Dual Perspectives:   Nature ReImagined

Jack TURPIN and Perry HADDOCK

October 1 – 27, 2024

Opening Reception Saturday, October 5, 1-3pm

For the past twenty-five years Perry Haddock and Jack Turpin have responded to that irresistible call of the West Coast landscape: with brush and pencil, in acrylics and watercolour, from the studio and from the field. Having both enjoyed long and satisfying careers as high school teachers, which included ceramics and visual arts, they embraced the transition into the roles of instructor at various Federation of Canadian Artists retreats and events, and as workshop presenters for many local and regional artists’ organizations. Infused into all those years painting together is the acute awareness of the beauty and majesty of the natural world right at our doorsteps.

With both representational and impressionistic painting styles, Perry and Jack most often interpret their common subject matter from very different perspectives. This might include enticing the viewer into an ever-receding horizon as well as circling back to the patterns and narratives right at the viewer’s feet. As with all landscape painters confronting the exciting blank canvas, they know that there are more questions than answers. There is always another “What if?” And they know that in this moment there are infinite possibilities!