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Christina Lake artist Beverley Reid's exhibit opens Saturday at gallery 2 in Grand Forks

Beverley Reid of Christina Lake will be having her art on displace in Grand Forks.
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Beverley Reid

Christina Lake resident Beverley Reid has been making artwork for more than five decades.

Following her graduation from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1956, she worked in Vancouver and England as a display designer for many retailers and television.

Subsequent to her return to Canada in 1964, she began making traditional quilts.

Over the past 43 years, Reid has refined a distinct affiliation with fabric, revealing an intimate appreciation for its qualities.

Although mainly known for her fabric assemblages, Reid’s works on paper – her drawings, monoprints and watercolours – stand on their own as wonderfully composed works, as well as becoming stepping stones into experimentation and expansion for her fabric practice.

Hanging by a Thread contains 23 mixed media artworks on paper created in 1990 in addition to 40 fabric works produced over the past seven years.

This exhibition demonstrates Reid’s mastery of a wide array of tools and application techniques.

The fabric assemblages presented feature a variety of surface treatments including the use of dyes, chlorine, and hydrogen peroxide to manipulate shading and dimension.

Stitches are used as “drawing marks” to further enhance texture. Just as a painter develops a unique palette of colours, so Reid incorporates and manipulates a diverse collection of fabric prints to produce her images.

The public are invited to the opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Reid will be in attendance and available to discuss her work. The exhibition runs until Oct. 19.

– Submitted by gallery 2