Laurence Belzile

Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon (BC)

2024

The exhibition "Through the Gardens" brought together twenty small and large-scale abstract paintings and drawings. Presented at the Vernon Public Art Gallery from January 11 to March 6, 2024, it explored the evocative potentiality of abstraction by showcasing turbulent imaginary places inspired by nature. Through the layering of planes and the use of diagonal lines in the compositions, the works illustrated potential places. In these ambiguous atmospheric spaces, organic forms took shape. The ensemble evoked sensitive, colorful, and hazy landscapes. By using dark and washed-out tones, luminous contrasts were present in the works. These strange chiaroscuros seemed to capture fragments of fictional and nebulous environments.