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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Joan Larson · Pacific Sunset

Pacific Sunset by Joan Larson
32″ x 23″ Pastel, framed.
$5500

This large scale pastel by Joan Larson captures the beauty of the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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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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Joan Larson · Botanical Beach

Botanical Beach by Joan Larson
12″x16″ pastel illustration, framed
$1800

Deep blues of the foreshore contrast with the rocks. It’s a favorite piece amongst people who have spent some time on the rocky intertidal beaches of the island’s west coast.

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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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Carole Finn · After a Storm in the Rainforest

After a Storm in the Rainforest by Carole Finn
36″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$5500

A foggy look at the Wild Pacific Trail. Carole’s large scale depictions the Trail show the many shifts in weather that the west coast experiences. Light filters in through the fog and streams into the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Alex Colville; Canadian Art Heavyweight

Heffel Auction House sold $14-million worth of Canadian Art on Thursday, setting at least a dozen Canadian fine art auction records. Among the impressive group of Canadian paintings and cultural masterworks was a piece by living Canadian Artist; Alex Colville.

Colville’s Man on Verandah (painted in 1953) was expected to bring in [...]

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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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Bruce Muir · Sandy Tidal Pool

Sandy Tidal Pool by Bruce Muir
16″x20″ oils on canvas, framed.
$1800

A stunning portrait of Vancouver Island, there are thousands of tranquil little spots along the coastline, just like this. Star fish of many colors and varieties abound in the calm inshore waters of Barkley Sound. Masterfully painted, with many layers of [...]

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Bruce Muir · Harvest of Herring

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 [...]

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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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Bruce Muir · The Surf Line

The Surf Line by Bruce Muir
24″x30″ Oils on Canvas
$2900

This is the type of scene that Bruce Muir is known for; emotive over and under portraits of wildlife in the pacific. There are several types of Killer Whales (Orca). Some eat only salmon, others specialize in hunting in-shore marine mammals and [...]

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Joan Larson · Kenendy Lake Drive

Kennedy Lake Drive by Joan Larson
Pastel
12″x18″ framed
$1800

An inspired view of the road winding past Kennedy Lake. Anyone driving highway 4 west of Port Alberni will recall breathtaking scenery, those memories are usually accompanied by an experience of holding their breath also. Almost any point along the way is [...]

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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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Marla Thirsk · Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ acrylic on canvas
$1500

There’s something very playful about this portrait of Rita, She’s out of the deck chair and heading out fishing. Here on the west coast it doesn’t take much to convince someone it’s a good time to go fishing.

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Marla Thirsk – Ugly Monkey

Ugly Monkey by Marla Thirsk
30″ x 36″ Acrylics on Canvas
$1500

The lipstick that defined a glamorous era. Another compelling portrait…. doesn’t everyone remember their childhood toys?

In the painting you see a stuffed monkey doll. I got one for Christmas from my brother and I LOVED [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Hot

Hot by Marla Thirsk
30″ x 36″ Acrylics on Canvas
$1500

A bright eyed beauty, charming and just a little shy. This is a fresh and compelling portrait…. there’s something very natural and endearing about the pose.

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Ken Kirkby · Trees in the Inlet

Trees in the Inlet by Ken Kirkby
30″x40″ oils on canvas
(sold) private collection

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Joan Larson – Wild Pacific Trail I

Wild Pacific Trail I by Joan Larson
10″ x 30″ pastel illustration, framed
Awarded in Aquarium Fundraiser

This is the view eastward into the Broken Group Islands from Ucluelet’s Lighthouse at Amphetrite Point. “She must have been standing by the second bench from the ‘house..” says a long time local. “Yup.”

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Bruce Muir · The Arrival

The Arrival by Bruce Muir
24″x30″ Oils on Canvas
$2900

A Humpback Whale during it’s annual migration past Vancouver Island. There’s a lot we can glean from this portrait; we know the whale’s species, we can see it’s heading westward, and the proximity to shore. The weather and fog is well known [...]

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Bruce Muir · The Reef

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.

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