Salmon Arm Art Gallery is pleased to present Bodies of Work, paintings by Salmon Arm artist Linda Franklin, opening Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. with live music and refreshments.
This series of figurative paintings illustrate a group of construction industry workers, bringing attention to the human body in working mode.
“Last year I built a house in town. I say ‘built,’ but of course, I didn’t swing a hammer, or climb onto the roof to install the venting.
“No, that work was done by a talented group of people, each a specialist in his or her field. I have long been a construction groupie, interested in design, land development and innovative building practices.
“While observing the work being done on my house, I developed a deeper appreciation and respect for the crafts people that worked on it.
“Because one of my languages is paint, I wanted to use paint to celebrate these professionals who seemed to me to be the unsung heroes of our economy.
My objective was to focus on the human body in working mode, and to extol the virtues of the ingenious ways in which the body and the mind are brought together in the building process.”
The exhibitions runs from Nov. 5 to 26, and is sponsored by McDiarmid Construction.
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coffee Break and Artist Talk is Thursday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m.
Admission to the gallery is by donation.
