A BRIGHT
Tabitha Verbuyst finds beauty in the most unexpected places NEW LIGHT
together and turned what was once a familiar landscape into increasingly abstract shapes. When she got home, Tabitha followed hermuse to her basement studio, where she began working on a new painting she would later call Home Stretch . On hindsight, the painting marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter in Tabitha’s development as an artist. Other paintings followed— each one offering a slightly surreal take on a strangely familiar location. Abandoned intersections, illuminated store fronts and even dangling traffic lights all began fueling her artistic fire. Stylistically, she began putting more colour into her work and employing new techniques to convey a sense of movement and emotion. The results were striking. So striking, in fact, that one of the paintings in the series,
How Convenient , was named “Best in Show” at the Woodstock Art Gallery’s 61st annual juried art exhibition. For Tabitha’s colleagues at the Station Arts Centre, the award confirmed what they already knew: she was an artist on the rise. Even more exciting, she was one of their own. “I was in high school the first time I heard about the Station Arts Centre,” the now 32-year- old explains. “I had planned on getting a co-op placement as an
“We were driving home one night when we came into an area with a bunch of traffic cones,” she recalls. “It was raining, and with the wet pavement, the whole area was glowing.” Intrigued, Tabitha asked her husband to pull over so she could snap some pictures. A few moments later, they turned off the wipers and watched as hundreds of raindrops rolled W hen you’re an artist, inspiration can come to you at any time, from anywhere. Still, the last place Tabitha Verbuyst expected to find her muse was in a construction zone on Quarter Town Line in Tillsonburg.
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