{"id":1136,"date":"2014-03-25T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauraculic.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2014-05-18T13:54:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T18:54:45","slug":"ontario-society-artists-open-juried-show-reception-april-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauraculic.com\/2014\/03\/25\/ontario-society-artists-open-juried-show-reception-april-3\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c<\/span>Lucky\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucky 36\u2033 x 36\u2033 encaustic and oil on panel: available at MJG<\/span> Gallery, Toronto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was thrilled to have my painting \u201cLucky\u201d accepted into theOntario Society of Artists 141st<\/a> Open Juried Show at the John B Aird Gallery<\/a>, Toronto,  April 2014; the theme of which was \u201cGame\u201d.
\n\u201cLucky\u201d,  one of only 38 works accepted out of 235 entries, addresses the theme on a couple levels: I tried to suggest the feel of an old style shooting gallery \u2014 faded and a bit tawdry; the animals themselves are what a hunter would perceive as \u201cgame\u201d \u2014 however, the illustrations are from my old children\u2019s books, and in mind also is the strange concept that, as children, we read books about animals who talk and think and manage families, yet some people grow into adults who shoot for sport these same creatures. The target in the painting is obviously in reference to the shooting gallery concept, and less-obviously, a nod to the great abstract expressionist and encaustic painter Jasper Johns. Lucky would be the person who won at the shooting gallery, and lucky indeed the animals who escape the hunter\u2019s gun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thrilled to have my painting \u201cLucky\u201d accepted into theOntario Society of Artists 141st Open Juried Show at the John B Aird Gallery, Toronto,  April 2014; the theme of which was \u201cGame\u201d. \u201cLucky\u201d,  one of only 38 works accepted out of 235 entries, addresses the theme on a couple levels: I tried to suggest \u2026 <\/p>\n