Pat Dumas-Hudecki
Pat Dumas-Hudecki – born in Hamilton, Ontario and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design.
I have been exhibiting my paintings since 1995 in Canada and the USA. My works have garnered many awards and may be found in private and public collections, including the Ontario Government’s permanent collection. I am a member of and serve on the executive council for the Ontario Society of Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Through my different painting series I want to chronicle how the everyday objects around us transform and convey their own unique narratives. My
realistic acrylic paintings pay homage to the sweet disorder and chaos that surrounds us; they are an integral part of our living spaces whether indoors
or outdoors. I enjoy creating art that makes people take a second look at their everyday surroundings and transforms their perceptions of it.
Pat Dumas-Hudecki – born in Hamilton, Ontario and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design.
I have been exhibiting my paintings since 1995 in Canada and the USA. My works have garnered many awards and may be found in private and public collections, including the Ontario Government’s permanent collection. I am a member of and serve on the executive council for the Ontario Society of Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Through my different painting series I want to chronicle how the everyday objects around us transform and convey their own unique narratives. My
realistic acrylic paintings pay homage to the sweet disorder and chaos that surrounds us; they are an integral part of our living spaces whether indoors
or outdoors. I enjoy creating art that makes people take a second look at their everyday surroundings and transforms their perceptions of it.
$4,850.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
30x40x2"
'LOST IN TRANSITION - Toaster Girl' again juxtaposes child's and adult artwork. The child's drawing with simple curvy lines of the landscape and figure are playfully echoed in the curvy lines of the old toaster.
$2,750.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
24x24x2"
'LOST IN TRANSITION - War Games II' juxtaposes the curious blend of child and adult art in contrast and conflict.
$4,850.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
30x40x2"
'War Games I' uncovers the ‘artwork’ of ‘young masters’; children at a stage where they proudly create art with complete freedom of purpose. We see how their mind works and how it perceives the world through their choice of subject matter. This child is having an active battle with the enemy and will, of course, always win.
As I carefully replicate the child’s artwork onto canvas at a larger scale, it is put before the viewer in a new context. It is re-assessed as being a form of pure interpretive art – it is a child’s honest attempt at realism. The process of copying the child’s original art with detail accuracy is a process that brings me insight and respect as I journey back into their thought processes. Once completed, I deface it with my own realistic art objects which not only connects me and child with the passage of time and innocence but also playfully ‘turns the tables’ by being the adult scribbling over important child documents. I pose the question – which realism is the truer artform?
$4,850.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
30x40x1"
'Lost in Transition- Etiquette' plays with the juxtaposition of old values and new; how should we behave in society - seen through the eyes of a child and playing with the customs in an old book of etiquette painted on top.
$5,275.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
32x42x2"
“Lost in Transition-Evolution” is the latest painting in my series “In Transition”. In this piece I blend the child’s art (a complex mix of body/machine) with the adult art (a simple mechanical device). The subject matter, as in each painting in the series, juxtaposes two related but sometimes contradictory images. The realistic “foreground” object is an iconic kitchen tool designed for a simple task – an egg beater. The “background” drawing is a schematic blueprint-like representation of a human body. The child’s image is a hybrid of mechanical devices, office technology, and industrial processes in an imaginative combination that resonates as a single whole: an automaton, a robot with human-like features. The adult image however, is a machine with an optimum functional design that has changed little since it was perfected.
$1,885.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas (set of 2).
20x32x2"
'Lost in Transition-Mes Histoires' is a diptych painting carefully replicating the incredible story (histoire) of a child’s fantasy life which they have created on the outside covers of their schoolbook. The child’s scribbles are not part of the teacher’s assignment but part of the child’s unique vision. My painting is part of a series that honours the ‘works’ of what I call Young Masters; children at a stage where they proudly create art with complete personal freedom. As I carefully paint the child’s vision onto canvas at a larger scale, I am putting that vision into a new context before the viewer so that they might re-evaluate the sincerity of the original artist. I ask the viewer which is the true work of art? Is it the child’s original work or is it my painting of it?
$4,250.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
30x30x2"
'LOST IN TRANSITION-City II' is the curious blend of child and adult art in contrast and conflict. I pay homage to the artwork of children. I view some children as ‘young masters’ of their great art. I value the uniqueness in a child’s ability to interpret their world through their pure, uncomplicated creative responses to life. Once completed, I deface the canvas with my own realistic art objects which not only connects me to the passage of time and innocence but also playfully turns the tables by being the adult ‘scribbling’ over important child documents. I encourage us to re-evaluate the creative spirit and honesty of children’s drawings through juxtaposition and metaphorical layering of interior domestic icons. And I pose the question; which is the truer work-of-art?
$5,150.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
31.50x41.50x2"
My Lost in Transition series deals with a child’s ability to interpret their world through their uncomplicated creative response to life, comparing it with an adult’s critical and realistic interpretation. Both adult and child give validity to their two-dimensional expressions, recording response and memory uniquely in their own time and place. Much as a child might scribble on an important document, I playfully reverse roles by defacing their work. I encourage us to re-evaluate the creative spirit and honesty of children’s imagery though juxtaposition and metaphorical layering of interior domestic icons. My integration of child and adult imagery connects us to the passage of time and innocence and poses the question; which is the truer work-of-art?
$4,575.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas (set of 2).
18x36x2"
Diptych: 'Urban Totem #35, Toronto and Bathurst' before and after an intense fire. Since I had been painting Utility poles around Toronto, I had to document this fire, only to find out that months earlier, I had documented it BEFORE the fire.
$2,525.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
18x36x2"
'Urban Totem-Empire of the Night, Dovercourt Laneway', is a web of wires in a Toronto laneway. The streetlight is echoing the moon, playing with the Kensington Laneway painting.
$2,525.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
18x36x2"
'Urban Totem-Empire of the Night, Kensington Laneway', is a web of wires in behind Kensington Market. The moon is echoing a streetlight that is seen in most Toronto laneways. (see Dovercourt Laneway painting)
$2,525.00
Acrylic on stretched canvas.
18x36x2"
'Pole#37 Tecumseth & Niagara Streets' has more communications on it than its original electrical functions; street signs and directions etc.... plus the shoes on the wires themselves have added meaning.