Bowen Island art lovers can again enjoy the eclectic and energetic work of local painter Gregg Simpson. Coastal Patterns Gallery has taken over the gallery space immediately next to the Gallery @ Artisan Square for a six week stint from May 16 to June 30.
The gallery will feature Simpson’s landscapes and abstracts in various media including prints, drawings, works on paper, and paintings. Many of the works were created in the spring of 2014 when Simpson, along with his wife, local writer Carol Cram, spent two months in Normandy, France. The works are heavily inspired by Simpson’s response to the bucolic Normandy countryside.
Gregg Simpson is a prolific and critically recognized artist and musician who has exhibited throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Simpson’s work is included in academic studies, art history books, and art journals published in Canada, Europe, and Australia, and exhibited in several historical surveys on surrealism and abstraction. In 2013, the Eugenio Granell Foundation in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, featured a solo exhibition of Simpson’s seminal work from the 1970s.
From May 16 to June 30 (just six weeks!), Coastal Patterns Gallery will be open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm.
