Meet the 15 finalists for this year’s RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Meet the 15 finalists for this year’s RBC Canadian Painting Competition
By Kevin Naulls | June 27, 2012
By Kevin Naulls | 06/27/2012
The juries from Western (Sandra Meigs, Mark Mullin and Nigel Prince) , Central (Clint Roenisch, Jonathan Shaughnessy and Monica Tap) and Eastern Canada (Roger Bellemare, Robin Metcalfe and Janet Werner) have picked the finalists for this year’s RBC Canadian Painting Competition, and of the 15 selected, two are from Toronto: Aleksander Hardashnakov and Vanessa Maltese. Take a look at the paintings that got all 15 finalists to the last stage of this annual competition.
Check out all 15 paintings selected for this year’s Canadian Painting Competition »
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146701 Artist: Betino Assa, Montreal<br />
Details: Acrylic on engraved plexiglass<br />
Size: 32 x 49 inches <em>Gathering in the forest 12 am,</em> 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Assa-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Assa.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Assa.jpg 624 422 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/assa/ assa 0 0
Gathering in the forest 12 am, 2011
146702 Artist: Ahbyah Baker, Vancouver<br />
Details: Gouache on wood panel<br />
Size: 16 x 16 inches<br />
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<em>Dripshape25,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Baker-2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Baker-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Baker-2.jpg 624 630 {"copyright":"KLAUS BOEDKER (C)"} https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/baker-2/ baker-2 0 0
Dripshape25, 2012
146703 Artist: Thomas Chisholm, Victoria<br />
Details: Enamel on aluminum<br />
Size: 36 x 36 inches RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists Interference 1, 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Chisholm-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Chisholm.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Chisholm.jpg 624 808 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/chisholm/ chisholm 0 0
146704 Artist: Philip Delisle, Halifax<br />
Details: Acrylic on canvas<br />
Size: 65 x 72 inches<br />
<em>NSCAD MFA Studio,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Delisle-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Delisle.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Delisle.jpg 624 571 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/delisle/ delisle 0 0
NSCAD MFA Studio, 2012
146705 Artist: Colin Muir Dorward, Ottawa<br />
Details: Oil on canvas<br />
Size: 71 x 64 inches<br />
<em>Grievance Calculator,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Dorward-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Dorward.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Dorward.jpg 624 677 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/dorward/ dorward 0 0
Grievance Calculator, 2012
146706 Artist: Jordy Hamilton, Vancouver<br />
Details: Oil and acrylic on linen<br />
Size: 60 x 48 inches <em>Painting Painting 49 Hat to Block the Sun,</em> 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hamilton-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hamilton.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hamilton.jpg 624 779 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/hamilton/ hamilton 0 0
Painting Painting 49 Hat to Block the Sun, 2011
146707 Artist: Aleksander Hardashnakov, Toronto<br />
Details: Canvas string and enamel on canvas<br />
Size: 48 x 36 inches <em>untitled 23 string piece 2,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hardashnakov-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hardashnakov.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hardashnakov.jpg 624 814 {"copyright":"Copyright: Toni Hafkenscheid"} https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/hardashnakov/ hardashnakov 0 0
untitled 23 string piece 2, 2012
146708 Artist: David Hucal, Guelph, Ont.<br />
Details: Oil on canvas<br />
Size: 36 x 35 inches <em>Untitled,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hucal-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hucal.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hucal.jpg 624 630 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/hucal/ hucal 0 0
Untitled, 2012
146709 Artist: Andrea Kastner, Edmonton<br />
Details: Oil on canvas<br />
Size: 72 x 60 inches <em>Demolition,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kastner-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kastner.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Kastner.jpg 624 749 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/kastner/ kastner 0 0
Demolition, 2012
146710 Artist: Katie Lyle, Vancouver<br />
Details: Oil on canvas<br />
Size: 16 x 12 inches <em>White Night,</em> 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Lyle-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Lyle.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Lyle.jpg 624 832 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/lyle/ lyle 0 0
White Night, 2011
146711 Artist: Vanessa Maltese, Toronto<br />
Details: Oil on panel<br />
Size: 23 x 18 inches <em>Balaclava,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Maltese-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Maltese.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Maltese.jpg 624 802 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/maltese/ maltese 0 0
Balaclava, 2012
146712 Artist: Jenna Faye Powell, Sarnia, Ont.<br />
Details: Acrylic and oil on canvas<br />
Size: 54 x 54 inches <em>The Ideology of the Sublime Wilderness II,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Powell-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Powell.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Powell.jpg 624 624 {"copyright":"Proper Photography"} https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/powell/ powell 0 0
The Ideology of the Sublime Wilderness II, 2012
146713 Artist: Nicolas Rancellucci, Montreal<br />
Details: Acrylic on canvas<br />
Size: 60 x 60 inches <em>Si je tue un canard, je te donnerai les plus belles plumes,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ranellucci-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ranellucci.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ranellucci.jpg 624 622 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/ranellucci/ ranellucci 0 0
Si je tue un canard, je te donnerai les plus belles plumes, 2012
146714 Artist: Corri-Lynn Tetz, Montreal <br />
Details: Oil on panel<br />
Size: 16 x 26 inches <em>Housefire 3,</em> 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Tetz-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Tetz.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Tetz.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/tetz/ tetz 0 0
Housefire 3, 2011
146715 Artist: Julie Trudel, Montreal<br />
Details: Acrylic and silkscreen ink on plywood<br />
Size: 64 x 29 inches <em>Ellipses en transit MCY et CMY, du projet CMYK,</em> 2012 RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Trudel-1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Trudel-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Trudel-1.jpg 624 920 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/rbc-canadian-painting-competition-finalists/slide/trudel-1/ trudel-1 0 0
Ellipses en transit MCY et CMY, du projet CMYK, 2012