Two abstract artists are featured in the next exhibition at Deer Lake Gallery.
The Burnaby Arts Council’s gallery is getting ready to host Capturing the Essence, featuring the work of artists Irma Soltonovich and Jenn Williamson.
An opening reception is set for Saturday, May 14 from 2 to 4 p.m.
A press release about the exhibition notes that there is a commonality between the two artists in that they paint “interior landscapes.”
“In fact they work to capture the real of the mood that is conjured by landscape,” says the release.
Soltonovich grew up on a Saskatchewan farm, where she became aware of the vastness of moods that the sky can invoke. Living in B.C., she added the fascination of the sea.
“She contests the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience; she investigates the dynamics of landscape,” the release says. “Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination.”
Williamson, meanwhile, has always lived in B.C. – and, like Soltonovich, the horizon is a dominant force in her work.
“Her works establish a link between the landscape’s reality and that which is imagined by its conceiver,” the release says. “By choosing mainly unconventional solutions, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.”
Capturing the Essence runs May 14 to June 4 at the Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave. Call 604-298-7322 or see www.burnabyartscouncil.org for information.
