A New Westminster artist is holding an exhibition in Vancouver this weekend.
David Haughton's work is featured at Visual Space Gallery in an exhibition titled Nocturne: Paintings of the Pacific Northwest.
The exhibition is on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 30 to June 1, from noon to 5 p.m. daily.
Nocturnes is a new series of acrylic paintings that capture scenes from the B.C. coastline in the evening, at sunset and at night. Most of the paintings include views from the Vancouver area - from locations like Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks, English Bay and Second Beach.
"The luminous paintings feature ships in the harbour as seen from the shore, with fantastic mountain backdrops and dramatic skies," a press release says. "The views are often framed by hanging trees or loading cranes in the port."
Several of the titles include the word "crepuscule," a Middle English word meaning twilight or gloaming - "a time of night when there is still enough light to reveal shape and form, and when the evening glow has a feeling of anticipation and excitement," the release notes.
The paintings capture the architectural shapes of the boats and the lights reflecting across the water.
"The intense, exaggerated compositions and inventive, imaginative shapes coupled with the sparkling sea and shimmering mountain peaks give an otherwordly feeling to his twilight scenes," the release notes.
Visual Space Gallery is at 2075 Alberta St., at Fifth Avenue, in Vancouver.
See more about Haughton at www.haughton-art.ca, and check out more about the gallery at www.visualspace.ca.
