A new exhibition called “Tidal Pull” will be opening at the ACT Art Gallery on Friday.
Ceramic artist Laurie Rolland and local painter Jane Duford Johnson will have new work on display that examines the sea and its relationship with the forces that govern tidal rhythms.
Rolland’s two- and three-dimensional works that will be on display demonstrate her ability to balance abstract and realistic elements. Throughout her work there is a suggestion of a particular species of marine life, although the forms are ambiguous enough to avoid classification.
She is inspired by botanical structures and cycles of decay that ultimately render a process of rebirth.
To contrast Rolland’s mysterious work, Johnston’s realistic paintings are of vistas of broad stretches of sea that she has composed from places she has visited in real life or in her imagination.
Rolland is based out of the Sunshine Coast and her work appears in collections in Canada, Europe and Korea.
Johnston is an emerging artist from Maple Ridge and this is the first in-depth display of her work. She has appeared in local exhibitions either individually or part of a collective, including the Group of Nine and the Garibaldi Art Club.
Rolland will be offering a tour of her work in the exhibition on March 19 from 1 to 1:45 p.m. and on April 9, same time.
Johnston and curator Barbara Duncan will share a dialogue and tour of the show.
Both tours are free.
Visitors are welcome to visit the gallery at no charge from Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., as well as on selected evenings to coincide with theatre performances.
The ACT Art Gallery, formerly known as the Maple Ridge Art Gallery, is located inside the Art Centre Theatre at 11944 Haney Place, downtown Maple Ridge.
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