Shawn Evans: Recent Paintings

Opening Reception: November 12 6 - 8 p.m.

“I think light creeps in. Everything has an effect, light, mood, etc... I have always responded to the wonders of the natural environment. When I was a child, I used to take my mother to the window of my room in our apartment on the thirteenth floor in Manhattan, and have her look at clouds because I was so mesmerized by what I could see out the window, all the spaces and changes of nature.”

- Helen Frankenthaler

Based on a single photograph taken during his residency at the Banff Centre for Arts, Shawn Evans (Canadian, b. 1986) has been developing a distinct and highly nuanced series of paintings that engage with chronological time, grounded questions of representation, limits of perception, and the status of images in the contemporary world. The Quantum Sky series explores the Albertan landscape through iterative works across mediums. Evan’s recalls a rich tradition of landscape painting, yet through sustained engagement one realizes he has developed alongside a more contemplative and conceptual axis. The work explores Canada’s landscape painting tradition and asks what that legacy can look like today. Evans completed his BFA at the Alberta University of the Arts in 2009.

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