August 28th, 2021

 

Gregory Charlton

Attic (2007) | Acrylic on Canvas (Diptych) | 305cm X 312cm | $9000

 

Excavation (1990) | Acrylic on Canvas (Triptych) | 260cm X 168cm | $6000

 
 

Iron Ore Mine, Marmaro, ON | Charcoal | 40.64cm X 121.92cm | $900

Bridge Abutment (2015) | Charcoal | 121.92cm 40.64cm X 40.64cm | $1800.00

 

Greg Charlton is a Fredericton-based visual artist who concentrates on themes of transformation and change via drawings of architecture and infrastructure based on place and historical narratives. Along with drawing, his practice encompasses site-specific interventions and inquiries into perceptual phenomenon. Greg’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in many private and public art collections, including the Canada Council for the Arts, the University of New Brunswick, and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. He has been awarded project grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the New Brunswick Arts Board. He holds a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design

“My work is primarily a reflection on themes related to place and the passage of time. I represent common elements of the built environment as a metaphoric entry into these themes. Often these representations reference human endeavour and are my interpretation of past infrastructure and sites. Some of these representations show evidence of community-based activities that have come to an end. 

I am interested in documenting and interpreting structures that possess historical and cultural meanings linked to specific places and the past. The relics and sites I depict speak to erasure, renewal, change and migration – one part of each community’s complex history.”

 

Marcus Kingston

 
 

Marcus Kingston is a New Brunswick visual artist, art educator, history buff and heritage advocate. He has been creating ever since his early years growing up in Harvey Station, a small rural town west of Fredericton. After successfully completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Mount Allison University in 2006, he moved to the capital to begin his career as a professional artist. Several years later he made the life changing decision to become an art educator, and obtained a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of New Brunswick in 2010. 

Over the past 15 years, Marcus has had the pleasure of working on multiple large-scale mural projects, illustration commissions and unique bodies of independent work. Reoccurring themes for him are historic architecture, architectural salvage, classical design and most recently Victorian garbage. He has had the opportunity to showcase his work in dozens of individual and group exhibitions across a variety of New Brunswick galleries.  

Marcus has now become a respected art educator and mentor with the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, where that environment of artisans and designers feeds his love for everything creative. He is also grateful to have Gallery on Queen represent and support his personal art practice and he looks forward to embracing whatever the future has in store.