VIVIDLY

Kate BRIDGER and Jack DUCKWORTH

KATE BRIDGER, FABRIC ARTIST

For over three decades I have been working with fabric to create landscapes, wildlife, house portraits, old cars, household objects and abstracts.  Recently, I have branched out and am creating mixed media collages and 3D fabric clad work. Inspired, as always, by the landscapes I live in or visit as well as by the extraordinary that lurks within the ordinary.

I have lived in Canada for most of my life beginning in Ontario and slowly making my way westward. Art is what fills my days, gives me purpose and keeps me curious. I am always delighted to share my work with others.

As the title suggests, this is a collection of vividly bright and colourful pieces featuring both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work. Most of my triggers come from the environment I am fortunate to enjoy every day. I confess I am allergic to wishy-washy beiges and whites, so my work leans towards bold colours and crisp graphics.

JACK DUCKWORTH

 My interest in and talent for art emerged naturally in my youth and began to mature through the exceptional giftedness of my senior high school art teacher. By my mid-twenties, I was painting and showing my art in and around my hometown. However, post-secondary studies, vocation, and family life created an extended hiatus from painting. After serving for over 25 years in pastoral and campus Christian missions on Vancouver Island and Winnipeg and teaching practical theology modules overseas in Eastern and Western Europe, the Caribbean, and, more recently (by Zoom), in the Philippines, my artistic interests have rekindled. 

I delight in the colours and rhythms inherent in West Coast landscapes, seascapes, old village scenes, and scenes from my travels in Canada and overseas. Each piece I create brings new delight. Experimenting with colours and content permits me the freedom to “flow” (1) with the work. I approach my current artists’ vocation simply: I paint because I enjoy it. 

Now living in Nanaimo with my wife close to my family, I am establishing myself as an artist and have enjoyed showing my work in galleries and coffee shops around the Island. teaching demos to beginning artists and developing a following. You can view some of my most recent acrylic artwork, gallery listings, and the most recent artist’s newsletter on my web page, jackduckworthartist.com, or follow me on Facebook, Jack Duckworth Artist. 

Creatively 

Jack Duckworth