October in our Main Gallery

Life in Layers – The Art of Donna Bozarth

I see snap-shots of life everywhere: from peeling layers of weathered old buildings, to broken down trucks, leaf-stained sidewalks and kids playing in the dog-days of summer. I find beauty in expressive mark-making and enjoy creating layers and texture. 

My Life in Layers series translates my portraiture and figurative images onto paper and clay through the use of different printmaking techniques such as monoprints; silkscreen; linocuts; dry point engraving; solar plate etching; cyanotypes; collagraphs; stencils and clay monoprinting. Taking traditional printmaking techniques to clay meant I had to create unique recipes for ceramic inks, slips and pastels that would be suitable for clay. These processes even led me to building a specialized printing plate for clay monoprinting and making my own paper clay.

As a portraiture and figurative artist, I am fascinated with people and the wonders of life. I want my work to celebrate the marks we make on the world, those imperfections and show the beautiful quirkiness that is in all of us; much like a life in layers.

October Featured Members

Elica Durbertson: Oddities and Curiosities.

Elica Durbertson is the artistic collaboration of Vernon artists Jessica Durham and Elijah Robertson. Eli and Jessica have been studio artists with the Gallery Vertigo since 2021. Since then they have had two members’ exhibit shows: “Rock, Paper, Scissors” and “Stark Raving Mad… about you!”

Jessica’s primary medium is collage, creating fantastical, thought-provoking, and even humorous works using cut and pasted photographs gathered from a variety of esoteric sources. Elijah’s style, however, is more abstract, using acrylic painting, airbrush techniques, and digital manipulation.

This October will mark the first show they will do together that has a more unified style. The show’s title reflects two distinct thematic components.

“Oddities” is a celebration of the dark and macabre. Using a variety of techniques including collage, digital painting, plaster moulding, and even sculpture, this show will celebrate Hallowe’en with a collection of works that will intrigue and possibly even disturb! Giving nods to pop culture, the exhibit hopes to explore cliches in horror as a genre and the general spookiness of the season.

The “Curiosities” theme is a tribute to vintage “cabinets of curiosity,” which were early collections blending art, science, and rare or exotic objects. Together these themes will provide a unique and unusual experience.

Next Month

Gallery Vertigo Members Show