finley's Drawing"
​Medium: Thread on Linen

Food Art

Artist: Bonnie Morton
Age: 
Town: Slave Lake
Title: "Strawberry and Rhubarb pie"
Medium: Strawberries, rhubarb, flour, sugar, butter, cinnamon

Artist: Lief Morton
​Age: 13
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "Caramel Apple Cheesecake"
Medium: Apples, cream cheese, graham crackers, caramel sauce, cinnamon, sugar, eggs, butter.
Description: Sol helped with this as well.

Paintings

Artist: Noah Dadd 
Age: 11 months
Town: Vancouver
Title:  “Hands Free”
Medium: Home made finger paint (made from flour and water and food colouring because we are not going out to buy supplies in store these days). 
Inspiration: Making a mess?!  As well as probably the sensation of the paint on his hands and the texture of the page beneath. I think it looks like the meeting of land and sea.

Artist: Hunter Nickerson
​Age: 10
Town: Tlell
​Title: "Untitled"
Medium: Watercolour on paper

Artist: Quinten Nickerson
​Age: 8
Town: Tlell
​Title: "Untitled"
Medium: Watercolour and crayon on paper

Artist: Anais Coen
Age: 9
Town: Vancouver
Title: "Untitled"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Artist: Kiki van der Heiden
Age: 45
Town: Ponte da Barca
Title: "Rainbow Light Blessings"
Medium: Watercolour on cotton

Artist: Leigh Carrigan
Age: 62
Town: Queen Charlotte
Title: "Two Poppies and a Bud with Love"
Medium:  Watercolor on paper with ink. 
Description:  My first water color. ​

Poem

Artist: Rob Dadd
Age: 49 
Town: Vancouver
Title: "Our Beautiful Springtime of Zoonotic Plague"
Medium: Fineliner on paper

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Closing words by lief

Thank you to all my friends and family for sharing all your art in this chaotic time. I still can't believe how many pieces we received, 36 in total. It was a fun and challenging project. I hope that this activity has kept you occupied for some time during quarantine. I hope nobody has the coronavirus and you're all doing well in your homes. 

Anyway, thanks again,
​Lief
P.S. If you enjoyed this, please consider contributing to Sol's Call for Food Art, to be exhibited next Saturday:

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