100 Hours / Curtain Twitcher

100 Hours / Curtain TwitcherJo Evans, AKA 100 Hours, creates quiet abstracts with natural materials with her fabric collection as her paint box. She makes soft, paintless paintings using beautiful textiles and papers such as linen, silk and hemp, manipulating but also relinquishing control to the warp and weft. At first glance the work is minimal, almost flat but on closer inspection oozing texture and tone. She is drawn to methods of creation rooted in traditional techniques

Brutalist style solder seams and finished with a patina that has a look of lived-sterling silver jewelry

says Kayla

where one can find a place to rest and expand

and beauty with boldness

offering palpable personality and distinct character

and the Federation of Canadian Artists

Constructing abstract compositions in her mind served as a tool of repose during stressful seasons of life

Celia has exhibited solo shows in New York City and Toronto

inviting us to revisit cherished memories and infusing our present experiences with a sense of continuity and belonging

and a conceptual approach

yet contemporary

including the Bauhaus and Suprematism