Beyond Minimalism

Last weekend I took part in a show: 5th Annual Winter Art Stroll, in conjunction with the Triangle Gallery. The title of the show was Beyond Minimalism and was an extension of the Triangle's Neo-Minimalism exhibition exploring new Canadian minimalist art. I submitted Pachyrhinosaurus:

"The image of the ceratopsian dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus emerges from the stains and washes on raw canvas. The liquid residue evokes one of the many flash floods that struck the lands in Late Cretaceous Alberta 70 million years ago. These watery calamities preserved the remains of many ceratopsian dinosaurs, providing the fossils of bones which paleontologists – and artists – use to piece together the appearance and deduct the behaviors of these extinct animals. Through these minimal remains an ancient world returns to life in our imaginations. The washes and stains also denote a beginning for the artist: the first stirring of creativity as the liquid and color coalesce and life within the painting bursts forth in the form of a Pachyrhinosaurus, echoing down the years to the earliest creative expression of the artist. "

I also included Stegosaurus, it's a work that fit the theme of the show.