TERRA MCDONALD, "The Land Series," Mar 18 - Apr 9, 2006, Summit Gallery of...
Terra McDonald’s hands fly about during conversation, eloquent tools she also used to spread varnish on the large charcoal, ink and acrylic paintings of horses that form "The Land Series."
View ArticleANN RALLISON, "Fifty," opens Apr 12, 2006, Gallery Lacosse, Winnipeg
Ann Rallison’s printmaking turns a corner this spring with her show, "Fifty," at Winnipeg’s Gallery Lacosse.
View ArticleLYNN ANNE CECIL, "Spanish Secrets (secretos españolos)," Apr 1 - May 20,...
Wandering through the towns and villages of Spain, Lynn Anne Cecil was spellbound by the enclosed gardens, mysterious alleyways and hidden rooftop spaces.
View ArticleSTEPHEN BOOTH, "Reflections," Feb 16 - Mar 2, 2006, Kurbatoff Art Gallery,...
As a child, Stephen Booth spent hours looking at the rows of reflected images in the mirrors of his parents’ vanity cabinet. “I liked looking into the multiple rooms within the reflection,” Booth says.
View ArticleGERSHON ISKOWITZ and MICHAEL WALKER, Apr 8 - May 6, 2006, Newzones Gallery of...
One of Canada’s most important abstract painters, Polish-born Gershon Iskowitz survived concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald while in his twenties.
View ArticleANDREW KISS, "Moods," Feb 9 - 16, 2006, Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, Calgary
Water fascinates nature artist Andrew Kiss, particularly the challenge of capturing the essence of such a changing subject.
View ArticleFRANK GRISDALE, opens Mar 4, 2006, The Gallery at Chateau Whistler, Whistler
Reality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, says Edmonton-based Frank Grisdale. “For me, photography has to be more than just the simple documentation of reality."
View ArticleMOHSEN KHALILI, "Dysfunctional Tools, Sculpture and Drawings," Febs 2 - 25,...
Call his artwork nice and Mohsen Khalili will be insulted. “I don’t think nice is relevant for the kind of work I do,” says the artist who sculpts, draws and makes prints.
View ArticleBRIAN JUNGEN: Gaining Momentum With Solo Shows in New York, Vancouver and...
There are themes that run through much of Jungen’s work. He is interested in subverting the power of objects, in particular commercial objects and what they stand for; he’s also interested in...
View ArticleLORI-ANNE LATREMOUILLE, "Prayer for the World," Apr 27 - May 11, 2006,...
Latremouille remembers drawing with chalk at the age of four and being interested in intertwining toys like jigsaw puzzles. Intertwining themes remain at the root of much of her work.
View ArticleLAUREL ROSSNAGEL, "Visions of Lily Nook," Mar 24 - Apr 15, 2006, Collector’s...
Imagine you’re a lily. A lily surrounded by a field of lilies. That’s the intent of this show of new ink and watercolour work by Saskatoon painter Laurel Rossnagel.
View ArticleBEV TOSH, "One-Way Passage," Mar 4 - May 31, 2006, Diefenbaker Canada Centre,...
Bev Tosh’s latest project, "One-Way Passage," has consumed her life in recent years. Setting aside teaching duties and much of her other painting, the Calgary-based artist has focused on telling the...
View ArticleDAVID THAUBERGER, opens March 10,2006, Nouveau Gallery, Regina
Saskatchewan painter David Thauberger returns again and again to the architecture of small-town Saskatchewan — service stations, general stores, Legion Halls, grain elevators and quirky hand-built homes.
View ArticleSARAH CRAWLEY, "mentis prehensio," Mar 10 - Apr 22, 2006, aceartinc., Winnipeg
In Sarah Crawley’s newest body of work, mentis prehensio, she continues to “address the imperfection of memory, the notion of a collective memory, memory as it relates to generation, history and...
View ArticleSHAWN 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...
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