8 - Fritzi, Rebecca Mason VS Heros

GCTC's FRITZI gallery presents:

Rebecca Mason

June 8 ~ August 1

A visual dialogue with HEROES By Gérald Sibleyras, Translated by Tom Stoppard

You are welcome to come to the Opening/Vernissage (on the same eve as the play opening) Thursday, June 10 : 6 - 8pm
Becky Show Card

Rebecca Mason

Rebecca Mason studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and graduated with Honours. Mason is a watercolour artist, environmentalist and canoeing instructor based in Chelsea, Quebec. She has participated in a wide array of exhibitions at galleries in Ontario and Quebec since 1988. In 2009 she was featured in a cataloged duo show at the Cube Gallery in Ottawa. She has contributed to several canoeing and environmental books, produced an award-winning video entitled "Classic Solo Canoeing", and travels frequently presenting slide shows and sharing her love of the wild. She has just returned from a six week speaking tour to the UK and other countries in Europe.

Some comments by the artist about this show

What is your personal reaction to the play?

"Experiencing this play makes me think about our current war and what our soldiers will feel after. This thought hit me hard. I was touched with the raw human feeling ghosting from the three veterans of WWI in this play."

Why do you think you are suited to create art for this play?

"I too like to look to the future, the characters used a motif of a dog to transport their imagination, I use canoe vessels and trails to help me see the beauty over the horizon."

Some pieces that you think work particularly well in relation to this play?

"The painting "Gather of Trees" typifies the message of the play. The autumn poplars echo the autumn or end of life and new beginnings. These are brave soldiers who survived, who are surviving old age the best they
know how by looking forward, following the path in their minds eye to the beauty and mystery of a stand of trees."

Is there anything about your medium/ working methods you would like to highlight?

"The medium of watercolour leaves no room for error and the paper of choice is delicate yet strong. Each brush stroke is firm, exact and permanent. The result is a direct, deep and profound emotional response to the world around me"

The Lorraine 'Fritzi' Yale Gallery

1233 Wellington Street West (at Holland Avenue), Ottawa.
2nd Floor Level
Entrance is Free and paintings are for sale

HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm

For More information please contact Cube Gallery 613 728 1750