Rob Elphinstone · West Coast Troller

West Coast Troller by Rob Elphinstone
11″ x 17″ Oils on canvas, framed
$1000

This is a small ‘double ender’, a kind of wooden troller that was common among the fishermen in the area before the second world war. The small pilot house and trunk cabins gave way to larger west coast [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Ucluelet Harbour

Ucluelet Harbour by Rob Elphinstone
16″x20″ oils on canvas, framed.
sold (private collection)

The Lady Selkirk is known to a great many people because she’s a popular whale watching vessel operating out of Ucluelet harbour. The Selkirk, usually moored at Jamie’s in front of Whiskey Landing is part of the harbour view from [...]

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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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Rob Elphinstone – Feature Artist at Nanaimo Art Gallery

Butchart Gardens II by Rob Elphinstone

FEATURE ARTIST SHOW
Downtown Nanaimo Art Gallery, December 16th, 2010 to January 8th, 2011

Rob Elphinstone specializes in capturing the beauty of the Canadian west coast through his textured wild flowing landscapes.

The exhibition at the Nanaimo Art Gallery will include landscape paintings from across Vancouver Island and [...]

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Rob Elphinstone – Trail to South Beach

Trail to South Beach by Rob Elphinstone
11″ x 17″ Oils on canvas, framed
sold (private collection)

An emotional depiction of a well known local spot. After seeing these specific locations while visiting the area many people are stuck by how well Rob’s paintings capture the essence of what it [...]

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Rob Elphinstone – Cover of Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

The oil painting “Together” by Rob Elphinstone is featured on the cover of the summer issue of the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (CJRM).

CJRM is a peer reviewed medical journal that, since its inception in 1995, has always had a work of art with a rural theme and by a Canadian artist on its [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Tofino Harbour

Tofino Harbour by Rob Elphinstone
15″ x 30″ Oils on canvas, framed
(sold) private collection

Here we can see the various buildings, floathouses and boats in the bay as well as the Seafood and Shellfish processing plants that line the foreshore of Tofino Harbour. There’s always something going on in the busy harbour.

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Rob Elphinstone · Pacific Rim Surfer

Pacific Rim Surfer by Rob Elphinstone
11″ x 17″ Oils on canvas, framed
(sold) private collection

The beaches of Pacific rRim National Park are some of the few places where you can surf in Canada. In recent years there has been a resurgence of local surf culture and growing number of surfers are [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Lennard Island Lighthouse

Lennard Island Lighthouse by Rob Elphinstone
11″ x 17″ Oils on canvas, framed
$1000

The lighthouses that dot the coast of Vancouver Island are distinctly recognizable ; anyone who has been to Cox Bay surely remembers this particular small island and ‘house.  This is a wonderfully uplifting depiction of that majestic candle left [...]

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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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Kunamokst Mural Unveiled

Kunamokst, a collaborative mural project with paintings contributed by some 200 artists was unveiled recently. (recent post)

Rob Elphinstone is one of the participating artists. There are many talented artists from this region, what an interesting way to show them. Best, I felt is the meet the Artists page, [...]

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Kunamokst unveiled as part of the 2010 Winter Games

Kunamokst – Coastal Inspirations Mural Mosaic Unveiling

Coast and Trees 12″x12″ Oils, plate 81 of Coastal Inspirations Mural Mosaic by Rob Elphinstone

For the last year and a half over 200 of some of Canada’s finest artists from along the west coast have collaborated to create a stunning 12 foot x 21 foot [...]

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Rob Elphinstone – International Peace Art Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey

Nanaimo Artist, Rob Elphinstone, Contributes to International Peace Art Exhibition at Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

“The Worldwide Artists for Peace International Art Action Project” was created in February 2008 as an artist initiative.

İSTANBUL, a city connecting two old continents with its wide cultural mosaics, has been chosen as the first art action exhibition [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Mackenzie Beach (left)

Mackenzie Beach by Rob Elphinstone
16″x20″ oils on canvas, framed.
sold (private collection)

A colorful, emotive, depiction of Mackenzie beach, and the rocks that are a distinct and identifiable landmark.

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Rob Elphinstone · Mackenzie Beach (right)

Mackenzie Beach by Rob Elphinstone
16″x20″ oils on canvas, framed.
(sold) private collection

The figures walking on the beach as well as the log establish the grand scale of Mackenzie Beach in this painting. Intertidal puddles form as the water recedes and visitors are drawn to walking along the waters edge.

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Rob Elphinstone · Tofino Docks

Tofino Docks by Rob Elphinstone
Oils on Canvas
20″ x 30″, framed
sold (private collection)

Tofino, like Ucluelet is still well connected to boating. Up until the road was put in from Port Alberni (1958?), these 2 coastal communities were only accessible by boat (and plane). As a kid I relished docklife [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Wild Pacific Trail

Wild Pacific Trail by Rob Elphinstone
Oils on Canvas
16″ x 20″, framed
sold (private collection)

One of many reasons to visit Ucluelet is the Wild Pacific Trail. Spectacular viewpoints come at regular intervals along the 8 km trail on the outside of the peninsula. The light house loop segment offers glimpses [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Wikaninnish Centre

Wikaninnish Centre by Rob Elphinstone
Oils on Canvas
16″ x 20″, framed
sold (private collection)

A distinct and recognizable landmark; the Wikaninnish Interpretive Centre has a very distinct roofline and is a familiar viewpoint to visitors of the Pacific Rim National Park. I recommend stopping by for pie and coffee, the view [...]

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Rob Elphinstone · Wild Pacific Trail, Broken Group

Wild Pacific Trail by Rob Elphinstone
11″x20″ Oil Painting (framed)
sold (private collection)

A lively depiction of the broken group islands as viewed from the lighthouse at Amphitrite Point (the tip of Ucluelet’s Peninsula).

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Rob Elphinstone · Long Beach

Long Beach by Rob Elphinstone

Oils on Canvas
11″x20″ (framed)
sold (private collection)

An actualist painting depicts the portion of an image that cannot be captured by photography, the emotive qualities of the scene. Wildly colored and heavily textured impasto is a signature of this widley appreciated artist.

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Rob Elphinstone

Rob Elphinstone specializes in capturing the beauty of the Canadian west coast through his textured wild flowing landscapes. His art reflects the belief that our senses reveal only a shadow of what we truly experience. Rob believes that the beauty of a place is hardly ever replicated in a photo or a video. Our senses [...]

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About the Artists

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, [...]

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