Divinity
$2,800.00
JURORS CHOICE AWARD WINNER
Artist: Laura Peturson
Medium: Acrylic, linocut prints, hand-cut paper, and resin on birch panel
Artist Statement:
Divinity is composed of acrylic paint, linocut prints, hand-cut paper and resin on birch panel. The architectural element in the composition references a stained glass rose window, where the rose at its central point is replaced by the figure of an adolescent girl (the artist’s daughter). The piece alludes to the expression of the divine in nature and in humanity. A contrived pattern-like arrangement of natural elements expresses a sense of order, while the figure’s face is turned away from the viewer in introspection. The piece looks to plants as models for a different type of human communication, rooted in slowness, attention, reciprocity and nonverbal knowing.
Artist Biography:
Laura Peturson is an artist based in Callander, Ontario, Canada. She holds a BFA from York University in Toronto and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in New York. Laura’s studio practice integrates drawing, painting, small-scale traditional printmaking formats and large-scale, print-based installations. Her works are narrative in nature, with references to the archetypes and stylistic conventions of golden age illustration. Her work reflects the ways the domestic spaces we inhabit as children form our identity and a conception of our place in relation to family, geography, and nature. Her home of Northern Ontario is central to her work, and her interests include ecological systems, representations of landscapes, and the relationship between environment and culture. Laura’s work has been exhibited widely in Canada, USA, and internationally with recent solo exhibitions at Alberta Printmakers Gallery (Calgary, AB), Galerie Atelier Circulaire (Montréal, QC), and Station Gallery (Whitby, ON). Laura is an Associate Professor in the Fine Arts program at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario.
