St. Philip Church

EXHIBITION

“SeaForms: the Nature of Creation”

These are a few of the photos of the show SeaForms: The Nature of Creation hanging in The Chapel Gallery. Click here to see more.

These are a few of the mixed media collages in the show. Click here to see all the works.

EXHIBITIONS

Jill Ehlert - solo show at the Stairwell Gallery - Victoria, BC - July/August

“Observed Transcendence”

Jill Ehlert in the Stairwell Gallery

The Stairwell Gallery is a space devoted to the visual arts in St Philip Anglican Church. The gallery is open for viewing Monday to Friday 9am to noon and by appointment.  

 Click here to see map of location:   2928 Eastdowne Rd., Victoria, BC, V8R 5R8

Curator - Cornelia van Voorst

Jill Ehlert - Nature Studies

Jill Ehlert - Nature Studies

STATEMENT - JILL EHLERT

The body of work in the "Stairwell Gallery" and Sanctuary explore stages of the Life Cycle.  "Birth - Growth - Maturity - Decay - Death - Renewal"  - I am fascinated by the series of changes and transformations that an organism undergoes as it returns to the starting state.

The six drawings at the bottom of the stairwell are an exploration into the later stages of maturity and decay. Shrivelled forms of a day lily…the decaying structure of a Hosta leaf…the beautiful form of the poppy capsule -full of seeds ready for renewal. 

The two triptychs in the Sanctuary are part of a series titled "Transformations".  I combined dissimilar objects such as pomegranates, plankton, pears, decorative curtain tassels, the inner ear and the mechanical structure of a potato masher.  These forms were simplified into smaller components through a process of drawing, editing and refining. I intermixed these unlikely combinations, creating an invented language of organic shapes.

The work on the right hand side of the stairwell and the little painted pieces on the bulletin board are invented idiosyncratic shapes inspired from those found within my "Transformations" series - keeping in mind natural forms and stages of birth and growth.  

Studies on the bulletin board show my ongoing interest in the structure and stages of nature.

Jill Ehlert - "Bounty" 11" X 18"

Jill Ehlert - "Bounty" 11" X 18"

PLANT STUDIES

Jill Ehlert "Small Wonders 1" 6" x 9"

Jill Ehlert "Small Wonders 1" 6" x 9"