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London gallery's two shows celebrate miniatures and women

A London gallery is hosting two new exhibitions, including a miniature show featuring works that half a square foot in size.

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A London gallery is hosting two new exhibitions, including a miniature show featuring works that half a square foot in size.

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ArtWithPanache’s annual Miniature Show, featuring works by 34 artists, and its Women Painting Women exhibit are on at the gallery until Aug. 27.

The mediums used in the miniature show include acrylics, oil, coloured pencil, hand-carved wood, pastel, fabrics, tinted silver point, polymer clay, ink and watercolour — “inspired by nature, both flora and fauna, architecture, travel, everyday life and the human form,” said Mary Lillyman, artistic director at the gallery.

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“They also range in styles from comedic and classic to funky and fantastical. There is great detail, there is simplicity, bold colours and subtle black and whites,” she said.

The works in the Women Painting Women show “are surprisingly revealing,” Lillyman said.

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“I think a lot of the pieces truly represent the artist’s love for their subjects,” she said. “There is a lot of heart and soul that has gone into their making.”

The women artists celebrate their gender through self-portraits and images of their family members, friends and heroes, Lillyman said.

“They are young and old, and they represent different cultures,” she said. “Some are mysterious, inviting the viewer to ponder, while others are simply meant to make one smile.”

jbelanger@postmedia.com

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IF YOU GO

What: Annual Miniature Show and Women Painting Women

When: Until Aug. 27

Where: ArtwithPanache, 140 Fullarton St.

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