Roberta Pyx Sutherland: As Above So Below II
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Chapel Gallery 1-891 99 St, North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 2Y6
Opening is Friday March 15, 5-7pm Artist’s Talk at 5:30pm
Roberta Pyx Sutherland's As Above So Below ll is a continuation of Sutherland’s quest for spiritual development through artmaking. During an artist residency at the BAU institute in Italy, she began her contemplative inquiry into dots and circles. Other artist residencies in Italy, especially Contemporary Conversations, widened her international circle. Editart in Geneva Switzerland represents Sutherland. This group of avant-garde print-makers offer their originals to a group of collectors called Circle of Friends. Closer to home, she taught The Contemplative Brush at the 2018 Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts. A BFA graduate from UVic, her teachers and mentors include Jack Wise, Roy Kiyooka, Don Jarvis, Paola Iacucci and Jack Shadbolt.
Over the past several years, Roberta Pyx Sutherland has completed many Ensō inspired artworks. For her, the floating circles suggest the universal dance of molecular energy and mysteries of quantum physics. Sutherland prefers to complete a series of Ensō while on a residency of 4-6 weeks. Each painting may contain up to 100 circles, completed over a period of several days.
“The stamina required to complete a group of paintings is like running a marathon,” she says.
The body has to prepare for the intense focus of completing the circles in one confident gesture. Having a consistent daily routine allows natural rhythms of work and rest to assist creative output.