Featuring new works by Bowen Island based artist/painter Georgina Farah, I'll Follow You into Quiet, is the title of a forthcoming solo exhibition with Buckland Southerst Gallery located at 2460 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. The show will run from February 10 to 18, with the opening reception on Sunday, February 12, from noon until 4 p.m.
Born and raised in BC with connections on Denman and Vancouver Island, Farah has called Bowen Island her home for five years. Her abstract impressionistic style combines her admiration for our rugged coastal land with her mixed cultural background. Her mother is from Philadelphia and her father is from Afghanistan. She describes her heritage as a classic east meets west blend. "I've been taking ferries for over 20 years and have spent a lot of time looking at the horizon, ocean, sky and land," she said. "My Afghan heritage has always been an important influence on my life, but always from a distance due to the ongoing violence. I think it has inspired my work to search for peace and balance in the landscape."
Farah's other influences include masters such as J.M.W Turner for his ability to create expression in landscapes, Rothko, a Russian - American abstract painter, for his meditative colour panels and finally, Carravagio for his haunting quality of light.
Farah's work is warm with a pervasive underlay of opposing forces symbolic of the calm after a storm. She creates a certain atmosphere with her exploration of light that evokes emotions different to each viewer. Farah's compositions are flowing and not bound by conventions of time, space and form, "I paint from my mind; it's a continuing journey in each work, someplace new but familiar at the same time."
Farah has sold more than 30 oil paintings here on the island and this latest show of new works will not disappoint the avid collector of local art.
For more information about the show visit www.bucklandsoutherst.com or call 604 922-1915.
