Reflections<\/em>, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 16.<\/p>\nThe former March township reeve, who died in Sept. 2014, always had new art work on the go and was often working on two- to three-dozen at a time, said his widow Beth Mlacak.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s going to be (paintings) for people who think they\u2019ve seen everything, that they have never seen before,\u201d she said. \u201cThis will be different.\u201d<\/p>\n
After his death, Koyman Galleries stored the entirety of Mlacak\u2019s work and hosted a retrospective in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was so successful on many levels; it was very well attended, but even more so, the exhibition sold many pieces that showed that his work really moved many people,\u201d said gallery manager Eddie Baroud.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe decided to show his work again, new pieces that had never been displayed before. One reason was to show clients his vast array of works that he painted, as well as to meet the demand for his work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mlacak always had time for anyone who wanted to speak with him and often showed up at the gallery with treats in hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn\u2019s connection in the community was pretty amazing. He was well-liked by many and had an amazing reputation in the art community,\u201d said Baroud.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a very patient and generous man; patient, to discuss his work any time and tell his stories about the composition and the location of his subject matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mlacak most enjoyed capturing Canadian landscapes with his brush, particularly when fall colours met early snow.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just loved that \u2014 the wonderful golds and reds popping through the snow,\u201d said Beth. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to look at his paintings and not see how much he loved (Canada), how much the country had to offer in terms of beauty. You can just see he brought it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many scenes in his works are recognizable \u2014 trees along the Old Carp Road, a garden in the Glebe, and a lake in the Gatineau Hills. Other paintings take the viewer on a trip to far-flung destinations such as France and Italy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe painted scenes and places that people felt a connection to. And if they didn\u2019t know the location, his paintings took you there,\u201d said Baroud. \u201cHe achieved what he was trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aside from his oil paintings, Mlacak was well known for his community activism and 11-year political career, and is considered one of Kanata\u2019s founding fathers.<\/p>\n
He continued to advocate for his Beaverbrook community leading up to his death, pushing back against proposed intensification and developments that didn\u2019t fit the vision.<\/p>\n
An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists, Mlacak\u2019s artistic career spanned more than three decades. <\/p>\n
\u201cJohn is pretty well-known in Ottawa. He has a very loyal and fond following,\u201d said Beth, who will be at the exhibit on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very gratifying for me to see it so professionally displayed \u2014 that\u2019s what any artist would wish for. It\u2019s really wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Koyman Galleries is located at 1771 St. Laurent Blvd. For more information, visit koymangalleries.com<\/a> or call 613-526-1562.<\/p>\n\u2018Never seen\u2019 work on display Sept. 30 to Oct. 16 Selon OttawaCommunityNews.com par Jessica Kunha, Kanata Kourier-Standard le 22\/9\/2017 Some never-before-seen works by the late artist John Mlacak will be on display at an Ottawa art gallery. Koyman Galleries, in the city\u2019s east end, will display around 30 of Mlacak\u2019s oil paintings \u2014 from the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[119,156],"class_list":["post-4131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-fr","tag-kanata-kourier-standard","tag-kanata-kourier-standard-fr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnmlacak.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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