Women’s Day Art Show | Sunshine Rughooking

More from the International Women’s Day Art Show. I just loved the wide variety of media used, and the countless ways in which the theme “Eye to Eye “was evoked.

Amazing colour in these abstracts:I found this fascinating. The figures actually show up much more pronounced in the photo. They were barely visible to my eye in real life.

…these tender personal works……and this wonderful lady inspired by “steam punk”

She’s well prepared for all eventualities with those glasses.

This was painted on myriad pieces of wood…what a unique canvas.

….and this large standing piece had raised cut outs, which were painted on the opposite pieces on the other side. (how did I miss taking a picture of the other side???)…inspired by a totem pole……whimsical…and full of hidden details..

and I’m sure the style must have a name…but I don’t know what it is..There was a lot of beautiful photography. These two examples were especially powerful for me.These are photos of various nebula, and in the centre of each is superimposed a photo of a minute organism. The universe in its extremes.

The next is the same woman showing the passage of time and the effects of life. I found it very moving.

Actual eyes were featured in many works.The next and my last two photos are the pieces that I think of first when I am telling someone about this wonderful art show.

This work, moved me deeply, perhaps because I am a mother of three sons, and can only guess at the agony it evokes. My stomach literally knotted as I looked at it.

The mother, with memories of her precious son as a toddler, is now helpless and in pain as he makes disastrous choices. I will never forget this powerful piece of art.

…and this painting which made me laugh out loud when I read the title …….. Fifty Shades of Green.

….do you see the hunter and the hunted?

The exhibition is on until May 4th, at the Orillia Museum of Art and History. This is just a small sampling of the works on display.( I always get so caught up in looking that I keep forgetting to take photos. ) Do come and see it if you are in the area, You won’t be sorry.

Thanks for stopping by.

Saturday (Feb 14th) was the opening of the International Women’s Day Art Show at the Orillia Museum of Art and History, and what a wonderful exhibition of the talents of women in this area. Not just the traditional art media were represented, but a wide variety of fibre art, sculpture, photography, and mixed medium pieces all representing the artist’s vision of the theme “eye to eye”.