brigitte coulombe | périphéries

exhibition 24 oct to 24 nov 2009
opening reception saturday 24 oct at 2pm
hours of operation tuesday to saturday noon to 5pm
174 elgin street, sudbury

Lake Nipissing occupies almost the entire canvas in Brigitte Coulombe’s paintings and in her personal life as well, she can never separate herself from it. With the lake as an inner presence, the artist reveals its effect on her in visual and written
works.

This exhibition presents four immense semi-abstract paintings, each one recalling a visit to the look-out point on Highway 17 between Sturgeon Falls and North Bay.
In these intimate meetings, the artist places herself inside the landscape, her eye tracing the curved line of the horizon. The results are vast, veiled, silent winter landscapes where the frozen lake blends with the sky, indistinct spaces parted
by the horizon’s line, spaces of creamy yellow, powdery blue or metallic grey, as in the last light of a winter day over an expanse of ice.

The viewer needs to back away from the work to encompass its infinity.

Brigitte Coulombe was born in Sturgeon Falls. She obtained her B.A. in Visual Arts at University of Ottawa in 1984. Her passion for the lake drew her back to the North and is now the centre of her work

This exhitibion is sponsored by Radisson Hotel. Our season sponsors are,CBON, la Première Chaîne, Espace musique and Radio-Canada Television | Internet.