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Doruyter, Karel - Origin Tales (12 artworks) |
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 Karel Doruyter AFCA was born in Holland, educated in Fine Arts and Psychology at UBC, Vancouver and has traveled widely. He presently resides in Victoria and Penticton. He is the president of the Island Illustrators Society, a signature member and vice president of the Victoria Chapter Federation of Canadian Artists. He is represented in a number of galleries in Canada and can be found in collections worldwide. “While wandering in and out of real and mythical worlds with the brush or pen, I can’t find any boundaries between them. There is the same enjoyment out of painting an ocean, trees, or the mythology of raven. Possibly the one constant is isolation, it can be physical, mental or totally imaginary. What holds it all together is the world in which we live. Using a limited palette I try to capture the essence of my experiences.” He moved to Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) in 1989 to work with the elders. He remained there for the next six years, and there the paintings based on the origin tales of raven, as handed down by the aboriginal people of the Pacific Northwest, Canadian North and Siberian East, took form. Solo Exhibitions: On Canvas Gallery, Victoria; Laroche Gallery, Sidney; Studio Show, Victoria; Queen Charlotte City; Hornby Island; Hobart; Vancouver; Prince Rupert. Selected Group Exhibitions: Art of the Book Show, Victoria; FCA Victoria, Vancouver & Calgary; On Canvas Gallery, Victoria; NOA, Victoria, Calgary, Vancouver & Ottawa; IIS, Victoria; Finer Things Gallery, Shawnigan Lake; FCA National Juried “Art Fusion”; BMSC Exhibiton, Nanaimo; Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria; CBC Presents-NOA Show, Victoria; Nature Artists Show, Victoria; Agora Gallery, New York; Doman Gallery, Sidney; Alberta Festival of the Arts, Edmonton; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Montreal. Awards: Allesandra Bitelli Award, FCA Juried Show, Vancouver; Award of Excellence, FCA Juried Show, Victoria; Award of Excellence, FCA All Chapters Juried Show, Vancouver; People’s Choice Award, North West Regional Art Exhibition, Prince Rupert. RAVEN - ORIGIN TALES SERIES Long before the tales of the People, the world existed in chaos and almost without life except in the realm of supernatural beings and whatever spiritual playthings they created for their amusement. The world was a desolate place when Raven was born. However, he became the “Organizer of the Universe”, a transformer who in his wanderings chanced upon concealed pre-existing things and stole, changed or multiplied them into their present state. His powers were not coupled with absolute wisdom and honesty, he often covered himself with shame and ridicule. He was greedy, gluttonous and unfettered by morals and principles. But he could be clever and kind with an inquiring stubbornness. Raven represented much of what is good and what is bad in human kind. Catalogue Sheet Download a PDF file (low resolution for on-screen viewing) |
