16 Preston Pavlis

Title: sunbeams.

Dimensions: 30in x 35in

Year of Completion: 2019

Medium: Acrylic & Olive Oil on Canvas

Courtesy of the Artist

sunbeams. is an exploration of color through the act of staining the canvas with different fluid substances. Smiling figures emerge from a cosmic haze.

Preston Pavlis is an artist based in Edmonton, Alberta. Pavlis completed his Diploma of Fine Arts at MacEwan University in 2019. Pavlis was selected as the winner of the BMO 1st Art! prize for the province of Alberta in 2019, for his painting your skin behind the lattice. Currently, he is interested in the fusion of painting and textiles as a means to explore narrative, form and color.