Thursday Artist Talk: Kathleen Tonnesen, "Seeing Beyond the Light"

Name: Thursday Artist Talk: Kathleen Tonnesen, "Seeing Beyond the Light"
Start: 2024-11-07T20:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-11-07T22:30:00-07:00
Location: Surrey Art Gallery

Schedule

Thu Nov 07 2024 at 08:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Surrey Art Gallery | Surrey, BC

Self-taught painter Kathleen Tonnesen will share her journey of gaining a new way of seeing the world after losing sight. Tonnesen practices Yoshinkan Aikido martial arts as part of her rehabilitation process. Anecdotally, she maintains that this has rewired her brain so that she is able to paint and draw again, albeit differently from her previous works.
In this illustrated talk, Tonnesen will present completed paintings that show the drawing skills that she regained due to her diligent daily practice of martial arts.
Free admission.
Read more: https://www.surrey.ca/news-events/events/thursday-artist-talk-kathleen-tonnesen-seeing-beyond-light
Photo credit: Kathleen Tonnesen, "Marigold Magnificence" (detail), 2023, acrylic on canvas. Photo courtesy of artist.