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Luke Painter: The Spirit Is Willing
Angell Gallery is pleased to present "The Spirit is Willing", a suite of new drawings by Toronto-based Luke Painter.
Every living thing demonstrates a will to survive. A component of this survival instinct is commonly referred to as the 鈥渇light or fight response鈥�, an evolutionary trait that allows humans, animals, insects and even some plants to sense and assess danger, and respond in ways that protect themselves.
鈥淲hen a cat blinks slowly, that usually indicates they're not threatened by you, but when they blink rapidly, that means they're panicked,鈥� says Luke Painter, who, as the caretaker of two felines, would know. 鈥淪everal drawings feature plants, insects and animals that have developed unique abilities to stay alive, to continue their existence.鈥� His drawing Slow Blink 02 (cat eyes, hydrangeas) depicts a cat peering from the safety of hydrangea bushes, only its eyes visible and sequentially executing the motion of the title. The hydrangeas surrounding the cat produces flowers that vary in colour depending on the qualities of the soil it's grown in. Another drawing features a salamander, an amphibian that can regrow lost limbs, which may explain how they have existed for over 350 million years.
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Angell Gallery is pleased to present "The Spirit is Willing", a suite of new drawings by Toronto-based Luke Painter.
Every living thing demonstrates a will to survive. A component of this survival instinct is commonly referred to as the 鈥渇light or fight response鈥�, an evolutionary trait that allows humans, animals, insects and even some plants to sense and assess danger, and respond in ways that protect themselves.
鈥淲hen a cat blinks slowly, that usually indicates they're not threatened by you, but when they blink rapidly, that means they're panicked,鈥� says Luke Painter, who, as the caretaker of two felines, would know. 鈥淪everal drawings feature plants, insects and animals that have developed unique abilities to stay alive, to continue their existence.鈥� His drawing Slow Blink 02 (cat eyes, hydrangeas) depicts a cat peering from the safety of hydrangea bushes, only its eyes visible and sequentially executing the motion of the title. The hydrangeas surrounding the cat produces flowers that vary in colour depending on the qualities of the soil it's grown in. Another drawing features a salamander, an amphibian that can regrow lost limbs, which may explain how they have existed for over 350 million years.
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