WALTON - KIPNZ announces Everything is Never Finished, an exhibition of new oil paintings by Montreal-based artist Frédéric Tiffet, opens Nov. 11 and runs through Dec. 10. The opening reception is Nov. 11 from 4 - 7 p.m.
Tiffet’s paintings suggest organic forms and topographies; at times in harmony and at times vibrating in discordance against one another. The eye moves over continents of color and edges that resemble torn paper, deep caverns, shadows and disturbances of light.
Tiffet is a process painter. Over the course of several days he may build an entire system on the canvas, with deep structures and tones that advance and recede within the image. The next morning he will submerge everything in “ice”, but with a transparency that reveals what is underneath. He will repeat the process of laying on glazes, letting them dry, and painting again until he has found the proper “space” of the painting and it has taken on its own presence.
Frédéric Tiffet (b. 1991) earned his Bachelor’s degree at Concordia University in Montréal, with a major in painting and drawing and a minor in philosophy. He lives in Montréal with his partner Stéphanie Séguin and their two young daughters.
KIPNZ gallery is located at 150 Delaware Street, Walton. For more information visit kipnz.com
