As I was about to depart for my recent vacation, I was contacted by the Semiahmoo Arts Council and invited to show a new piece in their "Best of 2011" show which is on now until November 17 at the White Rock Community Centre.
Wave is an encaustic piece that was so new i didn't have time to photograph it before running it down to White Rock the morning after i arrived home from my holiday. It can be seen sitting sideways on the floor in this post.
I will also have work in 2 more upcoming shows:
Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove, BC. "Discovery 2012", January 2012. I will post the details closer to the show dates.
Maple Ridge ACT Gallery, Maple Ridge, B.C. "Ensemble", November 19 to December 19, 2011.
This show includes "ensembles" of work from various artists in the Lower Mainland. Works from two of my recent series will be on display.
The "Resilience" series explores the qualities of beeswax encaustic medium and the objects i fuse into the wax, and the relationships formed by the fusion of the materials.
Collapse, 2011, Encaustic, found objects, dirt, 14 x 14 inches
Dis/Continuity, 2011, Encaustic, guitar strings, dirt, 14 x 14 inches
Root, 2011, Encaustic, guitar strings, dirt, 14 x 14 inches
The "Faro" series explores, through a series of small
paintings (over 30 were done in total), the destruction and transformation of a large
expanse of land in the Yukon that served as the site of several different types
of mine from 1969 to the late 1990s.
The series reflects the destruction of the natural area through
unnatural colour, using the translucency and fragility of the encaustic wax
medium to portray the strangeness of this area.
Clockwise from top left: Dehisce, Elemental, Perception, Fragment.
All Encaustic, 2010, 3 x 4 inches.
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