October 11 - October 29, 1994 Paul Dibble

“Dibble at the Gow Langsford Gallery in Kitchner St.

…. In Opera and the Ukelele the tower is combined with the ukelele, a palm tree and a scroll. The result is a comic combination of classic and popular full of spirit … there is spirit too, in the large work called Patience of the Gardener where the gardener stands on his head on a box with his legs making a big bold sign. Opposite, a tree offers a contrast in textures.

There is also energy in The Fall where a dashing Indian rides bareback between two huge leaves. He holds a tomahawk in each hand and his loincloth flutters behind him rhyming exactly with the horse’s tail.

The witty inventiveness of this work continues in South Seas Festival where a nautilus shell broadcasts to a beer bottle beside an acrobatic sheep whose fleece is richly textured bronze.

Most inventive of all is the delightful Looking for the Straight and Narrow where a rhythmic tattooed jester counterpoints a plumbline that falls from his elevated toes alongside yet another Tower of Pisa.

It makes for a very enigmatic, quirky show…”

Excerpt from review “Perspective on Art” by T. J. McNamara, October 1994