Grace - Humston

As I was hanging recent works by Siobhan Humston and Kelly Grace in the gallery this week, I was reminded of a term I heard used in an archictectural context. It describes a perfect little detail that transcends it's mere function and becomes something like poetry. It is called a "moment" .

Kelly Grace's suite of spare but carefully crafted drawings based on film stills from Hitchcock's Rear Window, depicts actress Grace Kelly looking out toward something beyond the frame (offscreen). Yet there remains an inescapeable feeling that it is her that is being watched evoking a tense relationship between the viewer and the viewed.

On the other wall, Siobhan Humston paintings shimmer with light and movement and depth. The 23"x78" Oxygenated painting soars into the microcosm and macrocosm of the universe guided only by senses. They are like images of an harmonious but elusive connection to the natural world around us.

It seems both artists arrive at this moment by alternate paths.
-RS

Sanchez - Weich

A new two person show is up in the front room at 1150 Queen St East

We are excited about bringing New York based artist Jennifer Sanchez's recent mixed media pieces on paper to Toronto for the first time. We brought her work to the Interior Design Show in February to great acclaim.

Also exhibiting new oil paintings by Toronto artist Kathleen Weich. We've been showing Kathleen's work for 7 years now and her brilliant pallet knife surfaces, thoughtful compositions and shifting colour palette are consistently soul soothing.

This pairing demonstrates the dynamics of abstract painting. Dazzling and urgent, serene and resonant. Sometimes all in one eyeful.