Dre Wilkin Inverts Paintings in 'When the Air is Blue'

Capturing moments of focus and stillness.

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  • Montreal-based painter Dre Wilkin showcases inverted paintings that blend figuration and abstraction
  • The exhibition ‘When the Air is Blue’ touches on moments of focus and stillness

Montreal-based Foil Gallery recently highlighted the work of emerging contemporary painter, Dre Wilkin. Entitled When the Air is Blue, the presentation featured a bold selection of inverted paintings of everyday scenes.

From a mysterious subject petting a dog to a cropped view of an individual breaking a lock, the collection offers a lens through the artist’s personal life rooted in interactions with close friends or passersby caught in “moments of focus or stillness.” The process of inversion is less of a spectacle, rather, the technique plays more into the themes introduced as the artist flips the composition to introduce deeper perspectives and emotions that are imbued in her work.

“This series began as a way to interrupt habits-a study in flipping light and shadow, unlearning what felt intuitive. Each painting is built in inversion, inviting the viewer to adjust their way of seeing. The figures, caught in moments of solitude or quiet focus, are filtered through memory, light, and distortion. Like dusk-when the air turns blue and the edges of things blur-these works exist somewhere in between.”

Foil Gallery
6560 Waverly St>
Montreal, Quebec
H2S 3G9, Canada

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