Beautiful. As I am.

Lisa’s show, Beautiful. As I am., opened at The Gallery in Charlottetown this week. It is, dare I say, spectacular, and best viewed in person.

The concept for the show is one that Lisa has been mulling over all summer long; she pulled the prints in a concentrated five day session at summer’s end. She held fast to the vision in her head, persevered through all manner of technical challenges, and what’s on the wall is something she’s justifiably proud of.

Here are some visual hints at what you’ll see:

A lino block seen through a large magnifier, with a woodcarving tool poised to cut.Detail from carved lino block of a cup.Rolled out yellow ink to the right of an inked lino block with pattern of a cup.Detail from a print, "Beautiful. As I am." in pink and red.Detail from a print, the title "Beautiful. As I am." in pencil, below a hint of colour.Lisa in front of a sheet of vinyl, "weeding" out the spaces between cut letters.Lisa, applying vinyl letters to the wall.

The Gallery is open 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., at 82 Great George Street, right in front of Province House.

All the prints are available for sale. The heart of exhibition is a varied edition of 34 relief prints ($150); there’s also an edition of 5 trial proofs ($75) that give insight into Lisa’s process. 

Peter Rukavina
Lisa Chandler
Printmaking
Royal Delft
The Gallery

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Submitted by Mike Fagan on

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Hi Peter, I really enjoy your writing and look forward to each blog issue. I hope to get to The Gallery for Lisa’s show. It all looks fascinating.
You give new meaning to the phrase, elbow up !

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