Artist-in-Residence 2020 Nadina Tandy

Transmissions from Studio S

Dear art lover,

I am thrilled to be the inaugural Sechelt artist-in-residence supported by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council and Sechelt Downtown Business Association. The partnership has been in the works for some time with the program officially launching March 1, 2020.
A vacant storefront in downtown Sechelt has been generously provided as a working artist's studio with plenty of room to explore and develop ideas with the goal of community engagement through art. I've had to pinch myself, I am so excited by the opportunity.
And so, at he beginning of the month, I brought my selected art supplies to the place I have come to call Studio S and began. Starting a new project always has a few false starts, but once I'd established my routine, I was on a roll. For the last 19 days I have been working every day drawing strange and fantastical images on the windows and bringing my dreamlike collage creatures into reality for people to stop and view from the street.
Little did I know that the project would coincide with the push for isolation and social-distancing in order to combat the Covid-19 virus. Unwittingly, I have created an art exhibition in isolation, yet, accessible to all, for people to view safely.
For the next while, I will be taking over the sunshinecoastarts Instagram account to share my work and progress from Studio S. If you find yourself on a solitary, socially distancing walk in downtown Sechelt, perhaps you might stumble on Studio S next to the BMO on Wharf Street. If you do, please share your images with us on Facebook and Instagram. While we are a closed studio, we are excited to continue to share and find creative ways of connecting.

Stay well,

Nadina

Today’s Trix

Collage on a Stick

copyright nadina tandy 2020

8 fold mini-zine art tour by Nadina Tandy

That’s a wrap for Imagined  art tour an 8 fold mini-zine I created and made into 32 copies to be left in various locations from the Sunshine Coast, B.C. to London, UK with a little show in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

I hope they all found good homes.

 Offering up a few works on paper for sale on my website Available  

Thank you for supporting original art,

Nadina

ARTIST AT WORK

Spring update from my studio …

I’ve been a little quiet as of late but don’t you worry, don’t you fret because I have been spending my time making art, sorting stuff and cleaning up and I have just not felt like feeding the self promotional social media machine. As it turns out taking a break from the demands of the electronic world has been a most refreshing and productive time for me.

I am curious at what point the role of artist became the role of marketer. Are they one and the same? How do you handle the transition?

 Thoughts ~

SUNSHINE COAST ART | SUMMER 2018

Sunshine Coast Art | Summer 2018

Dear friends and art lovers,

It's been some time since I posted an update about my artistic meanderings and doings, somehow managing to let my winter art retreat and social media sabbatical slide into the hot waning months of summer. Originally it was my intention to bring everyone up to date as spring sprung but things do not always go as planned. The radio silence, however has not been without good reason and I am happy to fill you in.

As it turns out taking a break from the demands of the electronic world has been a most refreshing and productive time for me, the result of which has been a new series of work that I'm very excited about debuting at the 7th annual Power of Paint show this August 17, 18 and 19 at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt, B.C. ( So, no, I have not been drinking martinis, watching Netflix from the couch, dancing the night away nor sleeping til noon, despite rumours to the contrary...). I am very pleased with this new work but the most exciting thing for me is that I feel there is still plenty to explore and create within this new series. I'm looking forward to it.

In January of 2018, a call for donations for the establishment of a permanent art collection was put forth by the Sechelt Hospital Foundation with the goal of providing a visually inspiring and supportive environment for those giving or receiving care. I am thrilled and honoured to be one of the inaugural contributing artists to this worthwhile program with the donation of two of my pieces, 'Waterborne' and 'All of Me'. I am excited to watch as this wonderful 'Art of Healing' collection grows.

So here I am back to the interweb and back in your mailbox. Come say hello to me at Power of Paint,  August 17, 18 & 19 at the Seaside Centre, Sechelt, B.C.

Warm regards,

Nadina

'Eye Am' acrylic on 1956 BC Atlas of Recourses Map                  photo credit: Derek von Essen

Winter Artist Retreat

Winter Artist Retreat

Dear friends and art lovers,

It's hard to believe that 2017 is quickly coming to a close and looking back, I realize what a full year it has been. The time has flown by with both creative and domestic endeavours. There has been art exhibits, workshops facilitated and new work produced as well as family visits, care for a beloved ailing pet and the removal of a large cedar tree that had stood on our property for decades. And now it is time to recharge and renew.

To that end, I am going to be taking some time to catch my breath and to explore the new ideas that have been percolating in me throughout the year and I want to let what unfolds be unencumbered by the demands of social media, the sharing of work in progress or the pursuit of sales. And so, I am calling a time out and embarking on my Winter Artist Retreat.

I will be spending the time only a stones throw from a beach on the steel grey Salish Sea, facing the bracing winds and walking the green trails of the nearby forests. Reestablishing my connection with the natural world is grounding and a source of great inspiration to me, helping me to be present, in the moment and open to the beauty that surrounds me. This natural connection, as well as the odd combination and permutation of memory and dream that run through my imagination is an endless source of inspiration and a springboard for my creative expression.

I will return to social media and the sharing of my progress in the spring. I am excited to see what evolves from this getaway, my focused artist retreat.

Warm regards,

Nadina

Proserpine 1874 by Dante Gabriel Rosetti

Sunshine Coast Art Crawl studio 42 Nadina Tandy

AN INVITATION TO ART

Dear friends and art lovers,

I would like to welcome you to my Gibsons studio on the weekend of October 20-22 for the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl.

No. 42 on the Map Guide & Artists' Listing.

