GALLERY OPENING – Paintings by Bronwyn McIvor

Bronwyn McIvor is an emerging Richmond-based artist whose practice is focused on painting and drawing. After acquiring a foundation in classical painting, she attended Langara College’s Fine Arts program and completed her BFA at Emily Carr University.

Throughout her practice, Bronwyn has taken unusual angles on the classical subject of still life,
focusing mainly on the detritus of food preparation rather than the prized objects showcased in Dutch still life that continue to inspire her. Created primarily in oils, her paintings
monumentalize and enrich this overlooked everyday debris with sumptuous, bold colours,
referencing the intensity of Caravaggio. Her work transforms the mundane, relishing its detail
and its drama, and in the process animates it with unexpected vitality. Commonplace foodstuffs become landscape, portrait, or strangely unrecognizable presences.