{"id":150,"date":"2015-06-18T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theporticoguelph.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:40:37","slug":"artist-greg-denton-paints-former-guelph-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticomagazine.ca\/2015\/06\/artist-greg-denton-paints-former-guelph-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Guelph City Hall Galleria, 10 a.m. on Sept. 9, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u201cLike trying to set up a banquet tent in a hurricane at night.\u201d That\u2019s how Guelph artist Greg Denton, MFA \u201996, describes his summer, painting at least two, and sometimes up to four, oil portraits in a day, all within about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>As the city\u2019s 2015 artist-in-residence, Denton was commissioned to complete a public art project marking the centennial of the writing of <em>In Flanders Fields<\/em> by Guelph poet John McCrae.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.ca\/living\/arts-and-culture\/special-projects\/airprogram2015\/artist-residence-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201c100 Portraits\/100 Poppies: Sitting in Remembrance,\u201d<\/a> Denton, an instructor in U of G\u2019s School of Fine Art and Music, painted portraits of local military personnel, veterans and cadets, as well as people affected by war or inspired by the century-old poem. Each subject is in uniform where applicable, and wearing a poppy.<\/p>\n<p>Lining up 100 portrait sittings over two months this past summer was the easy part, although a few appointments had to be rescheduled, including a sitting for one war veteran who underwent heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the exhausting daily regimen, painting in various public locations across the city also saw the artist contending with fickle outdoor light, over-inquisitive passersby and other distractions. Despite the challenges, Denton found the experience deeply rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thrived on the stress and frenzy, and the immediacy of public feedback, participation and engagement made it an overwhelmingly positive experience,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>By early September, Denton completed the array of works for a pop-up storefront display at Guelph\u2019s Market Commons with portrait No. 100: Second World War veteran and former U of G president William \u201cBill\u201d Winegard, pictured here.<br \/>\n\u2013ANDREW VOWLES<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.porticomagazine.ca\/2015\/11\/behind-the-lens-watch-greg-denton-paint-the-final-canvas-in-a-100-portrait-project\/\">View more behind-the-scenes images from this story.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cLike trying to set up a banquet tent in a hurricane at night.\u201d That\u2019s how Guelph artist Greg Denton, MFA \u201996, describes his summer, painting at least two, and sometimes up to four, oil portraits in a day, all within about an hour. 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