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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Mark Penney · A Place to Find Yourself · Photobook

An exciting 80 page photobook containing 135 color photos. See Ucluelet through the eyes of Mark Penney.

It’s available in 2 versions; a sharp looking softcover for $50 and a luxurious hardcover version at $85.

Mark Penney – A Place to Find Yourself

A Place to Find Yourself by Mark Penney
20″x73.25″
Gliclee Print on Archival Canvas
$1000

I found myself trying to capture what it is like to stand overlooking Big Beach, not what it looks like but rather what it feels like.
In this photograph you can see a lot of the [...]

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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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Arrange a Purchase

Call 1-250-726-2012
Email mark@markpenneygallery.com
or simply stop by the Gallery. We have several options for payment
All Payments should be made payable to Mark Penney or Mark Penney Gallery. Once your payment(s) has been received we’ll ship your Art purchase and forward tracking information by email or phone.

Cash, Cheque, Money [...]

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Midnight Madness – Rock, Paper, Scissors * Up to 30% Off!

Midnight Madness; Started by Mr.Coulson at The Place TV, has long since been a local Christmas shopping tradition in Ucluelet. Jingle into Xmas held in Tofino emulates the successful event here. Dave at the Place is known to throw a pretty wild Midnight Madness sale. Pina, Tula, the Co-op, Crow’s Nest, the retailers at [...]

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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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Kirkby – Larson, Ucluelet Aquarium Event Oct 16th 2010

Paul Smith of Creekside Studio and Mark Penney attended Ucluelet’s Council Meeting Tuesday evening (Sept 14th). Members of the Aquarium Society spoke to several ongoing fund-raising efforts, including our event, and highlighted some of their successes this year.

Apparently, Council liked the sound of our effort to help out local causes across Canada [...]

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Ucluelet – En Route Magazine

The September issue of En Route Magazine features 2 articles profiling Ucluelet, and a photo by Mark Penney.

One day in Ukee and we’re starting to think artistic talent blows in from the sea. Just walk down to Whiskey Landing – the building itself is a work [...]

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Things to Do and See while visiting Ucluelet, BC

Ucluelet is a fantastic place to visit, and every day I’m asked about things to do and see in Ucluelet. Here is a list (in no particular order).

1 Visit the Art Galleries; Mark Penney Gallery is certainly the finest art gallery in the Pacific Rim… don’t believe me? I invite you to visit [...]

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Marla Thirsk – the Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition Finalist

The Artist’s Magazine Annual Art Competition has recognized Marla Thirsks’ portrait Disconnect. The portrait and figure entries were judged on expressiveness, personality and draftsmanship. The portrait  category juror; Sharon Sprung teaches at the Art Students League and the National Academy’s School of Fine Arts in New York City; she has hosted two films on [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Recognized by Sooke Fine Arts Society

   Sooke Fine Arts Society has an annual art show consisting of works by hundreds of area artists and is attended by more than 7000 visitors each year. This year the event runs from July 24th ’til August 2nd. Regionally, it’s a fairly high profile event.

It’s jurored by Jeffrey Spalding the President [...]

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Marla Thirsk – On the Cover, Wine Trail Magazine

Wine Trails Magazine, Summer 2010 Issue features Marla Thirsk’s Art on it’s cover. Just inside the cover is explained the following:

Marla Thirsk was born in Vancouver, BC and showed an early aptitude for art by drawing in the cover pages of her father’s university books at the age of 2. Her Art career [...]

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westcoaster.ca Breaks News of $4M Kirkby Fund Raising Effort

Kevin Drews of the westcoaster.ca interviewed Ken Kirkby regarding his recent series of paintings and his plans for raising money for Salmon Enhancement.
the original article is published here

Painting A future for Vancouver Island’s Fish-Bearing Streams

Published Date: 2010/3/19 17:27:31
Article ID : 7653
Version 1.00

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Press Relese – Fish, Ships, & Lost Treasures Art Exhibition

PRESS RELEASE

Fish, Ships, & Lost Treasures
Art Exhibition
March 6 – 16th, 2010

From Saturday, March 6th to Tuesday, March 16th, the Mark Penney Gallery in Ucluelet welcomes the whales with the Art Exhibition Fish, Ships, & Lost Art Treasures.
The gallery, located in Whiskey Landing, is “a [...]

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Mark Penney Gallery – Fish, Ships & Lost Art Treasures

For 10 days during Whale Festival, March 6th – 16th, we’ll be exhibiting a group show consisting of 6 artists with special ties to Mark Penney Gallery.

Welcome the Whales, as they migrate past Ucluelet and join us for an Art Exhibition at Whiskey Landing featuring some of the area’s finest artists…

Inspired by history [...]

