UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition August 17th to 4 Septemberth 2010
Opening Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 (5-7pm)
MacKinnon
(CANADA)Brian James MacKinnon has been painting seriously since 1977, using jigsaws and rotors to make large, brightly coloured three dimensional releif artworks out of Gatorfoam and medium- density Fibreboard panels. MacKinnon ‘draws’ with the saw or rotor directly on or through the gatorfoam or wood, then ‘fills’ the painting with oils, acrylics and enamels. Initially he worked on wooden panels but switched to foam because of it's combination of light weight with strength. Inspired by pop art and children's art, he employs bold colour and deceptively simple designs to make wry commentaries on contemporary life.
SLUTSKY
(CANADA)I like to think I create paintings that are an expressive vision of the world we live in today. What I do is mainly figurative, in a contemporary fashion, dealing with intriguing themes, using exotic color and sensual form as expressive tools. It has been said that the attractiveness and the success of my work has been due to the mystery and ambiguity which I try to incorporate into it. In the 30 or so years that I have been painting, I have gone through several different stylistic periods. What I believe holds them together has been my consistent love of vivid color, sensual forms and my desire to express my opinion of the world around me as I see it. One of the ways I have kept closely in touch with this world is through the hundreds of students I have taught painting and drawing to throughout my career. To them I owe a depth of gratitude.
