Painting at Fisherman’s Wharf with Jennifer, Photo Brian Merth
It’s been great to come back to Victoria and have a show up close to home! Thanks to Michael, Peter, Brian, and more for help with this. Come see it now as tomorrow is the last day!
Fisherman’s Wharf is undeniably my favourite place to paint in all of Victoria. Resident in the city now for the past nine years, I often come to Fisherman’s Wharf because I enjoy the challenges of drawing ships. Here at Shoal point are moored the real working boats as opposed to the more plastic recreational type vessels.
Painting now for 62 years, I have had a large body of work that has concerned landscape and architecture, My most recent compositions have largely been nonobjective abstract works painted with no object or picture in mind. But I think these same improvisations draw subliminally on my long years of sketching and painting outdoors.
As a dancer I believe I have benefited from long years of movement experience in space, which informs my work. I particularly love drawing the human figure, which I claim presents much of the same challenge as do ships: sensuous curves in space that require a well-developed understanding of perspective.
This November, the exhibition at Moka House Shoal Point is curated by Michael Beach featuring works he has chosen to reflect the plein air inspiration of the working boats alongside some of the recent Barbara Wilson abstract compositions. Think Christmas – Works are for sale with prices negotiable.
I will be pleased to chat with friends and patrons at Moka house on Wednesday mornings 9 to 11 am, Friday afternoons 2 to 4 pm, or Sundays 1 to 3 pm during the month of November.
Exhibition November 2 to November 29
Shoal Point Moka House (Fisherman’s Wharf)
M-F 7am-4:30pm
Weekends 8:00am-4:30pm
Owner Katie Kim
