Press Release
“Of Man and Beast”
Oct.26 - Nov. 30, 2005
Lyghtesome Gallery
Antigonish, N.S.

Public Reception with the Artist
Wednesday, October 26th 4-6pm
Refreshments - All are Welcome!

Life Drawing Demonstration
Saturday, November 19th 2-4pm
All are Welcome! Come Watch the Artist at Work!

A solo show of new work entitled “Of Man and Beast” by Nova Scotia artist William Rogers opens this week at Lyghtesome Gallery, 166 Main St., in Antigonish, with a public reception with the artist in attendance on Wednesday, October 26th from 4:00 to 6:00pm. The show features 25 watercolour paintings that exemplify Rogers’ elegant and fluid capture of form, colour and movement in both the animal and human figure.
As part of the exhibit schedule, William Rogers will be giving a life drawing demonstration in the gallery on Saturday, November 19th from 2-4pm with a live model. Everyone is welcome to attend to watch the artist at work.
William Rogers CSPWC TWSA is a Nova Scotia artist working mainly in watercolour. A former art teacher, Bill left teaching early to follow his passion for art. His arts training began with fine arts courses in university and continued with years of rigorous self study and professional workshops with several well-known American watercolourists. His countless hours of plein air painting and figure drawing have shaped his mature style. His subjects vary from landscape to figures and horses. The effects of light and color dominate his award winning watercolors, which have been exhibited with major watercolor societies in Canada and the USA. He has exhibited at Lyghtesome Gallery for over ten years and is represented by numerous other galleries in Eastern Canada, as well as his own summer studio gallery in Cape Breton, located opposite the Gaelic College in St. Ann's. He is part time in the Art faculty at St.F.X. University, as well as teaching other groups and associations.Rogers writes about his art: “My paintings reflect my love of the moment, the memory of an event, the light, the feeling I experienced. Many of the works relate to my own experience with horses, which I had owned and worked with for over 20 years. Even with my figures painted from life, I think of them as a living figure in a particular passage of time and unlike any other moment. Design is always in my consciousness with respect to emphasis, placement, space, tonal balance and colour. Although not easy, I try to paint the least I can to get the effect I have in my mind’s eye.”