Leaves: an Impression
August 21 – September 1, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, August 22, 2024 – 6 – 8 pm
ARTIST TALKS & INTERACTIVE “LANDART”: Saturdays, August 24 and 31.
Join us IN-PERSON at the Leslie Grove Gallery.
See the show, meet the artists, bring a friend!
Go to this link to view exhibition online: https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=16250
ABOUT LEAVES AN IMPRESSION
Through imagery and narrative, two fibre artists, Sheila Thompson and Beverly Allen, share their perspectives on a familiar plant structure, leaves. We present leaves of Ontario’s trees in diverse and unexpected ways to reveal some of their superpowers, vulnerabilities, and the connections between the vitality of leaves and human activities.
Sheila’s multicoloured, supersized felt leaves present extreme future responses to human-induced changes in habitat and climate. The surface design abstracts impacts and the geography of the trees. Sheila employs sustainable and recycled materials, wet felting techniques and hand stitching.
Beverly’s depictions of leaves on textile and paper, encourage close study of the leaves, highlighting the layers of colour and detail beneath their surface. The techniques Beverly employs (eco-printing, traditional printing, naturally dyeing textiles, paper and thread to embellish her work with hand stitching) all relate to slower, more mindful art-making.
Featured Artists:
Beverly Allen, Sheila Thompson.