GALLERY
The DPW Gallery, in front of the workshop, exhibits members’ work throughout the year. Members can apply for solo or group exhibitions, while group shows of smaller format prints are held in the summer and winter months to showcase all of the members’ new work.
The DPW Gallery has a wide variety of original prints of all sizes for sale. Small format prints are packaged and displayed in the gallery, while large works are available from the print portfolios. Come in and browse our selection to see the range of artwork from Dundarave members.
CURRENT SHOW
Dundarave Print Workshop + Gallery introduces, The World has Cracked by Lone Tratt, on from March 25th to April 13th!
Growing up in Denmark, surrounded by a family that cherished both art and nature, my passions and skills developed organically. I had the privilege of studying privately with a family friend and talented printmaker. A few years after completing my Bachelor degree from the Interior Design School of Copenhagen, I left for Canada for what was to be a nature-lover’s adventure of a lifetime!
Landing in British Columbia, I deepened my studies in drawing, painting, and printmaking-pursuits that have remained central to my life. Alongside my artistic journey, I built a teaching career spanning several decades. I have taught privately in Vancouver and Squamish and worked extensively at various community centers. Additionally, I dedicated 22 years to printmaking workshops and sharing my expertise at Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, and for 13 of those years, I had the privilege of leading the education program.
I began exhibiting in 1977 and have participated in dozens of solo and group shows. My paintings, etchings and murals feature in many public and private collections in Canada, the US, Europe and Saudi Arabia.
Though I frequently explored realism in my work, my primarily abstract practice is deeply informed by an ever growing connection with nature, drawing inspiration from its diverse forms and limitless palette.
This retrospective exhibition is the culmination of my life’s work, and I sincerely hope you enjoy it!
PAST SHOWS
This collection of prints represents the intersection of the past and present. They are for me a mirror of my experiences, memories, and historical context, expressing the introspection and inner turmoil that has shaped me as a person.
You will notice that death is a prominent theme in this body of work, with many pieces incorporating narrative imagery from the Tarot and traditional Catholicism, two cultures whose relationships with death are woven into the fabric of their stories. Death is central to my work for a few reasons:
How do we converse about loss without becoming numb? I turn to printmaking because I need to talk about these circumstances without words, and to do so wordlessly is easier on the heart. Bell Hooks states: Justice is a necessary element of love. The problem is not death but having our loved ones taken from us because of greed. I cannot think of death as an outsider; it is inside my love and in the pain of all of us who are hurting; in the injustices that make the act of waking up a nightmare, one that can only be confronted by nurturing spaces of joy.
