Madeleine Wood at Madrona Gallery

opening reception: Sat. March 15 @ 1pm - Artist in Attendance

 Madeleine Wood built this collection based on explorations of the Arbutus tree and plant life indigenous to this region. Through her masterful use of rich, vibrant colours, her warm and intimate canvases invite the viewer directly into an abstraction of nature.  She captures sharp, exquisite details and patterns often overlooked in daily observation. This collection is unified by underlying themes of renewal and growth. Madeleine Wood describes herself as a “painter of natural delights” which she continues to explore in this series.

Madeleine Wood is a graduate of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and earned her Masters in Fine Arts from Concordia University.

Madeleine Wood at Madrona Gallery

Madeleine Wood - February 2012 - Artist of the Month

I design my work to create a quiet intimacy with my subjects, inviting the viewer into the voluptuous folds of a rose, the intricate tributaries of a leaf, or the anthropomorphic qualities of still life. Arbutus tree bark in various degrees of exfoliation, with evolving colours and dramatic patterns, continues my examining of abstractions in the natural world. The more familiar intimacies of body fragments and beds with their human impressions explore these same elements where reality blurs into abstraction. Ultimately, I want my paintings to feel both familiar and mysterious at the same time.

I was born and raised in BC and studied at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Concordia University. I live and work on Vancouver Island and am represented by various galleries. Madrona Gallery in Victoria will exhibit a mid-career retrospective "Intimate Views: 1993 - 2012" from 11 - 25 February.

www.madeleinewood.com

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