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Juror’s BioValerie Kent, BFA, BEd, MFA

Valerie paints in acrylic, oil, water-colour and mixed media. She enjoysworking with and encouraging ex-

perimentation in her workshops. Her art is acombination of en plein air and studiowork. She loves the landscape and hasmelded the two in her “The Marketplace

Series”. Recently she facilitated workshops in Terrasson Lav-illedieu (Dordogne) France, Loyalist College, and Luc’s Sculp-ture Studio where she teaches Pouring Fluid Acrylics, monthly.She teaches Acrylic Painting and Watercolour Painting at theContinuing Education Department at Trent University. Ms. Kenthas exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Canada, France,Italy, Korea, Japan, China. Her work was exhibited at The SeoulDistrict Prosecutor 1F, Naru Display Gallery, Korea.

Valerie is the Director and owner of Cavan Art Gallery & Acad-emy in Cavan, Ontario.

She writes for ARABELLA, Art, Architecture & Design magazineand for various website journals in Amsterdam, Spain and Italy.

valeriekent.com | cavanarts.ca | 705 944 9444

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ProgrammeWelcome

Cathy Schnippering, President ~ PineRidge Arts CouncilSusan Brown and Brian Smallman ~ JAS Co-Chairs

Mayor Shaun CollierValerie Kent ~ Juror

Presentation of AwardsWE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SPONSORS

PineRidge Arts CouncilTown of Ajax

Durham West Arts Centre Inc.Elexicon Energy

Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Ontario Power Generation, Pickering Nuclear

Optimist Club of AjaxRotary Club of Pickering

Our Thanks toValerie Kent, Juror

Mayor Shaun Collier and Ajax CouncilTracey Vaughan, Director of Recreation, Culture & Community

Development Robert Gruber, Manager of Community & Cultural Development

Laura Rae | Jennifer Plishewsky, Community DevelopmentCoordinators

Chris Vida, Facility Manager – McLean Community CentreMcLean Community Centre Staff

PineRidge Arts Council VolunteersAll the artists who entered the Exhibition

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Afraa Alam KehlaniSaba Ambreen Moon LightGlenda Amodeo

Mixed Media Abstract (#5)Mixed Media Collage (#2)

Marni Bachuk UntitledCheryl Bannister WHAZ UP!Marjata Beasley UndercurrentsLaurie Benson HarbingersRobert Bourke Waiting for a FareSusan Brown ReflectionsMandy Budan The EmperorChas Burke Gaea and ProgenyMarie Butt N.F.L.D. House PartyAisha Chiguichon Cork PotpourriCharles Choi “My Studio”Clarrie Chu BetamorphosesCathy Clark 4 Little GoslingsLinda E. Cole Wet & WildDiane Daigle Horse PowerTanya Davio Spring FlingSheila Davis All That JazzMina Daya Mother’s ComfortSabrina Ebenreth Mother of DragonsGary Faulkner Tea & a Good BookBrenda Fountain Megan’s NightmareVictoria Froats Mystic NightSasha Gobin-Persad

The Hands of FaithRob Graham HydroStephanie Handy Phthalo GreenAngela Hennessey I Promise to WriteGarry Herridge Shooting the Rapids

The Mighty OakRobert Hinves Rust BucketRola Jaber The AlignmentAlma Kelley Horse’s Breath

Wayne Lovett The Mitsio, Nosy Be,Madagascar Dive Wreck

Maureen Lowry Thinking

Connie Maglioli Wishes

Ramona Marquez-RamrajWind Messing Up My Hair

Doreen McRae Spillikins

Lisa Mitchell All the Colours

Joan Moss “Here I am”

