Virtual Opening Art Reception

NEW FOCUS

JULIE BERTHELOT

Thursday, June 11th, 2020, 7 o’clock in the evening

Enjoy our Virtual Opening Art Reception from the comfort of your own home. New paintings will be posted online for sale beginning at 7pm on Thursday June 11th! Also, you can enjoy a short video with Ingrid and Julie as they will present a virtual tour of the exhibition with a glass of wine in hand. The video link will be sent to you shortly before 7pm Thursday!

Then tune in at 7:30pm to join Julie live on our gallery INSTAGRAM to watch her do a live demo from her studio.

“This new collection of large scale works is like a breath of fresh air. They act like a window into the Canadian outdoors!- Ingrid Hollander Curator/Owner

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NEW FOCUS

‘New Focus’ is the title of a painting I had done in 2015, which has served as the initial inspiration for this new show. It was based on amazing flower photography in vibrant colours, and the show included themes of cloud-filled skies and birch forests.

After a long while of painting cityscapes and commissioned realistic work, revisiting these themes was a welcome change and such a pleasure!

The other reason for choosing ‘New Focus’ as the title for this series, is to illustrate what I’m hoping to accomplish with this work. I feel, especially during this difficult time, that the importance of where we choose to focus our attention is extremely important.

If these paintings can serve as a reminder to anyone of what is good in life, as they do for me, and help them to focus on that, then I will count them as a success.

Julie Berthelot