Art Inspired by Ivon Hitchens at the Toronto Seminary
by Erica Maclennan, Marc Fortin, and Robert Bower, students in the "Walking with Christ" program
We three students in the “Walking with Christ” program at the Toronto Seminary continued the work we began with our art instructor, Regine Kurek (see blog entries from April 30, 2021 and May 14, 2021), which had started with each of us choosing a painting—sight unseen—by 20th century English artist Ivon Hitchens. We then used these paintings as inspiration to lead us into our own creations, using the 7 Sequential Life Processes to inform our work: 1. Breathing, 2. Pulsing, 3. Relating, 4. Identifying, 5. Refining, 6. Enlivening, 7. Balancing / Beautifying / Harmonizing.
We all agreed that these were some of our favorite works yet, although we all found the Ivon Hitchens paintings which Regine had provided for us to be on the “dark side.”
Robert, in particular, appreciated learning how to blend complimentary colors to create browns and primary colors to create grays.
Such life in browns and grays!
What a special gift Regine gave us with this assignment.
by Erica Maclennan
by Marc Fortin
by Robert Bower
About the artists:
- Erica was born in Montréal Canada, and spent most of her life living in British Columbia, Canada, where she raised two boys and had a career as a Waldorf Early Childhood Educator and Administrator. She is living and studying at the seminary in Toronto as a part of the “Walking with Christ” program
- Marc is currently in the “Walking with Christ” program at the Toronto Seminary. An Ontario native, he lives with his wife and 2 daughters in the home he built in Durham, Ontario. He is a massage therapist and a former professional photographer.
- Robert is currently in the “Walking with Christ” program at the Toronto Seminary. He is from the Chicago area by way of Ghent, New York. He has been a biodynamic vegetable grower for over 25 years.
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