NOCTURNAL by MICHAEL CAMERON

Please join us in welcoming Michael Cameron's first solo exhibition at Canada House Gallery on Saturday, October 22nd.

Michael will be in the gallery from 12pm - 4pm, please stop in to meet the artist and see this fabulous new collection in person.

Artist statement:

The third year of a deadly pandemic...a war waged by a lunatic...climate catastrophe...the division of our country...children buried in unmarked graves...and my own personal struggle with heart disease. It's been challenging, to say the least.

How I deal with these challenges is to keep paintings in spite of the chaos. Through paint I...in part...bear witness to these, our most challenging times.

It is in dreams or daydreaming that images come to me...they comfort me in a time of profound anxiety. Perhaps, in some way, painting is the best response - to make something beautiful in a time of evil.

The images are steppingstones in my painting process. For me it is how I move the paint that draws me into the painting. Nature is born anew out of the rhythm and movement. When I'm working in such a manner, mistakes occur and from the mistakes come invention. Without invention, painting is really nothing more than illustration.

Painting the night skies is yet another element or challenge. the darkness just beyond the line of light is where fairy tales and folklore thrive...invention takes over.