Mitchel Smith & Joseph Plaskett: Colour Studies
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Winchester Galleries - Oak Bay (CLOSED) 2260 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, British Columbia V8R 1G7
Joseph Plaskett, "Delphinium & Sculpture #1," 2005
oil on canvas, 57" x 35"
Winchester Galleries is pleased to announce the Colour Studies exhibition, artworks by Mitchel Smith and Joseph Plaskett. This exhibition is a combined collection of minimalist colour fields by Mitchel Smith with Modernist still lifes and florals by Joseph Plaskett.
Joseph Plaskett received a BA in history and a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1939. He went on to study with Jack Shadbolt and B.C. Binning at the Vancouver School of Art and with A.Y. Jackson at the Banff Summer School. In 1946 he was awarded the first Emily Carr scholarship. Canada’s most beloved painter now has his own foundation which awards similar scholarships. Known for his figurative and still life paintings, Plaskett is highly collectible. Prior to his death in 2014, Plaskett was still painting, exhibiting on two continents, and collecting awards including Officer of the Order of Canada and several honourary doctorates. Plaskett exhibited extensively in Canada as well as in London and Paris. His work is included in every major museum collection in Canada from Victoria to Charlottetown.
Mitchel Smith is an abstract painter living in Canada. His work expresses the belief that the surfaces of pictures, the facture of the things, are what is integral to the esthetic experience of painting. Large blocks and lozenges of rich textured colour jostle and abut against each other in a struggle which creates an intense and satisfying pictorial unity. Mitchel Smith was born in Liverpool, England. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta in 1982 and had his first solo exhibiton at the Edmonton Art Gallery in 1986.
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