Sunshine Coast ART CRAWL

October 20-22, 2017

Fri - Sat - Sun: 10am - 5pm

Map Guide & Artists' Listing found on Sunshine Coast Art Crawl link as well as brochures in various locations.

What to expect when you visit the Studio. Nadina's mixed media drawings incorporate the weird and wonderful using found material, illustration and paint.

Sunshine Coast Arts Council Presents | Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games by Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

YOU ARE INVITED

The time has come to share the collection by Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

Location: Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Council

5714 Medusa at Trail, Sechelt, BC

Time: July 5 -30  RECEPTION: Saturday July 8 (2-4pm)

meet the artists: Saturday  July 15., 1pm

Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games, Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy 

Catalogue Cover and design by Derek von Essen    Exquisite Corpse by Donna May Balma & Nadina Tandy

Exquisite Corpse PARLOUR GAMES Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

 

Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games

Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

Dear Friends and Art lovers,

This last fall a magical collaboration between respected visionary artist Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy birthed a playful, inspired and surreal collection of a number of Exquisite Corpses. As a result of this collaboration, Donna and Nadina have been invited to exhibit and share their collection and the game with the public at the Sunshine Coast Arts Council, in Sechelt, BC.

 July 5 -30th Opening Reception July 8th 2-4pm

Meet the Artists July 15 @ 1:00pm

Sunshine Coast Arts Council, 5714 Medusa in Sechelt, B.C. CANADA

“Surrealist artists played collaborative, chance-based parlour game, typically involving four players, called Cadaver Exquis (Exquisite Corpse). Each participant would draw (or, in some occasion , paste and image down) on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal their contribution, and pass it on to the next player for his/her contribution.” ”

— Museum of Modern Art

Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games

It was an invitation to tea that started it. The creative collaboration between Donna May Balma and Nadina Tandy began in the fall of 2016 as a whimsical thing, an amusement. Over cookies and tea and talk of art and life they began playing the surrealist parlour game, 'Exquisite Corpse'. Originally based on a collaborative poetry game, 'Exquisite Corpse' was adapted by members of the Parisian surrealist movement in an attempt to 'draw a poem' of unexpected ideas and imagery.

In the days and weeks that followed, illustrated heads, torsos and feet began flying back and forth between the two artists in decorated Mail Art envelopes, dutifully delivered by Canada Post.

Once each received the other's contribution, the receiver would add to the previously drawn, scratched or collaged, but hidden image. This addition was then folded and concealed and mailed back to the previous contributor for them to add to. And so it went.

The result was a series of images of unexpected, but connected expression of colour and form. Now, this collection of 'Corpses' has grown into a village of surreal imagery and an unusual, unedited and beautiful body of work created by two artists of imagination and talent.

Donna Balma is an innovative and prolific Canadian artist and is a member of the West Coast Surrealist Group. Her work is profoundly affected by nature and her internal vision. Donna has established herself as an imaginative artist who's work has been variously described as fantasy, singular, outsider, visionary, naive, classical, folk, cosmic pop and surreal while she considers it simply painting the reality of her dreams and fantasies.

As a young child, Nadina Tandy used to draw on every surface she could find: inside book jackets, on door jambs, the underside of tables.“I had this constant impulse to make my internal world visible.” Currently living on the Wild West Coast of B.C. Nadina continues to make her internal world visible. The essential nature of Tandy's work in various media might be summed up as forceful sensitivity, a combination of elements that leads to her vibrant and moving art.

Sunshine Coast Arts Council Exquisite Corpse Parlour Games Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

July 5 -30th Opening Reception July 8th 2-4pm

Meet the Artists July 15 @ 1:00pm

Sunshine Coast Arts Council, 5714 Medusa in Sechelt, B.C. CANADA

Up-coming Group Exhibits  

 'The Sunshine Coast Pavilion'

JUNE 29-30, 2017 Gibsons Public Art Gallery

'Exquisite Corpse Palour Games', Donna Balma and Nadina Tandy

JULY 5-30, 2017 Sunshine Coast Arts Council

 '50 Canadian Things' This exhibition is based on stories from the book "A Number of Things" by Jane Urquhart. AUGUST 2-20, 2017 Sunshine Coast Arts Council

 Eleven Equal Artists presents : 'Power of Paint' AUGUST 18, 19, 20, 2017 Seaside Centre 

Warm Wishes from My Sunshine Coast Studio To You

Dear friends and art lovers, 

There really is not much more one could ask for in life but to love and be loved.

Merry Christmas

Happy Hanukkah

Thank you all for being a part of my life.

warm regards, 

Nadina  

I remember this unbearable snowsuit and being afraid of that bearded man.  

A VISUAL POST BY NADINA TANDY

Dear friends and art lovers,

I am gathering focus to work in the studio. My Blog/News is a visual up-date also a special Thank You for supporting art and the artists.

Touching the art ! Casting spells ! Nadina's mixed media piece, 'Dreaming of Home

Touching the art ! Casting spells ! Nadina's mixed media piece, 'Dreaming of Home" is off to a Collector in Vancouver, B.C.  photo credit Derek von Essen

Stay Warm, ink on paper. Available soon: The Art Rental Collection of North Vancouver Arts Council.

Floating Tattoo, ink on paper. Soon to be included in The Art Rental Collection of North Vancouver Arts Council.

  If you would like to own your own unique pencil case designed by Nadina you can order on-line at Art of Where  ~  5 chairs and 1 tac  front and back view photo by Tracy Barron Goyer