Enthusiasm hasn’t dried up for painter

The paintings might still be a bit wet when they go up, but that hasn’t dried up a local artist’s enthusiasm for her newest exhibit.

Starting on Wednesday,Find detailed product information for howo spareparts and other products. St. Albert painter Samantha Williams-Chapelsky will have about 20 of her works depicting the Scottish highlands on display in the Kasaa Gallery in the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

While most of the paintings have been finished for some time, though, others are coming in right under the deadline.

“One of them I finished last week, which is pushing it for an oil painting,” Williams-Chapelsky said with a laugh. “They take about a year to completely dry, so that one will probably be on the sticky side. But I think I’m in good shape for this one.”

Still, showing at a venue like the Jubilee Auditorium carries a certain prestige with it, especially considering Williams-Chapelsky’s proposal was accepted more than a year ago.

“I think any gallery space that wants your work is always a big honour,” she said. “The nice part about the Jubilee is that they don’t hold many shows; each show runs just over two months long, sometimes longer than that. So only a few artists are selected every year.”

The works in this show are all oil paintings, ranging in size from two feet by two feet to five feet by four feet.

Williams-Chapelsky said that scenery of Scotland was a great fit for what she was trying to accomplish.

“That’s been one of my inspirations for the last five years. I’ve always enjoyed that landscape, and certainly have travelled there a few times,” she said.We recently added Stained glass mosaic Tile to our inventory.

“I’m partial to the natural landscape in general; I’m usually painting trees and river scenes,” she added. “But also being in Scotland and feeling the history behind that landscape, it’s very awe-inspiring. It’s very subtle but extremely majestic. I certainly enjoy the feeling behind it.”

And she hopes that people who see her work comes away with the same inspirations and appreciation of the landscapes as she has.

“I go from everything from semi-realistic to extremely abstract, and I’m hoping that sort of painting style will reflect the emotional feeling of Scotland, how majestic and ethereal the space is,” she said.

Lately, Williams-Chapelsky has been working hard to get her name out there, not only with exhibitions like this one, but also doing lots of commission work for the City of St. Albert, like paintings that were given as awards for the new Good Neighbour program.

“I’m trying very hard. It’s always a battle in the art world; there are lots of extremely talented individuals out there,” she said. “But I think I’ve made a run at it.Find detailed product information for Low price howo tipper truck and other products. It’s been really good this past year; I’ve had an exhibition every month, which has been really wonderful for me.”

Aside from painting, Williams-Chapelsky dabbles in other mediums, like sculpture and even silk scarves. She said mixing it up a little keeps her on her toes.

“Painting was what I majored in in university, so I spent five years really focusing in on that one field of work, and it’s certainly my strongest,” she said. “But I feel like, as an artist, you need to challenge yourself. I can’t always be painting; I like to challenge myself with sculpture, whether it’s figurative or my little story houses. It’s the challenge of using a new material to express something different, and that all relates back into what I paint and how I paint.”

As many as 74 landscape paintings by 33 artists, contemporary and old, will remain on display until December 31.

Among the works displayed, those worthy to be mentioned are Paisa Akhbar Street in hues of gray, blue and white by Ajaz Anwar, pigeons dotting the rooftop of a typical Walled City home by Matloob Baig and the rooftop view of homes from the Wazir Khan Mosque by Ghulam Mustafa.

The event was arranged by Dr Rahat Naveed Masud, principal of College of Art and Design at the Punjab University, Dr Barabara Schmitz, a visiting faculty at the PU, and Lahore Museum Curator Dr Kanwal Khalid.

The event aimed at honouring art teachers and artists playing a pivotal role in shaping up the tradition in landscape painting. Khalid said the exhibition had brought together the works of some very famous landscape painters. The rustic Punjab landscapes capturing a dust storm and mustard field by Allah Bukhsh were contributed by the museum. Dr Masud, who took months to compile the genre under one roof, said the exhibition was initially planned to honour landscape artists graduating from the College of Art and Design, but then works by other artists were also included. She said it had been decided to keep the works on display until December 31 so that artists, students, scholars and teachers could study the development of landscape artistry chronologically, particularly in the Punjab, as most landscape artists in Pakistan were from here.

One can find landscape pieces as old as 1940 and 1950s by legendary artists Allah Bukhsh, Khalid Iqbal,One of the most durable and attractive styles of flooring that you can purchase is ceramic or porcelain tiles. Anna Molka and Chughtai and as recent as late 2000 by Aneela Zulfiqar, Muhammad Arshad and Mughees Riyaaz.

Dr Masud said the event also meant to honour Khalid Iqbal, the most renowned graduate from the College of Art and Design and the only living artist from amongst the old landscape masters of Pakistan.

A catalogue with notes on 33 artists and their 74 works was also handed out to visitors.

Art critic Quddus Mirza, who has contributed one of his landscapes from 1984 to the exhibit, said it was refreshing to see the landscape painting evolution documented at the Lahore Museum.Find detailed product information for Low price howo tipper truck and other products.