Elizabeth Anderson: Mirror Mirror Opening Reception

Elizabeth Anderson: Mirror Mirror Opening Reception: This Saturday, September 15th Reception and Artist Talk 6:30: artist talk 7:30-9:30 Reception. It's exciting to be along side the artist...

Mirror Mirror Opening Reception

This Saturday, September 15th Reception and Artist Talk 6:30: artist talk 7:30-9:30 Reception.

It's exciting to be along side the artists in Scenes of Selves, Occasions for Ruses . I'm really looking forward to the artist talk.

Scenes of Selves, Occasion for Ruses
Dissolving the limits of the self and others through new forms of portraiture

In an era of status updates, photo sharing websites, and profile pictures, one's image and therefore one's identity presented to the world is more important, changeable and multi-dimensional than ever before. Scenes of Selves, Occasion for Ruses features artworks from 10 artists in a wide variety of media including drawing, painting, photography and video that explore the nature of self-identity at the beginning of the 21st century. (Surrey Art Gallery promo

Slippage,  2011.

MIRROR MIRROR: 

A JURIED EXHIBITION OF  

SELF-PORTRAITS 

I recently entered Slippage, a piece I painted last year into the Mirror, Mirror show put on by the Art Council of Surrey. This is my first venture into juried exhibitions. I thought it important that I take the risk to face my fear of rejection. I faced my fear but instead of rejection it was one of success. There were 60 submissions and 30 were accepted and I was one of them. The show runs from August 18th to November 18th. It is in conjunction with the Surrey Art Gallery exhibit, Selves, Occasions for Ruses. I am very excited to be showing a painting I did outside of school. I really feel like I've graduated.

Grad Show

It's finally going to be a reality! I know many of you are not near by but I want to invite you all anyway.

I hope my next bout of surgery happens after even though I want to get it over with and on to healing.

Psychologically There

I've been away from my blog because I've been painting a piece for our collective's upcoming show, "Psychologically There".

I should introduce our collective, Surreyalists. We are a collection of Kwantlen Fine Arts students based in Surrey BC. Our first show is coming up on June 3.   Come to our opening if you're in Vancouver, BC. Enjoy the art, food and conversation.

Work by: 

Andres Salaz

Alan Canning 

Bri Harrison

Chelsea Lawrick

Cody Lecoy

Daryl Markiewicz

Debbie Langtry

Elizabeth Anderson

Gunilla Kay

Rhea Paez

Robert Kovacic

Roxanne Charles

Shelly Leroux

Stretch of Road

The year end show opening was last night and a tremendous success it was! The attendance was excellent with a great variety of people. The pieces were varied both in medium and in content making it interesting and aesthetically exciting.

It was personally exciting because it had a number of firsts for me. It was the first time I showed a large abstract series, four 4'x3' pieces.  And someone expressed an interest to purchase my work. It's definitely a night to remember when the demons are snapping at my heals.

I will post photos soon.

I received recognition and an award but I'm not sure it was for the video, "Near Journey's End" or the "Moloch Series" since I missed the first part of the announcement. Anyway it's all good.

Thank you all for your continued support and encouragement. It' an honour to be included in such a talented community. It may be virtual but it's definitely real.

End of year show