2019 - 2020 Artist in Residence
Ava P Christl
The Skeena Paintings
Exhibition runs July 11 - August 23
In these new paintings I try to express my personal connection to the land and river of my youth. The locations in the images have been re-imagined through time and memory to express the geography of my northern heart-home
in all it's wonder, mystery and spirit.
In these paintings, I mix memories with observations, reality with imagination, and use multiple panels to show multiple aspects of a particular location. Although the paintings are of specific places, they are located somewhere in the realm of memory and imagination, distorted through time and the vagaries of memory.
in all it's wonder, mystery and spirit.
In these paintings, I mix memories with observations, reality with imagination, and use multiple panels to show multiple aspects of a particular location. Although the paintings are of specific places, they are located somewhere in the realm of memory and imagination, distorted through time and the vagaries of memory.
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100 Days of Solitude
Starting on March 11th, when the pandemic was declared, I began making a small drawing every day. It was a kind of meditation, a way to not only mark the days, but to reflect on what was going on in the world. At 100 days I decided to mount the drawings as a timeline, an historical record. Each drawing is 6" square, graphite on paper.
30 Paintings in 30 Days
A few days after the Covid pandemic was announced, the Jealous Curator in Vancouver put out a call to artists to create something every day for 30 days. I accepted the challenge and made a small painting every day from March 15-April 13.
Pop-up Drawing Residency
From March 2-6, 2020, I held a drawing residency in the gallery, working on large graphite drawings based on the forest fires I'd witnessed during my travels to, and stay in, the Yukon during the summer of 2019.
People came to visit and watch me work and to see the finished drawings. To my delight, a few people came to draw with me.
People came to visit and watch me work and to see the finished drawings. To my delight, a few people came to draw with me.
Winter Solstice Open House
On December 22nd I held my annual Winter Solstice Open House.
Here are a few images from the studio before the guests arrived.
Here are a few images from the studio before the guests arrived.