Ila Kellerman

Trout on the Dock
July 1 - 31, 2010


The onset of summer commands its own visual vocabulary. Our Ontario landscape provides a palette and iconography that reaffirms afternoons on the dock and summons new memories of spruce, sun, fish and water. In her new series of works, Trout on the Dock, Ila Kellermann celebrates the best of the season. Her petroglyph influences anchor her compositions while layers of paint and incised lines compel us to join in the postcard we call summer.

 

BIO

Ila lived and worked for several years in James Bay with the Cree nations.   She then transferred to northern British Columbia with the department of Indian and Northern Affairs, to work on a remote reserve with the Talthan Nation in Iskut.  While in B,C., Ila became the youngest school principal in the province at age 25 in Fort St. James.  She has also been Coordinator for the James Bay Arts Cooperative, Native Arts Consultant for the Terrace District in B.C., and Artistic Director for the Sears Drama Festival.  Ila was born in Toronto and graduated with a BFA and BEd from York University. She now works from a studio in Elmvale Ontario.


Works available through Gallery 129:

 

                   
 
                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

Trout on the Dock 40" x 30"  oil on canvas   $1,400
 
Turtle Pond  mixed media on canvas  30" x 40"   $1,400

 

 
Sandpiper, Cottage Morning 24" x 30" oil on panel $1,100
 
 

Other Works Available:

(through special request via Gallery 129)                     

         
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lakeside Symphony  oil on panel  48" x 36"  $1,850
 Josie and the Yellow Kayak  36" x 18"  $1,100
Into the Woods, Summer Drum Song  30" x 36"  $1,350
    Fishing in the Dark   24" x 36"  oil on canvas  $1,200
Tackle Box on the Dock 
36" x 18"   $1,100
Water's Edge   oil on birch panel   24" x 30"  $1,100

Link to Artist's Website