Catching Light
Kristina Søbstad
“Catching Light”
March 18th - April 6th
Opening reception on March 18th, 2023
2-6pm
the artist will attend
Always On My Mind 48 x 60” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $4200
Come Tumbling In II 16 x 20” Oil on Canvas 2023 $1600
I Could Be Violet Sky 24 x 48” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $2800
We Are Here ‘til We’re Not 48 x 58” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $5000
The Sun Pours Down Like Honey 48 x 48” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023. $4000
Can I Come Along 30 x 40” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $2600
You Called Me Every Day II 16 x 16” Oil on Canvas. 2023 $1400
Smells Like Rain Today 30 x 40” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $2600
All My Daydreams And My Nightdreams 40 x 60” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $4200
This Is How You Smile 68 x 68” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $6250
Even Your Emotions Have An Echo 36 x 60” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $4000
Come Tumbling In III 16 x 20” Oil on Canvas 2023. $1600
Serpantine Mountain Road 48 x 68” Oil and Charcoal on Canvas 2023 $5500
You Called Me Every Day IIII 16 x 16” Oil on Canvas 2023 $1400
Beach Forest Study I 6 x 6” Oil on Canvas 2023 $250
Come Tumbling In 20 x 20” Oil on Canvas 2023 $1900
You Called Me Every Day III 16 x 16” Oil on Canvas 2023 $1400
Beach Forest Study III 6 x 6” Oil on Canvas 2023 $250
You Called Me Every Day 16 x 16” Oil on Canvas 2023 $1400
Beach Forest Study II 6 x 6” Oil on Canvas 2023 $250
Kristina Søbstad: Artist Statement 2023
My work involves abstracted landscape paintings on canvas exploring a culturally relevant palette, pulling colors from the pockets of adjacent communities set against surrounding landscapes. I seek to embody movement in my work by synthesizing sound, form, and color, resulting in unexpected juxtapositions. My process is intuitive and involves a full immersion into the natural environment: documenting, sketching, exploring, engaging, experiencing. These aren't little dates, an afternoon with my easel overlooking a pretty vista. These are full-blown, love affairs that last weeks if not months, where I get close and intimate: going deep on the trails and getting covered in mud, burrs and swamp; wading the tidal pools and palpating muscles to find pearls; seeking out the hidden through patience and quiet respect, like the bioluminescent algae on Middle Cove Beach (Newfoundland) where thousands of people have spent time and very few have seen. I translate memory--sensory, autobiographical, emotional, muscle--into physical form on canvas using expressive brush strokes and gestural, but thoughtful and deliberate, mark making.
My environmental interests are the underpinnings of my practice, in which I investigate how people who live in rural and remote regions reflect their natural environments and how those natural environments affect them. My interest and focus on remote or isolated communities arose from experiencing and interrogating/exploring/learning distinct ways of being in these places compared to urban settings.
Past relevant research experience includes artist residencies with: The Museum of Modern Art, Chiloe, Chile (funded by ArtsNL 2018); Skagastrond Artist Residency, Iceland; Bareneed Studios, Newfoundland and Labrador. These experiences have been paramount to the professional development of my work resulting in the acquisition of my work to permanent collections of various cultural institutions including the Canada Council Art Bank, The Rooms, The Art Bank of Nova Scotia, The Museum of Modern Art Chiloe, and the Francophile Art Bank Paris.
Recent publications include Visual Arts News, interviewed by Emily Pittman, and the feature artist in Waves & Woods magazine 2023.
