Please join us as we unveil the mixed media artwork of Norfolk County & Hamilton artist JC Lee that will hang in the box office lobby for the 2025 season at Lighthouse Festival Theatre in Port Dover. Champagne and light refreshments will be served and JC’s artwork will be for sale.
When: Sunday, March 23rd | 2 PM to 4 PM
Where: Lighthouse Festival Theatre – Box Office Lobby | 247 Main Street, Port Dover ON
JC Lee is a Norfolk County/Hamilton, Ontario artist creating contemporary textured paintings of landscapes and nature with hints of fantasy!
His passion for art started during his childhood in Malaysia where he learned the basics of painting using watercolour. After a long hiatus from painting as other life pursuits including moving to Canada became a priority, JC’s passion for art was rekindled by the beauty of the varied landscapes and wildlife in Norfolk County, Ontario while vacationing in Turkey Point. He now splits his creative time between his Turkey Point cottage and Hamilton home, where he lives with his husband and two dogs while maintaining a tech job in the IT industry.
JC taught himself techniques of oil and mixed media painting. He paints with a distinct personal style, creating a combination of textures with a variety of mixed media, especially mica powder, and blending with richly coloured oil paints to capture his inspirations, infusing them with emotion and magic on the canvas. His artworks paint stories in the vein of Magical Realism – rooted in realism but enchanted with fantastical elements and perspectives.
Artist Statement
“I draw inspiration from the diverse Canadian landscapes and natural environments, then combine my own life experiences and feelings to create stories through my paintings with a touch of fantasy.
My artworks are set in reality but I intensify magical elements in nature through juxtaposition of colours, textures, patterns, composition and perspectives. I bring my detail oriented personality into my paintings, as a result, my work often feature highly defined textured foreground for an almost 3D effect and a detailed background. Transformative play of light, symbolism and metaphors are also recurring components of my paintings. Due to the variety of textured and shimmering media, many of my paintings are best appreciated in person.”
Please note tickets are not required to attend this opening reception as this is a drop in event.
Visit JC Lee’s website at www.jclcreations.ca
Follow JC Lee on social media:
Facebook: facebook.com/jclCreationsByJCLee
Instagram: instagram.com/jc.lee.artist/
