The wonder of Pedie Wolfond

Published Saturday November 26th, 2011

by Tom Smart

Only a few weeks ago, the hardwood forests of southern Ontario were as radiantly brilliant as ever. But driving toward Guelph recently, the splendour of fall colours had been replaced by the grey monotones of bare branches and earth colours.

Within the University of Guelph campus, on a gently sloping lawn, is the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre. Its fine symmetry is described by a no-nonsense brick facade referencing the schoolhouse architecture echoed in several other buildings in the university’s historic precinct, now dwarfed by today’s glass, stone and brick structures.

Article by Joanne Shuttleworth: “Pedie Wolfond’s Lumen exhibit a bright spot at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre”

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Pedie Wolfond’s Lumen exhibit a bright spot at Macdonald Stewart Art Centre

Pedie Wolfond Artist Pedie Wolfond stands in front of Apollo, one of the paintings in her colourful exhibition called Lumen, opening Sunday at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

Chris Seto/Guelph Mercury

GUELPH — Doctors aren’t prescribing Pedie Wolfond exhibits to their patients yet, but there’s some evidence that viewing her work is good for your health.

Many pieces from her Hearts and Flowers series now hang in hospitals in Toronto and Oshawa, particularly in the cardiac or cancer wings, and it makes her feel good to hear that other people say they feel better when looking at her art.

“Lumen” by Pedie Wolfond at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre show continue to 02/20/12

Pedie Wolfond

LUMEN

MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph

November 20 – Feburary 20

Pedie Wolfond recently opened a major solo exhibition at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph ON on Sunday, November 20th. This exhibition shows work from the past five years of the artist’s career, with a major focus on new works created earlier this year.

As one of Canada’s leading abstractionists, Pedie Wolfond strive for luminescence, balance and movement within each composition, each stroke human in scale and sentiment. Her practice began in the 1950s, at the emergence of the great modernist tradition of Abstract Expressionism, and she continue to produce work

at a prolific rate. Wolfond’s conscientious and emotive approach to colour and light is rendered in paint on raw canvas. Her major solo exhibition, Lumen, marks Pedie Wolfond’s sixth decade in art and focuses on her recent paintings.

For more information about Lumen, contact the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, info@msac.ca, 519-837-0010, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph ON, N1G 1Y1.