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In this show, three local illustrators re-define and blur the boundaries between fine art and illustration. The term epoch illuminates a moment in time where seemingly incongruous ideas become consolidated. Here, illustration moves beyond its stereotypical cliches of commercialization and replication into the realm of the conceptual and the aesthetic. Illustration is any image that accompanies and enhances a text, clarifying and communicating ideas visually; this means that any piece of art can also function as an illustration. This collaboration emphasizes the capacity for illustrative art to draw a viewer into the world of narrative.The works convey the specificity of artistic voice, while straddling multiple forms of media, style, and experimentation.
 
The exhibition features three distinct illustrative voices. Jim Wispinski has been “artisting” for 62 years. He works comfortably in 20 different mediums, has won numerous awards, and has distributed in galleries throughout Canada and worldwide. Marcia Semenoff, an oil painter and collagist, has a long history as a successful gallery artist in Victoria, but her work has also been used as illustrations. Meneka Repka is a children’s illustrator who is interested in drawing anthropomorphized animals and nature; clients include OwlKids, Highlights Magazine, and Food Empowerment Project.
 
The artists in this show are members of the Island Illustrators Society (IIS), an organization of local, professional illustrators. IIS was established in 1986 by six illustrators with a broad mandate to educate, while fostering a greater interest in the art of illustration.
 

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