{"id":2041,"date":"2010-11-04T10:27:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasebrooktest.com\/johnmlacak\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2012-03-06T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T00:06:10","slug":"prix-lucille-broadbent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/2010\/11\/04\/prix-lucille-broadbent\/","title":{"rendered":"Prix Lucille Broadbent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, November 4, 2010 – Kanata EMC – page KA2<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Mlacak makes an indelible mark on local artistic community<\/h2>\n

By David Johnston<\/p>\n

\"Ottawa

Ottawa Mayor-elect Jim Watson presented John Mlacak with the Lucille Broadbent Artistic Achievement Award at a reception and gala opening night of the 2010 Ottawa Art Expo at the St. Elias Centre Oct. 29<\/p><\/div>\n

Always an active individual, John says he found the time to paint after suffering a heart attack about 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave me a little more time,\u201d he said, which he used to take a few art lessons. And he found his natural ability with design transferred nicely to a visual medium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no right or wrong in art. You decide what you like and that\u2019s all there is to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After retiring from his \u2018day job\u2019, John began to devote more and more of his leisure time to his new found passion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found that I could paint all day and not get tired, so that\u2019s what I did. I guess it became my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

He credits his wife Beth for providing him the support to be creative while \u201cshe looks after all the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

He enjoys a steady demand for his work. His paintings are exhibited in local, Ontario and Qu\u00e9bec galleries and he is represented in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, Australia, Korea, Indonesia and Japan. John is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) as of May, 2009 and was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists in 2006.<\/p>\n

John had oils accepted into the SCA\u2019s 40th National Open Juried Exhibition at the Tudor Gallery in Montreal in August, 2007, the 41st at the Papermill Gallery in Toronto in May, 2009 and the \u201cRoots\u201d exhibition at the Saint John New Brunswick Arts Centre in June, 2009. Six of John\u2019s oils were exhibited at the Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia in December, 2007 in a show entitled \u201cTracing Our Heritage\u201d. Two other artists of Croatian heritage were also in the show. John exhibited three of his large oil landscapes in a group show in April 2008 at the Croatian Embassy in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

He is a founding member of the Kanata Artists Studio Tour and the Kanata Civic Art Gallery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad people like my paintings, but really, I do it anyway because it\u2019s what I like to do,\u201d he surmised while crowds of onlookers studied his works on display at the expo.<\/p>\n

John\u2019s paintings are alive with colour and expression. From bold and subtle colours in landscapes to the vibrant red and green roofs of Qu\u00e9bec farm buildings and towns, he is fascinated by the play of light and shade weaving through trees and over the white torrent of rapids and waterfalls.<\/p>\n

He admits that his influences include the renowned Group of Seven artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the impressionists. I believe art should exaggerate real life. My paintings are generally representational with a high degree of personal expression. At times, they may be somewhat impressionistic. With a strong emphasis on design, form, and colour, I use natural shapes, dramatic light and shadow, cool and warm colours that may be intense or subdued, and strong modelling to achieve depth and effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

John often paints from a photo he\u2019s taken of a street scene or landscape, but sooner or later he discards the photo and lets the painting take on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe painting tells me what I have to do,\u201d he says. \u201cMy goal is to capture a sense of place, and I am influenced greatly by the emotion that can be inspired by nature\u2019s beauty and power.\u201d John creates large oil canvases of stone terraces, flower-filled gardens, porches and impressionistic scenes of yesteryear. He also returns frequently to the grandeur of the Canadian landscape, as well as New England and Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m inspired to paint by nature\u2019s beauty and ever-changing face. It may be a dramatically lit landscape-sometimes given scale and interest by farm houses and barns, seasonal characteristics and colours, or intriguing patterns that evoke intense feelings of awe and a desire to capture the moment on canvas. I know I have been successful when the finished painting rekindles my initial feelings. The pleasure of that initial contact with something special in nature is capped when those viewing the painting are attracted by what inspired me to create it. To achieve that emotional connection within the limits of a two-dimensional canvas, I strive to maintain interest by encouraging viewers to wander through the scene, linger, and experience the recreated moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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