Gibson Fine Art: Contemporary Canadian Art in Calgary

Surface & Structure brings together new work by Verne Busby and Jessamyn Box, two painters whose practices explore the balance between composition, restraint, and material presence.

Busby approaches painting through landscape and atmosphere. Box works through abstraction and surface. Although their starting points differ, both artists share a disciplined sensitivity to structure, light, and spatial rhythm. The work reflects a careful engagement with paint as both medium and subject, where gesture is deliberate and composition is thoughtfully held.  Together, the exhibition highlights painting as a field of quiet tension and clarity, inviting viewers to experience how surface, colour, and structure shape the visual and emotional impact of a work.

The exhibition brings together two painters who approach structure and restraint in distinct ways: one through landscape, the other through abstraction, each with a strong sensitivity to surface and composition.

On view 5 – 19 March 2026.

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