Variety 2015 Catalogue

2015Charity

Art Auction

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Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba is dedicated to raising funds which en-able us to meet the tangible needs of children of all abilities within the Province of Manitoba. Since 1978, Variety has touched the hearts of over 800,000 children and raised over 30 million dollars to support its Programming and Special Needs chil-dren. All monies raised in Manitoba stay in Manitoba! We are a non-disease specific children’s charity, and therefore have the opportunity to assist children and families who may be impacted by physical, medical or emotional challenges and/or socio-economic issues.

All of Variety’s Programs and services deliver direct benefits to kids by ‘Supporting Health, Championing Ability & Mobility, and Nurturing Development’. These ben-efits and tools help each child experience a dramatic and often immediate improve-ment in their quality of life, and make a direct and positive impact in their life in a very significant way.

Not only do they re-discover the unique joy of being a kid, but also gain the benefit of interacting with and feeling accepted by their peers. Variety’s mission is to help nurture children of all abilities. These benefits help each child experience a dramatic and often immediate improvement in their quality of life and have a direct impact to improve a child’s life in a unique and significant way. Variety is not the cause, the children are the cause and Variety is the solution. Through our continuous events and donors, Variety is able to be there to help support these children and families throughout the Province by providing the necessary assistance. Your contribution to the success of Art for the Heart will help Variety provide the unique resources and the support for Special Needs children to grow, explore the world and take on the challenges ahead!

Your support of Variety allows us to approve funding to help more kids, in more locations throughout Manitoba. Your gift in action will put even more smiles on kids’ faces as they continue to thrive and succeed! Not only do they re-discover the unique joy of being a kid, but also gain the benefit of interacting with and feeling ac-cepted by their peers.

“Any child . Any need . Every day”.

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2015Online Charity Art Auction


Place bidsSeptember 1,10:00 am EST to September 30, 5:00 pm EST

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All artwork has been generously donated by the artists.Framing and delivery is donated by Mayberry Fine Art.

100 percent of proceeds go directly to Variety children in Manitoba.

Terry WatkinsonAlgoma, Late September, 2015, acrylic, 24 x 28 inches

Terry Watkinson was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. After completing two years of the architecture program at the University of To-ronto he joined the rock band Max Webster with Kim Mitchell. For the next eight exciting years, Terry toured with the band throughout North America and Europe playing to sold out audiences and recording six gold and plati-num records.

When the band broke up, Terry returned to the University of Toronto, com-pleting a B. Sc. degree in Medical Illustration. He went on to teach surgical illustration and perspective for the university’s Biomedical Communica-

tions program. His illustrations are featured in many medical textbooks and journals.

Today this multi-talented artist creates a brilliant sense of light, depth and emotion in his spec-tacular wilderness scenes and cityscapes. Terry’s paintings incorporate many of his life experi-ences: his Thunder Bay childhood can be seen in his bond with the Canadian north; his ar-chitectural training gave him structure, precision, draftsmanship and perspective; his success with medical illustration shows in his discipline and knowledge of anatomy; and, finally, from his music comes rhythm, big gesture, and a sense of lively communication.

Retail Value: $2,900.00 Starting Bid: $1,800.00

LOT 1

Andrew Valko R.C.A. was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1957. Valko studied wood block printing in Japan with master printmaker Toshi Yoshida. Valko has been included in several prestigious shows including the Yoshida Annual International Print Exhibition from 1987 - 1994 in Tokyo, Japan. Valko’s realist paintings are so illustrative that they are a near parody of camera technology.

Valko uses his printmaking techniques when painting with acrylics. Working on wood, he uses a router and carves into the wood creating

texture which reinforces the painting. Throughout almost 20 years of exhibitions he has been collected and exhibited by many important public institutions and private collec-tors in Canada and abroad, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Brockton Art Gallery, Boston, The Canada Council Art Bank, and The Claridge Collec-tion, Montreal. In December of 1994, Andrew Valko was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

LOT 2

Andrew ValkoMarilyn Visits the Prairies, 2012, serigraph, 14 x 15.5 inches


Sean William Randall is a Canadian-born artist. After studying archi-tecture at the University of Manitoba, Sean worked with various archi-tecture firms in Canada as a designer and illustrator. In 1992, he left the architecture profession to devote himself entirely to painting and sculpture. With over 20 years of experience across Canada as an artist, designer and illustrator he recently relocated back to Regina to continue his art career. Sean’s previous experience in architectural de-sign has informed his artistic process, with artworks that reveal unique spatial perspectives, distorted by shadows and reflections.

Recently, four of his paintings have been selected by the Canadian High Commission in London (Canada House and Trafalgar Square) as the basis for the creation of handmade carpets for the Head Commissioner’s office, deputy HC’s office, entrance areas and the Macdonald room. Sean’s works have been exhibited in public and private galleries and can be found in corporate, private and public collections in Canada and the U.S.A.

LOT 3

Sean W. RandallSoon, 2014Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches

Retail Value: $3,600.00

Starting Bid: $2,200.00

Luther Pokrant was born in southwestern Manitoba in 1947. He gradu-ated with a BFA from the University of Manitoba in 1969, and he received his MA from New Mexico State University in 1970. He later served as a lecturer at the University of Regina for four years.

As an avid outdoorsman and fisherman his work is often inspired by the natural beauty of wilderness places. Water, watercraft, shorelines and float-ing lilies are recurring themes in his work, as is the reflective quality of water, which is an abiding interest for the artist.

Since 1969 Pokrant has exhibited extensively, and has been honoured with many commissions. He is a member of the Manitoba Society of Artists and the Royal Cana-dian Academy of Artists. Of his long career Pokrant writes, “Art for me is a lifelong process and a magical journey that holds endless fascination.” His paintings are represented in many private and corporate collections such as Shell Canada, British Petroleum, Cargill Grain Ltd, Coca Cola, the Bronfman Claridge Collection, CIBC, Manitoba Hydro, and Sask Tel.



LOT 4

Luther PokrantHeart of the North, 2015Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches

Randolph Parker was born in 1954 and grew up in Huntsville, Ontario. He became serious about drawing and painting at a very early age. His formal art training began at Mt. Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. He later attended the Banff Centre and continued to study at York University in Ontario. He studied under such eminent instructors as David Silverberg, Takao Tanabe, Paul Sloggett, and Ken Carpenter. Randolph has taught art and art history at both the Ottawa School of Art and the Ottawa Board of Education. Parker is an artist with a strong ability to create in oil, acrylic, and watercolour. From his Salt Spring Island studio he creates his panoramic vistas inspired by the Canadian landscape.

His work is firmly rooted in a traditional approach to painting, coupled with an extraordinary visual journey that conveys Parker’s unique contemporary vision of the landscape. Selected Collections include Trimark Investment Inc., Vancouver Suncor Inc., Calgary Price Waterhouse, Edmonton Malchy Grain Co., Geneva, Switzerland Wawanesa Insurance, Winnipeg Fairview Cadillac, Toronto Canderal Corporation, Ottawa Omers Realty, Toronto Ministry of Natural Re-sources, Ont. Canadian National Railway Carleton Board of Education, Ont. Hewlette Packard, Winnipeg Alta Gas, Alta. Pen Growth Management, Alta. Coro Oil & Gas Management, Alta. Ryans Energy, Alta.

Randolph ParkerColours of Spring, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches


LOT 5

Peter McConville was born in Banbridge, Northern Ireland in 1951. At fifteen he began his career in one of Ireland’s textile print compa-nies as a Textile Artist. The position offered professional art employ-ment as well as the opportunity to study fine art and design one day a week at Lurgan College.

The printing process used in textile design influenced the artist’s meth-od of breaking colour into solid shapes. Peter experimented with this technique creating surreal, dreamlike images. His earlier paintings were displayed in Belfast as part of juried shows. Northern Ireland’s

history - rich with culture and scarred with conflict - was evident in his earlier work. Peter immigrated to Winnipeg in 1974, returning to Banbridge in 1983. He remained there until 1986 when he moved to Kamloops, British Columbia. Peter returned to Winnipeg in 1992 and has lived and worked there since. Peter McConville’s newest paintings explore the depth and mystery of the Canadian forest. In his words, “The fallen leaves and dead-woods feed the forest a reminder of the cycle of life. When I look into the forest, it reveals a wonderful range of deep rich colours. The bright orange, red and green leaves found in the forest make up a natural, complementary palette.”

Peter McConvilleTwist, 2012, acrylic, 30 x 40 inches


LOT 6

Sheila Kernan, born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, grew up in a family that fostered the arts; her grandmother was a painter and seamstress, her father an artistic woodworker. At the age of three she began expressing a love of her surroundings through painting and drawing. She would often find herself engaged in creative projects paying no attention to the time or the recess bell at school.

Craving a journey after high school, Sheila found herself living in the moun-tains in Banff, landing a job in an art gallery. When one day it dawned on her that her own work could be on these walls, she subsequently enrolled in art school, completing a B.F.A at the Alberta College of Art and Design.

Experiencing the world has become an integral part of Sheila’s art process. She has traveled all over Canada, Japan, San Francisco and Vegas finding beauty in large urban centers as well as on remote mountaintops. Mesmerized by the energy and excitement of translating her experiences onto canvas, Sheila is attracted to unplanned moments like stumbling upon a pathway that takes you to the top of a tower overlooking downtown San Francisco during sunset, or hiking up a creek and finding herself completely lost in nature.

Sheila KernanBeating Heart, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 24 x 24 inches


LOT 7

Meghan Hildebrand’s paintings, which she describes as “story-maps of the imagination,” are constant exercises in innovation and improvisation. With her unique vocabulary of symbols, she translates the landscape into electrifying dreamscape scenarios, each image alluding to a much larger narrative. While Hildebrand continues to explore new ways to paint, her works often return to familiar themes - the childhood dream, and a sense of journey over land. These places can leave one with a feeling of melan-choly remembrance. Defined points of interest, doorways and inlets, invite the viewer to enter the image.

Now residing in Powell River, Meghan arrived on the Sunshine Coast by way of Whitehorse, Halifax, and Nelson. Over the last ten years, she has had over thirty solo shows, including a retrospective survey at the Yukon Arts Centre 2012. Her work has been acquired by the Yukon government’s permanent collection among others, and belongs to private collections internationally.


Starting Bid: $800.00

LOT 8

Meghan Hildebrand

Scrapyard Woodsman, 2015

Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches

Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rand Heidinger has been a visual artist for nearly thirty years. He is most at home in his studio warehouse located at the edge of a residential and industrial zone in the North End of Winnipeg. This gritty environment plays an important role in the inspiration behind the artist’s work, which he creates out of industrial materials and com-mercial paints, while his background in furniture design, and building custom displays for the film industry, serve as the foundation for his artistic process.

Heidinger applies his breathtaking grasp of color to his unique ability of paint-ing in reverse on acrylic thermoplastic. His paintings are violently composed layers of automotive paint and resin, projected onto the surface of the thermo-

plastic. As gravity takes hold of the medium, Rand reacts with his own form of controlled accuracy, lending a feeling of spontaneity, depth, texture and luminescence to the visual plane that responds differently under varied lighting. “My chosen medium can be tenacious and temperamental, as with every new painting I often fight for control…a compromise of sorts.” One looking at Rand’s body of work would be surprised to see such a wide range of emotions frozen within his dynamic compositions. With every painting, Rand continues to push physical and mental boundaries.

Rand’s work can be found in private, corporate and public collections throughout Canada and the United States as well in HRH Prince Phillip’s collection of the ‘Arts for Nature Trust’ in Buckingham Palace.

Rand HeidingerOvercast, 2012, laquer paint on polymer , 24 x 32 inches


LOT 9

A fourth generation Victorian, Laura Harris’ roots run deep on Vancou-ver Island, British Columbia. Mostly self-taught, Laura began paint-ing in her teens. With her draftsman father teaching her perspective and technique, he also encouraged freedom of expression. Before becoming a ‘serious’ painter, Harris attended college, and worked as a graphic designer running a small company which specialized in cor-porate identity. In 2001, her successful design company gave way to her full time art career.

According to the artist, “We live in a world where cell phones and blackberries are often getting more affection than our family and friends. I fear that a loss of intimacy and connection is growing. The splatters of paint represent people or souls,rising from the ground up into the horizon... open and searching, connecting, to-gether. The black represents the chaos of daily life, and the brightness represents hope, calm, and the inner-peace I feel when I stop... like when I watch my husband and daugh-ter beachcombing together and for that moment, there’s nothing else in the whole world.”

Laura HarrisQuench, 2015, acrylic, 30 x 30 inches


LOT 10

A respected artist in the middle east, Hashim Hannoon immigrated to Canada in 2009. Writing in The Golden Medium, a monograph published for Hannoon’s 2008 solo exhibition in Amman, Jordan, critic Khalid Khudayer describes Hashim Hannoon as a realist and an abstract expressionist. He be-lieves that Hannoon’s style of abstraction captures the “golden medium”, the perfect balance between form and colour.

Wherever he lives, Hannoon seeks to achieve contact with the spiritual exis-tence of a place. Since coming to Canada, the concept of the city has become a theme in many of his canvases. He is not concerned with painting a literal

portrait of a place, rather his interest lies in capturing the essence of community and how it enriches the city. This process results in abstract images of gentle beauty that invite the viewer to experience his vision for the city through the filter of his imagination.

As a result of his acquaintance with the hardships of war, the abstract paintings of Hashim Hannon spring from a milieu quite different from that of many of his North American colleagues. Since ar-riving in Canada, he continues to remain honest to the spirit that permeates his experience. Painful memories are often a force that cannot be ignored. Once brought into the light and shared with others, however, the same memories can have the power to bring hope. In this way, though born from tragedy and sorrow, the paintings of Hashim Hannoon radiate optimism and an overwhelming vitality.

LOT 11



Hashim Hannoon

Mid Summer, 2011

Acrylic, 24 x 24 inches

LOT 12



Hashim Hannoon

Friendly Atmosphere, 2011

Acrylic, 24 x 24 inches

Sara GennDream Act, 2015, acrylic, 36 x 36 inches


LOT 13

Sara Genn was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queen’s University in Ontario. She is best known for her exhaustive use of colour and patterning, and repetition of motifs. Her work often blurs the line between high art and craft and references other forms such as quiltmaking and textile design. Genn began exhibiting professionally at age 18 and sold out her first solo show at 19. Her work has appeared in both commercial and public venues and been featured in such publications as Town and Country, New York Magazine, Canadian House and Home, Elle Canada, Canadian Living, and

Vogue. In 2001, Genn was made a United Way Special Achiever for her charitable contributions to the organization. She also works regularly with The Steelhead Society, Big Sisters, Art For Life, Fashion Cares and A Loving Spoonful. In 1998 and 1999 Genn lived in France and Spain and kept an illustrated diary that she published as one of the Internet’s first travelogues. It remains one of the most widely read digital travelogues. In 2002, she travelled by boat along the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories and painted the Canadia landscape. Her father is Canadian landscape painter Robert Genn. Since 2004 Genn has sojourned annually in Paris to write music and to paint. In 2008, she lived in Lucca, Italy and produced a series of large-scale colourfields based on Lucca’s Renaissance walls. She has resided in New York City since 2003.

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