The Mural Project
at the Lake Country Art Gallery
There is art everywhere.
Inside and out.
This is the rotating Mural space at the Lake Country Art Gallery.
This is a space where artists expand their creativity over an 8' x 8' canvas on Gallery frontage.
Inside and out.
This is the rotating Mural space at the Lake Country Art Gallery.
This is a space where artists expand their creativity over an 8' x 8' canvas on Gallery frontage.
Current Mural
paulette deyholos
Charcoal Drawing
Medium: Burnt Wood Artist: Paulette Deyholos Like many of us I both love and fear fire. We cook with it, heat with it, even draw with charcoal produced by it. Yet as a teenager my house burned down and nothing was saved, yet my experience will be different from someone whose house was lost in our fires this year. Sculpting with wood lets the wood tell its own story: the history of the trees comes out in the knots, joints and cracks. It shows in areas that burn faster or not as well. I like the mysterious patterns that are created by fire. Burning wood is a centuries-old Japanese technique (Shou sugi ban) of wood preservation. Humans have been shaped as much by fire as they have shaped things with fire. Burning this sculpture simplifies the colour, so the shapes become more important, the texture becomes more interesting and the piece has a richer, more dramatic impact. I try to communicate the beauties of the world especially when they don’t have the typical aesthetic we think of when we say something is burned. If we burn dinner we throw it out. If a forest burns we can’t wait for it to grow back. Thus, this piece is about finding the beauty in the aftermath of a fire. |
Past Murals
Browse from the most recent at the top left.
Charles Scholl
Liz & Dylan Ranney |
Sheila Tansey |
ANGELA HANSEN |
Tia-Maria Soroskie |
Angelika Jaeger"The chosen material displays the right juxtaposition for the Ying and Yang of the glimpse into our future."
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Shannon Johnston"...This was like the eye of the painting, the center vortex and it's what really unified the painting once it was complete."
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LEANNE SPANZA"Bold Colours. Simple Lines. Happy Art."
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JOlENE MACKIE"I wanted to use this large surface to explore a subject that had caught my interest that year."
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MICHELLe lOUGHERYOur first wall mural came through a collaboration with ARTSCO during their 60th anniversary project
60 artists in 60 spaces |