A local artist is issuing a warning that our current ways of living on Earth are not sustainable - and urging us to save what’s left.
Land – An Imagining is a new exhibition featuring work by Claire Moore. It’s on at the Amelia Douglas Gallery at Douglas College from Thursday, Oct. 26 to Saturday, Dec. 16.
The exhibition features paintings and shadow box installations that explore the interconnectedness of the natural world and the legacy left on it by human life.
“There is little to dispute the fact that current ways of living on and using land are not sustainable. Saving what is left of the diverse, complex and intelligent life we share the planet with is of immediate urgency,” Moore says in a press release. “If we can relate to the natural world as animate – as embedded in so many Indigenous narratives that connect people to the land – then we can live and teach a view of the natural world that demands respect and fosters careful stewardship.”
Her paintings are some of the largest the gallery has ever shown.
“At up to 19 feet long, Claire Moore’s paintings are dynamic and bold, and bring to the surface the interconnected complexity of the natural world,” says Krista Eide, arts events officer at Douglas College.
Moore has been a practising artist for more than 35 years. She works with a variety of media and experiments with the use of traditional media.
She’ll be on hand for an opening reception at the gallery on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., and she will return on Friday, Oct. 27 for an artist talk at 10 a.m.
The Amelia Douglas Gallery is on the fourth floor of the Douglas College New Westminster campus at 700 Royal Ave. See www.tinyurl.com/AmeliaDouglasNW for details.
