BARBARA AMOS: October 18 to 31, 2012, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary

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BARBARA AMOS

October 18 to 31, 2012

Gibson Fine Art, Calgary

By Margaret Bessai

Barbara Amos keeps a studio in the Crowsnest Pass, where she thrives on a daily connection to nature, swimming, kayaking, and creating art. She describes the act of painting as an extension of thought. In this new work, The Shoreline Series, abstract layers of colour in oil paint and wax are built up and scraped off. The paintings vary in size and are grouped in a suite to build meaning in relation to each other. The horizon line, high in the picture plane, suggests an emphasis on the journey in the water over the destination on shore. While painting this series, Amos says her thoughts kept returning to Ulysses by Tennyson, which was written while the poet grieved a friend. Amos graduated from The University of Waterloo in 1988, and is an established artist in oil and photography, and is known for her public art murals. She’s built her practice through experimentation with new media, including video, steel and glass. This exhibition at Gibson Fine Art also includes work in a digital sketchbook.