Travel Notes features work by Kelowna-based artist Mary Leskard, created over the past six years.  The colourful, elaborate collages are impressions of the artist's travels to Malta, China and the Caribbean.  She has traveled extensively throughout her life and was inspired to respond to what she remembered of some of the places she has visited through collage.  A large part of her focus has been on her interest in the architecture she has encountered in her travels, as well as the inhabitants of the various locales. 

Working mainly from her memories and some reference material, Leskard constructs intricate collaged works from a wide assortment of materials that she collects including fragments of photographs, greeting cards, tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, gift wrap, doilies and metallic papers.  Integrating the colours, textures and shapes from her memories, she creates bustling marketplaces, cultural events and daily happenings.