SHAWN SHEPHERD, "International," Jan 7 - Feb 2, 2006, Martin Batchelor...
Victoria artist Shawn Shepherd sensed his work was taking a new direction last year when he exhibited a series of bold oils depicting abstract forms.
View ArticleThe Banks Owls
Douglas Banks, a mining engineer and executive in Toronto, collected Inuit art for several summers in the late 1940s and early 1950s while working on the Belcher Islands in southeastern Hudson Bay.
View Article"EXPOSURE 2006," The Banff, Canmore, Calgary Celebration of Photography,...
The art of photography takes the spotlight this season with Exposure 2006, a multi-city celebration of turning negatives into positively striking images.
View ArticleDANIEL DAVID, "Australopithecus afarensis Takes One Small Step," July 7-29,...
Portraying contemporary subject matter with a classical twist, Manitoban Daniel David’s thought-provoking, post-modern paintings reflect the complex and subtle nature of human interaction.
View ArticleANDRES BOHAKER, July 5-30, 2006, Laroche Fine Art Gallery, Sidney
Andres Bohaker’s adolescent creativity was permeated by land and sea. Born on Prince Edward Island in 1940, his early art training at Central Technical High School in Toronto led to a long career as a...
View ArticleMASAKO ARAKI, April 30-May 10, 2006, Gala Gallery, West Vancouver
Born into an artistic family in Tokyo (her father created traditional kimono patterns), Masako Araki turned to art making herself.
View Article"RAVEN TRAVELLING," Two Centuries of Haida Art, June 10-Sept 17, 2006,...
Three hundred prime examples of Haida art created over a period of 200 years add up to another outstanding summer exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
View ArticleHELEN GERRITZEN, August, 2006, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton
Among the tools that Helen Gerritzen uses for her August exhibition of new works at the Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists Gallery (SNAP) are pairs of darkened, reflective 3’ x 4’ copper plates...
View ArticleJEAN-GUY DESROSIERS, May 13-20, 2006, Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary
Jean-Guy Desrosiers celebrates each day with art, rising before dawn to paint and working into the early afternoon, often outdoors, shaping his warm, almost naïf oil landscapes.
View ArticleTERRY MCCUE, Opens May 20, 2006, Canada House, Banff
Self-taught as an artist, Terry McCue has taken his influences from near and far. His interest in the work of painter Mark Rothko can be seen in the horizontal planes and saturated colour fields that...
View ArticleCHRISTINE REIMER, Aug 24-Sept 8, 2006, Main Street Gallery, Sidney
Christine Reimer lives and paints in Victioria, BC. Since completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Victoria, she has been primarily a landscape artist working in her studio with...
View ArticleJIM PESCOTT, Aug 26-Sept 4, 2006, Mermaid’s Kiss Gallery, Gimli
Growing up surrounded by the mystic, misty forces of the West Coast rain forest gave Jim Pescott an early appreciation for nature and light.
View ArticleBRENT LYNCH, May, 2006, Westwind Art Gallery, Langley
As an art student, Brent Lynch had an opportunity to talk with world-renowned painter David Hockney. “Never let the power of paradigm tell you what fine art is and what it isn’t,” Hockney told him.
View ArticlelessLIE, "Cultural ConFUSION," June 25-Aug 10, 2006, Alcheringa Gallery,...
Born in Duncan in 1973, lessLIE has a bachelor’s degree in First Nations Studies from Malaspina University-College. and is currently working toward a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at the...
View ArticleLEAH ROSENBERG, "Sweet Raw" (a two-person show with Siobhan Humston), June...
Emerging artist Leah Rosenberg’s art is fantasy with a twist. Her paintings and mixed media works hark back to childhood days.
View ArticleDAVID DREHER, "Nostra Aetate (Our Times)," May 17-June 24, 2006, Art Gallery...
Regina artist David Dreher confronts the contradictions that lie between human faith and human actions within the context of religion in this show of his recent work.
