Carole Itter

Chosen by: Shauna Reid

“I am mesmerized. So much to look at. As an art teacher, I tell my students that beauty is everywhere. If you see something intriguing, pick it up, keep it, and eventually the object will let you know why you needed to have it.

How romantic and touching to have such a significant piece of art created in your honour. Al Neil was a lucky man.”

Carole Itter, Grand Piano Rattle: a Bosendorfer for Al Neil, 1984. Metal, paint, wood, linocut, light fixtures. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund. Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery. Grand Piano Rattle is currently on display in the Autobiography of Our Collection exhibition.

Shauna Reid is a teacher from Penticton, BC who visits the Gallery regularly.