Susan Benson’s beautiful portraits of old women, located in the main hall, explore the ways in which experience is engraved on our bodies. Benson’s attention is focused on the face, on the way the skin folds and gathers around eyes, cheeks and mouth, its sagging contours.
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A few photos of the people who came out to the Duthie Gallery on Opening Night.
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Click here or on the image to see the complete review from The Gulf Island Driftwood By Pat Burkette on April 5, 2017
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A quick reminder: My Landscapes exhibition opens at the Duthie Gallery, Saturday, April 1, 2017, 5–7 pm, and will run until May 7. Love to see you there! Also at the opening on Saturday a preview of the portraits for the exhibition Portrait of an Island—my project
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You are invited to an exhibition at the Duthie Gallery for an exhibition of my latest landscapes. Opening: April 1, 2017, 5 – 7 pm
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If you have been visiting my site recently, you will have noticed not only a change in the look of my website, but an expansion of images relating to stage design, and a whole new page giving a history of productions of plays, ballets and operas I
Read more →This image represents part of my project to paint the portraits of over 150 people who live on Salt Spring Island. My exhibition will be shown at the Salt Spring Art Council’s gallery in Mahon Hall in February/March 2018. My thanks to the Salt Spring Island Council
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I have started on a new series of landscapes based on our journeys to the west coast and the island scenery. We look at the world around us through windscreens, through panoramas – slices of life. The white paper becomes an important part of the landscape –
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I have received a Banff Centre Paul Fleck Fellowship for the summer of 2016.
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“A look at the work and career of Susan Benson whose work has been seen on some of the world’s most influential stages but is most identified with the Stratford Festival.”
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Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, March 30 – April 8, 2018
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