Previous Exhibit: July 7th to August 10th

Four Heathers, Four Mediums

When a group of North Shore artists get together and discover they each have the same name and each work in a medium starting with the letter "P" one would have to think they were destined to exhibit together. That is exactly what happened when the four Heathers: Aston, Cairns, Johnston and McAlpine got together some years ago after meeting at each other's exhibitions. Each well established in their chosen medium, they are "all influenced in some way by natural elements", says painter Heather McAlpine.

Photographer, Heather Johnston, loves working with light and was hooked when she first watched images develop in front of her in the high school darkroom. Working mostly in a digital format now, Johnston sates "it's still about light, but it is also about translating the beauty of the natural world."

Printmaker, Heather Aston, "loves the process of printmaking, the smell of the ink, the plate mark from the pressure of the press, the element of surprise that printmaking always provides. You can control it only to a point, the rest is some kind of magic."

The process of painting never tires Heather McAlpine. "In my work the painterly marks serve as a metaphor for energy. It's about trusting your inner vision and intuition and developing a purely visual language," she states.

Since 1986, Heather Cairns has enjoyed the freedom, exploration, and expression pottery offers. "I love the messiness of combining clay with water, starting with a lump of clay and forming it into a thing of beauty. I will never be done with clay"

Previous Exhibits at the Seymour Art Gallery:

• June to July 2011
• May to June 2011
• April to May 2011
• March to April 2011
• February to March 2011
• January to February 2011
• November 2010 to January 2011
• October to November 2010
• September to October 2010
• August to September 2010
• July to August 2010
• June to July 2010
• May to June 2010
• April to May 2010
• March to April 2010
• February to March 2010
• January to February 2010
• December to January 2010
• November to December 2009
• October to November 2009
• September to October 2009
• August to September 2009
• July to August 2009
• June to July 2009
• May to June 2009
• April to May 2009
• March to April 2009
• February to March 2009

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver through The Arts Office: