The Blackberry Artists' Society takes stock of Mother Earth in a new exhibit this month at Port Coquitlam's Leigh Square Community Arts Village.
Titled Roots: Celebrating the International Year of the Forest, the show features photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media using natural materials and wooded inspirations. Some of the artists involved include Sarah Ronald, Vicki Allesia, Pat de Couto, Amanda Maxwell, Urszula Petrykowska, Cathy Rycroft, Valerie Simons, Sarah Cavanaugh, Marian Hazelwood and Annie Simmard.
Roland, the show organizer, said the idea for the exhibit was formulated last summer and 100 pieces were produced. Some of the work includes wildlife images painted in acrylic on BC jade and stone, carved shells on driftwood and a piece called Ancestry, showing a bare tree with ghost boxes as leaves.
"We were really happy with the submissions we received from our artists and guest artists," Roland said, noting Roots is the society's first group exhibit (it also runs the gift shop at the Port Moody Arts Centre).
The opening reception is on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., with the exhibit running until Feb. 28 at Leigh Square in PoCo (beside city hall).
