Review By Linda Maehans tb source 

In the third gallery local artist Keith Vanderwees offers his audience some abstract renditions of his private mind’s eye. He’s called the exhibit “Soul Painting”.

“Keith has been a painter for quite awhile. He sort of dropped out of the scene for a few years but obviously he’s been very busy because he’s got 20 some odd paintings on display,” said David Karasiewicz. Meantime, the artist stood in the middle of the room and flashed a sunny smile as he looked around.

Again, the range of styles and shapes and colours in these works are broad. A matched set of paintings in predominantly pastel blue and yellow and green inspires serenity through the rounded, complex patterns. 

An absolutely gorgeous piece entitled “Palm Sunday” radiates the deepest hues of sapphires and emeralds equal to the precious stones themselves. And then, one wonders what the artist was feeling or thinking when he created a dark pair called “The Gollum Heights” and “My Shield”. Perhaps he was travelling with the shunned and lonely creature in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings?