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Moorings Gallery, The Click here to view your quick list
 

575 Main St

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia B0J 2E0

The Moorings Gallery carries the work of approximately thirty artists and craftpersons, most of whom live and work in Atlantic Canada. The gallery is open daily May 21st to December 25th, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (with extended hours in the summer months).

t: view phone (902) 624-6208

w: http://www.mooringsgallery.com

e: dvalverde@ns.sympatico.ca

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Here are just some of our featured artists & craftspeople...

Amy Sullivan- has spent most of her years living at the bottom of a dead end dirt road in an extraordinarily small community called South Branch in New Brunswick. In 2003, she escaped to the big city of Fredericton and began taking Clay at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, where she found she could express her insane ideas in a way that created very interesting, sculptural pottery.

Deb Kuzyk and Ray Mackie- create their pottery using porcelain, a clay famous for its whiteness and strength. The work is fired three times in order to achieve the subtle nuances of colour and lustre which are the hallmarks of their pieces. Ray and Deb have exhibited their work at The Moorings since the gallery was purchased by the Valverdes in 2003 and their work is featured in the gallery’s brochure.

Teresa Bergen- is a ceramic artist who creates exuberant, one-of-a-kind, functional pottery and sculpture that combine elaborate forms with colourful narrative surface decoration. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and has made its way to collections throughout North America and Europe.

Maria Valverde- Often referred to by her patrons as the Frida Kahlo of Nova Scotia , Valverde is a visual artist who draws inspiration from her natural environment as well as from her Spanish heritage. People figure prominently in Valverde’s original oil paintings as do endangered species and organic vegetative motifs. In her portraits it is not unusual for the two subjects to intertwine in rich, colourful and rhythmic compositions that express a love of humanity and of nature.

William Rogers- is a Nova Scotia artist who works primarily in watercolour, painting landscapes, seascapes, figures and horses. The effects of light and colour dominate his award-winning watercolours which have been exhibited widely in Canada and the USA . Rogers works mostly in plein air.

Candice Prior- makes all of the components of her jewellery –the beads, the clasps, the earring wires and what amazing ways she finds to put everything together! Candice ensures everyone that earrings do not need to match! Presently, Candice teaches beadwork techniques and art clay silver classes at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design.

Dorothee Rosen- Based on studies in the field of social anthropology, my work now is more inspired by jewellery used as protective defense against evil spirits in non-industrialized societies, and by imagery of nature such as vines and flower garlands.... a balance is achieved between the simple beauty of the coloured stones, and the playfulness of magnetic elements, still held within the constraints of elegance.

Laurie Boisvert- her jewellery can be divided into two categories –the fun and the significant. “Fun work” uses non-jewellery materials to enhance exuberance and diminish the pretension of preciousness. But fun is never had at the cost of clean lines or strong form. Each piece needs to stand on its own, on or off the body. Conversely, Laurie’s other work often deals with ideas of containment, concealment, and revealed secrets....

Michelle Yorke- predominantly uses nickel-free stainless steel wire. Occasionally she uses brass and copper wire as well. The beads are made of glass, wood and semi-precious stones. There are no adhesives or glues used in her work, just wire, which gives her jewellery an organic quality. She has an amazing ability in combining colours and her pieces are unique in their design and colour juxtaposition.

For more information about Moorings Gallery artists go to 'our galleries' in the www.valverdestudiogallery.com site.

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  • By Maria Valverde

  • By Candice Prior

  • By William Rogers

  • Deb Kuzyk & Ray Mackie

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