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Artist Exhibitions:
The Art Gallery
137 Melville St Dundas Ontario
Canada
Opening April 4th 1-4
Runs April 4th-30th
'Paternity Suite'
Rails End Gallery
23 York St. Haliburton Ontario
Canada
Opening May 8th 2-4pm
Runs May 8th through to June
20th
Ontario Arts Council grant
recipient
'Tour de Forest' studio ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Laurie O'Reilly
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Figurative work has the ability to speak to time and place in a unique manner. With this in mind I have begun to look at and develop my work with some of the sensibilities of a "Visual Anthropologist'
My paintings include present day artefacts, usually in the form of earings, trinkets or decorations. They are painted in acrylic in large,loose, fast, strokes to reflect the materials, intensity and speed of present day life.
As a visual story teller I work towards telling the stories of children, teens and young adults in their 'here and now' as they grow in 21st Century societies. As a 'method painter' I spend weeks building my character's presence. When their voice is strong, their emotions sharp and their features clear, I can paint in an energetic, gestural, fashion that has been described as, planned spontaneity.
I endeavour to create paintings that are open enough, both thematically and technically, to invite the viewer into the process. To this end I work towards pieces that are technically loose and 'emotionally three dimensional' Paintings that give the viewer the opportunity to visually finish parts of the paintings as well as build a unique and personal third dimension to the work.
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