The featured exhibit runs March 1 – 31, 2025 in Metro Gallery in the Garneau Theatre lobby.⁠

 

Artist Reception: March 1 at 5:30 pm

 

Artist: Karl Skaret

 

Artist Statement:

Painting for me is an adventure. Something I see more or less in all paintings I like is a kind of mysterious, romantic, beautiful adventure. My paintings are completely non representational. I feel like there is a kind of purity in color and form in itself. That being said, I look for and often find a kind of visceral sense of a representation of something “real.”

 

Karl Skaret has been painting for over 30 years. About halfway through he switched from realism to abstract art. It might seem disingenuous to make such a switch but he is really mostly just interested in beauty in general. Later on he became seemingly more intuitive in his interest. Karl has paintings in private collections in Canada and the United States. His work is also included in the Alberta Foundation for the Arts collection. You can see more of his work at karlskaret.com or @karlskaretart on Instagram.