A PLACE for the ARTS
presents
Micro-landscapes
by Elizabeth Popham
From July 31 to August 25 in the Annex Gallery
About the Exhibition
Looking out to the horizon in this beautiful natural environment is a gift to any artist. But I enjoy shifting focus to what lies along the edge of the trail — to what I call “micro-landscapes” — remembering William Blake’s hope that we will learn “to see heaven in a wildflower, and eternity in a grain of sand.” And so for the past four years, I have been engaged in a project of exploration of the smaller things we too often ignore. This project began with photography and continues to be grounded there. But it has expanded into painting (often in palette knife) and a number of other media, including block printing. At their most extreme, whether on canvas or in photographic images, my “micro-landscapes” evolve into "natural abstracts": extreme close-ups of natural objects in which the subject threatens to be lost and the focus shifts to pattern — an intricate arrangement of shape, line, colour and light.
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Meet the Artist on location
in the Annex Gallery on Saturday, August 3 from 11am to 4pm |
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Elizabeth Popham recently circled back to the visual arts after a career as a university teacher. She works primarily in acrylics – sometimes combined with pen and ink – and photographic decoupage. The inspiration for many of her paintings comes from en plein air outings and long walks with her trusty Canon Rebel T7i.
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