Arne Roosman’s “The Twenty-Six”

November 2 – 26, 2022

Opening reception:
Friday, November 4 | 7:30 pm

Sponsored by Pat Cooke in memory of Paul D. Cooke
 

Arne Roosman

Arne is a lithographer, designer of books, stage sets and murals, as well as an illustrator and a painter.

Arne was born in Tallinn, Estonia and studied art in Sweden. He came to Canada in 1957. Arne has lived and worked in Bancroft, Ontario as a freelance artist for over 25 years. He is well-known and highly respected in the Northern Ontario region where he has had numerous exhibitions. He has also exhibited in other regions in Canada as well as overseas. Arne’s style is unique and diverse; he uses a variety of mediums. He is the winner of many awards and commissions and his painting can be found in local and international collections. Arne is a member of the Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto and has taken part in their exhibitions.

In Arne's words

“Somehow, I got into the idea of the alphabet and flowers and herbals. I tried to stick to things that were edible. So that’s what I pursued. Under each painting will be a label, which has information about each plant and their qualities.”

I see myself as a teller of tales, with a brush for a quill, sometimes bending ancient myths to suit my worldview. My output is spontaneous, drawing a passion, oil my preferred medium. Never found nor did I get stuck in what much art is about, a style, a convention or the unconventional. Far from suffering the agony of Sisyphus, I am a drifter, happily pushing little round marbles up the slope of my slice of eternity.”

We are participants in and a part of the physical world we inhabit. Over time, we have lost that sense of connection, have all too often let ourselves be severed from the world of which we are a part.  My work expresses my fear of a lost connection with each other, with our environment and a hope that we will re-discover all our forms of connection.