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George Langbroek osa sca
About the Artist
George is a respected visual artist from Niagara whose career spans nearly three decades. His versatile practice encompasses a wide range of media, including etching, ink, graphite, painting, stainless steel mesh, assemblage, and mixed media.
The Jordan Art Gallery observes that "we encounter a vast amount of fragmentation and brokenness" and about Langbroek's artwork, "The recovery of beauty is of primary concern...using aesthetic and cultural implications that tell our story of suffering and joy, brokenness and wholeness, ugliness and beauty, intertwined in a kind of reconciliation through an aesthetic of beauty."
Over the years, George has garnered numerous accolades, including first-place awards with the Society of Canadian Artists and for a Reformed Worship Magazine cover. His work has also been recognized in Toronto at the John B. Aird Gallery and Tyndale College. He has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across Ontario, including The Institute of Christian Studies (Toronto), The NAC (St. Catharines), The Pumphouse (NOTL), and the Flagship Gallery (Hamilton), as well as in juried shows from New York to Holland.
Notable exhibitions include Transforming Culture at the VAM Gallery (Austin, TX) and Bread Upon Water, a North American traveling exhibition by Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA).
George and his wife are settled in St. Catharines, ON. You can often find him there creating in his home studio or managing the store as one of the founding partners at the well-established Jordan Art Gallery (celebrating 20 years).
About the Show
Eden's Echo: Seeds of Hope
Launch: 7pm Jan 10 Running Jan 10-Apr 30
Third Chair Gallery
89 Scott St., St. Catharines ON Caanada
EDEN'S ECHO: Seeds of Hope is an exploration in printmaking (etching) and mixed media assemblages that invite you on a reflective journey, tracing the story of mankind, from Creation and its fall through the seed of the forbidden fruit, to our redemption through the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ — the ultimate seed of Abraham.
And in the hands of our Master Potter, we become new creatures, even while we are still clay, and in that transformation, seeds of change are planted and producing fruit of the Spirit. Additionally, the exhibit highlights the cyclical beauty of nature and serves as a constant reminder of God's promise of renewal for those who follow Him through all seasons of life.
Let the art guide you through earthy colours, striking contrasts, and varied textures of beauty and pain, while you reflect on the "Ultimate Seed" and this thought of Oswald Chambers: “When you concentrate on the great point of spiritual energy—the cross—keeping in contact with this center where all power lies, its energy will be let loose.”
Throughout, we are reminded of the many references to seed in the Bible and in nature. The seed-themed verses in the descriptions are not necessarily linked to the specific piece but are included for further contemplation. We hope tGeorge's art leads you to a deeper understanding of redemptive beauty through these seeds of hope.
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11" x 14" Etching God forms man from dust and breathes life into him in Genesis 2:7 The potter works with clay, shaping it into vessels. If a piece of clay is broken or odd, the potter rethrows it and makes it into something new in Jeremiah 27 The potter works with clay, shaping it into vessels. If a piece of clay is broken or odd, the potter rethrows it and makes it into something new in Jeremiah 27
15" x 20" Etching on hand-made paper "‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” From Genesis 3
12" x 24" Etching on hand-made paper "He answered, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'" Matthew 13:37
9" x 13" Etching "Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring…who is Christ." From Galatians 3 "The seed is the word of God" From Luke 8
9" x 14" Etching “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
12" x 16" Etching on hand-made paper "Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!" Psalm 126:5
10" x12" Etching "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." John 12:24
14" x 49" Triptych Assemblage "And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” From Genesis 26
15" x 30 Diptych Assemblage "And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. Genesis 1:11
13" x 54" Diptych Assemblage "...you are all one in Christ Jesus…you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise." From Galatians 3:28-29 "Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;" 1 Peter 1:23
17" x 36" Assemblage "No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God." 1 John 3:9
8" x 11" 16" x 20" framed Etching (Enquire as artist regarding availabiltity) "But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring." Romans 9:6-8
Etching on hand-made plant fibre paper 7" x 12" "But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body." 1 Corinthians 15:38
12" x 18" Etching "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth." 1 Corinthians 3:6-7
9" x 13" Etching "For the one who sows to flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." Galatians 6:8 "For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb." Psalm 37: 2
9" x 13" Etching "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22
6" x 10" Etching ”"The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:12
6" x 11" Etching "Then God said, “I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food..whatever grows out of the ground for food.” And there it was." Genesis 1:29
11" x 14" Acrylic “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12
12" x16" Acrylic “The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.” Isaiah 58:11
12" x 16" Acrylic "For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever." Genesis 13:15
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ENQUIRIES
Contact the ARTIST via email with any enquiries or comments on the exhibit.
VISIT
The Third Chair Gallery is open Sunday Mornings or by appointment, in St. Catharines.