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Faces and the Garden
Pauline Doyle
Started during the pandemic, these sculptural ceramic wall pieces were inspired by the wild life in Doyle’s Port Moody neighbourhood. At a time when we were all wearing facemasks, she wonders how our animal neighbours might cover-up and protect themselves.
Biography
Pauline Doyle has worked with ceramics as a teacher and creator for 20+ years in the Port Moody area. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The University of British Columbia and studied Ceramic Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. In addition, Pauline was the Ceramic Artist in Residence at PoMoArts from 2009-2012. During this time, she developed her professional art practice, ran the community studio, and taught classes in ceramic hand-building to adults, teens and children. Her artwork has been displayed in Metro Vancouver art galleries, shops and public spaces and is in private collections on three continents. Presently, she has retired from teaching and runs a small studio on Spring Street in Port Moody.
"I reveal myself through my work. The things I love, my sense of humour, my abilities, my limitations; they are all there to be seen. I find the creative process mostly a great joy but have experienced the gut wrenching stuff as well. Form, colour and the sweet spot are the articles of my faith while creating. I am thankful for the opportunity to share with the world."
I started this body of work a few months into the pandemic with the idea to create wall pieces inspired by the wildlife in my neighbourhood in Port Moody. At this time, we were all bearing and wearing facemasks to help hinder the spread of Covid19; this made me reflect on the idea of how animals may hide or protect themselves with a ‘mask.’
Out of this simple meditation came the majority of these pieces in this exhibition. I draw forth these images in delight and wonder of the world passing through what seems at times my storybook backyard.
My works are made using a white clay body which I add paper to for strength. They are fired to cone 5/6. I paint my pieces with glaze and underglaze paints in both the green and bisque stages. Some pieces are made whole and fired in one piece; others have portions epoxied on to them.
“I am very grateful to the Port Moody Arts Centre Society for all the wonderful years of teaching, creating and exhibiting at the arts centre and for the blessings from the community they support.”
Faces and the Garden has been presented as a hybrid of a live exhibition installed in the gallery and a digital exhibition. An in-person Exhibition Reception was held with the artists on July 28, 2022. PoMoArts Gallery is open daily for in-person visits. See PoMoArts.ca for Gallery hours.
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Credits:
Maddy Doyle