Campbell Wallace: The Third Face

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Campbell Wallace, “New Moon,” 2017

oil on canvas, 36" x 54"

Opening Reception:  October 21, 2017 from 2 - 5 pm

Campbell Wallace is based in Edmonton, Alberta. For over a decade, he has maintained a studio practice and has exhibited regularly in Alberta. Wallace is a figurative painter working from found photography. Many of these photographs have been discarded, forgotten, or ignored - in dumpsters, recycling bins, family and friends’ albums, thrift stores, and most recently, the internet.

Narrative portraits allow me to paint what interests me most about a person – their interactions, failures, and triumphs. I first became interested in portraiture while in school, seeing an intriguing photo in a magazine showing someone wearing a mask and top-hat. The image was striking and powerful, and I began searching for and painting images with a similar intensity and magic. -Campbell Wallace