Current Exhibition's Artist(s)
Holly Edwards
Living and working in Lakefield, Holly Edwards draws inspiration from the organic shapes, patterns, and colours she encounters during walks around the Lakefield marsh, time spent at Kasshabog Lake, and travels farther afield. For this exhibition, she has turned her attention to memories of East Coast beaches and the shorelines of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, places her family has returned to over many summers.
Working primarily in acrylic and oil, Holly’s abstract paintings sometimes incorporate hand-printed monotypes, paper, collage, and other materials as each piece develops. Her process is guided by the relationship between positive and negative space, harmony and tension, and the push and pull of colour and form. Rather than depicting a landscape literally, she distills its atmosphere, movement, and emotional resonance.
Shelley Brown
Shelley Brown is similarly inspired by the rivers, lakes, and changing Kawartha landscapes that surround her. Her work considers the ways nature’s geography, forms, and recurring cycles shape our experience of place. Shelley also invites viewers to consider the individual nature of perception: how each person encounters a work of art through the lens of their own memories, experiences, imagination, and state of mind.