Ken Kirkby · Pacific Surfline

Pacific Surfline by Ken Kirkby
30″x60″
Oils on Canvas
Sold (private collection)

This depiction of the surfline captures the beauty of the Pacific Ocean as it meets the beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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Ken Kirkby · Along the Way

Along the Way by Ken Kirkby
30″x60″
Oils on Canvas
$5000

Scale plays an important role in this painting it’s a stunning big sky coastal view. Anyone traveling along coastal BC by water has experienced this type of scene as the weather shifts and the sky brightens.

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Ken Kirkby · Mythography

Mythography by Ken Kirkby
30″x60″
Oils on Canvas
$5000

This painting will appear on the cover of a book being published by Libros Libertad featuring poetry by Manolis and artwork by Ken Kirkby and friends. They’ve done this type of collaboration before; Vespers is a stunning book of paintings and prose; it [...]

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Sofie Skapski · Ucluelet (into the light)

Ucluelet (into the light) by Sofie Skapski
24″x30″ acrylic on canvas
$820

This painting is Sofie’s first to be shown at Mark Penney Gallery, it’s an intriguing depiction of a local trail… there are a lot of subtle details in the trees and the light filtering onto the trail.

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Teresa Knight · Amphitrite Point

Amphitrite Point by Teresa Knight
16.75″x15.75″ Acrylic on board, framed.
$400

The view of the Lighthouse at Amphitrite Point, at the end of the peninsula in Ucluelet. It’s an iconic viewpoint and it’s fascinating to see how each artist interprets this location.

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Ken Kirkby · Reflections in the Pass

Reflections in the Pass by Ken Kirkby
24″x48″ Oils on Canvas
$3000

Reflections play a role in many of Kirkby’s paintings. In particular he likes to paint lake views in the evening after the wind has calmed and the water smooths into a tranquil glossy mirror

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Ken Kirkby · Wilderness (at Dusk)

Wilderness at Dusk by Ken Kirkby
20″x40″ Oils on Canvas
$2500

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Ken Kirkby · Misty Morning

Misty Morning by Ken Kirkby
30″x40″
Oils on Canvas
Sold  (private collection)

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Ken Kirkby · Watching Over

Watching Over by Ken Kirkby
30″x40″
Oils on Canvas
$3000

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Teresa Knight · the Wild Pacific Trail

the Wild Pacific Trail by Teresa Knight
16.5″ x 23″ Acrylic on board, framed.
$600

Sunset on the trail is one of the highlights of a trip to Ucluelet. The pacific has a tendency to flatten out at dusk and even then, when the water is glossy smooth the odd set rolls in [...]

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Joan Larson · Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice by Joan Larson
14 1/2″ x 19 1/2″ pastel illustration, framed
$2590

The fresh water that flows from the creeks onto the salt water at Pachina Bay forms a skiff of ice as it freezes… very small waves break the thin ice, forming a pattern as the tide recedes.

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5 of the World’s Most Expensive Paintings

With some of the Art world’s highest sums being paid for select artists in recent auctions across the globe. One wonders what, in fact, are the World’s Most Expensive Paintings?

World’s 5 Most Expensive Paintings:

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Ken Kirkby · Pacific Wave Study

Pacifc Wave Study by Ken Kirkby
18″x36″ Oils on Canvas
$2500

This painting studies the shape of the waves breaking on the beach. It’s well executed with a minimal color palette and up close it shows the flat refinements of Kirkby’s realism. Standing back with a longer viewing distance the painting snaps into [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Long Beach

Long Beach by Ken Kirkby

24″x48″ Oils on Canvas
$3000

A view of Long Beach, as seen by Ken Kirkby. The scene is completed by a singular tree silhouetted against the bright summer surf line.

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5 Reasons To Skip Tofino & Head For Ucluelet

In an article posted by Mara Gulens on AOL Travel :

5 Reasons to Skip Tofino & Head for Ucluelet on Vancouver Island.

 Whiskey Landing houses Mark Penney’s eye-popping art gallery – signs Ukee is up-and-coming. And the excellent dinner at Norwoods Restaurant made me swear never to say good food and [...]

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Bruce Muir · Barkley Sound

Barkley Sound by Bruce Muir
8″x 10″ acrylic on board, framed.
$800

The coastline and reefs in Barkley Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, are amongst the most beautiful parts of British Columbia. Bruce Muir makes painting this area seem effortless, while many painters struggle to capture their [...]

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Bruce Muir · Roller in Barkley Sound

Roller in Barkley Sound by Bruce Muir
9″x 12″ acrylic on board, framed.
$800

A ‘roller’ (a big breaking wave) roaring into the entrance of Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island. Bruce has captured the beauty of the west coast in this small painting with just a few elements present in the scene.

