The Beauty of It All presents a comprehensive selection of paintings and sculptural works by Joseph Reid and Marina Sudworth of Dominion, Nova Scotia. Notable for their purity of vision, the works of both artists assume significance as authentic expressions of folk-art spirit within the culture of Unama’ki / Cape Breton. Together, Marina and Joseph offer two divergent approaches to folk art; one traditional, figurative, and deeply-rooted in whimsical storytelling of life in Atlantic Canada: the other abstracted, and focused on the formal qualities of colour, form and texture to express deeply emotional and spiritual responses to memories of past life and the uncertainty of a changing world.
The CBU Art Gallery is delighted to present the works of these two artists together in this very special exhibition, their first formal presentation of art on the island.