Kenneth Lochhead | Light & Shadows

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Kenneth Lochhead, “Arboretum Lane,” 1994

oil on panel, 18" x 24" (courtesy of the gallery)

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 19 from 5-8pm

Kenneth Lochhead was a of the members of the Regina Five, and head of the art department at the University of Regina in the 50’s and 60’s. He was instrumental in putting western Canada on the map of the world of abstract expressionism at the time. A mover and shaker at the age of 24. Without this time of exploration in abstract painting, he would not have developed the loose and confident brushwork in his later landscape and forest interior works. This exhibition focuses on his later landscape works. These works elicit a boldness with their simplicity, and a tranquility with his luscious sense of colour and movement. His ability to elicit a mood and light in his work is undeniable. His works are simply bold. The show will whisk you away to a far-off land, a vacation from now to another world, a world that Lochhead has created.