Working with many materials and disciplines inspires Bryan Cathcart to continue exploring and expanding his artistic horizons.

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Cathcart, born in Victoria and moved to Sooke six years ago, credits his mother to introduce him to art.

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Cathcart, 26, started making art when graffiti first grabbed his attention in his early teens. He eventually shifted to figurative abstraction and then complete abstraction. He began to explore different styles, techniques, and materials while studying art theory, other forms of art, artists, and art movement in his spare time.

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His recent efforts on figurative works that focus on expressive lines, shapes and colours are featured on a show at the Outsiders and Others Gallery in Vancouver until May 30.

Yuri Arajs, director of the Outsiders and Others Gallery, said he welcomed the opportunity to promote a self-taught, emerging Indigenous artist and share his work with the community.

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B次元官网网址淎 lot of people talk about doing art, but I was drawn to BryanB次元官网网址檚 work because of his work ethic and interest in learning as much as he can about art,B次元官网网址� Arajs said. B次元官网网址淲e featured one of his pieces, Power to the People, last year, and it sold quickly. ItB次元官网网址檚 a significant opportunity for an artist of that age to be featured in a show with 14 pieces of his work.B次元官网网址�

Outsiders and Others opened during the pandemic just over a year ago as a window gallery that features self-taught and visionary artists.

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Outsiders and Others, which feature several artists from Vancouver Island, are open on the first Saturday of each month and by appointment.

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Cathcart said heB次元官网网址檚 grateful for the opportunity to work with Arajs.

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For more on the gallery, please go online to outsidersandothers.com.

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