Jason Carter
Opening Saturday April 13, “NEW LIGHT”, a series of Stone and Canvas by Jason Carter. Meet Jason on Saturday between 1- 4 PM. This is also Gallery Walk weekend!
“This past winter, I had the incredible honour to create a permanent painting installation for the Museum of Aboriginal People’s Art and Artifacts of Canada at Portage College in Lac La Biche. While up in northern Alberta, doing research on the incredible history of the school and the land, I also found inspiration in the sky – specifically the nighttime sky and the Northern Lights. It took me back to a time and place in my childhood, when I was up north on Little Red River Cree Nation and the Northern Lights would light up the sky. No matter the temperature or the time, my cousins and I would plunk ourselves in a huge snowdrift and watch the sky light up. It was as if everything was purple, blue, pink and green, even us! I had never seen such colours. I remember thinking so vividly, “How exhilarating is this new light?!” It was one of my first memories of colour, the concept of colour and the power of colour. Little did I know that colour would become so important to me in my practice. Every canvas I paint, I consider the colour, and how I hope it makes one feel.”
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