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before ’64 1964-74 1975-87 1987-99 2000-07 paper sculpture
1975-6 1977-80 1979-83 1983-4 1980-4 1985 on paper

1975-87

Space

Here are seven groupings of paintings from the seventies and eighties. This was an extraordinary and hectic time of productivity and change. Like the introductions on the Before '64 page, these groupings are more stylistic than chronological. As during that period, the pace of change, and the overlap of series, along with Bloore's tendency to not date works after completion makes presenting these works in an organized manner difficult.

During these years much experimentation on paper also took place in many different media. An overview of these follows the six descriptions of the panel works. It leads on to many more overviews of diverse and surprising scope.

   

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1976

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1977

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1979

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1979

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1983

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1983

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1985

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on paper

These thumbnails link down this page.
Direct links to Series Pages are at the top.


   

1975-76

To the Byzantine Lights page →

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The Byzantine Lights Series

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1977, Byzantine Lights No.68-73, 122x244cm, oil on masonite, Art Gallery of Hamilton

To the Byzantine Lights series page →


   

1977-80

To the Sackville page

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The Sackville Series

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1980, 48x96" 122x244cm, oil on masonite, Private Collection

To the Sackville series page


   

1979-83

To the new facture page

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A New Facture

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1983, 48x96" 122x244cm, oil on masonite

To the new facture page


   

1983-84

To the Chasuble page

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The Chasuble Series

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July 1983, 48x60" 122x152cm, oil on masonite
The Salerno Cathedral Ivory One

To the Chasuble series page


   

1980-84

To the Other Chasuble Series page

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The Chasuble Series Gets Rough

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March 1983, 48x60" 122x152cm, oil on masonite

To the Rough Chasuble series page


   

1985

To the Monumentals page

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The Monumental Phase

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1984-5, Monumental Phase No.2, 193x244cm, oil on plywood, Art Gallery of Peterborough

To the Monumentals series page


   

Works on Paper, 1976 - 87

to the On Paper Overview Page

1979-80
oil paint

to the On Paper Overview Page

1980
mixed media

to the On Paper Overview Page

1980
ink works

to the On Paper Overview Page

1980-83
sumi ink

to the On Paper Overview Page

1980-81
gouaches

to the On Paper Overview Page

1982-87
ink works

to the On Paper Overview Page

1986
collage

to the On Paper Overview Page

1982
Charcoals

to the On Paper Overview Page

1985-86
Templates

to the On Paper Overview Page

sketches
etc

To the Works On Paper page

No More Pen and Ink Drawings
Paintings on Paper and Brushed Ink Works

Rather than simply paint on canvas in the manner of recent traditions, Bloore chose to work on paper and on panel in the manner of less recent tradition. Working on paper was always, naturally, much more improvisational than the panel painting. Drawings were approached with complete seriousness of intent but without preconceived design: the imagery was developed on the fly. New techniques were tried with the utmost of care and attention but with maximum speed. Speed was the key to bringing out surprises, while technique would prevent gesture. Gesture was never permitted because it would imply expression.

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January 13 1980, gouache, ink, pencil on paper, 46 x 61cm

Series of works on paper, undertaken as, and finished as artworks in their own right are given series pages just like the painting are. The Works On Paper page provides an overview of them all.

To the Works On Paper overview page


1975-87
period page

← 1964-74 / TOP / 1987-99 →

WORKS PERIOD PAGES

Before ’64 Early Days
1964 to ’74 White on White
1975 to ’87 Back to Toronto
1987 to ’99 Synthesis
2000 to ’07 Anti-synthesis

MODE OVERVIEWS

Works on Paper
Small Maquettes
Black Works
Works With Colour
Sploore Sculptures

MISCELLANEOUS

Sunday Sketches
1975-76 Sketches
Working Drawings
Oil Working Drawings
SERIES PAGES

’54 TO ’64
pre-’58 abstracts
58-59 enamels
59-60 relief
60-61 signs
61-62 mandalas
62-63 white lines
60-63 others
59-63 drawings

’64 TO ’74
64-66 after Egypt
67-68 murals
67-70 after Regina
70-74 after Cape Dorset
67-74 maquettes
64-68 drawings
70-72 sploores
SERIES PAGES

’75 TO ’87
75-76 byzantine lights
77-80 Sackvilles
79-83 stick relief
83-84 chasubles
80-84 stick chasubles
85-86 assemblages

78-79 Sackvilles on paper
1980 mixed media on paper
80-83 sumi ink on paper
80-81 gouaches on paper
1982 chasuble sketches
85-86 template drawings
1987 paper collages

80-83 small inkworks
80-81 large inkworks
80-83 very large inkworks
80-81 extra large inkworks
SERIES PAGES

’87 TO ’99
87-88 the X's
88-90 grand diptyches
91-93 squares continue
93-94 4-by-4's continue
1994 inkworks on paper
94-97 white white gold
97-98 brushed lines
1998 blue series
98-99 News Series I

2000 TO ’07
2000 New Series II
01-02 move to Spadina
2003 back on the horse
2004 late series begin
04-05 back to the square
05-06 an old man's style
06-07 the Yellow Series
2007 the Last Series
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