The Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre has another exhibit for locals to enjoy. The exhibit will be running from March 14-April 14, 2024.
Ventilate
When you enter the gallery, you will likely be drawn to the canoe hanging from the ceiling. The artist who created the piece is Karen Tamminga-Paton. Her exhibit is called, 91裸聊视频淰entilate91裸聊视频� and in her artist statement, she says that it 91裸聊视频渆xpresses the hopes and thoughts of people of diverse location, history, and experience.91裸聊视频�
Taminga-Paton91裸聊视频檚 pieces come from both her interactions with the world around her and moments of introspection as she sits in isolation at her easel. She says that it is within these moments of dialogue and reflection that 91裸聊视频渇amiliar ideas and assumptions takes place, [and] paradigms are questioned.91裸聊视频�
This can be seen in her pieces such as Tree Hugger where she acknowledges the benefits the extraction of resources has had in the development of British Columbia, but also the need to pivot and accept a paradigm shift for the longevity of the province.
Tamminga-Paton hails from Smithers and describes her years teaching high school visual arts as informing her current work and driving her imagery.
The Grass is Greener
Artist Tracy Pshyk offers viewers the opportunity to explore the beauty of the cannabis plant.
Pshyk accomplishes this through what she describes as 91裸聊视频渉yper-realistic plants91裸聊视频� in her body of work. Besides showcasing the beauty of these plants, Pshyk91裸聊视频檚 exhibit aims to de-stigmatize the plant.
In her artist statement, Pshyk noted that cannabis91裸聊视频� function in 91裸聊视频渁lleviating chronic pain and inflammation to aiding in the treatment of anxiety and epilepsy, cannabis has proven to be a valuable resource in the medical field.91裸聊视频�
Pshyk currently lives in Kelowna and is working on breaking into the Okanagan art scene.
Recompose
Hayley McIntyre91裸聊视频檚 work dives into the topic of Alzheimer91裸聊视频檚 disease. Recompose is a metaphor for what McIntyre calls a 91裸聊视频減hysical interpretation91裸聊视频� of the brain.
In her artist statement, McIntyre describes her work as 91裸聊视频渄ark, surreal, and disorienting91裸聊视频hat applies imagery of a tangled and decomposing yet hauntingly beautiful forest as a metaphor for the inside of a brain as it succumbs to age and time.91裸聊视频�
One of the main questions her work poses is the dichotomies that are presumed when it comes to the topics of life and death, light and dark, beautiful and ugly.
McIntyre hails from Invermere and has a background in geology and currently works as a science illustrator.
Smoked
Sarah Lawless91裸聊视频檚 body of work explores the meaning behind smoke. Through her ceramic creations, Laeless91裸聊视频檚 exhibit, Smoked shows both the damage and beauty behind smoke.
While the word smoke may have a negative connotation to most British Columbians in the aftermath of fatal forest fires, Lawless also demonstrates the cozy side of smoke such as smoke coming from a chimney bringing warmth to a home and the calming scents that come from the smoke of burning incense.
Lawless describes Smoked as 91裸聊视频渁 series of earthenware ceramic vessels, exploring humans91裸聊视频� complex relationships and cultural associations with smoke.
Lawless is an accomplished artist, having received many accolades and has worked with world-renowned ceramic artist, Wayne Ngan.
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