ECCO Art Gallery Studios to Showcase Work of Lakefield Artist David Goyette

ECCO Art Gallery Studios is showcasing the work of Lakefield-based artist David Goyette and his solo exhibition, ‘Force of Nature’ from July 9 to Aug. 9.

Photo courtesy of Gallery Goyette.

Last year, Goyette was named the Peterborough Examiner Readers’ Choice Gold Winner for Favourite Local Artist. He also has a spot at the Peterborough and District Pathway of Fame as one of the few artists to have received this distinction.

Goyette is the author of five published books, recognized by Canadian Scholars Press and a musician whose three original CDs that have been recognized by Sir George Martin, producer of The Beatles. A former Director of the Royal Conservatory of Music, he has also served as Chair of the Showplace Performance Centre, where both the David Goyette Green Room and the David Goyette Stage are named in his honour. He is a Paul Harris Fellow through Rotary International and a past recipient and finalist of the Peterborough Arts Award in the Arts Champion category.

Goyette’s visual art is rooted in the tradition of the New York School of abstract expressionism of the 1950s and '60s, as well as lyrical abstraction. His large-scale acrylic paintings draw inspiration from architecture and graphic design, celebrating the drama of colour and the expressive possibilities of the momentary and the imagined. With a keen focus on the tension between order and disorder, his work invites viewers to reflect on the contradictions of daily experience.

Opening reception on July 19, 1-4 pm.

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