April 21 - June 29

Elizabeth Harris-Nichols
"Everyday I See"

Nature is decoration, a playground, or resources for humanity. We genetically and physically modify the attributes of nature to suit our needs and comforts. Our exploitation ranges from subtle to extreme, our influence may be a single presence on a slope of a mountain to where we remove entire forests to dramatically alter landscapes. Featured at the Plaskett Gallery is a series that speaks of these issues, though not through a discomforting experience, but in a way of reflection. We cannot change our dependence for we are nature too, however, we can appreciate the beauty and the gifts that are given.

I enjoy working on large canvases. I work with a layering technique over raw canvas with liquid washes of pigment, the mark making is fluid and free and the translucent overlapping of colour create both the shadow and light. This technique is time consuming in construction, and as a result I work on 3 or 4 canvases at a time which enables a consistency and reflection of the series currently undertaken.

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