ian tan gallery
CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ART




 

    nicolaWHESTON

TEMPERATE TO TROPICAL
March 1 - 20, 2008

Lush verdant foliage, sun streaming through treetops, the moistness of the earth almost steaming from some primordial stew: these are all lasting images generated by the oil paintings of Nicola Wheston. Wheston's home base on the west coast of Canada in Salt Spring Island and her yearly sojourn to the jungles of the Bahia of Banderas, Mexico, reflects the similarities of the two landscapes while celebrating their differences. In this show, Wheston explores the richness of the natural world focusing on a small moment within the intricacies of a jungle floor or a root system of a fallen tree beside the ocean rather than long distance vistas filled with complicated compositional elements. A sensuality permeates the  paintings of voluptuous leaves or swaying grass under a blooming dogwood tree in an August Salt Spring meadow enticing not only the visual to become engaged. Ranging in size from 28 inches by 26 inches to four feet by six feet paintings, an immediacy and intimacy reigns like you're standing in the middle of the landscape yourself. With vibrant colours and defined lines but with thick daubs of impressionistic strokes building dimensional layers,  the play of light creates a visceral experience akin to joy.

Andrea Rabinovitch

Alders 2  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"

Alders 1  2007  Oil on canvas  42" x 54"

Banana Trees  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"

Morning Ferns  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"

Root  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"

Spring Dogwood  2007  Oil on canvas  42" x 54"

Botanical Beach  2007  Oil on canvas  42" x 54"
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Water Plants  2007  Oil on canvas  48" x 72"

Twin Oaks Autumn  2007  Oil on canvas  42" x 54"

Afternoon Giant Bamboo  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Afternoon Liguera  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Banana Leaves  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Canopy Dance  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Copomo Twin Trees  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Giant Roots  2008  Oil in canvas  28" x 26"

Midday Sun  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Orange Light  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Rainy Season Kapok Tree  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

River Plants  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

Setting Sun River  2008  Oil on canvas  28" x 26"

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