Main Gallery
Tamar Swartz - Courageous Heart
July 23 to August 17, 2025
About the Artwork:
COURAGEOUS HEART is a series of paintings that explore the depth, power and connection of two friends as they navigate the joys and struggles of life. It is intended to shed light on the relational complexity of chronic mental health challenges, and is positioned from the perspective of a carer, solid supporter and compassionate witness. Courageous Heart gives voice to human experiences, rather than labels or diagnoses. It is about our ability as human beings to relate to feelings of love, fear, anger, sadness, surprise and joy. It is about our capacity to feel both the darkness and the light. It is about our need for understanding, compassion and empathy. Courageous Heart explores the notion of “always”, or “all ways”, and what it means to show up with a Courageous Heart to be seen. To be heard. To be loved.
About the Artist:
Tamar Swartz is a self-taught visual artist and expressive art facilitator, living in Victoria, BC. She creates visual narratives and emotional landscapes inspired by life experiences. Tamar’s work is brought to life through her intuitive art practice of finding "Creative Surrender" and allowing her art to unfold organically. She uses colour, patterns and forms to create emotional landscapes that play between real and imaginary, magic and mundane.
Additional Programming / Events:
Meet the Artist:
- Monday, July 28, 2025 between 1:00 and 4:00pm
- Friday, August 8, 2025 between 4:00 and 7:00pm
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Accessibility: Accessible washrooms, Wheelchair access, Designated handyDART loading zone and disabled parking stalls.
For inquiries related to exhibitions, please contact Shantael Sleight at shantael.sleight@saanich.ca or call 778-584-3756.