The Foyer Gallery at the Squamish Public Library becomes a portal to new dimensions until Dec. 7 with displays evoking themes of worlds and universes.
Zo毛 Evamy presents "Old World/New World," a series of watercolours, gouache and chalk pastels while my own "A Parallel Universe" uses acrylic paintings and mixed media pastels.
In the cases, Fiona McQuillan's "The Curve of Nature" introduces gallery-goers to her mixed media mosaics.
Passionate painter Zo毛 Evamy believes that for her, art is an essential form of expression.
"If I'm not painting, I'm thinking about painting, and visualizing ways of translating my experiences through paint."
Evamy, in technical prowess and fascination, uses the quick stroke nature of watercolour to draw, think and explore new themes.
"I have adopted topography, the tradition of painting portraits of places, to document the changing landscape around Squamish and the Sea to Sky area," Evamy said.
Evamy graduated with a BA in Fine Art & Illustration in London, England. Her arts career has spanned 25 years and includes work as an illustrator, an animator, a TV series art director and most recently, virtual worlds for kids.
Her work is constantly evolving through observation and study, using the temperate rainforest of 小蓝视频 as a continuous source of spiritual inspiration and mystery.
"Old world/New world is a meditation on transitions, on challenging our perception of what is real, what is reflected, submerged, latent, superficial, deep," Evamy said, expounding on her premise through discovery in watercolours, gouache and chalk pastels. For more information: www.zevamy.com.
My series of wall works depicts the parallels between a community of diversity and opportunity in vivid contrasting colour and multiple perspectives the analogy between decoration and life. This collection is an exploration of parallel graphics as they merge into impressionistic images.
If you look at the image straight on, you see a graphic portion as well as a genuine rendering. But if you walk past the pieces and view them from an angle they subtly unite. It's a scheming combination of similar colours and shapes, enough to persuade unification through the entire piece. It's the relationship between na茂ve colour shapes and more lifelike renditions to create a dynamic visual experience.
My compositions are derived from the vastness and ambiguity of nature and that relationship with regional al fresco activities. I use the juxtaposition of colour and luminosity to celebrate the vitality of our community and its geography.
For more information contact me at www.jaxondesignstudio.com.
In the cases, mosaic artist Fiona McQuillan presents an array of wall hangings, plaques and candleholders in bright jewel tones with reflective bits of mirror and pieces of sand-washed sea glass. She describes her creative stimulation for this series of methodical curved patterns.
"For these pieces my inspiration was drawn in part from the golden mean spiral - a spiral in a ratio commonly seen in nature, such as a nautilus shell. I find the swirled and curving shapes in nature beautiful and playful; something you want to look at and marvel in."
Characteristic of many artists, McQuillan has always been passionate about art, although her initial career direction was in geology. Fortunately she currently works as a graphic designer in the mining industry, which endorses her zealous artistic flare. McQuillan, who also loves to paint, has been a jewelry designer for 20 years and has been interested in mosaics for the last decade.
"As a graphic designer I tend to find inspiration everywhere, from nature to architecture, embroidery to other peoples artistic pursuits."
She enjoys life as a self-declared opportunistic artist taking on fresh art mediums and spending too much money in art stores on new paints and tools.
McQuillan focuses on design over realistic objects, exploring curved organic shapes, with an interested in using patterns of ancient Roman and Greek mosaics.
For more information contact Fiona McQuillan in Vancouver at 778 882-2254.