Tanya Najib Delicate

Natalie Najib Wonder Woman

Rita Naras Private Island

Rosemary Oliver Woven Woodland

Allan O’MarraFishermen–South Boundary Lake

Debbie Parrott Leaving The LouvreA Moment in Time

Jan Pettafor Red Panda

Lorrie Priddle Rainy IstanbulSunlit Suzanna

Nedda Riva ZaharelosSense Perception

Lesa Robertson Kodiak

Elizabeth Sale Waterborne Sunset

Elaine Saliani Love Is

Hans Schuster Hidden Hallways

Rylie Snedden Unmasked

Lopa Soni Peacock

Margaret Taylor Apples & Innocence

Delvea Tuff Beach Bums

Nikky Vos Alongside the Railroad

Jasmine Ward L’arc De Triomphe

Dale Wheeler Swamp Donkey

Gordon Wilson Beauty with Age

Ian Winton After The Game

JUROR’S ACCEPTANCE INTO THE SHOW

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ADULT CATEGORY

LOU SCHNIPPERING AWARDAngela Hennessey • I Promise to Write

ONTARIO POWER GENERATION AWARDGarry Herridge • The Mighty Oak

ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC. AWARDSheila Davis • All That Jazz

MAYOR’S AWARDRosemary Oliver • Woven Woodland

ROTARY CLUB OF PICKERING AWARDIan Winton • After The Game

ELEXICON ENERGY AWARDGlenda Amodeo • Mixed Media Abstract (#5)

DURHAM WEST ARTS CENTRE AWARDWayne Lovett • The Mitsio, Nosy Be,

Madagascar Dive Wreck

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCECheryl Bannister • WHAZ UP!

HONOURABLE MENTIONMarni Bachuk • Untitled

• • •YOUTH CATEGORY

OPTIMIST CLUB OF AJAX YOUTH AWARDRylie Snedden • Unmasked

MAYOR’S YOUTH AWARDTanya Najib • Delicate

YOUTH AWARD OF EXCELLENCEAfraa Alam • Kehlani

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PINERIDGE ARTS COUNCILJuried Art Show 2019

Jury Notes by Valerie Kent

Angela Hennessy I Promise to WriteLOU SCHNIPPERING AWARD

If “I Promise to Write” were not a painting, but a dance, it would be a majesticwaltz. It entrances the viewer onto the dance floor of its strong design.

It is unique: its overall strength is its cruciform composition. Each shape fitsfrom solidity into solidity. It has an armature of values that are clear and strong,with a prominent dark shape, the mid-tone proportionately placed over thepicture plane, and all is highlighted by the lace of white light.

The colour choices are subtle, all working together as a unified whole. Furtherinto the dance there are fields of ochre surprised by the reds repeated on thesurface, hand-in-hand with the movement created by its obvious and inherenttexture, rhythm, pattern.

This painting calls for nothing less, nothing more.

Gerry Herridge The Mighty Oak ONTARIO POWER GENERATION AWARD

“The Mighty Oak” convolutes into pictorial design, playing dark against light.It emphasizes an unusual point of view nudging and stretching into the nega-tive space.

It attracts and retains attention with its verticality, balanced by horizontalstrokes. The twisted diagonals create an instinctive conflict.

There is a finesse in how the delicate, singular lines converge to wrest them-selves free to become a strong, powerful, solid whole.

Rosemary Olivier Woven WoodlandMAYOR’S AWARD

“Woven Woodland” is a symmetrical, horizontal composition.

It is also a statement in sharp, brilliant colour.

The selected colours transition expertly from warm to cool, left to right.

It has a clean, bright colourful center of interest. This work is beautifully real-ized.

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Sheila Davis All That JazzENBRIDGE PIPELINES AWARD

“All That Jazz” plays its music with a rhythm of rectangular, hard-edged snow-shaped formations and loose brushstrokes.

Luminous verticals emerge from the warm golden background, then movecloser to the foreground, overlapping and layering, by pillowing volumes tolift the snow-laden trees out from the forest.

Negative painting, interspersed with complementary and analogous colourhighlights produce both a sense of harmony, and of strong movement.

The lower right quadrant centre of interest compels the viewer into the dy-namic design.

