NAPOLEON
Constance Bachmann
Bio
Painting has always interested me above all other artistic disciplines, from the luscious physicality of the paint, to the endless possibilities for color. For me, color is at the root of everything I do. I’m always looking for creative ways to incorporate unusual bits of color into the most unexpected areas of my paintings. The more I play with color, the more a painting takes shape. I enjoy using representational subjects because they inspire me to explore dualities; patterns and scribbles, highlights and shadows, historical and contemporary, for example, while giving the work an overall sense of purpose. I often begin with a formal sketch, but then I allow the work to unfold from there.
My newest figurative work hints at historical portraiture, echoing my on going fascination for the elaborate costumes of those eras. I paint fanciful clothing that may suggest the French Renaissance period, Elizabethan styles or Spanish Vaquero times. In this spontaneous and playful way, I aim to soften my subjects starched collars and have them relax their stuffy facades, painting society’s past, prideful veneers into a fresher, and much more benevolent context.
Curriculum Vitae
2019
Holiday Group Show – Alpha Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Beauties and Beast – with Christopher Griffin, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
Higher Ground – with Matt Petley-Jones, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC
2018
A Chorus of Color – group show, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
Strokes of Venus – group show, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
On the Flip Side – group show, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC
2017
Holiday Hoopla- group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Sprezzatura with Peter F. Gross, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Red Green + In Between- group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
2016
Poetica – Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Bang the Drum with Richard Taylor, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Merry + Bright, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
2015
Merry and Bright – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Boketto with Rose Braun, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Anne Neilson Fine Art, group show, Charlotte NC
Social Medium – Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
2014
Wrapped in Color – Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Lines and Contradictions – Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Sopa Fine Art, Tis the Season – group show, Kelowna
Anne Neilson Fine Art, group show, Charlotte NC
2013
A Fine Conversation with Ray Phillips, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Anne Neilson Fine Art, Charlotte NC
Bits and Pieces – group show, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna
Off the Hook- group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna,BC
Anne Irwin Fine Art- group show, Atlanta Georgia
2012
We’re Making a List- group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna, BC
Side-tracked – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna, BC
Summer Tributes – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Anne Irwin Fine Art- group show, Atlanta Georgia
2011
Deck the Walls – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna BC
Anne Irwin Fine Art- group show, Atlanta Georgia
Carry On – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
Wrap it Up Again – group show, Sopa Fine Art, Kelowna
2010
Bark – solo exhibit, Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna BC
2008
Winter Solstice – Assiniboia Gallery, Regina SK
Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
Prairie Lights- group show, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina SK
2007
Solo exhibit, Stephen Lowe Art gallery, Calgary AB
Spring is in the air- group show, White Rock Gallery, White Rock BC
2006
Color on high- group show, Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna BC
Moments in time- group show, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
2005
Solo exhibit- on the horizon, Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna BC
Contrasts- group exhibit, White Rock Gallery, White Rock BC
2004
Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna BC
Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
2003
Hambleton Gallery, group show, Kelowna BC
Summer Lights- group show, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
Solo exhibit, White Rock Gallery, White Rock BC
2002
Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
Solo exhibit, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001
Tutt St Gallery, group show, Kelowna BC
Solo exhibit, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
2000
On mark- solo exhibit, Tutt St Gallery, Kelowna BC
Solo exhibit, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
1999
Tutt St Gallery, group show, Kelowna BC
Solo exhibit, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary AB
1998
Hampton Gallery, group show, Kamloops BC
1997
Hampton Gallery, Kamloops BC
Tutt St Gallery, solo show, Kelowna BC
1996
Pure Art Gallery, Grand Caymen Island
1995
Faces We Know- solo show, Sarah Dobbs Gallery, Vancouver BC
1994
Shepard Gallery, Chateau Whistler, Whistler BC
Sarah Dobbs Gallery, group show, Vancouver BC
Okanagan College- Fine Arts program, Kelowna BC 1982
Langara College- Fine Arts program, Vancouver BC 1983-84
A Million Little Things – drama series, ABC, ‘Duel’ 2020
Boulevard Okanagan, Inspired People, Nov-Dec issue 2017
Greenleaf- drama series, Oprah Winfrey Network, still life series 2016
The Book of the Dog – Lawrence King Publishing, London UK 2015
Strokes of Compassion – by Anne H. Neilson, Charlotte NC 2014
Icon Magazine – artist Profile, 2014 Kelowna BC
Galleries West Magazine – art spotlight 2012
Lullaby for Pi – movie, dog series, Quebec 2010
Entertainment – the Daily Courier, Kelowna 2000
Women’s Television Network, Women in the Arts Series, Vancouver BC 1995
Northwest Design and Living Magazine US, 1993
Kelowna General Hospital Foundation ‘Heart of Gold’ Gala 2014, Kelowna BC
‘Georgia English Bulldog Rescue’ Bully Ball Fundraiser 2012-13, Atlanta Georgia
Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School Spring Galas, 2009-10 Kelowna BC
NOCLS fundraiser, 2009-10, Vernon BC
Okanagan Symphony Society 2008 ‘Midsummer Magic’ Kelowna BC
Kelowna Art Gallery ‘Seeing Red and White’ Event, 2006
Vancouver Symphony VSO- 2005, Vancouver BC
Point Grey Academy- 2004, Vancouver BC
United Way- 2003-05, Kelowna BC
Ronald McDonald House, Vancouver BC
Kelowna Infiniti Nissan, Kelowna BC
Kelowna Hospice House, Kelowna BC
San Marc Custom Homes, Kelowna BC
Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver BC
Canadian Pacific Railway, Calgary AB
Elbow River Marketing, Calgary AB
Meyers, Norris & Penny, Kelowna BC
Dr Stephen Johnson, Kelowna BC
Ad Vitam Healthcare, West Kelowna BC
Herman Group, Kelowna BC
Cenovus Energy Corporation, Calgary AB
BBB Architects, Ottawa ON
The Larsen Financial Group, Vancouver BC