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ArtsceneReal life adventure depictedin book, movie and now, artBy Camille LlosaMcCandless embarked on a two-SPECIAL TO THE BEAVERyear adventure odyssey that took him from the Gulf of Mexico to the shadow Downtown Oakvilles Abbozzoof Mount McKinley, where he attempt-Gallery is hosting Burlington artisted to live off the land in the unforgiv-Heather Hortons latest exhibit titleding Alaskan wilderness with little more An Aesthetic Voyage: Paintings Inspired than a 10-pound bag of rice and a .22 by the Journeys of Christophercaliber shotgun.McCandless.And he did successfully for 16 weeks, The show runs to Saturday, Juneuntil he ultimately became trapped and 18.starved to death. His body was found by Its so different than my typicalmoose hunters in April of 1992, a mere work, its more of a specialized show,67 lbs, wrapped in a sleeping bag in an but its priced very well, said Horton,abandoned bus he had been using as a 37, whose previous work has primarilyshelter.been figurative.His journey has been characterized The show is based on the story of as one of youthful self-discovery and Christopher McCandless, whose storydevastating natICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVERhas been chronicled in bestsellingMost of the paintings from the show LIFE TO ART:Artist Heather Horton at Abbozzo Gallery in downtown Oakville during her show, which wasauthor, Jon Krakauers 1996 book, Intoare taken from photographs McCandless inspired by photographs taken by Christopher McCandless, the young man featured in the book and movie Intothe Wild and Sean Penns 2007 movietook on this journey.The Wild, on Saturday afternoon.of the same name.See Artist page 37www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 10, 2011 36