Rita Vindedzis: Selected Landscapes

Rita Vindedzis' current show of landscape paintings reflects her work over the past four years. The soft focus effect that she favours is achieved through subtle blendings and overlays of colour, in addition to the application of textured moulding paste.

Vindedzis is inspired by the natural world around her. Her palette is largely comprised of reds, greens, golds, greys, and muted blues.

End of Summer depicts a field of golden grasses in the foreground. A brilliant silvery-white stream is the meandering line that cuts the composition on the diagonal, leading up to a soft blue-grey sky.

In Northern River, another silvery-white river line moves directly away from the viewer and disappears into the distant deep greens and shadowy reds of coniferous trees on the horizon.

Vindedzis says, "I feel that our lives have become so fast-paced and hectic that in looking at one of my paintings, I want the viewer to feel and enjoy the clam and serenity that I have painted."

Leslie Bergeron - Raku Fired Ceramics

Leslie Bergeron's ceramic work has been inspired by her years of exploring the technique of raku. The basic forms she incorporates are circles, squares, triangles and spirals. These may be the sculptural elements of a piece, or they may be decorative elements.

Bergeron uses contrast to wonderful effect: soft blended colours in her glazes reside next to bold black and white graphics; sharp lines penetrate soft areas; rough textures lie beside smooth surfaces.

Her confident use of classic forms provides a welcome contrast to her application of whimsical spiral forms. These formal elements are found in Vertical Triangle Box and in Triangle Platter, among other pieces.

Bergeron has said that she challenges herself with the form "before allowing the fire to make its indelible imprint upon (her) highly designed surfaces.