Art GAlleries
BY Jill Von Sprecken
Painted
Panoramas
lush landscapes by david
edwards blur the line between
real and unreal in ian tan Gal-
lery’s Re-Constructed Landscapes
(Jun. 3 to 30; page 48). the
Canadian-based artist begins
his painting process from pho-
tographs, stripping away and
distilling the images down to
their most basic elements. the
results? serene oil-on-canvas
works that often feel both for-
eign and familiar (“the lie of
the land,” pictured).
Abstract Angles
this geometry certainly isn’t textbook. Famed
Canadian artist otto rogers explores the
principles of unity and light—drawing from his
bahá’í faith—to create meditative-yet-dynamic
works that spark the imagination. early in his
six-decade-long career, rogers was inspired
by cubism and constructivism, the effects of
which can be seen in bold acrylic-on-canvas
pieces like “trumpet’s song” (pictured). explore
his graphic, textured world in New Paintings at
Gallery Jones from Jun. 8 to Jul. 8 (page 47).
take a walk on the wild side at Ukama Gallery
(page 47), where two vancouver island–based
artists are finding inspiration in nature. besides
a shared location, Catherine Gerus and april
Ponsford have a similar interest in the outdoors,
and explore it on canvas in their abstract works.
while Gerus is guided by mother Nature’s colour
palette, Ponsford tries to capture a landscape’s
more ephemeral qualities (“Confidence,” pic-
tured). discover where the wild things are in
Interactions, from Jun. 8 to 22.
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