Wayne Lovett The Mitsio, Nosy Be, Madagascar Dive WreckDURHAM WEST ARTS CENTRE INC. AWARD

This painting sees the world, “from both sides now.”

There is a harmony of colours, yellow, green, blue, purple, juxtaposed withsubject matter of momentous discord.

A strong tie exists between the colour, the form, the shapes and lines, all work-ing in tandem.

It is the perspective that entreats the eye beyond the surface but it is the cre-ative energy that carries it.

Glenda Amodeo Mixed Media Abstract #5ELEXICON ENERGY AWARD

“Mixed Media Abstract #5” is a Mondrianesque, reimagined imagery and in-corporates bold colour playfulness.

It is unified, and has the ability to relay feeling within its technical artistry.

This work harbours the puzzle of textures and shapes which are breaking awaywithin its defining constraints.

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Ian Winton After the GameROTARY CLUB OF PICKERING AWARD

“After the Game” encapsulates fluidity and economy of form, the sparsenessglides over the white surface.

The colour selection is subtle, in total harmony with the mode and grace of itsexpression. Ochre, black, burnt sienna, red and neutral gray are the DNA ofthe painting. The shapes appear to move and dance, morph and move again.

This is a clean, bright expression of mastery.

Cheryl Bannister WHAZ UP!AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

“Here is where I stop horsing around and become a work of fine art.”

It is no happy accident that the point of view is unique and the focal area is afinely-crafted nostril. There is a judicious and careful placement of values,order and dimensionality.

The painting achieves individuality, a sense of self, by its brushwork and it ischaracterized by precision and detail.

It is an artistic glimpse into the mind of a very curious entity.

Marnie Bachuk Untitled HONORABLE MENTION

Untitled has a pleasing, grainy monochromatic design with a center of interestin the left upper quadrant.

This is a world of texture upon texture, layer over layer, soft mottled passages,overprinted with swirls and lines.

This is where random, unplanned serendipity resides and meets a simulated,abstract and invented surface.

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YOUTH AWARDSRylie Snedden Unmasked

OPTIMIST CLUB OF AJAX YOUTH AWARD

“Unmasked” is a painting that frames emotion into a portrait of confidenttechnical ability.

It finds a balanced use of light and dark contrasts, appropriate to the moodconveyed.

Expressive strokes, lost and found, hard and soft edges are woven into a transi-tion of values and shapes.

This painting captivates and offers a glimpse into an important hidden message.

Tanya Najib DelicateMAYOR’S YOUTH AWARD

“Delicate” is a thoughtful work, fresh and eye-catching.

It has a pleasing division of space, a variation in the use of line that is orderlyyet innovative.

The expression is one of poignancy, the capturing of a mood in a moment intime.

Afraa Alam Kehlani YOUTH AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

“Kehlani” is an honest painting of clarity, with a portrait subject of sparkle andstyle.

The use of colour is warm and pleasing and is consistent with the dramatic flairof the artwork.

Technical ability is strong and confident.

