Artist Statement / Dèclaration d’artiste
Professional Canadian Artist/ artiste Canadienne professionnelle

Bev Rodin is interested in atmospheric light, transparency, movement, and moments in time. Internationally collected, each original archival painting on canvas combines large gestural brushwork, sumi-e, traditional and contemporary painting techniques and multiple glazes. Painting texture is achieved from both heavy canvas and brushwork. All materials are archival and finished with a top coat o UV protection. Paintings are ready be hung and unframed. In essence, Bev’s art reveals both the poetic and the beautiful in the natural phenomena that surround her life.

Good art like music plays forever and I endeavour to create imaginative, spiritual and individual work that does not lose its potency over time. I believe the space between the brushstrokes is where intuition liberates the intellect.  Both are essential. My predominantly medium and large scale paintings in acrylic medium on canvas, explore unusual lighting, transparency, abstraction, universality, movement, colour and connections between them.  These simple notions provide both the grand gestures and the details of my work.  I am also interested in the universal human responses and relationships to natural landscapes, water and the beauty of natural geometries. I am well known for three dominant themes, Forest Light Series, Shorelines Series and City and Country Gardens. Other works include internationally award winning watercolours and plein air small works.

Mes grandes peintures  étudent la lumière exceptionale, la couleur, le mouvement, les moments universeles, les dessins abstracte and leurs rapport avec les paysages naturel, de l’eaux and la beauté esthétique. Mes thèmes en vogue sont  des Forêts & du Lumière,  des Rivages et Les Jardins de ville et du campagne.

Abridged List of Exhibitions

Fresh for Fall, 2022, Canada House Gallery

Spring Thaw, 2021 Canada House Gallery

Joy show, 2019, 2021, 2022, Canada House Gallery

Wild & Sacred Spaces, 2019, Mountain Galleries East, Stratford

Spring Fling, Solo Show, 2019, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Joy, 2018, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Painterly Pursuits, 2017, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Light, A Subtle Beauty, 2016, Abbozzo, Toronto

Joy, 2016, Canada House Gallery, Banff

New Work, 2014, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Feature Artist, Bev Rodin, 2014, Abbozzo, Toronto

Joy, 2014, Canada house Gallery, Banff

The Canadian Shield, 2013, Algonquin Art Centre, Ontario

The Dance of Light, Water, An Artists Perspective, 2012, Algonquin Art Centre, Ontario

Purposeful Reflections, 2012, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary

Joy 2011, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Simply Landscape, 2011, West End Gallery, Edmonton

Forest Edges, 2010, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Reflections, 2010, 85th Anniversary CSPWC/SPCA, Roberts Gallery, Toronto

Moments of Changing Seasons, 2010, Hollander York Gallery, Toronto

Jewels of Canada, 2010, West End Gallery, Edmonton

Illusions of Light, 2008, West End Gallery, Edmonton

New Work, 2008, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Artists Best, 2008, Hollander York Gallery, Toronto

Calendar Collection, 2008, West End Gallery, Edmonton

A Winters Eve, 2007, West End Gallery, Edmonton

Anniversary Collection, 2007, West End Gallery, Edmonton

Reverie of Light and Colour, 2006, West End Gallery, Edmonton

New Work, 2005, Canada House Gallery, Banff

New Work, 2005, hollander York Gallery, Toronto

Ethereal, 2003, Canada House Gallery, Banff

Vistas & Vignettes, 2002, Hollander York Gallery, Toronto

Gallery Collection, 2001, hollander York Gallery, Toronto

Millenium Collection, Royal Canadian Academy, Stratford

The Water Spirit, New Work, England and Canada, Rythms of Light, multiple solo shows, McLaren Barnes Gallery, Oakville