Pat Gibson, home

Pat Gibson
HOME

Pat Gibson . Home, Taken by the Flood . 20 x 20"

Pat Gibson . Home, Lost in the Fire . 20 x 20"

Pat Gibson . Home Behind the Curtain , 20 x 20"

Pat Gibson began this small series in late 2019 as an experiment in mounting semi-transparent Mylar layers on board. Focusing on abstracted images of the home, she explores the sentimental meanings and values tied to our connection to domestic space. In Gibson’s words, “The house shape which is placed under the top layer suggests to me a safe place to live, grow, love and create.”

As Gibson continued the series through the COVID-19 pandemic, her view of the series began to change and evolve. She described that “The work soon took on a life of its own reflecting the current stories of historic floods, fires and masses of people seeking asylum. Perhaps the piece Neighbours at Night foretold of the isolation we would experience in 2020.” Although there is an added sense of melancholy involved with the disruptions and layering of Gibson’s imagery of home, what is also revealed is strength in adversity.

Pat Gibson is an artist, art educator and former Curator of Exhibitions a the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, since 1982. She is co-founder/ co-curator of Oxford County Art Project : Art in Public Spaces. Gibson has had opportunities to show her work in multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout Ontario, and her work is featured in both public and private collections throughout Canada and the USA. ​

Pat Gibson . Home, Summer Nights Apart . oil and screen . 20 x 24"