Two contemporary visual artists, Jamie Smith and Timothy O’Sullivan, are currently showing their work at The Gallery at Artisan Square.
Smith’s influences are primarily derived from his experience working and creating in the underground hip-hop and electro scene in Bristol in the eighties and early nineties. This innovative time in music served as a canvas for his creative expression and as an outlet in visual art, informing his whimsical, enigmatic images. Smith’s eclectic and unique life has taken him from Europe to San Francisco to Sydney and now he resides on Bowen Island with his family. Jamie’s work makes us nostalgic for a past in a completely modern way.
O’Sullivan came to art and painting later in life after several careers, first as analytical chemist and researcher then as a corporate trainer and educator. Smith, a Bowen Island resident with a studio in Artisan Square, is a contemporary abstract expressionist creating large and small images on canvas and panel, challenging the viewer to venture into the unknown, to discover, to be transformed, and to celebrate.
Smith and O’Sullivan’s show,
entitled “New Works,” runs until April 13.
The Gallery at Artisan Square.
Open Fri, Sat, Sun 12-4 p.m.
