Kits Point by Glenn Payan, 2012. A new show of Glenn’s work opens at the Ian Tan Gallery Saturday, March 3rd, with reception from 2-4pm. The show runs until March 29, 2012. This particular oil on canvas is 60” x 30”, listed for sale at $5,600.
Almost Home, False Creek by James Koll in 2011. Watercolour, 10”x14”. This piece will be on display in a group show at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island from January 24 to February 5, 2012 as part of the Works on Paper exhibition.
Swan and the Bear, 2011 by artist Ola Volo. This submission is also somewhat of a scoop, as Ola writes:
Inspired by the collision of wild life and urban life in Vancouver, this piece is going to be featured on TransLink Buses and Skytrains as of February 2012.
So watch for the swan and the bear, coming to a bus near you! Thanks for the submission, Ola!
Cityscape by David Lam, from an article featured in the June 1967 issue of Vancouver Life (and Western Homes). The article was titled “The Two Horizons of David Lam; He paints what sells to also paint for joy” and was written by Eileen Johnson. This is not the David Lam we are most familiar with, but a second David Lam who emigrated from Hong Kong in 1965, as featured in this September 2002 Art Preview issue.
Fog in and Wedding Photos by Jack Darcus. An Egg tempera on gessoed panel 112 X 117 cm (44 X 46 in) seen in his recent work online.
Woman on Bridge 1 by Jack Darcus, illustrating the tango dancers on Granville Island, from the Seawall bike path. An egg tempera on gessoed panel 92 x 102 cm (36 x 40 in) seen recently in his paintings for sale.
The Old Empress of Japan Figurehead, Stanley Park, 1939, a linocut by E.J. Hughes, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Another work from the exhibition An Autobiography of Our Collection, one of the 80 Artworks at 80, selected on September 28, 2011 by Zoe Grams. Zoe writes:
Vancouver, for me, has always meant Stanley Park. Not the Stanley Park of summer, when the seawall tingles with brightly-dressed tourists and families, but the Stanley Park of Autumn, when the air is sharp and the trees start to bare. E.J. Hughes’ linocut conjures both a peace and nostalgia that I have always received during my frequent visits to the park since moving to Canada. There’s the curvy, friendly-looking benches in the forefront, and the muted, soft greens and beiges felt on a cold day. And then the bright, stunning punch of the Figurehead as you round the corner, just like when you spot something special on the sea’s horizon, or come upon a statue you forgot was there.
A BC-resident, E.J. Hughes’ work is saturated with symbols of the West Coast and Canadian culture. There is a great feeling of pride and beauty; his linocut feels like a celebration of the province’s atmosphere, its quiet strength. It is also a very accurate depiction of my favourite days in a city that I only recently started to call home.
Details from Cristina Peori’s mural at 1175 Union Street, across the street from this mural seen previously on Illustrated Vancouver. Sponsored by Strathcona Business Improvement Association, City of Vancouver Great Beginnings Program, and Out to Lunch Catering, this mural was created in 2009 with assistance from Heather Jones, Cameron Grant, Kayla Deorksen, and Mo Faux.
View under Cambie Bridge, Vancouver, a watercolour from September 14, 2011 by Jeckenzibbel via flickr. I have always appreciated this location, and evidently she does too:
I have been meaning to draw this view under the bridge, which I love. There is a playground/skateboarding rink on the other side from me under the bridge. Great idea with the tendency to rain in Vancouver, plus it makes this bridge pleasant to hang out under, which you can’t say of all bridges.
Seawall Coastal Curves I by Tim Fraser, 2011. Tim is having a show at the Ian Tan Gallery September 10 - 29, 2011, with an opening reception Saturday, September 10; 2-4pm. From the Ian Tan website:
Tim Fraser is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a Fine Arts graduate of Surrey’s Kwantlen College with a background in commercial art. He has exhibited with Ian Tan since 2005 and has become well-known for his dreamy and curvaceous paintings of the Vancouver Seawall, with lollipop trees in luminous colours. Fraser regularly visits Stanley Park to capture new vistas of the seawall.
Mia Johnson