View ArticleMARTIN BENNETT, June 7-July1, 2006, TrépanierBaer, Calgary
The shadow of Prophet Isaiah’s right foot, depicted in a fresco by Raphael, fascinates Martin Bennett. The 36-year-old painter sees the shadow creating both a balance and an imbalance, features...
View ArticleWENDY LAMONT, May 20-31, 2006, Harlekin Galleries, Calgary
Wendy Lamont’s doctorate in organizational theory serves the eclectic Lethbridge native well as a social science researcher. But the unfettered possibility of abstract impressionism is where her spirit...
View ArticleNicholas De Grandmaison (1892-1978)
After serving in the Russian army during WWI, Nicholas de Grandmaison made his way to England to study at the St. John’s Wood Art School in London.
View ArticleDOUGLAS CLARK, "Sweet Immortality," June 23-July 5, 2006, Art Gallery of...
"Sweet Immortality," curated by Art Gallery of Ontario photographer and filmmaker Michael Mitchell in collaboration with Maia-Mari Sutnik, associate curator of photography, is the banner exhibition for...
View ArticleEWA TARSIA, "The Demarcation of the Image, Part I," May 11-29, 2006, Ken...
Printmaker Ewa Tarsia suggests that it is the fundamental elements of her process — the manipulation of materials and building of textural surfaces — that motivate her rather than the appearance of her...
View ArticleGRAEME SHAW, Opens May 25, 2006, Birchwood Gallery, Yellowknife
Graeme Shaw has a varied background and a diverse set of artistic perspectives. Born in Calgary and raised by a mother who was an artist, he spent his youth living in several different cities across...
View ArticlePAUL MATHIEU, "Making China in China," May 2-June 1, 2006, Richmond Art...
At least once every decade, Vancouver potter Paul Mathieu pulls figurative rabbits out of ceramic history’s hat, turns everything we know about art inside out, and confounds us with totally new ways of...
View ArticleCOLLEEN PHILIPPI, "Retrospective: a series of Wunderkabinetts," May 11-June...
Colleen Philippi creates the kind of narcissistic explosion that children — and the children within us — love to explore.
View ArticleKARI WOO, "The Anatomy of My Heart," Sept 18 - Oct. 28, 2006, Influx Gallery,...
When art is worn, it becomes jewellery, but seldom does jewellery become art. Artist Kari Woo manages the transition with a particular notion of space that gives each of her pieces a multi-functional...
View ArticleSHEILA NORGATE, "dog.matic — new work on all fours," Sept 16 – 29, 2006,...
Sheila Norgate’s birds have flown the coop, and whimsical canine companions have moved in. The artist has chosen the spirit of the dog to represent her vision and wicked sense of humour on canvas,...
View ArticleDOMINIQUE GAUCHER, Opens October 21, 2006, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver.
From his Montreal studio in a working commercial warehouse, Dominique Gaucher mentions two artists who inspire him: controversial British artist Damien Hirst (b. 1965) and the German Romantic painter...
View ArticleSTEVE COFFEY, "Fall," October 14 - 28, 2006, Kensington Fine Art Gallery,...
Not often does an artist release a CD and launch an exhibition at the same time. But Steve Coffey’s paintings and songs spring from the same inspiration – the glorious, spacious prairies.
View ArticleRAJKA KUPESIC, "Nutcracker," Nov. 4 - 25, 2006,The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary
In her children’s book "The Nutcracker," Toronto-based painter Rajka Kupesic brings a deep, velvet-like richness to each oil-on-linen piece, infusing the backgrounds with shades of blue and gold to...
View ArticleKEVIN EI-ICHI DEFOREST, "Fake ID," Oct. 26 - Nov. 30, 2006, The Art Gallery...
Born in Winnipeg to a Japanese mother and Swiss father, deForest enjoys taking apart “assumed wholeness” and reconstructing personal cultural realities in his works.
View ArticleDAVID BURNS, "New Paintings," Sept. 7 – 23, 2006, Diane Farris Gallery,...
Burns doesn’t actually paint sunsets — rather, he favours the last lingering moments of the day when the setting sun shifts the spectrum to the neutrals of dusk. It’s the effect of the light that holds...
