The Gamma Garage is back, and they’re inviting you to share their latest work at their upcoming spring show.
The North Burnaby art group includes Sheila Chowdhury, Dianne Yard, Pat Sexsmith and Wilma Cook, based out of Chowdhury’s onetime garage at her home on Capitol Hill – yes, the garage that gave them their name.
They’ve been opening the doors of that garage-turned-studio each spring to show their work. A press release from the group notes that, last year, they took a “gap year” to continue working on their art, and this year they’re back to show the results on April 27 and 28.
Chowdhury has abstract acrylics demonstrating her fondness for colour and pattern while incorporating her interest in photography. Yard’s paintings are fuelled by her “plein air” expeditions with the local Urban Sketchers group, as well as her travels to warmer places. Sexsmith’s ink and watercolour Paris series is a contrast to her bold figure and portrait work and previous printmaking. Cook continues to record her extensive travels in Europe with vibrant colours and her love of all “trees and rocks and water.”
Over the past year, they’ve shown their work in a variety of other Burnaby locations, including in the office of MLA Janet Routledge, at North Burnaby Neighbourhood House and at Living Room Art in the Heights, but their spring show will include much work that hasn’t been shown before.
“For art lovers who like to meet local artists, browsers who feel unfamiliar with the culture of commercial galleries, and fellow artists who enjoy sharing ideas, this is a great opportunity to further their interest,” the release says.
Everyone is invited to stop by the Gamma Garage at 232 North Gamma Ave. on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 between noon and 5 p.m.
