Torrie Groening Featured Works & Artist Talk, in participation with Capture Festival: Apr 21 – May 1, 2015
In her series, Out of Studio, Torrie Groening documents a travelling artist’s makeshift workspace in real and constructed locations. By staging an impromptu studio, viewers experience the contemplation and awareness that forces the artist to rise to the occasion. Digital manipulations and enhancements add depth and texture to each image. The results combine watercolour, print, and photography through a montage that is uniquely Groening’s. Among the locations depicted are a temporary studio alongside moss-clad gargoyles at the Vancouver Hotel and a Strathcona alley garden with layered views to the city’s skyline. These works speak intimately of the ongoing changes in Vancouver’s landscape, as well as in the artist’s own journey.
Artist Talk: April 28, 2015 at 7pm. Art Rental & Sales Showroom, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC. RSVP at manager@artrentalandsales.com. Free to attend.