Georgia Straight Artist Interview

With the Little Gems exhibition on at the Beaumont Studios, Georgia Straight's writer, Stephen Thomson, is doing an interview on my art, the exhibition and the teaching of the abstract painting workshops. I am so stocked!!!

Rojia Dadashzadeh Artist and Art Instructor
Founder of www.rojia.com Play! Create! Flow!info@rojia.com604 916 5677 

Little Gems Exhibtion April 21, 2011

At The Beaumont Gallery
With Rojia Dadashzadeh and Deb Chaney
Please come join us at the opening reception on thursday April 21 at 8 -11 pm and see the artists in action. Drinks and snack are available.

The beaumont Studios

316 West 5th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V5Y 3P1

www.thebeaumontstudios.com

info@thebeaumontstudios.com

Abstract Painting Party! April 14th

Come join abstract painters Rojia Dadashzadeh and Deb Chaney for a joint dynamic abstract painting demonstration on a series of

 panels. You wil seel three paintings transform as they use mixed media and acrylics to create layering, texture, and depth into these art works.  

You will learn; 

 

1. Colour mixing techniques such as tinting, shading, and toning.

2. How do incorporate  polymer medium, retarder, and heavy molding paste 

3. Various techniques such as glazing, etching, and wet removal.

THURSDAY: Abstract Painting Party! April 14th.

“ We have invited Abstract/multi-media artists Rojia Dadashzadeh and Deb Chaney (www.rojia.com) to guest host the first 30 minutes of the class. Then it will be us, a bunch of canvas’s, a bunch of brushes, a plethora of paints and our imaginations… Oh and there will be wine and beer.

address:

The Beaumont Studios
316 West 5th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1J5
604-733-3783
info@thebeaumontstudios.com

Canadian Ink

Human beings have always been caught up in the sense that their identity is the ground to their existence. One's sense of identity is related to one’s cultural, historical, geographical, experiential, physical and psychological self. To be Canadian might have a general meaning from an outsider's point of view, but from that of an insider, who experiences the great diversity of ethnicities, languages, cultures and traditions of his/her country, Canadian is a theme of vast complexity. Cynthia Foo illustrates this complexity when, in her article “Portrait of a Globalized Canadian: Ken Lum's There Is No Place Like Home”, she poses the question: “when one is asked to imagine a “Canadian,” does an image of a non-white Canadian automatically come to mind?” (p. 44). The English language has played the devil’s advocate in Canadian colonial history in the forms of capitalism, politics and colonisation by the colonial powers. It has long been used as a strategy to separate people from their identity, tradition and culture. It has also been strategically utilised, both subtly and aggressively, by the intellectual, artistic and literate minds of ethnic minorities for use as educational and social commentaries, to bring attention to the underlying colonial exploitation of the society, and to build public awareness of oppressed cultures in Canada. How has the colonial English language been employed as an effective strategy to change the fabricated view of multicultural Canada and Canadian identity?

Testimonials from March Workshop

Amazing array of new techniques and skills over a short period of time. You will gain rich and enlightened knowledge of methods you can easily apply at home. Incredible instruction! Very intense 15 min. modules/increments.

Lisa Penz
Artist and Designer
Vancouver

Deb and Rojia complement one another beautifully with their technical and intuitive expertise. There is an abundance of information balanced with enough time to create three unique paintings. The course is fast paced yet very productive. Loved it!

Patty Ripley
Artist
Surrey

[Others] should attend [the course] themselves!
I loved everything about it. Best teacher duo ever! Yay girls!!!

Gabriele Maurus
Florist designer and collagist
North Vancouver

This is what one of my lovely students had to say about the workshop we just had in March

I was in a cave last weekend. I spent 3 full days at the Old Foundry building in an intense abstract painting on panel workshop. We didn’t come up for air but that was probably a good thing considering the air was full of pouring mediums, alcohols and varnishes. Fun!
The workshop was taught by two very talented abstract artists: Deb Chaney and Rojia Dadashzadeh. Their skill sets complimented one another so perfectly. Deb’s painting techniques encompass layers and glazes of mixed mediums while Rojia coats her panels in thick and rich acrylics to create a “butter” effect.

Taking this workshop was of interest to me because I wanted to experience something I’ve never done… painting on panel and building up many thick layers of paint. As I’ve said before – I love trying new things and I’m a creature of variety. I wanted to dive deeper into abstract painting and come out of it with some interesting effects that I may want to incorporate into my female pop portraits.
There were numerous techniques taught and it would be impossible for me to share all of them in this post but I would like to give you an idea of some highlights…

• Mixing and tinting colours. Learning how to desaturate a colour and working with complimentary colours effectively through layering. We created beautiful turquoise shades made with Phthalo blue and greens.

• Mark making. Using different tools to make your personal mark. I loved scratching through layers of paint with wooden sticks to reveal older layers below.

• The final coat. Varnishing finished work with a pouring medium to create a thick, resin-like effect.
 By Lisa Penz