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A Glad Design |
Like many children,
the young Erna (Sawatzky) Ewert dreamed of becoming an artist. Unfortunately,
childhood dreams have a habit of falling by the wayside as
families and work take priority over the years. But Erna didn't
let go of her dream, which meant going back to school when most
people would be taking a leisurely retirement, and 1983 she
graduated with a Fine Arts Major in Painting and Printmaking
from the University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford,
BC. Erna creates works in watercolour, acrylics, collages, oils,
limited edition hand pulled lithographs, collograph, seragraphs,
and monoprints. Her style is realistic to painterly to
semi-abstracts,
in analogous, vibrant and pastel colours.
In 1983 Erna graduated with a Fine Arts Major in Painting and Printmaking from the University College of the Fraser Valley. She was influenced, in her post graduate studies by Mircho and Janina Jakafow. She attended professional seminars under instructors; Judith Betts AWS-NWS; Carole Barnes AWS; Rex Brandt NA-AWS; Jane Brunham AWS-NWS; Carl Dalio AWS-NWS; Linda Doll AWS-NWS; Robert Genn SFCA; Katharine Wenig O'Connor AWS; Christopher Schink FCA; Zoltan Szabo and Harry Heine SFCA. In 1991 the Federation of Canadian Artists elected Erna Signature Status (AFCA). Ewert's artistic motivation in her love of family, that inspires her to record pictorially her lifetime journey of a rich heritage and lifelong experiences that "touch the windows of the inner soul" inviting the viewers to respond accordingly. She look for techniques and subject matter that create a new approach, a new style, a new variety and experimental search to the emotional and spiritual. |
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Glacial Torrents |
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"I often wonder, will my nostalgic memoirs make me and my viewers more caring, more understanding, more forgiving, more peaceful because of my artwork and honor the Great Creator?" | ||
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A Glad Profusion |
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Since 1980, Erna has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards at Fraser Valley Regional Arts Council Shows, at Regent College (UBC), at the Federation of Canadian Artists, and at juried exhibitions in White Rock, Fort Langley, Mission, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and the Lower Mainland. Erna was accepted into the 47th Annual NWWC Juried Show in Bellevue, Washington and her painting "A Glad Design" was one of the 47 chosen for a travelling exhibition. Erna has been juried into the BC Festival of the Arts Images & Objects exhibitions, twice in Kamloops, and in Kimberley and Vancouver, and has had 23 solo exhibitions, and consistently exhibits with the Federation of Canadian Artists, Central Valley Graphic Guild and the Fraser Valley Watercolour Society. Her works are in private and corporate collections all over Canada, Wales, Austria, Nigeria, Japan, Russia, and through out the United States. | ||
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Floral Mystique |
Contacting the ArtistErna Ewert, AFCA |
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