Larry Pilcher’s ~ Au Contraire

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday August 17, 1 – 5 pmART EXHIBITION in the KAC Galleries Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 2019Depictions recognizable… bucking conventional trends in art.Artist Statement: Progress needs decoration. The problem with the progress is that the natural world is getting the rough end of the stick. We replace the biodiversity with hard edge materials. Therefore, progress with environmental reverence of what is being lost is important in civilization. Ultimately divine intervention is desperately needed now.Still, we have the capacity and obligation to change the world, into something good, if we have the will. Use bird friendly glass and sheers. Plant trees and tear up the asphalt and concrete. We are past the tipping points. The critters and the natural world have something to say, if we give them voice. That is what I do. This is an exhibit sending out a message of remembrance from the natural world. We can only hope and never give up in the face of overwhelming progress and conformity.Artist Bio:The highlight of my artistic career was graduating from high school. Seven of my pieces were in the chosen school of the year exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery. My skipping the academic classes to go to the art rooms worked for me. With a scholarship and awards I went to VSA but could not settle on a single discipline. Langara was a two year programme and there was four enjoyable art years spent at Capilano. In between I did some plein air landscapes on Vancouver Island. Then I came to the Shuswap to build a wood-fired kiln on the idea this could be a living besides a career doing a wide variety of labouring type work. Homesteading on bare acreage tends to want to consume all of one’s time and energy. Fortunately I now have this time and energy to get back into painting. Sculpture and firing up the gas kiln I built will follow. Hopefully. ~LarryFor more information visit- http://kamloopsarts.ca/event-calendar/#id=10254&cid=914&wid=601