Strata Gallery’s current exhibition is works by Tanya Zaryski titled Promise: Oddities and Curiosities.
Zaryski is a painter and glass blower with a unique and whimsical style. The new sculptural works she created for the show are at the forefront of current three-dimensional work.
The works combine weathered wood and found objects with clay sculpture and blown glass. The works use human heads and arms in striking combinations with the abstract wood and glass pieces.
Zaryski said pictorial narratives re-invent scenes she remembers from her childhood growing up on a farm in rural Ontario.
Zaryski began her art training at the University of Toronto, studying art history, painting, drawing and sculpture, before discovering glass blowing at Sheridan Collage. Upon graduation she completed three years as an artist-in-residence at the Harbourfront Glass Studio in Toronto. She currently lives and works in the Beaver Valley near Georgian Bay.
Promise: Oddities and Curiosities will run to June 10. Strata Gallery is at 62 Metcalfe Street in Elora. For more information visit www.stratagallery.com.
