FRACTALS: Paintings displayed in the living room slideshow is the result of many years of searching. The challenge was to let loose and understand on a personal level what seperates the Canadian Landscape from other geographic locations when expressed through the visual arts.
Stripping away what I learned and what is popular, a time came where the past no longer served a purpose. By allowing my hand to guide me subconsciously I learned what was always with me.
The fliud lines and shapes defined as fractals can be observed in my subject matter. This opened new possibilites and exciting challenges.
Canadian Landscapes energize me, they give me peace and I feel centered.
Biography:
Born in Germany, Jutta ( Judy ) Mayer-Grieve is an honours graduate of OCAD University.
Early formal education in art began at Central Tech in Toronto. An intesive 3 year Art Program offered to post secondary students gave a very well rounded foundation in visual art. This included sculpture, ceramics, metal work, along with anatomy, life drawing, industrial design, graphic design, typography, painting and much more. A big inspiration was Doris McCarthy, whose enthusiasm for art and art history infected many students.
At OCAD University, Majoring in Illustration, James Hill and Ken Dallison where a big influence in the development of Illustration and later influenced Fine Art.
Painting and drawing since childhood, she worked in the advertising field as a graphic designer and illustrator for many years. See client list here.
Judy has taught graphic design, digital illustration and rotoscoping in the art and new media department at Fanshawe College for four years before moving to the Halton Region in 2007.
Judy Mayer - Grieve A.O.C.A.D. (hons)
Represented by:
AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto ON
AGH - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Hamilton ON
BAC - Art Etc. Burlington ON
