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Finding Feathers by Peggy Burkosky
Watercolor on Arches Paper
20″x28″ image (framed 30″x37″)
$1200

Peggy paints west coast scenery and portraiture at the same time. The subject is frequently her daughter, and in this case she’s got several eagle feathers on her lap. It’s a great painting not because it’s sweet or charming, but because it’s an thoughtful depiction of a moment in her life.

Seastar Search by Peggy Burkosky
Watercolor on Arches Paper
20″x28″ image (framed 30″x37″)
$1200

Peggy paints a true reflection of her life, from west coast scenery to portraiture. Naturally the subject is often her family but when called upon, Peggy Burkosky has been known to paint extraordinary watercolor portraits.

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 – French Creek Fish Hatchery
Limited Edition Giclee Print on Cotton
10.5″ x 22″ signed and numbered 3/50
$295

It’s rare to see a naturalist watercolor with a graphic boarder, but the result is nothing less than stunning.

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.

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 know and respect each of the artists represented in the gallery, some I have worked with for many years, others have come to know me recently, through the gallery. I try not to limit the works to any specific genre, scale or medium despite my own personal biases.

It’s an absolute pleasure to admire, display, reproduce, sell artwork that I’m genuinely enthusiastic about.

Many visitors are amazed to learn how many artists are from Vancouver Island or who travel here to paint, study, vacation and sometimes to disappear for a while.

Charles Villiers seldom offers explanation of his work. He prefers to remain a bit of a mystery, leaving the viewer to form their own opinions of his art. Prolific painter, sculptor and more recently digital media artist, he’s made a transition that many artists struggle with; the process of making your art in different mediums without loosing your style. Somehow even highly technical compositions retain a bit of the innocence of his earlier figurative and nonobjective works. It’s not unlike the way you can still sometimes see the boy within a man.

Ken Kirkby is renowned at an internal level as a decisive canadian painter, he has a distinct graphic style formed by many bush miles. His paintings depict a minimal stillness not unlike other noted canadian realists. He’s a very passionate man who has a dedication to making an impact as an artist that goes well beyond painting.

Rob Elphinstone is a physicist whose area of expertise is the study of the northern lights. I find it fascinating that his work to quantify something ethereal is also reflected in his art, he’s an actualist painter and his paintings depict his experience, not technically what he saw.

Marla Thirsk – is known as Ucluelet’s artist, and I’d have to say she’s so much more. Almost every art event, function, group in the area has benefited directly from Marla’s help. The Whale Festival posters have been a calling card of hers for years. I’m pleased to have several exciting work of hers.

Jeff Edwards – a well known sculptor, and a well liked crab fisherman. Jeff chooses his stone from local area quarries, his works are highly prized. His enchanting bears, and marine mammals are well liked and collected, I’m happy to be showing several of Jeff’s figures, and shapes.

Joan Larson – renowned for her equine (horse) Illustrations, she works almost exclusively in pastels. We’re very pleased to showcase several of her local landscapes, and look forward her RCMP Musical Ride Series.

Peggy Burkosky – Known as a advanced watercolorist, Peggy is an capable painter in any medium. Her paintings have a sincerity about them, a true reflection of her island life. Sea scape scenes often include her daughter, family, or Bob’s fish boat, they are stunning paintings and portraiture. She teaches her secrets at the Old School House in Parksville.

Richard Hoedl – An accomplished painter, his bright whimsical style catches alot of attention. Richard paints in a walnut based oil on deep streched canvas.

Terry Jackson is a Metis artist working in carved wood, silver and cast porcelain. His contemporary use of materials lends a refreshingly clean look to his culturally based works. The porcelain is highly collectible, and the silver reflects an intrinsic value. Terry’s woodwork ranges from masks and wall panels to commissioned totem poles.

Jacqueline Windh, a Tofino based photographer, is well known for captivating seascapes and wildlife. Her work is frequently published and she regularly contributes to CBC Radio.

Nigel Brooks Peer is an art photographer of a different kind, he’s well travelled has worked in several genres, and is fascinated with reflections. He’s formed a style of his own in multiple image exposures, juxtaposing images, often on first blush they’re seemingly unrelated subjects, but subtle cultural refrences emerge to poke at your conceptions of art and photography.