Artist Meet & Greet Events
Saturday, October 31st and Saturday, November 7th
Kathy Bradshaw will be in the gallery for an artist meet-and-greet to open the exhibition on Saturday, October 31st from 1PM to 4PM, and again on Saturday, November 7th from 1PM to 4PM. To safely control the number of people in the space, visits to the gallery on these Saturday afternoons will be by appointment only. Please call 306-664-3385 ext. 2 during regular hours or email gallery@artplacement.com to book your appointment to see the show and chat with the artist. The gallery is open during our normal hours of operation and no appointment is necessary to view the exhibition at any other time (please note: we will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th for Remembrance Day). Masks are encouraged and appreciated, but not mandatory.
Artist Statement
Outside Inside explores sense of space through landscape and portraiture.
Since the initial COVID shutdown, I have looked more heavily to my surroundings for joy, escape, and inspiration, and what I have found through numerous walks, country drives, and a couple of camping trips is a greater appreciation for home and a land that is often overlooked and underestimated. We are rolling fields, sweeping grasslands, big skies, northern lakes, boreal forests, and a land of immense beauty and solitude, and this body of work is meant to celebrate that through expressive colour, texture, and mark-making.
Similarly, the portraits included in this exhibition explore “inner landscapes”; specifically, the wonder, the mystery, the longing, and the pride one feels towards one’s surroundings. These portraits are metaphors for that sense of space.
Finally, Outside Inside refers to my use of painting surfaces. Since the COVID shutdown, I have taken the opportunity to experiment further with encaustic (made with prairie beeswax) on weathered barnwood and rusted metal often found on abandoned farms, and have incorporated these surfaces into the mix as a nod to our prairie roots and simpler times.
What is outside is also inside.
-Kathy
Kathy Bradshaw, "Uplifting III", 2019, encaustic and oil stick on panel, 42" x 36", $3,350.00 Unframed CDN (+ taxes)
Kathy Bradshaw, "Hilltop", 2020, encaustic & oil stick on live edge barnboard, 5 1/2" x 22", $450.00 Unframed CDN (+ taxes)
Kathy Bradshaw, "Prairie Explosion", 2020, encaustic and oil stick on panel, 12" x 18", $595.00 Unframed CDN (+ taxes)