View ArticleTIM SCHOUTEN, "Treaty 3 Suite – Outside Promise," November, 2006, Ken Segal...
Tim Schouten’s latest exhibition explores the verbal promises made but not included in Canada’s first two numbered treaties, a daunting subject the non-Aboriginal artist prepared for with extensive...
View ArticleGREG PYRA, "Night Scenes," October 7 - 21, 2006, Image 54 Art Gallery and...
There is a sense of anticipation in Greg Pyra’s night scenes, of being poised on the brink of an event brewing in the shadows of the parked cars and empty sidewalks.
View ArticleMASTER IN GLASS
Lisa Samphire began her career in 1985 and today is one of the West Coast’s leading glass artists. Morna Tudor has been active since the mid-1980s as an artist, teacher, and writer. Gary Bolt graduated...
View ArticleTom Thomson (1877-1917)
A popular misconception is that Tom Thomson was a member of the Group of Seven.
View ArticleDIANA THORNEYCROFT, "The Canadiana Martyrdom Series," Sept. 7 - Oct. 14,...
Winnipeg photographer Diana Thorneycroft has shifted her camera lens from depicting the barbaric torture of Christian martyrs to the martyrdom of distinctly secular Canadians.
View ArticleDOUG SMARCH Jr at Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Doug Smarch creates work that crosses the boundaries of place, time, and his Tlingit heritage. With a background in sculpture and object construction, he brings an understanding of form and technique...
View ArticleMAX STREICHER, Oct. 28, 2006 - March, 2007, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Floating, inflating, transforming, mutating — these are all possibilities inspired by playing with density, weightlessness, gravity, containers, and an air-tight seal.
View ArticleCAROLINE JAMES, "Four from Hornby," opens September 30, 2006, Granville Fine...
“Every painting I do ends up being a surprise to me,” says Caroline James from her home on Hornby Island. “Painting is like a dream — you have no control over the narrative of your subconscious, which...
View ArticleCHRIS DOROSZ, "Staple Series and Paint Drop Series," Nov. 11 - 25, 2006,...
Winnipeg artist Chris Dorosz’s paintings are visually enticing, offering a striking balance of delicacy and utility. Intensely detailed, intelligently designed, and skillfully crafted, they straddle...
View ArticleFOREVER EMILY
“New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon” is an ambitious show that is not so much about Carr’s art as it is about the shifting ground from which it is viewed.
View ArticleJOHN HALL, "Ascending Pleasures II," Sept 8-Oct 15, 2006, The Prairie Art...
Photo realist John Hall creates almost blindingly bright still life acrylic portraits of everyday objects.
View Article"THE ART PROJECT," Oct. 14 - Nov. 26, 2006, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art...
The call for submissions for The Ark Project — the inaugural exhibition of Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History — invited artists to create new work on the conceptual theme of the ark as “a...
View ArticleSUSAN BOZIC, "The Dating Portfolio," Jan. 12 - Feb. 10, 2007, Nanaimo Art...
In her latest series, "The Dating Portfolio," Vancouver photographer Susan Bozic has shifted from imagery of stuffed birds in blatantly contrived, theatrical settings to a different kind of animal —...
View ArticleJAMES NIZAM, "Dwellings," September 5 - 30, 2006, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
James Nizam finds beauty and insight in abandoned buildings. “There’s some kind of romantic pull to the ruin,” says Nizam, who graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Fine Arts program...
View ArticleJOE PLASKETT
Today, as he approaches his ninth decade, Plaskett is still exploring his potential as a painter.
View ArticleELTJE DEGENHART, "New Works," Nov. 4-30, 2006, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina
The sky and light of southeastern Saskatchewan are unending sources of wonder to Eltje Degenhart.
View ArticleLINDA WALTON, "Barnes Lake," Oct. 29 - Dec. 31, 2006, Kamloops Art Gallery,...
In a departure from her usual work in ceramics, Linda Walton’s Barnes Lake installation is an ambitious multi-media project about an alkali lake near Kamloops.
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