David Pember, Peer Gallery

David Pember’s innovative acrylic images on stainless steel and EVA board are featured throughout the season at Peer Gallery. Both artistic media have captured the attention of local and visiting art patrons in recent years and today many of his works can be found in homes in Canada and the United States. (Click to view David's Gallery).

Acrylic on EVA board (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) is David's most recent creative initiative. The medium gives a super watercolour-ish feel to his images.

"My works on EVA are characterized by soft pastel, wash-like colors with hard edges," he says. Acrylic on EVA board is a chemically stable process, a conclusion reached by the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa after running extensive non-destruct tests for David. CCI art conservators noted that EVA board is highly compatible with all acrylic emulsion paint, acrylic gels, media, and varnishes.

Pember's images on stainless steel were first introduced to the Nova Scotia arts community more than six years ago. On stainless steel he grinds abstract images and then applies acrylics to support and enhance the image he has created. "Colours appear to float on the surface," he says, "evoking a sense of peaceful contemplation. My images on steel are not necessarily static: with the movement of the onlooker, different viewpoints create surprising illusions."

For David, the challenge of painting is marked by periods of intense focus and delight.

"I do a lot of 'imaging' in my mind before I start a piece,” Pember says. “Translating those images into a 'nugget' is really a function of chance and experience."

Born and educated in Toronto where he studied art and design, music and broadcasting, David Pember’s first major art exhibit was held in Lunenburg where his work was displayed with noted Nova Scotia scuptor, Dawn MacNutt.

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David Pember
488 Glen Allan Drive
Bridgewater, NS B4V 1M2
Phone: (902) 530-2196
Cell: (902) 521-6953