Add the perspective of Escher and the color sensibilities of Matisse and you can begin to imagine the wondrous world of Italian water-color artist Alessandro Fabriani. Fabriani’s work is a candy land of color where all distinctions are exploded through the touch of his brush. Shapes collide and intertwine in a bevy of sheer yet vibrant color. Much less mathematically oriented than Escher, Fabriani mixes planes and lines with robust forms and objects to balance his work. He not only utilizes color and form to great effect, he revels in it, and this is apparent in every piece. Utterly unique and playfully joyous, his work is like walk­ing through a dream; time seems to collapse in upon itself, render­ing it indefinable. Fabriani has shown extensively over the last ten years, exhibiting in cities such as Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, Vienna, and Paris. He currently lives and works in Sweden.

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Every painting of mine is a stage with characters," says Carol Shumas. The West Vancouver-based artist is so captivated by theatre, particularly musicals, that plays have become not just a metaphor for her own creative endeavors but actually figure into her artistic style. Each of Shumas’ paintings looks like a freeze frame of the moment a play reaches its pinnacle.
Her chosen subject matters are major events in life that would undoubtedly draw a crowd of spectators. Whether depicting a wedding, a dance, a boxing match, or a concert, Shumas creates a stage, sometimes real and sometimes metaphorical, for her central characters and fills the edges of her work with onlookers. Like “Hamlet,” her paintings are almost like plays within plays: her creations show scenes involving an audience, while simultaneously engrossing real, live viewers that desire to examine her artwork.