Rosemary Candy
Rosemary Margaret Hobor Candy
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Living in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
Ontario College of Art & Design-Toronto ,Ontario
The Clayhouse Studio - Santa Monica, California
Brentwood Art Centre …Santa Monica, California
1970-1974 Material Arts Department at OCADU . Toronto, Ontario. Canada
OCADU Material Arts Department included:
Painting, Ceramics..Sculpture, 2 D Design , Weaving
Sculpture .. Lost Wax Process in Bronze
Plastics ..injection mould making creating large domes
Woodworking …study of veneers and types of wood
Metal Work … welding and 2 D sculptural design for the outdoors
Their Foundational Year…. Art History, Photography, Life Drawing, and Oil Painting .
In the 1970s in Toronto. Jackson Pollock Gallery was one of my favorite galleries to visit. Henry Moore sculptures and the Art Gallery on Ontario and the Group of Seven .
OCAD became a University with the title Ontartio College of Art and Design University…OCADU
Works that were from Ontario College of Art students that I admired were Angleo DiPetta (Ceramics) Teachers ..Don Wallace (ceramics), Murray Oliver (Interior Design) . Brentwood Art Centre , Teachers, David Schoffman (Painter), Ellen King (pencil), Ada Pauline (Painter), David Lloyd (Abstract Painter) Barbara Ashton (Watercolor)
Web-site developer ..Jennifer and Christopher.
1973 - Honorable Mention OCADU Toronto, Ontario Canada. Awarded a 5th year.
1973..OCADU Show . Graduate Year. Organic forms.
1972- 1973 Toronto City Hall Show for two years.
1973 Canadian Guild of Crafts, Yorkville, Ontario - Artists Exhibition Material Arts Show featuring works by Angelo diPetta, Rosemary Candy, and works from OCADU department of Sculpture, and Weaving.
1973..Timothy Eatons’ Artist Showcase - Ceramics -Toronto, Ontario ,Canada
1973..Davidson Artisan Show. Ceramics - Toronto, Ontario. Canada.
1973..Potters Studio Co-op - Ceramic Shows - Dupont Street - Toronto ,Ontario Canada.
One of my first commissions was Japanese tea cups .
1974-1979..Received Ontario Arts Council Visiting Artist Grants for the North York School Board. Toronto, Ontario. Created Hand building workshops including grades from elementary level to high school including wheel throwing workshops for teachers and night school classes for adults. Schools include…Spring Gardens Public School, Gulfstream Elementary School, Victoria Park School, Herron Valley School, Burnett Public School, Don Mills Collegiate, Zion Heights, Winfield Junior High School , Beverly Heights Junior High School.
One of the children’s workshops I created was “to dream” . A fun workshop before I moved to Los Angeles with my family.
1974..Second City Firehall Theatre - Ceramic Commission for large planters for their entry way for Opening Night . Toronto, Ontario.
1974..Flying Circus Restaurant - Yorkville, Ontario. Ceramic Commission for their Salad Bar of 12 salad serving containers.. Opening Day ..Toronto, Canada
1973..Kelly Murray Greenhouse ..Twelve planters for their Opening Day. Ceramic Commission - Chicago, USA
1974-1979- Potters Studio Shows - Thorncliffe. East York, Ontario . Canada.
Workshops held by the Potters Studio in East York - Robin Hopper and Richard Zakin held weekend participation classes.
1979-1981 - Personal Studio - Sales In Ceramics . Private Collectors .Toronto, Ontario
1981-1994 -Personal Studio - Sales In Ceramics .. Private Collectors. Toronto, Ontario
1987.. Personal Studio Sales in Ceramics. Private Collectors, Los Angeles, CA.
1988..Inner City Visiting Artist Workshops In Ceramics. Handbuilding workshop for children in grades 4 and 5. A three day workshop. Los Angeles ,Ca.
1989..Visiting Artist Painting Ceramic Workshop. This was a workshop creating a painting with students from St. Martin of Tours. Los Angeles, CA.
1990-1999..Visiting Artist Ceramic Workshops. This was a workshop creating large coiled bowls with clay figures of children holding hands . Children glazed each figure then applied it to the inside of the bowl. Los Angeles, CA.
