I just got home from Guardino Gallery- the only "real" art gallery on Alberta. It's been there for more than 10 years- since before all the gentrification really took hold. They show some hot shit artists. Not necessarily ones whose name I know, but damn good. In my opinion, fine art. Expertly crafted, composed, executed, etc. Anyway, this month is the "Little Things" show. Tonight was the opening soiree, and damn, there was some cool shit! Oh, I could have bought one of everything, minus a few. There are 48 artists! Only 2 stand out as ones I didn't really like. But the other 45- whoa. Kinda makes me feel good to be in such good company! On the way home my mind was a carousel of bits and pieces of what I saw and how I want to put those elements together in my own way. I've been wanting to try resin. I love to deep, clear shiny-ness. Normally I'm an understated matte kinda girl, but there's something.... flashy about resin. Flashy in an understated artistic sort of way. I love how you can bury things in it- make a very 3-D collage that's a solid piece. I love what it does to what's in it. It creates a little world, no matter how abstract. Throw in a familiar object or two, and maybe a photo, and you have a distant memory. A remembered dream. That's it! resin helps manifest memories and dreams in a three dimensional way that can still be a solid, non-fragile piece. It won't shatter like glass, or diffuse like a dream upon waking.
The above piece is a mixed media and resin piece by Julia Gardner. Check out her work at http://www.guardinogallery.com/giftshop-artists/138-julia-gardner
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