Maurice Haycock's exhibitions
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| Maurice Haycock's
work will be featured in Arctic Quest exhibitions.
To read about Arctic Quest, click
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Varley
Art Gallery
May 21 to October 21,
2006
216 Main Street, Unionville, Ontario L3R 2H1
Featuring Arctic work by
The Group of Seven, Doris McCarthy, Maurice
Haycock, and contemporary artists including
Arctic Quest artists Val Russell and Paul Gauthier |
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Win
Henstock Gallery
Opening Reception September 9, 2006, 1 pm
September 9 to September 22, 2006
334 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville, Ontario L6J 1J6
Arctic Quest Group exhibition
featuring historical artwork from A.Y. Jackson,
Maurice Haycock, Doris McCarthy,
and contemporary artwork from the recent voyage
to the High Arctic |
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Gallery
on the Grand
Opening Reception November 8, 2006, 5 - 8:30 pm
November 8 to 23, 2006
220 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N26 2Y7
Arctic Quest Exhibition,
historical 2-D artwork, Inuit Sculpture, DVD for
viewing, and work by Maurice Haycock |
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Quest artists, click
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Maurice Haycock's past exhibitions
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 Haycock
held over 20 solo exhibitions across Canada and in the
U.S.A., as well as participated in innumerable others.
He is represented in industrial and
mining company, government and university collections,
in private and public, and embassy collections in Canada
and abroad.
Haycock's early work was accepted
into Ontario Association of Watercolourist Exhibitions
in Toronto 1939 - 1944. He held annual solo exhibitions
in Ottawa in the 1940’s and 1950’s which
resulted in favourable reviews and popular sales. By
the 1960's he exhibited less frequently in formal shows,
preferring the impromptu showings during sketching trips.
He still entered some major solo and
group shows, but sold most paintings privately. One
of his last major exhibitions was at Whitehorse, Yukon
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From the catalogue:
“Haycock unabashedly admits that his style is
reminiscent of the Group of Seven, but it has also
evolved from his own unique personality characteristics.
Haycock is honest, self confident and almost brash
in the way that he approaches painting. He uses a
comparatively large paint brush and lays the paint
on in splashes of color placed beside one another
to achieve a gorgeous subtle mix of hues not unlike
the mix of color found in nature. Often the paint
strokes do not cover the plywood which serves as a
canvas for him. It is interesting to note that much
of this raw plywood shows through in his depiction
of old cabins and buildings.
Haycock uses actual wood to help
create a representation of wooden building! He is
not worried about following the traditions of paint
covering support. Haycock also has an unusual palette:
the “type” of color he employs is usually
quite limited. His colors are of similar intensity
- “muted” is a good word to describe them.
They are well mixed with the occasional subtle use
of light color to highlight. Perhaps the muted colors
are a reflection of his subject or mood because there
are times when Haycock has thrown his palette aside
and reached for his tubes to produce a more brilliant
and saturated type of color to suit fall landscapes.
Colors common to all his paintings are the complementary
yellow-oranges and purples. Dull browns and greens
are also repeated. However, Haycock’s paintings
never cease to please the eye. His works are masterpieces
of harmonious color and his technique displays a confidence
and familiarity with subject. His subjects are a part
of our life and heritage, and his paintings will prove
to be, now and in the future.”
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