1997 was the year of my continuing education at the Brentwood Art Centre . I had started in their classes of Oil painting, Acrylic Painting. Watercolor, Photography , Pencil, Sculpture and Printmaking. Annual Sales in Painting. They do now have a ceramic department that started in 2022-23.
Montana Street Art Show - Painting - Promotion for the Brentwood Art Centre - Santa, Monica. CA
17th Street Cafe Show -Oil Painting - Santa, Monica. CA
RHD- Sales - Ceramic Commission . This was a commission of 6 coffee cups - Los Angeles, CA
Lu Lu Lemon - Ceramic Commission of Vases for their front desk . Two stores requested the Ginger colored vases -Los Angeles, CA
1998 to 2017.. Brentwood Art Centre Shows . Painting Show
Show featuring Nina Gabriel…Artist / Painting ..26th Street Studio. Santa Monica. CA
2014…Rose Candy Studio/Gallery , 26th Street, Santa Monica, California. To present day. Painting and Ceramics Show. Private Collectors .
2015. Group show. .Rose Candy and Jennifer Candy Music by Chris Candy
2016..Rose Candy 26th Street Studio/Gallery, Group Shows -David Quick-Kinetic Artist; Christy - Painter, Jennifer Candy- Actor/Painter ; Fr. Donal Keohane-Painting, Sculpture - Christopher Candy - Actor/Music.
2017..Rose Candy Studio/Gallery Show.
2018..Rose Candy Studio/Gallery Show.
2019 rosecandyartist.com was created for sales through contact.
2019. Sales this year were through my web-site and social media for paintings and ceramics
2020..Rose Candy Studio/Gallery Show.
2020..Virtual Show November. “Its That Time of Year Again”
2020-2021..Virtual Show - Utopia - Allan O’Marra Group Show- Painting “Utopian Spin”.
2021.. to present day. Commissions. Three commissions for 6 one scoop ice cream bowl ,6 two scoop ice cream bowls and 6 butter bowls. Porcelain clay with underglaze white dot.
2022..Selling through my web-site rosecandyartist.com/contact Social media… Instagram and Facebook
Instagram ..helllrose (3llls)
Facebook..Rosemary Candy
Las Laguna Art Gallery ..Virtual Art Show 2022 - Mother and Daughter show.
October 23, 2022 Studio Show.
Studio open by invitation . Sundays 1-5 in November and December 2022
2023 Commissions completed.. Porcelain Bowls , Coffee Cups.
2023 Throwing vases , working on an oil painting ..getting ready for a December Show
2023 Gallery open . Contact me for an appointments and information regarding my December show. Referrals only .Thank you.
2024 Gallery open for sales.
2024 Commission for 16 ounce coffee cups. Working on a “store” for my website. Started on this website along with one that is created by my son. It is in the building stage. All works on this web-site are for sale.
2024 Getting ready for a sale this year …some new ideas and some old. ….organic forms and functional along with acrylic and oil paintings. Enjoy
2025 Working in my studio daily. Update on my ceramic studio..throwing on the wheel, organizing and research on a new idea. Painting “Schards” …the latest work is about fragmentation
2025 Feb. 18. Throwing porcelain bowls. Completing white circular acrylic painting. Researching .
2025 June 6. Finishing my Magnolia painting. Website ..time to boost my ceramics…
2025 July - September.. Finalizing details with Johns documentary… John Candy “I Like Me” .
2025 November - Back in my studio. Challenges with getting back to working in my clay studio. Decided to throw more vases on the wheel and started back at finishing my Magnolia painting. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone …
2025 December. I am working of vase the only process that is different is firing my vases at bisque twice. Once without glass and the other is with glaze. Then glazing again and firing to cone 6. Results are successful.
2026 January is off to a change in how my clay studio functions and introducing a new clay body.
2026 February to April has been throwing vases and spring cleaning in my clay studio. Research and testing of new line drawings on my bowls. Simple line drawings. It is a process of testing black underglazes and overglazes.
2026 May, June has been a time to draw in the garden . Truly the most relaxing time. Inspirational for new works.
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