YWCA Women in Art Series Presented by the Peck Visual Art Program

The Peck Visual Art Program is proud to partner with the YWCA Edmonton on this exciting Women in Art series.

Interdependence (n. a state in which two or more people, situations, variables, or other entities

rely on or react with one another such that one cannot change without affecting the other).

This exhibition brings together two related bodies of work that explore mark-making,

fragmentation, and overlapping perspectives. The first are abstract paintings which

emerge through an intuitive process of movement and response. Working with acrylic

on wood panels, marks intersect, overlap, and dissolve into each other. Forms bend

toward and away from one another, creating spaces that feel fluid rather than fixed.

Each painting becomes a record of motion and revision — a field where instinct,

chance, and response shape the image. What may initially appear spontaneous

gradually reveals a structure formed through the thoughtful process of organizing chaos.

Alongside these paintings are collage works constructed from fragments of earlier

paintings. Individual passages are detached from their original context and carefully

recomposed. These pieces form new relationships and unexpected harmonies. What

begins as spontaneous gesture is reconsidered and rebuilt, allowing fleeting marks to

become structural elements in a new visual language.

At its core, the exhibition reflects on the resilience and beauty of individual marks and

the inexorable interconnectedness of it all. Each gesture holds the energy of its making.

Through fragmentation and recomposition, scattered moments find balance —

suggesting that even the most fleeting marks can gather into something coherent,

rhythmic, and alive.