Brandon McVittie | An ARCHIVE of SKIES

Brandon McVittie | An ARCHIVE of SKIES

October 5 – 19

Vernissage: Saturday Oct 5 @ 3 - 5 pm with an artist talk at 3:45 pm

 WALL SPACE GALLERY is proud to present Brandon McVittie’s latest solo exhibition “An ARCHIVE of SKIES”. McVittie is widely recognized for his landscape oil paintings that emulate an old world flavour in execution and palette. In his genre pieces he explores mid 20th century inspirations while paying homage to the rendering style(s) of figures made fashionable by artists/illustrators from that era. He strives to incorporate his nostalgia for vintage sentiment in his painting; conveying the old as new again.

The cottage scenes and vistas spanning this body of work are not specific places but rather inspired by traces of memories of Scotland Ireland the UK and Canada. In creating and contriving scenes each work stems from multiple references including photos sketches and even earlier paintings newly revisited. McVittie paints to translate the spirit of places that he has visited onto canvas.

Focusing on an atmospheric and often moody colour palette reminiscent of 19th to early 20th Century British and Northern European painting McVittie aims to emulate historical painting’s romantic appreciation for landscape and rural dwelling. His painted scenes often get their names or titles assigned later on based on their shifting meaning for the artist as they evolve through the painting process.

Brandon McVittie is a graduate of Art History from Montreal's McGill University where he studied traditional studio methods materials and approaches in painting. McVittie has worked as a historical illustrator for the Canadian Geographic Magazine and has been a court room and features illustrator for national newspapers magazines and television; including: the Ottawa Citizen the Toronto Star the Vancouver Sun and both the CTV and CBC television networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery for the vernissage on Saturday Oct 5 @ 3 - 5 pm the artist will be in attendance and giving an artist talk at 3:45 pm.

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