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Rob Elphinstone · West Coast Troller

West Coast Troller by Rob Elphinstone
11″ x 17″ Oils on canvas, framed
$1000

This is a small ‘double ender’, a kind of wooden troller that was common among the fishermen in the area before the second world war. The small pilot house and trunk cabins gave way to larger west coast [...]

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Judy Schmidt · Kayakers Mobile

Kayakers Mobile by Judy Schmidt

These aluminum mobiles have been surprisingly popular. Many people visiting the area kayak here, in the harbour and in the surrounding areas.

Aluminum
Approximately 19″x20″
$100

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Carole Finn · Bull Kelp

Bull Kelp by Carole Finn
36″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$5500

A distinct portion of the Wild Pacific Trail  on Ucluelet’s West Coast. The black rocks of the shoreline are draped in Bull Kelp that has broken off during the stormy season.

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Allison Tremain · Current Installation

Allison Tremain’s current installation of lino-cut block prints have been getting a lot of attention. As an emerging artist she’s been selected as the 2012 WhaleFest Poster Artist (quite an honour in this area).

This type of printmaking is a very traditional practice, carving each color in succession into a sheet of linoleum ( or [...]

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Andy Warhol Week : 10 pieces fetch more than $115M

Tuesday at Sotheby’s in New York; a 1964 print of former US first lady Jackie Kennedy sold for $20.24 million and Warhol’s Shadow – Red which – at just under $5 million.

Wednesday at Christie’s, Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait, a four-part, blue acrylic silkscreen print depicting himself in a trench [...]

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Nana Cook · Brickyard Madrona

Brickyard Madrona by Nana Cook
24″x72″ Acrylic on Canvas
$2200
Nana’s models are Arbutus trees that she’s come to know. She paints these trees as they do appear in life, and as she sees them as female forms.

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Nana Cook · Lasqueti Twilight

Lasqueti Twilight by Nana Cook
24″x72″ Acrylic on Linen
sold (private collection)

Elegant and beautiful, Nana’s Arbutus trees are of a scale that give you a sense that the tress are alive. Perhaps they’re as they appear when no is looking… If a tree dances in the forest does anyone hear them?

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Banksy : “If graffiti changed anything – it would be illegal”

“If graffiti changed anything – it would be illegal” by Banksy

Banksy has put up a new piece in Central London over the Easter weekend. Street Art London posted photos and well, street art is to be shared. Besides, who doesn’t love Banksy.

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Thomas Schmidt · Square Screw

Square Screw by Tom Schmidt
8″x12″ Marble
$1300

A square peg in a round hole doesn’t work, but Tom’s curious form of a square screw just might. In this sculpture marble from Kennedy Lake has been worked into a form that can be displayed in many positions, each one equally intriguing.

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Katsumi Kimoto · Somethings Happening

Somethings Happening by Katsumi Kimoto
8″ x 10″
Acrylic on Board
$475.00
Reds flow into Yellow, Purple and Green appear to emerge from the deepness of the background in this abstraction by Katsumi. Something surely IS happening at Mark Penney Gallery, you have to seethis painting in person to appreiciate the [...]

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Katsumi Kimoto · Fragrant Garden

Fragrant garden by Katsumi Kimoto
11″ x 12″
Acrylic on Board
$750.00
A delicate floral abstraction by Katsumi Kimoto. It’s gorgeous with a gloss surface so smooth that it appears as if the painting is immersed in water.

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Carole Finn · Lighthouse Trail

Lighthouse Trail by Carole Finn
36″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$5500

A distinct portion of the Wild Pacific Trail at Amphitrite Point (the very tip of Ucluelet’s Peninsula). The trees form a fantastic canopy overhead and glimpses of the pacific urge you to explore the trail further until you face [...]

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Carole Finn · After a Storm in the Rainforest

After a Storm in the Rainforest by Carole Finn
36″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$5500

A foggy look at the Wild Pacific Trail. Carole’s large scale depictions the Trail show the many shifts in weather that the west coast experiences. Light filters in through the fog and streams into the [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Ordinary Life

Ordinary Life by Marla Thirsk
37″x42″ Acrylic on Canvas
Sold (private collection)
This painting is a stunning portrait, and I think it’s Marla’s best work to date. This scene reminds me of David Hockney’s LA paintings of daily life. The lighting and mood portrayed is light and airy. Iconic even without the [...]

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Katsumi Kimoto · Flow

Flow by Katsumi Kimoto
12″ x 12″
Acrylic on Board
c/o the Artist

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