Landon Mackenzie: Echo

Nicholas Metivier Gallery is excited to present Echo, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Landon Mackenzie on view Saturday, May 2nd through Saturday, May 30th. 

 

The title, Echo, resonates both literally and conceptually. Cerulean Echo is a large, immersive canvas at the centre of the show that was made over a year, in her characteristic process of gradually responding to each previous layer. Situated in the middle of a pale yellow background is a swirling vortex created with deep blue-black, cerulean blue, and green dots that seemingly embody an echo in real time. At the earliest stages Mackenzie gave each small dark circle a shadow, as if an echo of itself.

 

“Cerulean Echo is the fifth painting in my Hummingbird series made concurrently with Hummingbird (Lilac) in 2025. A familiar vortex motif appears like a spider web or a kind of nest for a hummingbird to dart in and out of for feeding her young and protection.” 

 

- Landon Mackenzie

Surrounding this work in the exhibition are works on paper, an important part of her practice for over five decades and the subject of a travelling survey museum exhibition, Parallel Journey (2015-2017). Using ink, gesso, watercolour and gouache, these more intimate works are also layered and explore similar themes to the large canvases. Mackenzie is one of several artists who work in both painting and paper, viewing both mediums as equally valuable parts of her practice.