I have a painting that will be showing in next month's 6th Annual juried art exhibition at St.Catharines city hall. My painting Hockey Shrine was chosen to be among the thirteen local artists showcased. This year's theme is Shoot High-Go Low:Art & Sports in St.Catharines, with the show running May 20 - August 13, 2010.
This painting is a portrait of Bill Burgoyne Arena, an older venue which still houses all of the Kiwanis hockey in the area. Since I spent much of my youth playing hockey there, it holds a lot of unique memories, and I wanted to capture a bit of that in the work. I guess I wanted to say that while it's not a new jazzy four-pad arena, there is still plenty of community spirit inside. Hockey Shrine was painted in acrylic on canvas, over some old collage hockey photos, with a heavy gloss varnish.