Friday, September 12 – Saturday, October 25, 2025
Opening: Friday, September 12, 2025, 6-8pm featuring a pre-Supercrawl reception

“During the Spring of 2020 I found myself questioning all aspects of my artistic practice. I slowly became a reluctant gardener, which I quickly learned was a form of expression I enjoyed. Time allowed morning walks and bike rides along the rail trails and I found myself in nature more and more and began to paint less in a non-objective manner, turning slowly to nature. This show is the result of those endeavours.”

– Paul Ropel-Morski

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Paul Ropel-Morski (Honours B.A., Art & Art History, McMaster University) was born and raised in Hamilton, where he continues to base his artistic practice. His first solo exhibition at the Hamilton Artists Inc. (1988) was the first of many shows to follow throughout the 90’s and 2000’s in both Hamilton and Toronto. Throughout this period, Paul’s work grappled with the territory between the real and the non-objective. By the 2010’s, Paul took on a more formalist, non-objective approach to art. Circular forms (tondos), ovals, and squares became something of an obsession, as did explorations of negative space, and the interaction of both colour and form within that space. Line, form and colour became more vibrant and controlled, as the work took on a more intimate nature, both in scale and approach. Paul continues to paint regularly, and his newfound interest in gardening is reflected in the new work.