Mazinaw - SOLO SHOW - PROJECT GALLERY - fall 2015
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Heading Up the North Lake
8" x 10"
oil on wood 2015
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48" x 36" oil on canvas
2015
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OCT. 15 TO 28, 2015
Lisa Johnson weaves geographic, corporeal, and abstract sensibilities through layers of atmospheric grounds and gestural mark-making.The exhibition 'Mazinaw' brings together a collection of works that draw inspiration from on-location studies in the ‘shield country’ of North-Eastern Ontario, specifically, landscapes surrounding the iconic Bon Echo Rock. Rising 100 metres from Mazinaw Lake, this dramatic pre-cambrian cliff has for centuries inspired artists with its sublime power.
Speaking to the passage of time over an evolving landscape, Johnson creates theatrical worlds of wilderness landscape - dramas expressed with the visceral physicality of paint in a passionate, gestural dance. Delineating space with thick impasto marks juxtaposed against expansive skies, Johnson’s paintings suggest the forces of nature that we cannot see — the movement and ever-changing qualities of light and weather, wind and water. While each painting stands apart from the next, Johnson’s paintings share an emotional vitality that evokes a personal and direct experience of landscape.
Lisa Johnson’s work is a painterly response to nature -- not "views" of landscape as object, but immersions into an experience of place -- a landscape of the mind.
Mazinaw invites the public to experience Johnson’s painterly inquiry into the experience of landscape and the forces of nature. Project Gallery will host an opening reception for Mazinaw on October 15, 2015 from 6 – 9pm and the artist will be in attendance.
PROJECT GALLERY
Speaking to the passage of time over an evolving landscape, Johnson creates theatrical worlds of wilderness landscape - dramas expressed with the visceral physicality of paint in a passionate, gestural dance. Delineating space with thick impasto marks juxtaposed against expansive skies, Johnson’s paintings suggest the forces of nature that we cannot see — the movement and ever-changing qualities of light and weather, wind and water. While each painting stands apart from the next, Johnson’s paintings share an emotional vitality that evokes a personal and direct experience of landscape.
Lisa Johnson’s work is a painterly response to nature -- not "views" of landscape as object, but immersions into an experience of place -- a landscape of the mind.
Mazinaw invites the public to experience Johnson’s painterly inquiry into the experience of landscape and the forces of nature. Project Gallery will host an opening reception for Mazinaw on October 15, 2015 from 6 – 9pm and the artist will be in attendance.
PROJECT GALLERY