elsewHERE: a dialogue of contrasts
November 23, 2009
I have been busy painting pieces that will go into the elsewHERE show at The Gallery, Frances Morrison Library. The opening is on Thursday, January 7th at 7 PM. Everyone is invited! Lots of the paintings in my portfolio will be in the show, and most of them are for sale. Here is a brief show description:
When I am abroad my senses are always on high alert: I never know what scene lies down a right or left turn, and that is part of the mystique and adventure of travel. In contrast I don’t often “see” the beautiful prairie scenery around me because I am so used to it; it simply fades into the background of my everyday life. After painting several exotic, colourful, and foreign scenes from pictures I had taken abroad, I wondered what my impression of the prairies would be like if I were seeing it for the first time. I set off to paint cityscapes and landscapes of the prairies that mirrored scenes I had painted of abroad; elsewHERE: a dialogue of contrasts reflects what I discovered. In this exhibit, paintings of Saskatchewan are placed beside similar paintings of abroad so that viewers may glean new impressions of the prairies in relation to elsewhere.
