Six new still-life drawings by Ted Fullerton will be on view at Joan Ferneyhough Gallery from March 7 to April 2. An established artist, Fullerton is known for his figurative imagery and his interest in the regenerative aspect of life.

In Selected Drawings from The Vanitas, Fullerton alludes to a style of painting that was popular in sixteenth and seventeenth century Flanders and Netherlands. Vanitas, as the style is known, depicts objects such as skulls, rotten fruit, timepieces, musical instruments, that symbolize the transience of temporal life, the futility of pleasure and the sureness of death.

Fullerton’s loose and expressive drawings are in contrast to the earlier detailed representational paintings, but the motifs serve as reminders of the brevity and the ephemeral nature of life. In Back to Nowhere (featured above), an apple and a man’s head next to a tree reverberating in blossom, is both intoxicating and prophetic.

Ted Fullerton was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1953. He is an honours graduate in Fine Art (1976) of the Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Currently, his studio and home are in a rural setting near Tottenham, Ontario. He is the Program Coordinator of the fine art department at Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario. Fullerton has exhibited across Canada and the United States and has received critical review. Gary Michael Dault of the Globe and Mail wrote of his work “Cigar Fish (2000) shows Fullerton’s utter confidence in the power of a mythological idea whittled down to a glyph-like spareness and Balance (2004)…is one of the most elegant meditations on mortality I have ever seen.” His three-piece sculpture entitled Tale of Osiris is part of the Nipissing University art collection.

There will be a reception open to the general public for the artist on Saturday, March 7 from 2 – 4 p.m.

The Joan Ferneyhough Gallery is located at 157 First Avenue East. For more information, call them at 705-476-1534 or visit their website.

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