Jennie Delaney
Born in the town of Westlock, Alberta, Jennie Delaney learned the discipline of craft and a love of design from her mother, a Ukrainian immigrant from Poland. Delaney recalls her that mother was “always creating something: cross-stitched pictures, embroidered pillow cases, [and] knitted sweaters. As she taught me these… crafts, my love for the creative process was kindled.”
At age twelve Delaney received a life-altering gift: a Kodak Instamatic 126. From that device grew her passion for photography, which she stoked in her high school dark room as part of the yearbook committee. Studying at the University of Alberta (1977 – 1980) and at the University of Calgary (1980 – 1981), Delaney furthered her acquisition of photographic practice and artistry, enough to let her pursue a mid-1990s career with a fine arts publisher, and to follow her own art.
Describing her work, Delaney says, “My images investigate and demonstrate the inherent poetic possibilities of a digital imaging language. I delight in capturing beauty in nature and creativity.” Her main tool is her Canon PowerShot G9 camera, whose raw format output she enhances in PhotoShop CS3 and Corel PaintShop Pro X2. After producing hardcopies of her work with archival inkjet printers, she mounts them with Dibond.
Delaney has staged solo exhibitions at Grande Prairie’s Prairie Art Gallery, and at the Fine Line Gallery and Wine Line Ltd./Kathleen Laverty galleries of Edmonton. She’s also participated in more than a dozen group exhibitions in Edmonton, Red Deer, Stony Plain, and Calgary. The Lethbridge Regional Hospital commissioned her to produce work for its cafeteria. Several public and private collections, including those of the Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, Esso Resources, and Global Affairs Canada, contain her work. She’s received several grants, an Alberta Wheat Pool Bursary, and two awards: the University of Alberta Award in Art and Design (1980), and a gold medal in fine arts from the Alberta Summer Games (1985).
At age twelve Delaney received a life-altering gift: a Kodak Instamatic 126. From that device grew her passion for photography, which she stoked in her high school dark room as part of the yearbook committee. Studying at the University of Alberta (1977 – 1980) and at the University of Calgary (1980 – 1981), Delaney furthered her acquisition of photographic practice and artistry, enough to let her pursue a mid-1990s career with a fine arts publisher, and to follow her own art.
Describing her work, Delaney says, “My images investigate and demonstrate the inherent poetic possibilities of a digital imaging language. I delight in capturing beauty in nature and creativity.” Her main tool is her Canon PowerShot G9 camera, whose raw format output she enhances in PhotoShop CS3 and Corel PaintShop Pro X2. After producing hardcopies of her work with archival inkjet printers, she mounts them with Dibond.
Delaney has staged solo exhibitions at Grande Prairie’s Prairie Art Gallery, and at the Fine Line Gallery and Wine Line Ltd./Kathleen Laverty galleries of Edmonton. She’s also participated in more than a dozen group exhibitions in Edmonton, Red Deer, Stony Plain, and Calgary. The Lethbridge Regional Hospital commissioned her to produce work for its cafeteria. Several public and private collections, including those of the Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, Esso Resources, and Global Affairs Canada, contain her work. She’s received several grants, an Alberta Wheat Pool Bursary, and two awards: the University of Alberta Award in Art and Design (1980), and a gold medal in fine arts from the Alberta Summer Games (1985).