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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Ken Kirkby · Misty Shore

Misty Shore by Ken Kirkby
24″x48″
Oils on Canvas
sold (private collection)

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Ken Kirkby · A View on the Inlet

A View on the Inlet by Ken Kirkby
24″x36″
Oils on Canvas
$2500

In Ken Kirkby’s latest paintings the water appears lighter than the sky, it’s dramatic and very effective; these new works are stunning.

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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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Ken Kirkby · Pacific Meadow

Pacific Meadow by Ken Kirkby
24″x30″ Oil on Canvas
$2000

A warm painting, very much in Kirkby’s signature realist style; scraffito grass, evenly textured rocks, simplified trees silhouetted in graceful warm tones that fall off into the distance.

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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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Ken Kirkby · Old Paint

Old Paint by Ken Kirkby
36″x48″ Oil on Canvas
$3700
This painting is of a gillnet boat out of water, in the cradle of the ‘ways’. It looks like she’s about to receive the care she’s badly in need of. Well rendered, it still retains the simplistic graphic character of Kirkby’s realism.

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Ken Kirkby · At Peace, Spider Lake

At Peace, Spider Lake by Ken Kirkby
60″x30″ Oils on Canvas
sold (private collection)

This tall painting has all of the signature elements of a Kirkby’s lake-side paintings, grass, rocks, the tranquil reflection of the lake, but in this example Ken has rendered the detail on the tree trunk where the light strikes [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Sea Shore Series (3)

Sea Shore Series (3) – Ken Kirkby
20″x24″ Oil on Canvas
$1000

This is an early painting by Ken Kirkby, it was painted when he had first arrived in Canada at age 18. It’s a chrming paintings and surprisingly some of his recent paintings have very much the same color pallet.

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Ken Kirkby · Sea Shore Series (2)

Sea Shore Series (2) – Ken Kirkby
20″x24″ Oil on Canvas
sold (private collection)

An early work by Ken Kirkby depicting a moon-snail shell on the beach, it a boy-ish painting created when he’d first arrived on Vancouver Island, some 52 years ago.

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Ken Kirkby – Nil Carborundum Iligitimi

“Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down”

Some twenty years ago a small group from the Village of Bowser on the east coast of Vancouver Island got together. Their aim; to restore Nile Creek. As rivers go, it’s small. What it represents is large.

Nile Creek was once known as the [...]

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Mark Penney Gallery awards $10K worth of original artwork in Aquarium Fundraiser.

Joan Larson and Ken Kirkby, two of Canada’s finest artists, donated original works to be awarded to the highest contributors in Ucluelet Aquarium’s recent fund raising efforts.
In October, Joan Larson unveiled her RCMP Musical Ride Series in Ucluelet at the Community Center. She was joined by artist Ken Kirkby who exhibited his [...]

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Mark Penney Gallery · A Place to Find Yourself · March 19th-31st

For 12 days coinciding with Whale Festival, March 19th – 31th, we’ll be exhibiting a group show consisting of gallery artists with a focus on the area and it’s inspiration to the arts.

Welcome the Whales, as they migrate past Ucluelet and join us for an Art Exhibition featuring some of
the area’s finest [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Eagle Approaches

Eagle Approaches by Ken Kirkby
22″x28″
Oils on Canvas
$1500

The Eagle Transformation Mask opens to reveal it inner being, dancing as the Canoe approaches. Ken paints Robert Davidson’s Mask in true Kirkby style. I’m stunned by the presence this image has.
To see a great mask danced is a very [...]

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Ken Kirkby · The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party by Ken Kirkby
35.5″x48″
Oils on Canvas
$5000

An amazing Canadian cultural treasure; a scene from the traditional wedding of legendary native artist Robert Davidson. The Eagle Transformation and the Eagle Spirit Masks depicted in this painting are amongst the best known works by Davidson.

When I first saw [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Three Fishers, Hoping

Three Fishers, Hoping by Ken Kirkby
40″x60″ Oils on canvas, c1980
$8000

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Ken Kirkby · Two Fishers, One Fish

Two Fishers, One Fish by Ken Kirkby
40″x60″ Oils on canvas. c1980
$8000

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Kirkby – Larson | Two Artists, One Community, One Country.

PRESS RELEASE – ( For Immediate Release )

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What do Art and Science have in common? If you visit Ucluelet between Saturday, October 16th, 2 pm [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Lakeside (Sunrise)

Lakeside (Sunrise) by Ken Kirkby
36″x36″ Oils on Canvas
sold (private collection)

A beautifully tranquil lake ringed by rocks, catching the early morning light. The windswept trees draw your gaze upward over the smooth gradation of colors. There’s a lot going on in this painting, and it’s been getting a lot of attention [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Pacific Dream (Chrow Island)

Pacific Dream by Ken Kirkby
30″x48″ Oils on Canvas
Awarded in Ucluelet Aquarium Fund-raising Effort

This painting depicts the view eastward from the lighthouse and it captures Chrow Island and Jenny Reef. In the foreground are the black rocks of Amphitrite Point as well as the waves crashing upon them. I’m startled by [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Long Beach Dreams

Long Beach Dreams by Ken Kirkby
30″x48″ Oils on Canvas
sold (private collection)

None of Ken’s signature elements are present in this painting: no sgraffito grass, no rocks, no silhouettes of trees with pointillist coloring. This painting captures the very essence of Long Beach. There is a sensitivity in the coloring, and Kirkby’s [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Long Beach View

Long Beach View by Ken Kirkby
24″x48″ Oils on Canvas
sold (private collection)

Long Beach as seen by Ken Kirkby. This is the first time Ken has painted the ocean in this particular way. The distinctly wind blown tree and rocks appear in his signature style but this painting captures the airy quality [...]

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Ken Kirkby · The Lake

The Lake by Ken Kirkby
24″x48″ oils on canvas
sold (private collection)

A very calm and serene lake view in signature Kirkby realism. The pale sky in this piece responds to the ambient color in the room.

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Ken Kirkby · Cameron Lake View

Cameron Lake View by Ken Kirkby
30″ x 60″ Oil on Canvas
(sold) Coulson Collection

Cameron Lake is a deep cold lake located next to Cathedral Grove between Port Alberni and Coombs. The Lake was named after the first Chief Justice of Vancouver Island, David Cameron.

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Ken Kirkby · Squall

Squall by Ken Kirkby
30″x 60″ oils on canvas
sold (private collection)

The sudden change in the sky, is the focus of several of Ken’s recent paintings. Vancouver Island is known for it’s many different micro climates and most areas are in a state of constant change of weather.

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Ken Kirkby · a Break in the Weather·

a Break in the Weather by Ken Kirkby
30″ x 40″ oil on canvas
(sold) private collection

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