Spring has officially arrived and with it, a new exhibit at pARTners gallery until the end of May!
The solo exhibition Garden Immaculate by Lindsay Arnold, an artist from the community of North Portal, Saskatchewan, awaits you during regular hours at Yorkton Public Library's community pARTners gallery.
Sandra MacColl, with the library says Arnold creates water colour drawings that are quietly witty and slyly subversive. "The calming colours and unassuming characters draw the viewer in. As we move through the garden the viewer begins to notice the discord between tone and content. Something is amiss in this garden."
"I am inspired by the duality of human nature and the tension between the external side we show the world and the internal side we think is hidden," says Arnold.
"My allegorical drawings explore perceived expectations of self and the quest for perfection or at least the appearance thereof. Garden Immaculate is about a woman in her role as caretaker of a fantastic garden: a symbol of the psyche and the qualities cultivated within it. We watch her, becoming privy to the bewildering, amusing and even sinister methods behind the garden's beauty. The statues, plants and animals of the garden seem to rebel against their keeper, embodying the struggle to reconcile natural instincts, historical values and modern ideals.
"The world portrayed in Garden Immaculate is pale, delicate, verging on sterile. The garden appears to be vast, but alas, there is no way in and no way out. M'Lady must forever dwell within the high hedge walls, fixed within as environment of her own creation. I wonder what her world would be like if she was no longer in control."
For more information on Garden Immaculate check OSAC's website at: www.osac.ca
The Garden Immaculate exhibit is on display at the Yorkton Public Library during regular library hours.
