"Carpe Diem : Paintings by Canal Cheong-Jagerroos"
2010-01-13 until 2010-02-07
Galleria Uusitalo
Helsinki, , FI Finland

Carpe Diem – paintings by Canal Cheong-Jagerroos is presented from 13th January to 7th February, 2010, with an opening on Wednesday, January 13th from 17:00 to 19:00 at Galleria Uusitalo in Helsinki. "Often we are solemn and gloomy, preoccupied with our daily routine and responsibilities...do we really have such dreary lives?" Canal Cheong-Jagerroos has become known for her unique Chinese motif of blending primitive and modern elements by incorporate with rice-paper and various different mixed mediums together. Galleria Uusiatalo is pleased to present Canal painting exhibition, featuring about 40 new pieces of her recent works. Canal Cheong-Jagerroos has been a Premiere Portfolio Member at absolutearts.com since 2007.

View more of Canal Cheong-Jagerroos' work in her Portfolio at absoltuearts.com www.absolutearts.com/canaljagerroos.

Born in 1968 into an artistic family, Canal is an artist with roots in Chinese traditional painting, her works are mostly inspired by ancient Chinese philosophies, poems, nature, seasons and daily objects. Canal keep experimented with various painting materials and techniques in struggling to find a solid interpretation of her artistic version. In addition the very special cultural experience of having lived in 7 different countries in the last 15 years from Asia to Europe and Africa to Scandinavia permeates her later works.

Most of Canal's paintings are resembling a beautiful lyric world where love, joy and freedom meet in harmony. All elements in her paintings, be it the main object or a small detail, are painstakingly worked on with equal devotion. She paints on multiple layers of rice paper with acrylic, ink and Chinese pigment eventually incorporating these together using mixed medium to derive a sense of depth on canvas.

As the artist own description that the process of painting is like magic to her. It captivates and enthrals her, filling her with boundless energy. She strongly believes a painting should speak for itself; it should communicate with the viewer in its own language.

Since 1986, Canal has held numerous solo and selected exhibitions in different countries, namely, Macau, France, Italy, Austria, UK, Holland, Belgium, Estonia, Switzerland, Africa, Germany, Sweden and USA.

For more information of canal recent works please contact Galleria Uusitalo.

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