Virtual Opening

Thursday, April 8 at 7pm on the Eric Schindler Gallery Facebook page

Open House

Friday, April 9, 5-8pm

Saturday, April 10, 1-5pm

Show runs through May 3, 2021.

Artist Statement

LOSS AND NEW FOUND THINGS

This series of paintings was created over the last two years of my life, during which I experienced some major losses, the most painful one being the death of my father. It is a description of many difficult times throughout the grieving process, but is also about the many moments I found hope in unexpected people and places. Each painting is a story about a moment that changed me forever. My work is always about connections to people and places, but this series is even more personal to me and is very much influenced by the friends and family who continue to walk with me (and sometimes carry me) through these crazy days.

Alexandra Margaret Petrie

Richmond artist Alix Petrie was born October 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 1984, Alix moved from Canada to Richmond with her parents and two brothers.

She grew up in a home where from an early age she was encouraged to follow her passion to express herself in drawing and painting. After completing her secondary education at Tucker High School, she enrolled in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts and then went on to the Blue Ridge Community College Veterinary Tech program. This education has provided the platform for her to follow her two great loves: painting and caring for animals.

Bold flat planes of acrylic color characterize her early work, which was inspired by people and events from her personal experience. Her first works in oils focused on the organic, and took inspiration from nature and landscapes. Her most recent works involve a more emotional, personal story about her own journey through loss.

Alix has been represented by Schindler Gallery since 2018, and is most excited to participate in her first solo exhibition here.