A statement I included with the exhibition, History as Personal Memory “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie As I began to look at WW2 history as a daughter seeking to understand her roots I became aware ofContinueContinue reading “a statement”
Author Archives: vanvoorst
featured
Grateful for the opportunity to talk about my art in the latest VISA Newsletter! Although I have not had the time for courses since Advanced Drawing, I have taken workshops which are a rewarding way to keep learning while working full time. Follow this link to the newsletter in which it is featured with anContinueContinue reading “featured”
poster
I am honoured to have my work in an exhibition at the Slide Room Gallery, 2549 Quadra str, Victoria BC, Canada; opening on February 16th at 6pm. Learn more via the Facebook event page or Slide Room Gallery website.
a poem and a painting
At various stages of my painting’s evolution, different genres have suggested themselves- landscape, figurative, abstract, floral- and approaching resolution the painting, rather than having become one or the other, remains “all of the above.” The other day on Facebook I came upon an excerpt of a TS Eliot poem and as I read, I feltContinueContinue reading “a poem and a painting”
lo, how a rose
How touched I am this Christmas to be reminded of the beautiful German hymn, Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen. I am in the midst of my new work- roses that speak of the presence of love in the midst of darkness. The words of this song speak of how love remains tender and vulnerable evenContinueContinue reading “lo, how a rose”
