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Recent Work

This is a solo exhibition to celebrate my new studio in the MACCA Centre
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Tue. October 25th 2022 - Wed. November 30th 2022 + Add to Calendar POV Gallery - Metchosin Arts & Cultural Centre (All Ages)
11 AM - 4 PM Free

Artists

Greg Dow
from Sooke BC
Available for Shows/Gigs

Event Description

Someone said, or at least someone should have said, “to name a thing deprives it of all its potential to be countless other things”. That is why I resist giving paintings titles; what I see in them is ephemeral and changes from moment to moment. Any label is misleading because visual imagery speaks its own language which does not translate into words. The images I paint take many months of gestation and one of the factors in their conception is eliminating content which confines their impact to a single interpretation which can be reduced to a few words. “But people like to know what the artist was thinking”, I am told. Well I can’t put in words what I was thinking when I painted an image or what I think when looking at a painting. They are visual experiences. The titles you see ... more...

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