The Reef by Bruce Muir
16″x20″ Oils on Canvas, framed.
$2000
This is a red tailed surf perch, they live in the inshore waters along the coast, right in the surf line. Starfish are tucked in the Anemones providing an emerald backdrop. It’s a wonderful depiction of the life here, underwater.
Harvest of Herring by Bruce Muir
20″x30″ oils on canvas, framed.
$2900
Hard at work in the herring skiff, these fishermen are a stark contrast to the rainy coastline. While the highlight of color draws our attention to life aboard the fishing vessel, we’re made conscious of the bounty of life shining as it comes aboard the skiff. The seine boat is beautifully rendered and I’m stunned by how beautiful the scene is.
Yellowbelly Trout by Ken Kirbky
30″x40″ Oil on Canvas
$4000
Yellowbelly trout were once thought to be extinct in the Nile Creek. They have been making a resurgence in the island streams; thanks in part to the salmon restoration work of the Nile Creek Salmon Enhancement Society. The re-introduction of Pink Salmon and the stream rebuilding practices of this group have made an incredible impact on the level of fish of all species in the Nile Creek and surrounding areas.
Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout by Ken Kirkby
24″ x48″ Oil on Canvas
$4000
A Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout is a beautiful fish, they spend time at sea, the brackish intertidal waters as well as the cold fresh streams of Vancouver Island.
They’re very pretty, with a distinct couple of orange/red lines in the skin folds of each side of the lower jaw. Cuttys are colored dark olive-green on their back, with flashy silvery sides and numerous black spots head to tail.
In this series of paintings, Ken Kirkby shows he is a passionate fisherman, you cannot paint a fish like this unless you have spent a great deal of time observing them ~ he has, and it shows.
Herring Fishing by Teresa Knight
27″x36″ acrylic on wood panel
(c/o artist)
End Game by Marla Thirsk
18″x36″ Acrylic on canvas
$1200
Marla’s Salmon are a very popular. The annual salmon spawn gives life to the forest and fuels our whole ecosystem; from eagles and bears, down to prawns and even microbes. Early settlers in Ucluelet were determined to be farmers, but it didn’t take long for them to decide that fishing was a more practical way of feeding their families.
Humpies by Marla Thirsk
18″x36″ Acrylic on canvas
$1200
Marla’s bright coy paintings have been very well received, and Salmon are a very popular subject here in an authentic fishing village on Vancouver Island’s west coast.
I had the opportunity to take a few friends out for a chartered fishing trip. Jeremy Riley’s Tight Lines Fishing Charters, arguably the best fishing charters; pound per pound, in the area. His 29 foot Grady White is about optimal for shuttling out 4-6 guys to the fishing grounds, I was amazed to be traveling comfortably at just under 30 knots.
It was rainy and a little too rough to head offshore but we managed to make a day of it in the protection of the Broken Group Islands. Lots of whales, an eagle or two and a few nice fish.
It’s easy to catch fish when they’re on the bite; when they’re not, it takes a little more work. That’s where local guides really shine. Thanks to Jeremy, everyone in his boat went home with a 25lb salmon. My friends and I had a great time, salmon fishing from Ucluelet.
The Lone Fisher by Joan Larson
11″x16″ pastel illustration, framed
Sold (private collection)
Deep blues and gold highlights contrast in this depiction of a blue heron fishing. It’s a deep saturated piece with a lot of impact for it’s scale.
C’mon down to UKEE DAYS! – Fun for the whole family
Bullhorning, town crier style, in the morning is a tradition that goes way way back, as a kid I can remember being woken up way too early for a lazy summer day.
This year events included a wheel barrow race (replicating the tradition of unloading cargo at Whiskey Dock and hauling it up Main Street hill to the store by wheelbarrow).
The Ucluelet sports day it grew from has been an authentic celebration here for longer than anyone can remember… Last year a very senior lady visiting Ucluelet with her family via the Francais Barkley explained that she grew up in Kildonen ( a fishing village 1/2 way down Alberni inlet from here). She said that her father had brought her here the same way for ‘Ukee sports day’ when she was 11 years old. She had participated in several events, won a ribbon and a pencil. and remarked that she still has the pencil.
Jeremy Riley of tightlines fishing charters brings in a 41lb chinook
Peggy Burkosky – Rebecca Spit (Print)
Limited Edition Giclee print on cotton
image 16″x22″
signed and numbered 1/50
$595 framed
A coastal scene and a true reflection of the artists life. Peggy has spent a lot of time observing the west coast, from the family fishing boat and remote beach locations along the coastline of vancouver island.
Peggy Burkosky works from her home studio located on Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada where family, friends, and Westcoast beauty inspire her. Born in 1955 in Vancouver, residing in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Subjects that move Peggy to paint are closely connected to her own life experiences, fishing with both her father and her husband.
Thirty years ago, as newlyweds in their twenties Peggy and Bob began the great and rare adventure of fishing a small boat on the rugged and starkly beautiful BC coast. They have had the privilege of being sustained by the mystery of returning salmon, an experience made richer by the bighearted and generous coastal people they work with.
