Peter Spohn and Golya Mirderikvand are having a joint exhibition at the Hearth Gallery in Snug Cove from November 6 to November 18.
Come by and see how both artists express their creativity through shapes and patterns in their own individual way. Golya Mirderikvand is a mixed media painter, and throughout the years she experimented with different media such as watercolor, and oil paint. Her current bodies of work are all executed using acrylics.
Golya developed her passion for art as a child, later getting a Masters degree in art conservation with a specialization in the restoration of paintings. Golya describes her paintings as a reflection of her inner landscapes. Her paintings are all renderings of the same photograph; some paintings turned out to be abstractions and others semi-abstractions intended in exploring this scene in myriad ways at different times.
She hopes it inspires the viewer to find different perceptions and perspectives of viewing her artwork as she plays with shapes and patterns found in nature, abstracting them into rhythmic variations. Nature is the source of inspiration for both artists’ work with enough contrast between styles to excite the viewers.
Peter Spohn takes his inspiration from the shape vocabulary of waves, rocks, trees and grasses creating a sense movement. Peter developed a fascination and passion for art at an early age drawing inspiration from artists such as Van Gogh and Emily Carr. After high school Peter attended the Banff Center of Fine Arts, later returning on two successive scholarships.
Encouraged by his teachers to do further studies in art, Peter went to Haverford College, Pennsylvania for a B.F.A as well as obtaining an M.F.A at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in painting and art history.
Peter focuses primarily on using oil paints as his main medium, loving the creamy forgiving texture. Inspired by sunlight and the way it plays on the surfaces of nature there is often a short window when the angle of the sun illuminates a subject in its full glory.
An Artist Party with the artists takes places Saturday, November 9 from 6 to 8 pm at the gallery.
