In Meghan Hildebrand’s 9th solo exhibition with Madrona Gallery, she explores colourful, dream-like landscapes inspired by communities along the West Coast. Cabins on the shore, boats, or logs floating along waterways all serve as anchors, tethering the figurative to the abstract.
Hildebrand explores both familiar and dream-like landscapes. She creates an exciting sense of depth through her use of colour and pattern, where viewers almost hope to push past the colourful foliage and explore what’s beneath. Paradoxically, Hildebrand succeeds in using both maximalist and simplified principles to create worlds within worlds.
See Meghan Hildebrand: Standing By til May 11 at Madrona Gallery.
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The Avenue Gallery showcases the works of eleven talented painters in its upcoming collective exhibition, Botanical Encounters, May 9-23.
Featuring floral artistry in all its glory, Botanical Encounters invites viewers to embark on a visual journey through lush landscapes, timeless floral arrangements, and bold interpretations of nature’s bounty.
The participating artists in this anticipated exhibition include Corre Alice, Tanya Bone, Mary-Jean Butler, Eunmi Conacher, Denna Erickson, Becky Holuk, Kimberly Kiel, William Liao, Angela Morgan, Cindy Revell and Jo-Anne Westerby.
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At Gallery Merrick this month, Dianna Bonder’s solo show Cirko Bizarro runs May 4-13.
Coco Loco (Dianna Bonder) is a queer multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning author/illustrator of 14 books for children. She maintains a full-time practice in her studio gallery on Gabriola Island, B.C., where she works in resin sculpture, oil painting, and pen and ink drawing.
Coco’s current project, Cirko Bizzaro, extends the long tradition of the circus freak show. She is especially fascinated by the aesthetics of “the cutesque” – the moment when something cute suddenly becomes creepy and weird. Her work is inspired by artists such as Gorey, Sendak, Ryden and Witkin, but her primary inspiration is her imagination and everyday life.
This exhibit will feature a wild cast of freaks, clowns, animals, puppets and hybrids. Learn more at gallerymerrick.com/
