Laurie Aldridge, Louise Lacey-Rokosh, Theresa Williams: Come Paint Alberta
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Leighton Art Centre 282027 144 Street SW (Just 16 km south of Calgary), Foothills, Alberta T1S 0Y4
Laurie Aldridge, Louise Lacey-Rokosh, Theresa Williams, "Come Paint Alberta," 2022
Come Paint Alberta - Laurie Aldridge, Louise Lacey-Rokosh, Theresa Williams and additional Alberta artists - Main Gallery
A public reception for Leighton Art Centre's autumn exhibitions will be held Saturday September 10, 2022 (2 - 4 pm) during Paint The Foothills, the centre's 3-day celebration of plein air art making. Artists will be in attendance!
Come Paint Alberta is an artist-led community project promoting plein air painting in Alberta. With the support of Leighton Art Centre, Come Paint Alberta was planned and led by established plein air artists Louise Lacey-Rokosh, Laurie Aldridge and Theresa Williams, who hosted paint outs in five iconic Alberta locations. They painted alongside the participants and collaborated on a series of large scale acrylic paintings, each completed on location. These five pieces anchor the exhibition.
Paint out participants were offered the opportunity to submit their work and some of the submissions will be juried into the exhibition. The pieces – created over three months from early April to early July – truly capture the essence of Plein Air in Alberta, including a rawness that comes from the artists’ exposure to insects, dust, wind, and wildly variable temperatures.