Mindscapes & Landscapes – Abstractions of Potential

Gallery de Boer – Fine Art’s latest exhibition, Landscapes & Mindscapes – Abstractions of Potential, is a unique melange of abstract and landscape, oil and acrylic. Participating artists Vera Dernovsek, Valerie Nichol, Marieke Niemeijer and Lorne Wagman all live within 50km of Owen Sound making this a stunning showcase of regional art.

Owen Sound artist Lorne Wagman produces “large-scale renditions of small-scale phenomena.”  Czechoslovakian-Canadian artist Vera Dernovsek lives in Wiarton. She paints what she sees but “gives the reality a personal twist.”

Regional artist Marieke Niemeijer currently lives in Ferndale and believes “an artist is a kind of reporter, using any or all media to convey the experiences in life that they have captured, and then reissuing that experience.” Meaford artist Valerie Nichol grew up in a house filled with music. She says, “Abstract art for me is a visual form of music.”

However diverse the styles and media used by these four artists, the exhibition is unified by a bold and exciting use of colour. As you walk through the gallery and absorb these disparate works displayed side-by-side, your senses will be assaulted by a riot of colour. The surprising harmony that results will energize and excite you.

Landscapes & Mindscapes runs October 20 – December 5, 2009. Please join us for the Grand Opening & Reception to be held on November 7^th from 4 pm to 7 pm.