Artist Exhibits Strength with Oil on Canvas at Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery
May 8, 2008
Blissful loner
Emotional turbulence becomes organized and balanced through the art of Grace Lim, whose roots in Malaysia and world-wide travel are reflected in oil and mixed media on canvas at the Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery. “Blissful Loner” is one of several Lim pieces to be on display through July 8.
WHAT: Emotional turbulence becomes organized and balanced through the art of Grace Lim, whose roots in Malaysia and world-wide travel are reflected in oil and mixed media on canvas at the Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery.
WHEN: On display through July 8.
WHERE:Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery
Providence Milwaukie Hospital
10150 SE 32nd Avenue, 2nd Floor
Milwaukie
DETAILS: A rural Malaysian childhood, studies abroad and travel experiences in more than 15 countries contribute to the diverse and unique artistic creativity of oil and mixed media on canvas artist Grace Lim. “I believe that in life, any state of oversaturated condition or emotional turbulence can become organized and balanced,” says Lim. The abstract images that I paint reside in my consciousness and actuality.”
Lim earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology at Luton University in England and participated in arts workshops both in Tuscany, Italy, and Portland. Her work is rich in emotion and skillfully nuanced by expressionism. “My paintings exhibit strength by their use of rhythmic movement, minimal imagery and my choice of color and texture to reveal mood and atmosphere.”
Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery was created to demonstrate Providence’s commitment to diversity. At its simplest, diversity refers to the ways in which we are all different from each other. “Human or biological diversity” encompasses all the differences we are born with or can’t change, such as our ancestry, race, physical ability, body type, color, sexual orientation, gender and age. “Cultural diversity” refers to the differences in what we’ve learned and the choices we’ve made in life, such as the languages we speak, our religious or political beliefs, our family or cultural traditions, our level of education or income, and our marital status.
The Providence Milwaukie Community Gallery changes quarterly to showcase the diversity in our community through the works of Clackamas County artists. All proceeds from sales go directly to the exhibiting artist. The gallery is curated by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance.
