ANYTHING GOES

Brian HIEBERT

February 3 – March 1, 2026

Opening Reception:  Saturday, February 7  1-3pm

I am Brian Hiebert and I was born and raised on Vancouver Island.  Art was a gift from a very young age and I have pursued creation of art my entire life.  Over the years my artful expression has taken many forms–wood carving, working with clay, drawing, and creating a rural homestead from raw land.  Living in remote areas most of my life, my technique was honed through local classes and workshops.  Just two of the artists I was privileged to learn from are Betty Edwards (Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain) and Diane Bersea.

Retirement has offered me the opportunity to devote more time to the creation of art.  Realistic/representational art has never been my forte.  I prefer to explore the infinite possibilities of other worlds.  Each piece evolves from an “empty mind.”  Pencil meets paper and the image spontaneously develops and expresses itself.  After the pencil drawing is “complete” it is then “inked.”  The final phase is to add colour using prismacolour pencils.

The images present themselves as abstracts or worlds outside our normal perception.  They detail an immersive, self-contained world (internal or external), sometimes populated with playful, imaginative characters.  The works are detailed and colourful and are intended to draw the viewer into a world where anything is possible.