"In Spirit We Are All One" Art Show

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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Opening on Aug. 11 from 3-5pm, Show runs until Aug. 23 with regular gallery hours Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm

�In Spirit We Are All One�
Art Show at Nanaimo Art Gallery

Nanaimo, BC � Emerging Artist Nadine Wiepning�s new body of work aims to illustrate that �everything affects everything� and that our deep interconnectedness does at once threaten and save us. This exhibition, entitled �In Spirit We Are All One� features oil on canvas that are "abstract nature with a twist of surrealism."

This new body of work is almost ten years in the making. After graduating from the Fine Arts program at Georgian College in 2001, Nadine took time away from painting to complete her BA Global Studies from Malaspina U-C in 2006. Since then, the state of the world and the needed solutions inspired this series of paintings.

Nadine regards her work as addressing � the wounds inflicted on the body of Gaia and therefore on all humans and animals. We have entered a time of great upheaval, uncertainty, and massive changes, yet we hold the solutions in our hands and hearts.� Only by becoming aware of the pain and suffering of the Earth�s biosphere and its many inhabitants and transforming that anger into healing Love, can we be empowered to take action to create the better world we all long for.

The main piece, with the same title as the show, is a 4� x 6� oil on canvas with rich colour and detail to transport the viewer into a calm contemplation of our inherent interconnectedness. The artist employed different techniques to guide the viewer's eye throughout the serene painting - by using bold lines that peter out and disappear, only to be rediscovered and move along to the next image, a tree goddess or a sheer cliff splashed by waves that unfurl into the night sky. The process is very magical for the painter, as well as the viewer.

The public is invited to view this uplifting and engaging body of work. The artist will be in attendance at the Opening.

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