Exhibition opens Nov 25!
The Artist Kathy Nash
~A Life in Colour~
Kathy Nash is a visual artist working with collage, mixed media painting, and artist books. In art, as in life, she seeks a return to more soulful, caring values and strives to represent them in her work. Re-ocurring themes are women and the sacred, plant life in all its forms, nostalgia for the past, and a fascination with other cultures, suggesting narratives of other times and places.
Although Nash makes use of technological innovations, she maintains a handmade accessible feel throughout her artwork. Familiar objects, materials, and images act as entry points into her work. Reinforcing her environmental and recycling ethics, she makes extensive use of up-cycled found objects, clippings, product wrappers, vintage ephemera, and even frames.
Creating books by hand is a low-tech meditative art which allows Nash to slow down and enjoy the qualities of the materials she utilizes, including indigenous plant papers from around the world. Nash has always been a voracious reader, and a new world opened up for her when she discovered artist books. She loves the challenge of matching a sculptural book structure to the words and images she is presenting.
Kathy Nash's exhibition "A Life in Colour" is perfectly timed with affordable small works and handcrafted journals for holiday gift-giving. To view the show with the artist in attendance call Kathy at 250-898-8618 to make an appointment.