Night Swimming, 48x36, Laurie MacFayden
artist’s statement
Night Swimming, 48x36, Laurie MacFayden
I’m a poet and painter who’s endlessly fascinated with the visual arts.
I work mostly in acrylics, and I’ve been told there’s a joyous,
unfettered quality to my impressionist landscapes and abstract expressionist work that borders on reckless abandon. It pleases me to hear that because I never was very good at staying inside the lines.
You can view my work at www.lauriemacfayden.com
“The whole point of making art is to touch the heart.
It should have breath and a pulse.
Whether it invokes feelings of joy, love, beauty,
sorrow, despair, even moral outrage …
art should make you feel something.”
exhibitions
June 18 to July 18, 2009
“Diversity 2009”Juried exhibition and sale
in connection with The Works
Art & Design Festival,
Visual Arts Alberta Gallery,
3rd floor, Harcourt House,
Edmonton, AB
March 26 to April 23, 2009
“PRISM”Featuring the work of painters
Laurie MacFayden,
Liz Sullivan and sculptor Helen Rogers
Visual Arts Alberta Gallery,
3rd floor, Harcourt House,
Edmonton, AB
February 5 through March 19, 2009
“Fahrenheit 451”Solo Show celebrating Freedom
To Read Week
Concordia University College
Edmonton, AB
November-December 2008
“Dancin’ the Man Ryhthm”Solo Show, The Gallery at Milner
Stanley A. Milner Library
Edmonton, AB
June 19 to July 19, 2008
“Diversity 2008”Juried exhibition and sale
Visual Arts Alberta Gallery
Edmonton, AB
June 21 to July 21, 2007
“Diversity 2007”Da Capo selected for the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery juried exhibition in conjunction with The Works Art & Design Festival, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, AB
- Winner of the “People’s Choice” Award
May 5 to May 31, 2006
“Outside the Lines”Solo show, The Allan Gray Centre
Edmonton, AB
March 18 to May 1, 2006:
“Da Capo: Scenes from a Raw Palette”Solo show, The Gallery at Milner
Stanley A. Milner Library
Edmonton, AB
October 7 to Nov. 12, 2005:
“Like a Leaf”Saddlery Gallery
Edmonton, AB
