Two Rivers Gallery’s new exhibition features Troy Lindstrom’s new body of work which includes portraits of people who have supported him as a visual artist with a disability.
The exhibition, called Positive Practice: Acts of Kindness & Creating with Disability, opens on Dec. 3, which is the International Day of People with Disability sanctioned by the United Nations.
Based in Prince George, Lindstrom is a passionate advocate for persons with disabilities, and Positive Practice is set to be a reflection of that as it includes audio descriptions for those with visual impairments, narrated by the artist himself.
“As a person who has lived with a disability most of my adult life, my art has been a refuge from physical pain and depression. Both have been constants in my life and they are hard to separate,” says Lindstrom in a news release.
“Art has brought me joy when my disability is, at times, all-consuming.”
For Lindstrom, working digitally makes drawing easier.
This exhibition aims to emphasize the digital-drawing process and the skills required, in order to create a finished work.
“Digital art is not created by technology - it is created by an artist using technology. That distinction can sometimes be missed” says Lindstrom.
Positive Practice also celebrates the people who have impacted Lindstrom’s life for the better by offering inspiration, encouragement and support.
Family members like Olive, his mother, and Dean, his brother, are included, as well as his teacher Kim Stewart and disability advocates like Rick Hansen and Tara Voelker.
Positive Practice will be on exhibit in Two Rivers Gallery’s Rustad Galleria Thursday (Dec. 3) at 5 p.m., followed by a live-streamed event with the artist, accessible through Two Rivers Gallery’s Facebook page.
The exhibition runs until Jan. 17, 2021.
