Namibia Moments by Michelle Letarte
August 5 — 21, 2020
Closes Friday August 21, 4 pm
@ Propeller Art Gallery, 30 Abell St. & Online
Zoom Opening Reception & Artists' Talks, Saturday, August 8, 2 — 4 pm
(Exhibition Catalogue below)
Closes Friday August 21, 4 pm
@ Propeller Art Gallery, 30 Abell St. & Online
Zoom Opening Reception & Artists' Talks, Saturday, August 8, 2 — 4 pm
(Exhibition Catalogue below)
"A dream vacation in Namibia with co-exhibiting artist and friend Marlene Etherington was the inspiration for this show. A daunting task was to select the favorite moments from thousands of photos and reliving the trip’s incredible moments. I based the exhibition on the photos themselves, altering them digitally to amplify the colours and textures and transferring them to board or canvas, and completing with acrylic. Incomplete transfers were overlaid with additional photos forming the basis of more abstract representations. Collages were also produced, incorporating fragments of photographs, Sekishu papers and even Namibia sand.
Our trip led us from Windhoek, the capital, to the Etosha National Park, a saline desert rich in wildlife. A series of images depicting giraffes, elephants, zebras and other jungle animals meandering the arid landscape in search of waterholes, at sunrise and sunset.
Our voyage continued to Damaraland, a vast, untamed region with highly colourful and very old rock formations, a petrified forest 260 million years old and the magnificent Twyfelfontein petroglyphs.
Driving for several hours through mountainous and vast and dry areas, we arrived at the Skeleton Coast and Swakopmund, a small German resort, nestled between desert and the Atlantic Ocean. And 4x4 drive through the dunes took us first around and above magnificently pink saltpans where flamingos stood in their majestic poses.
These three locations inspired all my artworks in this exhibition. Please share these Namibia Moments that will make you dream of one day visiting this magnificent land.”
Michelle Letarte
RADIO-CANADA interview, August 13, 2020 L'exposition Namibia Moments de Michèle Letarte à la galerie Propeller Art Gallery
Our trip led us from Windhoek, the capital, to the Etosha National Park, a saline desert rich in wildlife. A series of images depicting giraffes, elephants, zebras and other jungle animals meandering the arid landscape in search of waterholes, at sunrise and sunset.
Our voyage continued to Damaraland, a vast, untamed region with highly colourful and very old rock formations, a petrified forest 260 million years old and the magnificent Twyfelfontein petroglyphs.
Driving for several hours through mountainous and vast and dry areas, we arrived at the Skeleton Coast and Swakopmund, a small German resort, nestled between desert and the Atlantic Ocean. And 4x4 drive through the dunes took us first around and above magnificently pink saltpans where flamingos stood in their majestic poses.
These three locations inspired all my artworks in this exhibition. Please share these Namibia Moments that will make you dream of one day visiting this magnificent land.”
Michelle Letarte
RADIO-CANADA interview, August 13, 2020 L'exposition Namibia Moments de Michèle Letarte à la galerie Propeller Art Gallery
Exhibition Catalogue
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