“While the use of light and shadow leans toward American realist legend Edward Hopper, Mr. Leverton's unconventional "macro view" forces foreground and background to become indistinguishable, which creates abstraction… that celebrate the forgotten and mundane pieces of domestic life.”
Dave LeBlanc, The Globe and Mail
Gordon Leverton
February 1 ~ March 30
launch reception with the Artist:
Saturday, February 4
2~4
launch reception with the Artist:
Saturday, February 4
2~4
'I see beauty in our aging urban strata. In Hamilton Ontario, where I reside, the effects of nature over time have eroded the buildings and infrastructures, transforming them greatly. I look too at the banal and mundane - tract-housing, parking lots, apartment blocks - and final challenge in exploring the traditional and narrow view of what is beautiful.' GL
Geometry features prominently in Leverton's work; 'I endeavour to keep the composition orderly, relying on layered areas of complex colour to complement the simple lines. Although people rarely appear in my paintings, I'm always conscious of the impact that these places have over the individual. The buildings, hence, are personified and in effect the paintings become "building portraits".
Gordon Leverton is a member of several guilds and artist groups including, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Artists Inc., and The Artists Network, and is an elected member of The Society of Canadian Artists. His artwork has shown in the The National Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Todmorden Mills Museum, Ogilvy Hall in Montreal and the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery.
Gordon’s work has frequently shown at the juried Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and has received first place awards in the Junction Juried Art Exhibition and the Riverdale Art Walk in Toronto. His work is in many corporate and private collections, including the City of Toronto, actress CCH Pounder, and founding chairman of the National Museum of American History, Dr. Ivan Selin. Press coverage includes spots on CH-TV, CBC Nightly News, Global News at Six, Hamilton Spectator and the Globe and Mail.
I'm going to have to walk down the road and see these paintings while they're still in town. They seem very compelling.
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