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October 03, 2020 October 10, 2020
Mary-Jean’s new oil paintings reflect the rugged landscape of British Columbia’s coastline. Her education in both fine art and graphic design play a strong role in the stylization of her work.
"The focus of my work is the exploration of looking inward when interpreting the landscape, the opposition of different forms, lines and colour to intensify each element’s dynamic properties. The study of contrasts between massive trunks and juxtaposing the most delicate of foliage, the blackness of a heavy-handed shadow intensified by playful strokes of light." – Mary-Jean Butler
The Avenue Gallery
2184 Oak Bay Avenue
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4:30pm
See more at www.theavenuegallery.com
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October 03, 2020 05:00 PM October 04, 2020 12:00 AM
This event began 2020-10-03 and repeats every day until 2020-10-15
West End Gallery presents Peter Shostak's second major solo exhibition of twenty-five new paintings in Victoria.
Born in 1943 in Bonnyville, Alberta, to Ukrainian immigrant parents, Peter Shostak grew up on the family farm working and playing pond hockey with this brothers. When the time came, he moved away to study at the University of Alberta and graduated with a Master's Degree in Education. Since 1979 Shostak has been working as a professional artist painting vignettes reminiscent of Alberta's past and present.
In 2003, Peter Shostak received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his outstanding exemplary contribution to Canada.
This exceptional collection of twenty-five new paintings captures the essence of life and seasons on the prairies. His paintings depict children cavorting in snow, the endless and endlessly rewarding toil and ritual of prairie life and highlights traditional Ukrainian heritage. For Shostak, little has changed on the land and in the hearts of those descendants of the first hardy settlers in the West.
"The game was played by many on countless frozen ponds, farms and schoolyard rinks. These hockey players played in the daytime, by the light of the low winter sun, and in the evenings, by the light of the bright moon and stars. They used homemade or store-bought hockey sticks and played with or without skates." - Peter Shostak
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October 03, 2020 09:00 PM 11:00 PM
Robert Burke
Dialogues of a Solitary Voice
October 2 - 30, 2020
Opening reception: Saturday, October 3, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
Artist in attendance
Winchester Galleries is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Dialogues of a Solitary Voice, artworks by Robert Burke. Burke is telling the story a silent generation from the North West Territories. This exhibition introduces the artist’s solitary voice and discusses the challenges of his aboriginal-black life of the North West Territories. Burke creates art seeking for reconciliation as he illustrates the symbolic elements of his life.
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