Winsor Gallery has acquired a new selection of paintings from Montreal based Artist Verona Sorensen. A selection of the works will go on exhibit at the gallery as part of next month's group show. If you would like to see these works before then in the flesh, stop by the gallery and we can pull them out for your perusal.
These works have a hypnotic tension between presence and absence. Direct from Verona, her thoughts on the various elements, concepts and themes found within her practice:
My
paintings are inspired by material and surfaces such as weathered doors and
walls that serve as testimony to the passing of time. Imprinted by the beauty
of experience, these surfaces parallel the depth and layers of the human
existence. My
technique consists of building multiple layers of heavily textured oil paint
mixed with encaustic wax and sand onto canvas or wood panel then scraping away
through the thick coats in order to reveal the rich surfaces and colors below.
Because of this laborious process, a painting takes many months, sometimes
years to materialize.
I
want to reveal the beauty lingering below surfaces. My
paintings communicate strength and vulnerability. Like a lotus flower emerging
Erom the mud, my works acts as analogies of the human condition: the hardships
and triumphs, the darkness and luminosity.
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Verona
Sorensen
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| Icarus: Burn to Shine, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil wax and sand on canvas, 36 x 72" |
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| Little Island, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil, wax and sand on canvas, 30 x 36" |
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| OV, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil, was and sand on canvas, 36 x 36" |
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| Unlocked, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil, wax and sand on canvas, 26 x 72" |
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| Raining Sun, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil, wax and sand on canvas, 26.5 x 53.5" |
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| Beyond, Verona Sorensen, 2013, oil, wax and sand on canvas, 48 x 36" |
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