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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.
My “Show” is a mix of all types of work and this is where I’m comfortable at the moment !
This is not a deep reflective show but more a show about taking chances, experimenting and always moving forward.
I hope that you enjoy seeing the possibilities and pieces that are the “seeds” of more work in the future !
Perhaps my work will spark something in you, to explore yourself, the endless ways of expressing who you are, through Art.
Be bold and have fun !
Metamorphoses
Mostly on large canvases, Claudia Wilholt creates multi-layered images with self-made egg tempera, using natural materials. Her dreamy and colorful paintings seem to grow in a slow, meditative process, almost like a living organism.
Even though Wilholt is deeply rooted in a European tradition to depict nature, she still manages to evade any naturalisitc conformity. Wilholt may be representing water, forests, skies, seeking to depict their essence. But neither is she fully turning to the landscape sujet, nor is she seeking any of the generic, quick effects that we see in so many contemporary paintings today. Her abstraction is an almost spiritual one, a metaphorical image that only fully forms in the spectator’s mind and heart, possibly leaving them changed, too.
All paintings shown in the exhibition were created in British Columbia. Claudia Wilholt is currently visiting the island as an artist in residence with the Salt Spring Arts Council. In October 2019, she stayed at the Ou Gallery in Duncan (https://www.theougallery.com/air-artist-profiles/2019/10/1/claudia-wilhot-germany ), also as an artist in residence. She lives and works in Germany, where she has exhibited in many solo and group shows (www.wilholt.com).
The painter will also give an artist talk and an egg tempera workshop at the beginning of the month (https://ssartscouncil.com/events/).
[1] “BOOK ONE.” Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition, by OVID et al., Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 2018, pp. 3–27.
40 Artists from Salt Spring, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island and Vancouver exhibit 2D and 3D Erotic Art to excite, arouse, inspire and encompass, the full spectrum of our sexuality. Prepare to chuckle, gasp & blush. Parental guidance advised.
Lyn Riley Evan Vondel Joanna Rogers Gordon Roy Martin Cinda Helm Juliana Slomka Marianne Campbell Glenn Patterson Sara Melo Gamelle FitzGibbon Wendy Taylor Dave Aharonian Aiko Shebib Pamela Plumb Veronica Pleskach Paula Ann Van Bruce Pearson Olga Szkabarnicki Bahador Saray-Sorour Jes Browning Katie Watt Thomas McPhee Dennis Del Torre Rosemary Partridge Rachel Vadeboncoeur Zoe Joyall Heather Martin mcNab Lenda Freeborn Niele Freeborn Alexandra Lake Denys James Colin Hamilton Debra Newberry Brian Matheson Karen Parsons Elle M Lee Joan Werner Jenny Ann Holden
