Eric Button - Project: Ecosploitation

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Eric Button, "Redwinged Blackbird," 2017

ink on paper

Exhibition & Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 21, 6-8 pm, Caetani Centre Studio Gallery. Artist talk: 7pm with Vancouver Artist Eric Button  

For his most recent project in collaboration with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Cultural Centre, Fresh! AIR art and environment artist Eric Button has focused on the ecological footprint of human activity.

During May and June he has spent his time in Vernon exploring the area, doing research and creating narrative drawings that depict both the small and large-scale impacts humans have on our environment.

The imagery draws on a wide range of influences ranging from the idyllic nature paintings of Allan Brooks and Robert Bateman, to the extravagant film posters of exploitation cinema. All the drawings were meticulously drawn with a ballpoint pen, a tool that was chosen for its ubiquity and association with everyday human affairs.

Eric hopes that by commenting on the danger posed by climate change and other human caused ecological impacts that he will draw attention to the inability of people and governments to take these issues seriously.

Eric Button is an emerging artist living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds a BFA with a major in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Nature and Canadian culture are common themes in his work, which he explores with a sense of humour and a touch of cynicism.

About the FreshAIR Residency

The Caetani Cultural Centre (C3) partners with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre (ANBC) for the Artist-in-Residence program entitled Fresh!AiR, a themed program which centres on nature, culture, science, environment, conservation and social issues. The ABNC collaboration is intended to serve as a catalyst in broadening and enriching community awareness and the understanding of art and sustainable biodiversity.

This residency includes an eight week stay at the Caetani Cultural Centre and studio space at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre.

Major Allan Brooks was a distinguished bird artist with significant contributions made through his art to the field of Ornithology. Community organizations such as Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Cultural Centre offer opportunities for the Artists to base themselves in the Okanagan Valley while focusing on their work and contributing to workshops, presentations and/or exhibitions locally.