2006 Brigitte Clavette
The objects I create are for use, whether contemplative or functional. They invite ritualistic moments such as burning incense, a prayer or sharing a meal. – Brigitte Clavette, 2006
Category: Strathbutler Recipients – Récipiendaires Strathbutler
The artist biographies for the winners of the Strathbutler Award
2005 André Lapointe
My work is like a hunter. I go to a place and I try to have a strategy for doing a form or an image … – André Lapointe, 2005
2004 Janice Wright Cheney
I started using quite a bit of insects in my work because I was fascinated by the fact that everybody has a reaction to insects and how fear and nerves elevate as well as how a lot of superstitions come out of not really knowing about things. – Janice Wright Cheney, 2004
2003 Thaddeus Holownia
I try to deal with how human intervention changes the landscape, how the forces of nature mould human structures, how the two coexist. – Thaddeus Holownia, 2003
2002 Gordon Dunphy
This is what’s important to try to catch — that spirit that trees have, especially big old hardwood trees, and if I can catch that and make it look simple, the best forms are those that look as if they just happened … – Gordon Dunphy, 2002
2001 Gerard Collins
Art critic Murray Littlejohn noted that Collins mocks the trend to reduce art to a decorative role in society, robbing it of its cognitive value. His landscapes and portraits prompt the viewer to challenge the importance of money and technology in modern life. – 2001
2000 Rick Burns
Essentially, I’m concerned about the body as subject matter. And primarily the absence of the body. Using the body blatantly just seemed a little too obvious. – Rick Burns, 2000
1999 Suzanne Hill
…but I find it difficult to choose words that will speak with the same intensity as a drawing, painting or construction … – Suzanne Hill, 1999