It's a colourful world - and nowhere more so than at the Burnaby Arts Council gallery.
The Deer Lake Gallery is hosting Life in Colour, an exhibition of the work of Claire Sower and Jim Keayes.
It's on from March 1 to 22, with an opening reception set for Saturday, March 1 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Sower and Keayes are artists "that exhibit a passionate joy for the practice, medium and potentials for painting," a press release says.
Sower, who also works as a fashion illustrator, said she loves "whimsical combinations" of light and colour that inspire happiness and joy - and her flower images are one way to do just that.
"As an artist, I am drawn to the way in which light and colour marry to form shape, fire our imaginations and inspire our emotions," she said in the release. "I believe that the act of looking at a piece of art should inspire."
The release notes that Keayes, an engineering draftsman, is motivated by the infinite possibilities for shapes and colour inherent in different forms of abstraction.
It says he has experienced "renewed vigor" in his art practice as he has opened up to explore possibilities beyond realism to include abstraction and more open forms of representation.
You can meet the artists and see their work at the opening reception on March 1. The gallery is at 6584 Deer Lake Ave.
For information, email [email protected] or see www.burnabyartscouncil.org.
