ArtSpring

Jun 18-Jul 2 STRATUM. United by a focus on process and material, driven by the challenges of the ephemeral and elusive, four Saltspring-based artists come together in an exhibition of two-dimensional works. Stratum is layers, building up and excavating down. It is smooth and textured wax, opaque and translucent, charcoal set down thick as velvet, graphite lines that shine like silver, excavations and eruptions in plaster, subtle but surprising landscapes that are structure, and gauzelike curtains over worlds that disappear and reappear. Matchett, González Mascaró, Crawford, and Bolliger make work that highlights the tension between surface and depth, structure and chaos, comfort and unease. Opening reception: Jun 19, 6-8pm.