Contours

March 22 to April 26, 2009,

Craft Gallery, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Duckworth Street, St. John's NL

Tara Bryan, Diana Dabinett, Audrey Feltham and Susan Furneaux. A book artist, painter, printmaker and fibre artist interpret their common world of edges, surfaces and form.Tara Bryan, Diana Dabinett, Audrey Feltham and Susan Furneaux each have a distinctive style and individual concerns as artists. Yet they all work closely with the Newfoundland environment, drawing inspiration, materials and subjects from their natural surroundings. From dandelion dye to the shadow of a mountain range, from the stitch of a binding to the bite of a printing press, these women artists explore the subtle and dramatic places where things come together. Folding, tying, manipulating; this show presents a group of artists who work with media and techniques traditionally associated with craft production but do so in innovative, contemporary and personally relevant ways. - Gloria Hickey