Lionel Venne: Selections from the Studio

Join us in celebrating the art of Lionel Venne.
Opening Reception: October 5th, 6-8 p.m. Show runs October 5-15.
Lionel Venne was awarded First Place in sculpture for “Balance”, and First Place in mixed media for “Ancient Landscape” at the 40th Lacloche Art Show in June of 2017.

Lionel is self taught in the arts: works in collage / mixed media, watercolours, acrylics, and tapestry.

His works are included in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Australia, France and Italy.

Artist Statement

Found objects, no matter how humble they may be, are not created or destroyed by my hand – only transformed into a work – thus becoming in a state of constant transformation and therefore permanent. They keep their inner life. Other hands have formed them – if wood then probably the original sap of life flows still within.

The physical process by which I create each work involves that of transformtion, which is the theme I am attempting to address subjectively – using form and line found in the landscape – that in turn influences my approach to the subject, incorporating a sense of the spiritual and the abstract, producing works that I trust are simultaneously meditative and energic. The resulting works combine elements of landscape, inpasto textures, and geometric forms.

I want to make the landscape my own – stripped of its accumulated associations.