Invisible Worlds

Hooper Studios Gallery Opening for the season

Return to Africa

works by Sue and Kathy Hooper

Sunday, May 22nd from 2 - 5

Kings County Studio Tour 2011

June 11 & 12

Summer art featuring student works and gallery artists

Art Workshop’s at Villa Madonna, Rothesay

Turn your art day into a mini retreat with an overnight stay for an extra $85.

Conversations with yourself through paint & pen with Sue Hooper, Thursday, July 7th, 10:00 to 4:30

Tile making in clay with Kathy Hooper, Thursday, July 7th, 10:00 to 4:30

A day of drawing with Sue Hooper, Thursday, July 21st, 10:00 to 4:30

Acrylic painting with Sue Hooper, Thursday, July 28th, 10:00 to 4:30

To register for the Villa workshops please call
Sue Hooper at 506 650-3333

To find our more about the Villa visit their website or call:
Villa Madonna, Rothesay
506 849-5125  Toll free 866 783-3300
www.villamadonna.ca

Fredericton Edventures

July 23, Drawing, July 24, Exploring Creativity through Color

Hooper Studios Gallery

Summer art featuring invited artists and gallery artists
runs until October 8th

"MIDSUMMER" ART at HOOPER STUDIOS GALLERY
177 Kennebecasis River Road, Hampton

We have a wonderful collection of work from artists new to us and of course some not so new.

There are four strange, pale masks of George Fry's, based on Carl Jung's archetype's; Sue Hooper's green tree of magic and other pieces which speak of her love and understanding of the earth;

Pat Mercer, a friend and very fine artist has two of her glowing interiors of fruit,bottles,vegetables, plates jugs and cloths. In the paintings these everyday objects become magical.

Philip Savage's fantastic "Herd" pieces, which cluster on top of his elegant table, are becoming a smaller group, so many have found other homes. These adorable creatures, made in wood from other parts of the world, and beautifully finished, are lovely to handle and play with. Kathy Hooper has been working on a series of quite realistic work using animals, birds and plants to tell a 'story' which you make up for yourself.

Alice Whitney from Sussex often works in pastel and we have two of them, whether a landscape or a figurative piece, Alice's work is utterly without guile and deeply felt.

Larry Stewart, a landscape architect by trade has been painting for years but so far has never shown his work publically, we are lucky to have some, to give you a taste of his work, before he has a much more extensive show with us in the fall. His work has a strong sense of the architecture of nature and ideas, interesting! Sophia Bella is showing lovely studies of the human form and animals in pencil and ink and wash drawings.

To finish with we have a group of wooden sculptures done by some of the artists who took part in the "Bloomin' artists" weekend.

These women will make you smile, but also make you realize how many creative ways there are to approach the subject of 'woman'.

The Gallery is open every Saturday from 10am to 4pm and always by chance or appointment. All are welcome!

Gallery Opening: New works by Larry Stewart & Kathy Hooper

Everyone is invited to join us this Sunday between 2 and 5pm, October 16th, for the Hooper Studios Gallery Opening of: New works by Larry Stewart & Kathy Hooper

177 Kennebecasis River Road, Hampton

Larry Stewart is a principle and senior landscape architect with Basic Design Associates Ltd. in Sussex, NB. He has been with BDA for more than 20 years and has extensive experience working on sustainable projects throughout the Maritime Provinces. Larry's love of nature, eye for design and his home surroundings between cliffs and river on the Norton Shore Road make for a natural progression to visual art.

LARRY STEWART - “PAINTINGS 2009 – 2011”
The work you will see in this exhibition draws from a background of landscape design and a deep understanding of the environment it’s plants, patterns and ways of growth. It also explores architectural ideas and relationships of colour and shapes; the paintings are intriguing, especially because this is a first show but a long way from being an “emerging artist” show; this is the work of an artist who knows what he wants to say and says it well.

KATHY HOOPER - “CLAY FOR THE JOY OF IT”
These somewhat odd pieces ! have been evolving for a few months. Handmade, many of them are planters, in deep red earthenware, others are small pots, very simple in design and reminiscent of older kitchen ware. Clay has been a medium I have used off and on throughout my working life. Clay’s tactile qualities as well as its long history with us as humans, interest me. I love that I can make sculptures which balance my otherwise two dimensional, artistic life.

Saint John Art Center Opening, Stimularae

Sue and Kathy Hooper and 16 local artists, Friday, October 28 from 5:30 to 7:30

Hooper StudiosGallery Fine Art and Craft Gifts Show Weekend

November 12 and 13
Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 11 to 4