Hyperbole, acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24" REBECCA CHAPERON paintings from the series Like a Great Black Fire February 4 - 25, 2012 We are delighted to present paintings from Rebecca Chaperon's "Like a Great Black Fire". Completed in 2011, the series was first exhibited at the Grunt Gallery in Vancouver. Six paintings from the series have been selected by the gallery and the artist to be exhibited at Elissa Cristall Gallery February 4 - 25. An elongated and detailed landscape stretches across canvases populated by foreboding, black, geometric forms and meticulously rendered figures. Rebecca Chaperon's paintings portray the narrative of a female protagonist within a surreal landscape. Her subject matter ranges from the ethereal and dream-like to darkly humorous; she often deals with the feminine perspective from an autobiographical point of view. With a compulsion to create unique and visual stories, Rebecca Chaperon takes the imaginative subjects of her paintings and establishes an ability to engage us by speaking to the enchantment of our human experience. Her paintings act as a means of storytelling, conveying the notion of human struggle in the 21st Century. Tempered by references to the synthesized, modern world she combines the classical landscape aesthetics of the past with an aspect of ambient, reflective self-portraiture. Born in England in 1978, Rebecca settled in Toronto, Ontario at age eight. She attended Emily Carr University where she studied fine arts and graduated 2002. She has exhibited her work across Canada and has been featured in several Canadian publications. home