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• 2018 •

PRAC LOU SCHNIPPERING AWARD

• Hi-Sook Barker, Pickering

ONTARIO POWER GENERATION AWARD

• Marjatta Beasley, Oshawa

ENBRIDGE PIPELINES AWARD

• Charles Choi, Whitby

MAYOR’S AWARD

• Allan O’Marra, Ajax

ROTARY CLUB OF PICKERING AWARD

• Carolyn Joore, Lakefield

VERIDIAN CONNECTIONS AWARD

Robert Hinves, Pickering

DURHAM WEST ARTS CENTRE AWARD

• Ruth Smith, Pickering

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

• Laurie Waller Benson, Cannington

• Stephanie Handy, Ajax

• Ramona Marquez-Ramraj, Pickering

HONOURABLE MENTION

• Lorrie Priddle, Port Hope

• Grant Thomas, Oshawa

2018• Youth Category

OPTIMIST YOUTH AWARD

• Taylor Barton, Pickering

MAYOR’S YOUTH AWARD

• Tanya Najib, Ajax

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE YOUTH

• Abir Dabbour, Pickering

2018 Juror • Angie Littlefield

• 2017 •


• Allan O’Marra, Ajax


• Gwen Williams, Pickering


• Ronald Peter, Port Perry

MAYOR’S AWARD

• Robert Hinves, Pickering


• Jan Pettafor, Ajax


• Hal Bilz, Scarborough

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE


• Diane Huson, Whitby

• Carolyn Joore, Lakefield

HONOURABLE MENTION

• Rita Naras, Cobourg

• Hanneke Koonstra, Uxbridge

CANADA 150 AWARD

2017• Youth Category

• Karen Richardson, Lindsay


• Abir Dabbour, Pickering


• Taylor Barton, Pickering


• Natalie Najib, Ajax

HONOURABLE MENTION

• Tanya Najib, Ajax

2017 Juror • Anik Glaude

PRAC JURIED ART SHOW WINNERS

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• 2016 •


• Margaret Taylor, Pickering


• Robert Graham, Ajax



VERIDIAN AWARD • Linda Cole, Oshawa

MAYOR’S AWARD • Karen Richardson, Lindsay


• Robert Hinves, Pickering


• Gary Faulkner, Ajax

SPONSORS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

• Loretta Kaltenhauser, Cobourg

• Maureen Lowry, Whitby

• Catherine Mills, Whitby

HONOURABLE MENTION


• Judith Harper, Oshawa

2016 • Youth Category


• Teresa Tang, Ajax


• Kate Marrs, Whitby

SPONSORS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE YOUTH

• Sabrina Ebenreth, Whitby

2016 Juror • Maurice Snelgrove

• 2015 •


• Wendy Bermingham, Pickering


• Sue Miller, Whitby


• Wendy Bermingham, Pickering

VERIDIAN AWARD • Linda Browne, Brooklin

MAYOR’S AWARD • Margaret Taylor, Pickering



SPONSORS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Robert Graham, Ajax | Robert Hinves, Pick-

ering | Rita Naras, Cobourg

Robert Zalay, Ajax

HONOURABLE MENTION

Tina Colbourne, Ajax | Sue Miller, Whitby

Eileen Myers, Oshawa | Tristan Seto, Ajax

2015 • Youth Category


• Teresa Tang, Ajax


• Nicole Hibbs, Ajax


• Cassandra Hughes, Pickering

2015 Juror • Phil Richards

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For information on an artist in the show

or to purchase art in this exhibition, please

contact PRAC at 905.831.6057 or

905.428.0239.

To join PRAC complete our on-line mem-

bership form on website PineRidgeArts.org

Cathy Schnippering, President

t: 905.509.3855

e: [email protected]

Exhibition continues to November 23, 2019 at the McLean Community Centre, Ajax Monday – Sunday 7 A.M. – 9 P.M.

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PineRidge Arts Council The PineRidge Arts Council is a not-for-profit volunteer organi-zation dedicated to enhance the quality of life within the com-munity by developing widespread appreciation, support andinvolvement in the arts since 1989.

The Town of Ajax The Town of Ajax is pleased to be a partner in the AnnualJuried Art Show and Exhibition. For information on the Town ofAjax, please visit our website: ajax.ca

Thanks to OPG for creating the Ontario Power GenerationAward and sponsorship of the arts in Durham.

Thanks to Enbridge Pipelines Inc. for assisting with Mask Magicat Artfest and creating this Award.

Thanks to the Optimist Club of Ajax for creating the OptimistAward for youth and sponsorship of the arts in Durham.

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Pickering for their continuedsupport of the arts and sponsorship of this Award.

Thank you Durham West Arts Centre Inc. for your support. SWe wish you all the best in your Arts Centre Project.

Thanks to Elexicon Energy for supporting the arts in Durhamand allowing us to honour the artists in our community.

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PineRidge Arts Council | 650 Kingston RoadP.O. Box 18258 Steeple Hill Postal Outlet | Pickering, Ontario L1V 1A0

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