Bounty

Art Exhibition

Kay Meek & West Vancouver Community Arts Council Presentation
PARC Retirement Living Atrium
Exhibition Hours: Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm and during evening and weekend performances.

Gardens are & have been an integral part of life for millennia. Whether a utilitarian patch of land that produces life sustaining food or beautifully manicured place of comfort & inspiration, we have always found the need to cultivate, grow & tend to flora & vegetation. The work in Bountyapproaches the garden from various perspectives, meanings & traditions to present a feast for the eye & mind.

Mahtab Firouzabadi is a North Vancouver based artist whose work explores the interactions between nature, urbanism, culture & tradition in a contemporary form. This body of work is inspired by traditional Persian poetry, in which gardens are often employed as symbols of paradise or places of sanctuary & solace. Firouzabadi transforms these notions of still perfection into energetic brushstrokes & chaotic colours, reflecting the fast-paced disruption of contemporary life. Through wild abstracted trees, flowers & even people, these gardens invite us inside to contemplate our place in the ever-changing world.

Kim Rosin is a West Vancouver painter with a deep curiosity for the world around her. Interested in how plants grow, Rosin took up a community plot in Argyle Gardens in Ambleside, which has inspired this body of work. Documenting the flowers, plants, vegetables & fruits with vibrant colours & bold brushstrokes, she hopes to draw attention to issues of food scarcity & the vulnerability of nature. Through vivid micro views of these lovingly tended gardens, we are invited to enjoy their beauty while examining our own effects on the local ecosystems.