I’m an abstract/contemporary artist working with paint, mixed media, photography and found objects.
The fodder for my art-making: a love of abstract expressionism and colour field painting and a fascination with the vastness of time and the marvel that we exist.
NEWS & EXHIBITIONS
- Current exhibit: Peripheral Visions solo show, EJ Hughes Gallery/Excellent Frameworks, Duncan BC, April 1-29, 2026. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat, 9 am to 4 pm.
- Upcoming art residency: Tree House Artist Residency, Sointula, Malcolm Island BC, May 1-15, 2026.
- New larger works in the studio.
- Day 1000 reached in my slow-motion studio project This Is How It Goes: By Change and By Chance. The Idea: To model in real time the transformation of a life day after day after day. Process: For every day since July 1, 2023, I’ve rolled a die on a “life”—the same 36 X 36 inch work on paper—and cut out a small disk where the die lands. The bits removed (the subtractions set by chance) I date and file, like mementos. Meanwhile, I regularly modify the work’s surface by adding paint, drawing and collage. I do this according to whim and as needed to help the slowly changing life adjust to the cumulative effects of the losses. Updates at: instagram.com/georgina.montgomery.art
Day 751, July 20, 2025. This Is How It Goes: By Change and By Chance (detail)
- Ongoing in and out of the studio: I Was Here (Marking Time/This Moment This Place). The Idea: To visually model our ephemeral existence as considered against the big markers of geologic and human histories. Process: For a pre-set period (weeks, month or year), I create a hand-stitched “timepiece”—a stand-in presence for my own existence—on a tough, gauzy fabric. At intervals I take the timepiece out into the landscape to photograph it interacting with the natural elements and surroundings. The resulting images capture this presence having its moments, just like all the other presences before it have had in the very same spot. Images and videos at: instagram.com/georgina.montgomery.art
