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 [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Allison Tremain · Sea Anemones

Sea Anemones by Allison Tremain
7″x11″
Linocut Print, framed.
$325

Anemones live in the intertidal zone, they’re intriguing animals that look like jade colored underwater flowers. In this original linocut print, Allison Tremain has shown the delicate colors of the tidal pool much as it appears, it’s an elegant print, with a [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Joan Larson – In Celebration of Canada

In Celebration of Canada – Joan Larson’s RCMP Musical Ride Series

March 11th-13th at the Bradley center in Coombs

Joan is showing her RCMP Musical Ride Series in Coombs. A stunning collection of pastel depictions, celebrating a national icon. This series is one of those ‘must be seen in person’ to be appreciated exhibitions. These [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Nigel Brooks Peer · When We First Met

When We First Met by Nigel Brooks Peer
Photograph
Matted / Framed 25″ x 21″
(sold) private collection

This is an image made by exposing overlapping negatives, the individual images intermix to create a new one.

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

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

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

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 [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Ken Kirkby · Fish of Nile Creek Series

Fish of Nile Creek Series by Ken Kirkby
24″x48″ Oils on canvas
$4000 each

Ken has been hard at work painting many of the fish represented in the Nile Creek, his goal is to share with you the wonderful diversity of fish, and just how beautiful they really are. These paintings as [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Charles Churchill Villiers – a Self Portrait Series (Digital Prints)

In 2004 I was asked to print a series of work by artist, and personal friend of mine, Charles Villiers. He was exploring digital image making and output in projection, web, and print. We went to great lengths, proofed in numerous art and photographic papers to make an archival print with color characteristics that would [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Nigel Brooks Peer – Photographic Prints

Photographic Prints – Nigel Brooks Peer

These fascinating images are created the hard way, in the darkroom with overlapping negatives, hand exposed on photographic paper. Nigel has traveled extensively to more than 50 countries, collecting candid portraits and culturally relevant images. He juxtaposes the images together in ways that sometimes result in harmonies and sometimes [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

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.

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

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 [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

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 [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Charles Villiers

Charles Churchill Villiers was born in New York in 1951, son of the noted inventor Amherst Villiers.

His father, who had designed the Blower Bentley in the 1920’s, was President of the American Rocket Society, helped develop Sir Malcolm Campbell’s “Campbell-Napier Blue Bird’, and was also himself a portrait painter of significance.

Charles from [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Mark Penney · Black and White Photography

A client in Victoria has selected a number of images to be printed on canvas in assorted sizes, to be featured in their luxury rental condo. The prints are being gallery wrapped and lacquered, framing won’t be required. Soon after this initial order is filled I’ll be releasing a group of Limited Edition prints.

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

The World’s Most Advanced Inkjet Canvas

Breathing Color unleashes a brand new Lyve Canvas. ” in May 2009 under the bold mantra “Go Live with Lyve”, this canvas is unmistakably in a class of its own. Lyve delivers a quantum leap in dmax, color gamut and overall print quality, and promises to forever change fine art by expanding the standard [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Nigel Brooks Peer · Cubist Photo-Realism

Cubist Photo-Realism and by Nigel Brooks Peer
20″x30″ Archival Print on Canvas.

This image is one singular image, it’s a straight photo, un-manipulated.
It expresses Nigel’s fascination with reflections and contains within it the essence of what he strives to create in his artwork. Layers of reflections, in a perspective encapsulating the [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing

Nigel Brooks Peer · Terracotta Warriors and Stonehenge

Terracotta Warriors and Stonehenge by Nigel Brooks Peer
20″x30″ Giclee on Canvas.
$500

This image is comprised of 2 source images; one of Stonehenge ( Wiltshire, England ) and one of the Terracotta Warrior statues ( Xian, Shaanxi Province, China ). Nigel is extensively well traveled, and he develops his art from hand [...]

www.markpenneygallery.com - Fine Canadian Art at Whiskey Landing