For Immediate Release
Forms of Nature
Paintings
by Shyh-Charng Lo
July 7 - August 25, 2017
Opening Reception | Friday,
July 7, 3 - 6pm
Meet the Artist | Shyh-Charng
Lo will be in attendance
Art Beatus
(Vancouver) Consultancy Ltd is very
pleased to present returning gallery
artist Shyh-Charng Lo in his solo
exhibition of oil paintings, Forms
of Nature. Since moving to
Vancouver nearly three decades ago, Shyh-Charng
Lo, a self-taught artist, has
developed a distinctly recognizable style
of landscape painting using scenic vistas
around his residence in the Point Grey
area as both visual and emotional
inspiration.
Serene, atmospheric, and sometimes a
little dreamy, Shyh-Charng Lo's
paintings are filled with ubiquitous
mountains, sky, and water using a palette
of muted and pastel colours and softly
blended brushstrokes resulting in pared
down details of the objects until they are
almost abstract. The perspective of the
paintings seem to position the artist
himself as a quiet, meditative, and
thoughtful observer of the landscape
having an inner dialogue between himself
and his surroundings.
Devoid of any people or animals, Lo's
paintings sometimes include trees and
shrubs from a neighbour's yard and
occasionally, we catch a tiny corner of a
neighbour's roof peeking through the
trees. However, it is the mountains and
the water which from a distance look like
staggered layers of beautifully torn
coloured tissue paper that is the artist's
main preoccupation. According to Lo,
“Mountains and water have become a
metaphor for a mixture of my childhood
memories and a man's nostalgia.” The oil
paintings do convey a sense of nostalgia
but do not make visual reference to any
particular time period; the only reference
to time is the title of each work which Lo
names according to the day that he starts
painting the piece, marking the genesis of
the work.
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Born in Nagano, Japan and raised in
Taiwan, Shyh-Charng Lo has a
Bachelor and a Master of Arts in
Anthropology and Archaeology as well as a
Master of Museum Studies. After working at
the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto for
about a decade, Lo moved to
Vancouver to become a full-time a artist.
Since then, he has exhibited extensively
across the Pacific in Canada and
throughout Asia as well as publishing
several catalogues of his work. Lo's
work can be found in public collections in
Canada, USA, Singapore and Taiwan.
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location in Vancouver, Canada and two locations in
Hong Kong, showcases international art with a
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