The Art of Mosaïque

Geneviève Caron / Mosaïque Composer Portraits

Digital photography | 2020 | genevievecaron.com

When we met photographer Geneviève Caron we instantly hit it off! Intrigued by the aspect of bringing 14 different composers together to create the compositions of Mosaïque, Geneviève was inspired to create this unique and stunning collection of portraits. In our opinion, this collection captures the essence of each individual composer in a very musical manner, shows the diversity of each personality in a playful way, and at the same time creates a calming sense of unity between them, injected with Geneviève’s unique style of photography. These works are a beautiful and playful homage to Mosaïque to the amazing composers involved in the project.

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Ana Sokolović “Splendor Sine Occasu” (British Columbia)

Samy Moussa “Orpheus in Nunavut” (Nunavut)

Kevin Lau “Race to the Midnight Sun” (Yukon Territory)

David Braid “Great Bear River Blues” (Northwest Territories)

Andrew Downing “Red River Fantasy”(Manitoba)

Darren Sigesmund “Kensington Ceilidh” (Prince Edward Island)

Sarah Slean “Johnny Pippy of Pouch Cove, on a Bicycle at Dawn” (Newfoundland)

William Rowson “Short Variations on Waves” (Nova Scotia)

Barbara Croall / “Nbiidaasamishkaamin/We Come Paddling Here” (Gichigami-ziibi miinawaa Nayanno-nibiimaang Gichigamiin / St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes)

Nicole Lizée “Bessborough Hotel” (Saskatchewan)

Vivian Fung “Shifting Landscapes” (Alberta)

Joanne Tod / Mosaïque

Oil on canvas | 2018 | joannetod.com

We met Canadian painter Joanne Tod and we became instant friends. During early days of Mosaïque, while it was still being composed and before it was premiered, Joanne was so inspired by the concept of the Mosaïque Project she generously offered to paint and donate 14 original paintings to help us raise much needed funds for the project. Joanne used notes, thoughts and images provided by the composers as her inspirational jumping off points for each painting and mixed in her own unmistakeable personal style, to create 14 wonderfully playful and poignant oil paintings on canvas. These paintings were auctioned at a very special party hosted by Kristine Vikmanis and Denny Creighton and helped launch the Mosaïque Project off the ground. Thank you so much!

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Red Sand (Darren Sigesmund, PEI) 6” x 6” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Wolverine Time (Kevin Lau, YK) 10” x 8” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Ilôts (Nicholas Gilbert, QC) 6” x 6” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Open Road (Vivian Fun, AB) 6″ x 12″ / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Piano Melt (Anna Sokolovic, BC) 10” x 8” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Orpheus in Nunavut (Samy Mousa, NU) 6” x 8” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Great Bear River Blues (David Braid, NT) 10” x 10” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Forks (Andrew Dunning, MB) 11” x 14” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Metroglyph (Richard Mascall, ON) 12” x 9” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Blessed (Julie Doiron, NB) 6” x 6” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Tobacco (Barbara Croall, St. Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes) 16” x 12” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

After Jack Lorimer Gray (William Rowson, NS) 14” x 11” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Bones of the Bessborough (Nicole Lisee, SK) 10” x8” / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Ensemble Made In Canada / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Johnny Pippy (Sarah Slean, NF) 16″ x 12″ / 2018 / Oil on canvas

Kaz Ogino / Mosaïque Series

Ink and watercolour on paper | 2019 | @artbykaz.ca

Kaz heard about the drawing aspect of Mosaïque, where we asked audience members to draw as they listened to the music, and she was so excited to hear this because she has been doing just that for many many years! Kaz listens to music and is inspired to draw, filling pages with flowing black lines as she listens to the concert. Afterwards, she adds the finishing touches in her studio. Kaz reached out to us, and we were delighted by her drawings and wanted to share them with you.

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