Don Li-Leger: Counting the Steps of the Sun

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Don Li-Leger, “Hundred Year Bloom 7,” 2018

acrylic on canvas, 4’ (h) x 8’ (w), Courtesy of Li-Leger Family

Don Li-Leger: Counting the Steps of the Sun

Panel Discussion for Don Li-Leger: Counting the Steps of the Sun March 7 at 2:30 to 4 p.m. Surrey Art Gallery is delighted to host Cora Li-Leger, Shengtian Zheng, and Jeremy Herndl for a conversation on the videos and paintings of the late Don Li-Leger (1948–2019). Join us as we celebrate the artist’s five-decade long experimental art practice and enduring ecological vision. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.

The panelists will give short presentations on various aspect of Don Li-Leger’s art practice and influence on British Columbia and Canadian art more broadly. Zheng will speak to his and Don’s collaborations with Chinese artists; Herndl will discuss Don’s approach to landscape and the environment; Cora Li-Leger will speak to her collaborative work with her husband over the years. Following the presentations, the artists will reflect on the current exhibition Don Li-Leger: Counting the Steps of the Sun and consider Don Li-Leger’s lasting influence on art near and far. The discussion will be moderated by Surrey Art Gallery’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Jordan Strom.

Don Li-Leger (1948-2019) had a five-decade long art practice marked by a deep and enduring curiosity for nature. Over his career, he explored flora, fauna, and landscapes through a variety of media. This exhibition brings together selections of late video works alongside a series of paintings the artist made in response to the 2017 “super bloom” of wildflowers in Southern California and Arizona. Vivid colours and abstraction point to Li-Leger’s enduring ecological vision, rooted in life and light.

Don was honoured as a Surrey Civic Treasure in 2015 along with his wife of 43 years, fellow-artist Cora Li-Leger.