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Teresa Knight

Teresa Knight
Teresa has her B.A. in Studio Arts and Bachelor of Education in Art from the University of British Columbia.
She started painting with her sisters to pass rainy days at the cottage, and then continued with art as her career and passion.  She now paints and teaches out of her Union [...]

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Mark Penney · Wild Pacific Trail

Wild Pacific trail – Mark Penney
20″x34″ photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas, gallery wrapped on cedar stretchers.
sold (coast guard)

The trail is a major attraction in Ucluelet, I find it intriguing how it dramatically it changes from hour to hour, day to day – each visit reveals new views of [...]

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Mark Penney · When the Storm Breaks

When The Storm Breaks – Mark Penney
20″x34″ photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas, gallery wrapped on cedar stretchers.
sold (private collection)
These are times when the storm has broken and the clear sky and still air is at total contrast to the heavy seas. For a while the offshore swells [...]

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Mark Penney · Wikaninish Reflections

Wikaninish Reflections – Mark Penney
20″x34″ Photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas.
(sold) private collection

The Wik, is a great place to spend a sunny afternoon. Each beach in the area has it’s own distinct feel, and the wik is a friendly place that accommodates a large number of people without feeling [...]

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Mark Penney · Sea Foam Green

Sea Foam Green – Mark Penney
20″x34″ Photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas.
sold (private collection)
Sea foam is formed when the waves are whipped and churned by the winds, it blows like soap bubbles on the breeze.

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Mark Penney · Big Green One

Big green One – Mark Penney
20″x34″ Photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas.
(sold) ‘drunken grip’ collection

Wave studies are popular and after a few days’ blow there is a window of opportunity to photograph the seas. These are local coastal scenes; they’re printed on certified archival canvas, coated with a liquid [...]

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Mark Penney · Big Beach at Dusk

Big Beach at Dusk by Mark Penney
20″x34″ Photographic print (giclee) on archival canvas.
(sold) private collection

These are local coastal scenes; they’re printed on certified archival canvas, coated with a liquid acrylic laminate then stretched onto custom cedar stretchers. They’re lightfast and water resistant.
Big Beach is right at the [...]

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West Coast Wild – Flight Seeing

I had the opportunity to fly with ‘Crazy Louis’ of West Coast Wild Adventures; he runs a charter flight service from Whiskey Landing, offering short flights and tours with his Cessna 180.

I’ve spent a lot of time on the Ucluelet area but almost none of it in the air.  Seeing the broken group [...]

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Where to find the gallery

We’re located at Whiskey Landing. Ucluelet’s historic Whiskey Dock is at the Government Wharf the bottom of Main St.
Turn off Peninsula Road at the Church (across from the Co-op) look down Main Street hill and you’ll see a beautiful building with a red roof, don’t worry you’ll know it when you see it.

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Ken Kirkby – A Painter’s Quest for Canada

A Painter’s Quest for Canada – Ken Kirkby

At this stage of my life all I wanted to do was go and live at my favourite place, a small village near a stream on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Most of all, I wanted to live an ordinary sort of life which had so [...]

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From an Art Gallery in Ucluelet to a Luxury Condo in Victoria

Photographic prints on canvas, a Mark Penney specialty. These Black and White Giclee Prints are gallery wrapped on 2″ custom cedar stretchers.

They are custom sized for the designer decor in this luxury condo rental unit in Victoria BC.

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Juicy Looking Giclee Prints

The first print-job with the new Breathing Color Lyve canvas is complete. I got a profile from tech support ( I didn’t see any Lyve profiles posted online yet). They offer a custom profile service, very impressive although I usually make my own.

I’m impressed with the canvas, the weave looks similar to PremierArt’s water [...]

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Nigel Brooks Peer

Living in the Tofino , Ucluelet area, represented by Mark Penney Gallery in Ucluelet Nigel brooks Peer has recently been recognized by National Geographic.

www.nigelbrookspeer.com nigelbrookspeer@gmail.com

Throughout my life, I’ve been a free thinker and traveller, who passionately expresses through mixed media arts. I’ve explored the world for years, getting in touch [...]

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Mark Penney · Security of the Person

Security of the Person by Mark Penney
16″x20″ Oil on Canvas
sold (private collection)

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Mark Penney · Ucluelet Daisy

Ucluelet Daisy by Mark Penney
24″x24″ Oil on Canvas
(private collection)

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Marla Thirsk

Marla Thirsk was born in Vancouver, B.C. and showed an early apptitude for art by drawing in the cover pages of her father’s university books at the age of 2. She went on from there winning the “Art in the Parks” award at 11 and being displayed in the Vancouver Art Gallery. Although she [...]

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