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For Immediate Release

Drawings - Trees and Water

New Works of Tomoyo Ihaya

February 27, 2009 -  May 15, 2009

OPENING: Friday, February 27, 2009, 3-6pm, Tomoyo Ihaya in Attendance

Art Beatus (Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd. is pleased to present “DRAWINGS – TREES and WATER” featuring mixed media works by Tomoyo Ihaya.  The exhibition will open with an afternoon reception open to the public on Friday, February 27 from 3pm to 6pm, and the artist will be in attendance.  Trees and water are recurring subjects in Ihaya’s artworks.  In her eyes, they are symbols of growth and life, essential to human and other creatures’ existence.  Profoundly influenced by her recent travels and life in India, Ihaya’s new series of works are extremely relevant in today’s eco-conscious world, but more specifically pertain to the artist’s personal journey.  The underlying environmental theme echoes insights on the effect of western influence over Indian culture while the importance of living well with insight and an open mind reminds one not to take the basic fundamentals of life for granted.

Wandering around the old markets in the cities and looking at endless landscapes from the train windows, pumping water and carrying it home under the starry sky or driving through extremely remote places in the Himalayas, Ihaya witnessed life in India; its vastness, the lives of people, bareness of life on the streets and influence from ‘our side’ in their natural and human environment.  Plastic bottles and other western products could be found everywhere, yet the artist sensed that the strong spirit of the culture would never be spoiled by the overflowing materialism.  “Wherever I went, there were trees and water beside people’s lives.  They stand and flow strongly no matter what changes will happen in human world.”  Ihaya believes there is no other place like India.  It touched her life and has greatly influenced her art works.

To read more about this exhibition, please click here:  "Drawings - Trees and Water"