SHORELINE - Gladys Wozny Siemens
January 26 – February 25, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January 26 @7PM
FREE for all to attend, refreshments and snacks will be served.

ARTIST WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

Gladys Wozny Siemens’ documents the memories nature leaves behind. Through casting, she creates sculptural reliefs with gypsum cement, to effectively capture the surviving evidence of activity that can be found along the shoreline near her studio. Concerned with the state of nature in a technology-driven world, Wozny Siemens documents these mementos before they are permanently washed away.

What the viewer will find when exploring Wozny Siemens’ work are patterns of animal tracks, plant life and soil formations found along shores and other terrain. She then captures these moments in time, petrifying them through her casting process. The resulting fossils perpetuate the ephemeral quality of her subject, turning them into relics from a previous time. Much like a dinosaur fossil, we approach her work with a sense of something that no longer exists; the only difference is that it is something we can remember. Wozny Siemens’ work draws awareness to the fragility of nature and its unpredictable future. As the environment is continually threatened, these impressions force us to reunite with the natural world.

Wozny Siemens is a visual artist living and working in Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. She studied art at the University of Saskatchewan and obtained an Honours B.A. in studio art, specializing in sculpture. Having exhibited throughout Saskatchewan, she is included in the University of Saskatchewan permanent art collection, as well as private collections.


Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
118 4th St, Estevan, SK S4A0T4