gillian mcconnell

I am an interdisciplinary artist. 

Sometimes the medium is my message—the content evolves from the tactile quality of materials and substrates—the surrender to an intuitive, creative process.

Sometimes the message dictates my medium. I believe that paradox is real and dichotomy an illusion. I employ visual metaphor to explore this belief in the context of politics, sociology, culture and religion. We live in a divide to conquer world. None of us is immune to the conditioning that pits male against female, black against white, rich against poor, democrat against plutocrat, representational against abstract.

Because I write poetry, I consider titles an integral component of my work. They choose themselves from verse that embodies the spirit of each series and each work.

I studied Fine Art at Queen’s University at Kingston, graduating in 1980 with a major in printmaking and a minor in art history.

website: www.artbygillian.com
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See more of Gilliann's art at the following locations:

Gallery 8
Grace Point Square; 3104-115 Fulford Ganges Road
(250) 537-8822; art@gallery8saltspring.com

Salt Spring Wild Cider
151 Sharp Road; (250) 538-8686 saltspringwild@gmail.com

Garry Oaks Winery
1880 Fulford-Ganges Road
(250) 653-4687; info@garryoakswine.com