Lauren Morris, Mary Brown and Ania Salmina are having a joint exhibition at the Hearth Gallery in Snug Cove.
The three artists produce very different forms of work. Two are 2D painters and the other produces glass 3D, wearable art. All three use colour to evoke emotion form to create structure and movement and light to define depth and atmosphere.
Lauren Morris is a fine art artist born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. After completing a four-year graphic design course she travelled to America attending classes at Corcoran School of Art in Arlington. This introduced her to the world of fine art, developing her own style defined by her brush strokes and bold colour.
Lauren loves to create a balance between realism and abstract. She paints primarily using acrylic on canvas or wood with resin to create fluidity. Throughout the past three years Lauren has taught many workshops and team building classes.
Mary Brown is a 2D glass artist who developed her passion for glasswork working as a microbiologist using a Bunsen burner all day, where she made glassware and specialized tubing for experiments. After Mary discovered flame work to create hand-made beads, she fell in love.
Now she handcrafts glass beadwork with a natural gas and oxygen torch producing a variety of unique beads for necklaces and wearable art. Mary chose to work with soda lime glass, also known as soft glass, because of the colour availability as well as the techniques which provide an endless opportunity for learning. Mary wants to bring attention and fascination to the beautiful craft of glasswork.
Ania Salmina is an acrylic, watercolour and digital artist. Ania started her career in architecture, developing skills in human anatomy, geometric compositions, and graphic design. After working as an architect for a decade she returned to her passion for art allowing a smooth transition into a career of visual arts and education.
Acrylics allow Ania to experiment with vibrant, layered colours and textures while watercolours give a softer, more fluid motion. Both mediums offer the freedom to express the exaggerated proportions and emotional depth that characterize Ania’s work.
“The term 'Flourishes' resonates with the feminine spirit while embodying excitement and growth. All three artists are very contrast in our art way, but there is something that unite us all,’ the artists say.
