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Artist features new work during Two Rivers exhibit |
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Written by MYRISSA KRENZLER
Citizen staff
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
Judith DesBrisay stands in front of the opening display of her latest exhibit Geographies at the Two Rivers Gallery. DesBrisay, who lives outside Quesnel, uses both natural and human elements to create her paintings. Her exhibit will be on display from May 23 to Aug. 10. (Citizen staff photo)
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Judith DesBrisay is one of two artists who will be displaying artwork at the gallery over the summer. Her exhibit, "Geographies," officially opens May 23.
DesBrisay leads an environmentally friendly life and tries to portray that through her artwork. However, she said she's reluctant to make bold statements in her work. She wants people to read into her paintings. "I'm being more subtle," she said.
The oldest paintings from this exhibit were created in 2003. The latest ones were created earlier this year.
DesBrisay said she gets inspiration for her work from the natural environment.
"I said 'I'm gonna keep it simple,'" she said when discussing the collection. She said she wanted to keep it basic and cohesive. She used only two extra pieces besides the paint and plaster she usually uses: meadow grass and plastic mesh.
As she continued with the collection, a pattern began to emerge in her work. "I just kept playing with the evolution of shapes and forms," she said. The grid work she used in her first set of paintings continued into her other pieces and can be found in every work in the show.
This is DesBrisay's 17th solo exhibit but her first show in a larger gallery. She's also contributed to 51 different group exhibits. Previously, her work has been displayed in Chile and smaller studios in Canada.
DeBrisay was born and raised in the Kootenays. She and her partner, Mike, retired to a log cabin two hours outside of Quesnel 15 years ago. She remembers being interested in art from an early age. "I remember drawing and colouring right from preschool," she said.
However, she didn't become serious about painting until her two children were grown and she met an artist while visiting Ellesmere Island who encouraged her to study art.
After that she enrolled in night classes at the Emily Carr Institute, now known as Emily Carr University of Art and Design. It was at this point that she retired from being a public health nurse and took up painting full time.
DesBrisay's exhibit will be on display all summer at the Two Rivers Gallery. A reception will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to open the exhibit.
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