ZOOM | HOLIDAY 2023

the sunshine coast magazine
M
argot was born in Ontario and chose to pursue a
career in law and family mediation. She initially
took lessons in pastel and watercolour as a way of
reducing the stress of conflict in her professional
life. However, she soon found that the demands
of her career actually nurtured her artistic
pursuits. Just as a mediator must deeply listen
to the underlying narrative in the room, attuned to those
things that perhaps aren’t said, so also can the artist focus
her attention on the quiet moments that are sometimes
camouflaged in the landscape.
Over the years, Margot has continually taken art workshops
and lessons. She has shown a number of her pastel pieces
in juried exhibitions with the Pastel Artists of Canada and is
a signature member of that organization. Margot has also
exhibited a number of her paintings at the Federation of
Canadian Artists’ gallery on Granville Island. She has been
juried in as an active member of that organization. She has
also participated in the Art of Healing events at the Sechelt
hospital on three occasions and been part of the Sunshine
Coast Art Crawl since 2016. This December, she is showing
a painting in the “Water Exhibit” at the Federation gallery
and another painting at the members show at the Gibsons
Public Art Gallery.
Margot is an avid supporter of ongoing quality art education
for all ages. She is on the board of the Gibson’s School of
the Arts, and she liaises with the artists who come annually
to teach at the school.
In Margot’s words, "I work with pastel, acrylic, and oil. I am
drawn to the subtle changes in spatial expanse, texture,
colour, and temperature that manifest themselves in the
landscape. There are the quiet moments of contrast of
a dark reflection in a silver lake, the expanse of distant
islands in the ocean, the textures on a stone beach, or the
difference between the cool grey rock and the warm green
moss that covers it.
The making of a painting allows me to create a blending
of all those different moments, the perspectives, textures,
colours, and values into a single story. I hope that the
stories I tell through my paintings will transport the viewer
to a place of tranquil focus, away from the distraction of the
busy world, in touch with what is essential and universal in
the landscape." ·
VIEW MORE OF MARGOT HALLMAN'S ORIGINAL PAINTINGS ONLINE AT MARGOTHALLMAN.COM
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