Mixed Media Art.
A Choreographed Dance in 2-D
August 21- Sept 9, 2020
Tues-Sat 11-4
Pen and ink in one hand, glass of wine in the other, cat warming my feet, drawing pad on my lap: this is where my Dancer Drawings come to life on wintry nights with the fireplace ablaze. Each Dancer is unique, yet together they share an essential spirit.
Together, they dance.
My Urban Dancers are born of a different space, in my studio, where there is room to move. Hip Hop and World music blasting, dance videos playing, my own movement is fused with ink markers and mixed media on paper.
The Water Dancers move more quietly, intently, responding to mixed media as much as being created by it.
Anthracite, born of my Resurrection series of paintings, presides over the event
Welcome to the Spirit Dance. I invite you to join in.
Olga Szkabarnicki
Artist
Artist Bio - Olga Szkabarnicki
Originally from a small farming community in Ontario, Olga practiced Aboriginal law for 20 years, helping to negotiate land claim settlements across the country. In 2009, Olga returned to her passion for the human figure through the creation of art. She participated and exhibited in her first juried national competition in 2010 (Figureworks, Ottawa). She moved, with her husband, to Salt Spring Island in 2016, where she has exhibited in the Parallel show (Salt Spring National Art Prize), the Easter Art Show, the Thrust show; and the Federation of Canadian Artists gallery in Vancouver.
Olga’s figurative work focuses on the transformation of human motion and dance gesture onto a flat surface. Expressive line in drawings, paintings, and mixed media artwork is created from a solid understanding of anatomy, the rhythms of Olga’s own dance movement, and the influence of music playing at the time of creation.
Since moving to Salt Spring, Olga has expanded her art practice to temperate rainforest surrounding her, which will be the subject of a future show.