Noemi de Bruijn, David Scott, Wendy Struck: Haven

David Scott, "Range Road," 2018

mixed media on birch panel,  40" x 60”

Opening reception - December 7, 2:30-5pm

The exhibition, Haven, features three Alberta artists who each use homes and buildings to explore themes of belonging, displacement/longing and abandonment. These places represent more than just physical structures or markers on a map. Homes become infused with meaning and preserve our heritage (past and future), our personal relationships and our shared history and culture.

Mexican-Canadian artist Noemi de Bruijn (Edmonton) assembles multilayered narrativesflooded with symbolism. De Bruijn’s systematic approach uses a variety of media and imagery from her childhood, current events and her imagination to produce paintings that trigger nostalgia, caution and reflection.

A love of the local landscape led St. Albert artist David Scott to explore the crumbling, dilapidated homesteads that pepper the Albertan landscape. This journey became part of his artistic process, producing richly detailed, yet ghostlike paintings of these decaying structures that communicate the unavoidable passage of time.

Wendy Struck (Medicine Hat) creates hybrid paintings/ sculptures. These works manifest as tabletop environments in the form of houses and interiors intertwined with landscapes and maps. Using an abundance of imagery, her works interpret the emotional experience of place and time, and consider an individuals’ relationship to the outside world.