In this time of changing fish management regimes they both have a passion for preserving and sharing a way of life that set ordinary people against stirring challenges. Alongside the diverse people of all races in the industry they still depend on the fish that have carried them and their children.
Posts tagged Peggy Burkosky
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING 1973-1983:
Commercial Art Illustration and Design in Illuminated Sign Industry: Signcorp, Richmond BC; Imperial Signs, Port Coquitlam BC; Wallace Signcrafters, Vancouver BC; Sign-O-Lite Signs,Richmond, BC
Freelance illustration, architectural rendering, graphic design for private, corporate and government publications
Federation of Canadian Artists Painting Workshops, Saltspring Island BC
Zoltan Szabo Workshop, Vancouver BC
Figure Drawing, Metchosin School of Arts BC
ART INSTRUCTOR 1998 – 2005:
- Kindergarten to Grade 10 Art Program – Arrowsmith Adventist School
- Rogue’s Gallery Watercolor Workshops – children and adults, Parksville, BC
- Kamloops Arts Council Watercolor Workshop, Kamloops, BC
- Private group workshops in Oceanside Community BC
- School District 69 Mentor Program
- Individual Private Instruction
- Oceanside Arts Council – Watercolor Sessions
- The Old School House – Watercolor and Drawing, Qualicum, BC
SHOWS / AWARDS / EXHIBITING:
- 1984 – 1985 Joint Exhibition of Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolor
(England) and Federation of Canadian Artists at Frye Art Museum, Seattle USA and Canada
House Gallery in London England
- 1986: Filberg Lodge Exhibition, Comox BC (Federation of Canadian Artists “ People’s Choice ”
- 1984 – 1986: West Coast Artists Group Exhibitions in Richmond BC; Surrey BC
- 1984 – Cavalier Art Gallery, Richmond BC
- 1985: Sandcastle Art Gallery, Tsawwassen BC
- 1985 – 1986: District/Regional Juried Shows and Awards – North Vancouver BC, Tsawwassen BC, Parksville/Qualicum BC
- 1992: Work selected and presented to Lieutenant Governor David Lam at the Qualicum Beach 50th Anniversary Commemoration
- 1992 – 2003: Vancouver Island Brant Festival Art Exhibitions 1st Place, Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Awards
- 2003: Living Oceans Society Travelling Art Show/ Auction
- Other Shows: Filberg Festival, Comox BC; BC Creative Arts Show; Vancouver BC; Out of Hand Show, Victoria BC; Brown Property, Qualicum Beach BC; Milner Gardens, Qualicum Beach, BC
- Gallery 223 – Nanaimo BC
- Town of Qualicum Beach outdoor beachfront display
- Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens Shows; “Originals Only” Show Courtenay BC
Select Exhibits:
- 2005: Solo Exhibition Old School House Gallery and Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach BC
- 2005: Milner Gardens Spring Show, Qualicum Beach BC
- 2005: Milner Gardens Art in the Garden Show, Qualicum Beach BC
MISSION STATEMENT
Through her paintings and drawings, Peggy loves to capture the rugged beauty and simplicity of a fishing lifestyle that embraces the coastal peoples and shorelines of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada. As a fishing family for 30 years, Bob and Peggy with their children share a passion to preserve their fishing heritage. They long to raise an awareness of the increasing need to co-exist and co-labour in mutual respect and friendship with the First Peoples and diverse peoples of this land. Through the creative means of painting, drawing and writing, they seek to uphold the moral, spiritual and political integrity required to restore and promote stewardship of the Pacific Coast and the Canada they love. They pray that all people may walk together in freedom, peace and prosperity.
I had been tasked with barkleyadventurestation.com’s recent update and remodel.
The site had a respectable amount of content an a functioning design. The main issues stemmed from table layout / authoring techniques that have become outdated. ( don’t get me wrong here – it was probably fine when it was first published) It’s an unfortunate fact that most people use google as their search engine – so optimization for google and other search engines, is a must. Google doen’t seem to like these techniques, sometimes missinterpreting the importance of content, or disregards it all together.
So I started out by remaking the existing site (more or less) in clean HTML and CSS. SEO’d somewhat. I made a sitemap, a robot.txt made redirects for all the missing pages.
The site got a PR 3 (Pangerank of 3) after a couple of weeks of the updates going live. Placement in results had improved somewhat, traffic increased dramatically.
It seemed that a more aggresssive strategy would be required to rank well with the presence of other online competitors. We’d done everything well – but still geting outranked handily. A big advantage was identified with a blog formatted site (regular updated posts, SEO, compelling content, better client interaction) and I soon installed the blog site.
I cleaned up the main site and stripped it down to business functions, the rest was converted to blog format. In that format, the same SEO principals apply; relavant keywords in the titles, descriptions, body. Alt tags for images. Wordpress plug ins are great for this.
The blog is showing a PR2 and traffic is stabalizing into a less erratic pattern. We’ve added a listing on google maps and added a test video on youtube. The site is gaining on it’s competitors, I think it’s the best Salmon Fishing Charter in Ucluelet website yet. I’m working on Skipper Dave to do a podcast project; somewhere between a good flyfishing show and Deadliest Catch; If you think you might want to sponsor it – lemme know.
