Re: Moved // Vintage Tin // Windows

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Thursday, August 15th, 2013
August 9th Reception: 7pm - 9pm After that, during regular gallery hours Monday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm

Contemporary Gallery

Re: Moved
August 10 � September 21, 2013

Brent Bukowski (Kaslo BC) � sculpture
Mark Laver (Victoria BC) � painting

Opening Reception: Friday, August 9 from 7pm � 9pm

The paintings of Victoria BC based artist Mark Laver and metal/glass sculpture of Kaslo BC based artist Brent Bukowski are brought together to examine the visceral beauty of detritus, the artistic tradition of utilizing found objects (and photographs), and the emotive and intellectual results of creating objects and images that evoke stillness out of that which once moved.

Laver\'s paintings are sourced from the blunt, artless photographs of rural car accidents and mobile home fires posted on the internet by volunteer fire departments and small town police detachments. Bukowski\'s industrial sculpture, inspired by global patterns of diminishing biodiversity will be created from machinery components, including auto and bicycle parts, which he has accumulated and reclaimed from landfills.

Brent Bukowski is a self taught Canadian artist who works with found objects--- primarily metal and glass. His sculptures are executed in a modest studio lost within an imposing arrangement of materials---the majority of which have been reclaimed from a resource based (forestry and mining) regional landfill that serves a community of 1000 people. He has exhibited works in solo and group shows in BC, Alberta and Ontario. His works are in private and public collections around Canada and recent awards include a BC Arts Council Grant (2010, 2005) and the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance Major Project Grant (2008, 2005).

Mark Laver holds a BA Double Major History in Art/Philosophy with Distinction from the University of Victoria. He says of his work: �it is my goal to continue seeking the intuitive, mysterious starting point to each painting, allowing the work to evolve over time as I do�. Laver has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in various galleries in BC and Ontario. His work can be found in the collection of The University of Victoria, Comox Valley Regional District, as well as private and public collections in Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe.

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Community Gallery

Vintage Tin
August 10 � September 21, 2013

Ron Morrison (Comox Valley BC) � watercolour painting

Opening Reception: Friday, August 9 from 7pm � 9pm

The rainy West Coast climate of British Columbia is the resting place for the subject matter of Morrison�s prolific watercolour paintings. Rendered in brilliant translucent jewel tones, the colours of decaying classic and antique automobiles mark time, light, metal and glass collecting amongst overgrown field and forest. Painted from photographs with liberal deviations, these �characters� are assembled as if to accompany each other in reminisces of adventures past.

Ron Morrison is a self taught watercolour painter based in the Comox Valley. Morrison has always had a love of old metal. In the 1970�s, he discovered a 1937 Chevy farm truck, perfect for restoration. However, hauling a truck back to his apartment parking space for restoring was not feasible; he took photos and painted a watercolour from the photographs. From that beginning, he has been actively experimenting with the medium of watercolour, focusing on the subject matter of automobiles, boats and houses to explore colour dynamics, light and composition. His fondness for vehicles also extends to restoring and building motorcycles.

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George Sawchuk Gallery

Windows
August 10 � September 21, 2013

Trish Smith (Comox Valley BC) � mixed media drawings

Opening Reception: Friday, August 9 from 7pm � 9pm

Windows is a series of drawings of scenes which Smith witnessed from inside of a vehicle while growing up in South Africa. The intimate relation between the window, seeing and perception is a demarcation of inside and out, private and public. Smith uses the drawn transparency of glass to bring attention to political relationships during the Apartheid era. Born and raised in South Africa, Trish Smith immigrated to Canada in 1988 and is now based in the Comox Valley. She has exhibited locally in various group shows since 1993. Smith completed a Fine Arts Diploma at East London College, South Africa, recently completed the Fine Arts diploma program at North Island College BC and is currently enrolled at Emily Carr University.