Opening Reception
Thursday, November 20, 2025 7 - 9 pm
November 20 - December 23, 2025
Earls Court Gallery is excited to launch our winter exhibition “Balancing The Elements” featuring four artists François Grenier, John Kinsella, Roger Quesnel & Sydni Weatherson.
Balancing the Elements brings together artists François Grenier (Ceramic), John Kinsella (Oil), Roger Quesnel (Acrylic), and Sydni Weatherson (Glass) in an exploration of how the elements of the natural world influences artistic creation; whether it is by way of media or subject matter. Through landscape and material, these artists respond to the shifting balance between air, earth, and light. From painted vistas that capture weather’s fleeting moods to ceramic and glass works grounded in the physicality of earth and fire. This exhibition reveals how art can explore the living equilibrium of nature itself and the small fleeting moments in which balance is found.
“Balancing The Elements” exhibition can be viewed in person at 215 Ottawa Street North, Hamilton. Earls Court Gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 10 am to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. The artworks will be featured in the main gallery. All artworks will be featured online upon installation.
Please join us Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 7-9 pm to meet the artists: artists François Grenier, John Kinsella, Roger Quesnel & Sydni Weatherson.
Entry is free | Family Friendly | Fully Accessible | Groups Welcomed
About the Artists
François Grenier
An emerging ceramic artist based in Chatham, ON, François peculiarly first explored clay through surface treatment before transitioning to hand-building making forms used as a canvas for his signature dry glazes—textured "crusts" and geometric abstract compositions that bring his forms to life. His practice examines the relationship between said compositions, texture, and form, also extending dry “glazes” to large figurative installations. Prioritizing ceramic’s elemental qualities, François avoids surface treatment that conceal the materials, instead creating vessels and sculptures with dry, matte, and tactile surfaces, as seen in his Cabossés series. He has participated in multiple group and solo exhibitions, with his work featured in private collections.
John Kinsella
John Kinsella is known for his detailed landscape paintings that capture the unique natural formations of the Ontario region. Born in Hamilton, ON, Kinsella finds inspiration in the careful study of the southern Ontario region and the more northern Ontario landscape of the Canadian Shield where he spends his time during the warmer seasons of the year. Inspired by the work of The Group of Seven and artists of the Impressionist movement, Kinsella employs a modified Pointillism technique to form his characteristic style. As Kinsella comments: “My paintings and poems are a personal meditation on the beauty and restorative power found in the natural settings of my home province, Ontario. In these fragile times of climate emergency, studying the landscape has given me a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of all of nature and a respect for all the elements that make it work. I witness the environment changes, both subtle and dynamic, from season to season throughout the year. I try to convey the energy of these changes in my paintings.” Kinsella’s work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in Algonquin Park, Hamilton, Dundas, Grimsby, Owen Sound, Toronto and others. He was a founding member of the painting group, The Contemporaries, which exhibited extensively during the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Kinsella’s work may be found in many private collections across Canada and internationally in the United States and Europe. John Kinsella currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
Roger Quesnel
Roger's contemporary paintings are a modern and creative rethinking of classical impressionism. Not purely classical impressionism, but with a spirit of classical painting and a modern look. They have a nuanced, dreamy aura about them, created by the right balance of emotive brushstrokes and soft, fluid, blended edges, enhancing depth and atmosphere. His paintings also exhibit classical influences of tonalism, expressionism and minimalism, bordering into semi-abstraction. His limited muted colour palette is refined and gentle, soothing the viewer with subtle tones and shades. Working with acrylics on large and medium size canvases, his paintings have a freshness and one-of-a-kind quality to them, which stems from the fact that they are all created from his imagination, stored memories and emotions. His goal and hope for the viewer of his work, is to create in them a sense of peace, joy or even a nostalgic familiarity to his painting, which speaks to their soul and leaves them in a happy state of mind.
Sydni Weatherson
Sydni Weatherson is a multidisciplinary artist and recent recipient of the Pattie Walker Memorial Award currently working out of Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Her work as a glass artist revolves around the themes of organic movement and open spaces with a focus on carefully selected colour palettes. Her current work looks to capture the fluidity of the glass during the making process, exploring colour, texture, and movement frozen in time through the excavation of layers.