Geoff McFetridge in Hypebeast

August 6, 2026

Geoff McFetridge Invites You to Slow Down in ‘Grasslands’

By: Keith Estiler

There’s a quiet power lingering throughout Geoff McFetridge’s latest body of work at Toronto’s Cooper Cole Gallery. Channeling the charged stillness of the late Alex Colville’s photorealistic paintings, McFetridge brings a similar sense of motionlessness to the rural scenes and tranquil environments of Grasslands. The exhibition features rolling landscapes inspired by the Canadian prairies where the artist was raised.

It’s easy to slip into a dreamlike state while looking at “Afloat,” an oil and gesso painting depicting a figure lying in a soft field of grass, perhaps taking an afternoon nap or simply gazing blissfully at the sky. Another work, titled “Sleepers,” shows pickup trucks and boxy SUVs forming a traffic circle in the middle of an expansive field. Have the vehicles been abandoned, or are their drivers endlessly circling without any clear destination?

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