Saturday October 11, 2025 1pm - 3pm (2 Hours)
Gallery / Exhibit
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Harvest Gallery is pleased to present “To Love Beauty is to See Light”, a solo exhibition by painter Lynda Shalagan, on view from October 11th to November 9th, 2025.
An opening reception will take place and all are welcome to celebrate this new collection of work and enjoy light refreshments.
In uncertain times, one tends to look for the light, both literal and symbolic. This series of oil paintings reflects that search. Drawn from moments at home and places traveled, each piece captures the quiet clarity of light at various times of day, its ability to transform the ordinary, to soften, to reveal, and to comfort.
The work evolves in the studio, beginning with a variety of photographic sources taken by the artist. While these images are often manipulated in the printing process to create mood or suggest direction, they are frequently set aside as Shalagan moves toward a more intuitive, emotional response to her subject. Using a variety of layering, scraping and dripping techniques, and thickly painted surfaces, she seeks a pictorial equivalent to her own emotional experience of light and place.
These thirteen works explore light not just as a visual element of vivid illumination, but as a space for reflection and stillness. Whether drawn from memory or observation, scenes such as a sunlit river, a night garden, or the ambient city glow at dusk are infused with a sense of presence and reverence.
Selected quotes by artists including David Hockney, Paul Cézanne, and Aaron Rose appear throughout the exhibition, expanding on the themes within the work. Their words offer a lens through which to consider the role of light, perception, and beauty. This reminds us that even in darkness, there is something to be seen.
Lynda Shalagan grew up in Vancouver, BC. She studied craft at Capilano College in North Vancouver and subsequently transferred to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS (BFA ’82). At present, Lynda lives in Halifax, teaches workshops and continues her work in painting in her studio/Artz Gallery exhibiting locally and nationally.
For more information, visit www.harvestgallery.ca @harvestgalleryns on Instagram or @harvestgallerywolfville on Facebook. Or email [email protected]
[email protected]
9025427093
Harvest Gallery is pleased to present “To Love Beauty is to See Light”, a solo exhibition by painter Lynda Shalagan, on view from October 11th to November 9th, 2025.
An opening reception will take place and all are welcome to celebrate this new collection of work and enjoy light refreshments.
In uncertain times, one tends to look for the light, both literal and symbolic. This series of oil paintings reflects that search. Drawn from moments at home and places traveled, each piece captures the quiet clarity of light at various times of day, its ability to transform the ordinary, to soften, to reveal, and to comfort.
The work evolves in the studio, beginning with a variety of photographic sources taken by the artist. While these images are often manipulated in the printing process to create mood or suggest direction, they are frequently set aside as Shalagan moves toward a more intuitive, emotional response to her subject. Using a variety of layering, scraping and dripping techniques, and thickly painted surfaces, she seeks a pictorial equivalent to her own emotional experience of light and place.
These thirteen works explore light not just as a visual element of vivid illumination, but as a space for reflection and stillness. Whether drawn from memory or observation, scenes such as a sunlit river, a night garden, or the ambient city glow at dusk are infused with a sense of presence and reverence.
Selected quotes by artists including David Hockney, Paul Cézanne, and Aaron Rose appear throughout the exhibition, expanding on the themes within the work. Their words offer a lens through which to consider the role of light, perception, and beauty. This reminds us that even in darkness, there is something to be seen.
Lynda Shalagan grew up in Vancouver, BC. She studied craft at Capilano College in North Vancouver and subsequently transferred to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS (BFA ’82). At present, Lynda lives in Halifax, teaches workshops and continues her work in painting in her studio/Artz Gallery exhibiting locally and nationally.
For more information, visit www.harvestgallery.ca @harvestgalleryns on Instagram or @harvestgallerywolfville on Facebook. Or email [email protected]
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