The Rankin Art Gallery will be fea­tur­ing the Mixed Media Installation “Dwelling” for the first half of December.

Ted Evans is the cre­ator of the work being fea­tured in the gallery. He is from Vancouver, British Colombia and moved to Michigan to become the Director for Artworks in down­town Big Rapids. He is cur­rently a full time stu­dio artist.

Evans received his bach­e­lors degree in fine arts at the Emily Carr Institute of Fine Art and Design. He went on to attend the University of Windsor, Ontario where he earned his mas­ters degree in fine art.

Carrie Weis, Rankin Art Gallery Director, said, “Ted is a con­cep­tual artist and his work addresses the idea of ‘dwelling,’ a state of being or a loca­tion to be lived in and observed.”

Weis also said that the work being dis­played is con­sid­ered to be sculp­tural paint­ing and that Evans con­structed three dimen­sional shaped can­vases for his work. Each paint­ing has a light­ing ele­ment and rep­re­sents space and archi­tec­ture. The theme of this series of work is sup­posed to cap­ture what it would be like to look up through the eyes of a goldfish.

“His work is about the process as much as the con­cept,” said Weis. “The painted sur­faces have inter­est­ing effects cre­ated with acrylic paint, spray paint, and water.”

Timothy Geib, graphic design major, said, “The art­work is very dif­fer­ent, which I like because it makes you stop and think.”

Geib went on to say that hav­ing art­work in the mid­dle of the room is a nice touch and that this col­lec­tion is the best he has seen this semes­ter. He also thinks the light­ing incor­po­rated into the art­work is a very cre­ative idea.

“These pieces are really eye-catching and when you get up close to them there is def­i­nitely a lot to look at,” said Geib.

Jodie Guerrero, ele­men­tary edu­ca­tion major, said, “I have a lot of inter­pre­ta­tions of the art and it’s nice to look at the titles of the pieces and have them show me meaning.”

Guerrero also said that she really enjoyed the many dif­fer­ent col­ors used through­out the collection.

The exhibit will be on dis­play in the Rankin Art Gallery until Dec. 18 and avail­able for view­ing Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For any infor­ma­tion about the gallery or this instal­la­tion, con­tact Carrie Weis at 231−591−2536.