Canadian Artists on display in Pattaya
(L to R) Artist Jim Ulrich, along
with co-owner of Narai Gallery Paul McGarry, H.E the Canadian Ambassador to
Thailand David Sproul, Violinist Bing and co-owner of Narai Gallery Lek pose in
front of Jim Ulrich’s art work.
Paul Strachan
It was an impressive turnout on Saturday October 18 at Narai Gallery to see the
latest work from Canadian born artist Jim Ulrich.
Jim is a man with a wealth of experience as an artist as well as a lecturer,
with over 35 years working in this field. His latest work embodies maturity,
boldness and perspective.
Jim’s inspiration and development stems from a myriad of sources and his
interest in natural phenomena and extensive travel has engaged him in projects
near and far, including Northern Australia, California and here in Thailand.
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A pair of art lovers inspect one of the works on display.
His multi-layered works are primarily in acrylic on canvas and Jim’s current
works exploit new industrial pigments and synthetic colours that extend colour
perception and experience.
The intricate dialogue, rhythms and visual conversation in his new work engage
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His work on display at Narai Gallery consists of 23 paintings, 3 of which were
immense in scale and brave in their use of colour.
Jim’s work is almost tactile and when I interviewed
him for PMTV he encouraged
me to trace my fingers across the canvas, which was like
scanning a map of a
beautiful and uncharted landscape. He explained that he prepares the canvas by
soaking, folding, and manipulating it, so that it forms contours and then he
gets to work with the various elements at his disposal.
Even with such long-standing career in the arts Jim was modest enough to admit
that many works were not on display - but that was
merely part of the
creative process.
The three large works could easily adorn corporate
offices, and might even be
suitable for the home.
Co-owner of Narai art gallery Paul McGarry
could hardly contain his excitement
of not only the exhibition but also to the fact that he
had purchased one of the
large works for his own private collection.
Another art fan at the opening of this exhibition was the Canadian Ambassador to
Thailand His Excellency
David Sproule, who officially opened the exhibition and
was keen to point out that he was a keen lover or art. Prior to this event he
thought that the best work was only available in Bangkok, but he went on to say
that he was delighted to see the work of his fellow Canadian on show here in
Pattaya. He hopes this exhibition will help promote Pattaya for other visiting
artists and art enthusiasts.
The event was well conceived, and featured a buffet, Thai
dancing and plenty of
wine on hand.
The exhibition entitled: Fly Over - A sense of place is
on show at the Narai Art
Gallery on Soi 5 Pratamnak Hill for the next seven weeks.
Credit : www.PattayaMail.com
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