Jeff Edwards · Sea Spiral

Sea Spiral by Jeff Edwards
Marble Sculpture
Approximately 11″ x 11″ x 8″
$1800

The spiral is one of the most mysteriously beautiful shapes in the universe, and it is also one of the most common. From spiral galaxies to ocean waves to the structure of DNA, nature uses the spiral to [...]

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Jeff Edwards · Goddess Sculpture

Goddess by Jeff Edwards
Marble (locally quarried  stone)

Approximately 14″ x 12″ x 8.5″
$1600

Jeff is a local fixture in Ucluelet, and quite literally a household name. It rare that a sculptor meets with this level of regional recognition.

Although he’s best known for amazing wildlife portrayals, we’ve asked him specifically [...]

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Thomas Schmidt · Square Screw

Square Screw by Tom Schmidt
8″x12″ Marble
$1300

A square peg in a round hole doesn’t work, but Tom’s curious form of a square screw just might. In this sculpture marble from Kennedy Lake has been worked into a form that can be displayed in many positions, each one equally intriguing.

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Thomas Schmidt – Granite Form

Granite Form by Tom Schmidt
8″x12″ Granite
$1300

Tom’s work is characteristically lighthearted. Here he’s created an organic shape in this abstracted form. This dark speckled local granite is quarried near by.

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Thomas Schmidt

Tom works in most mediums but prefers stone, most notably marble, since 1970. Starting in the early ’60′s shaping surfboards and working in clay, he soon realised he would be shaping things all his life. He welcomes commissions and encurages people to be part of the process. Born and raised in Southern California and growing [...]

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Dianne Michelin

Dianne Michelin, a professional watercolour artist for over 19 years, and the Trout Unlimited Canada 2009 Artist of the Year, Diane was born in Montreal and currently resides in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Academic and Artistic Studies:
BA UQUAM – University of Quebec, Montreal
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Haliburton [...]

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Jeff Edwards · Sweethearts Are Never Parted

Sweathearts Are Never Parted by Jeff Edwards
Grey Flecked Marble 16″x14″x6.5″
$3200

What is the true nature of love and who can define it?

To the lover or beloved, the mystery of communion between two hearts is a miracle to be experienced, not a puxxle to be solved. When one heart [...]

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P.R.A.S. – WAVE Art Show

Opening reception 7 p.m. on Monday the 26th, with beer & wine bar and live music.

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Marla Thirsk – New works, blog and website

www.marlathirsk.com Marla’s new website
http://marlathirsk.blogspot.com/ Marla’s blog

I always enjoy it when artists drop by the gallery;
Marla Thirsk let me know she’d revamped her online presence recently.

An updated website and an ongoing blog showcase her most recent and very exciting series of ‘beauties’ [...]

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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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Jeff Edwards – Painted Horse

Painted Horse – Jeff Edwards

13″ x 16″ x 6″ Aggregate Marble
(sold) private collection

An amazing piece of marble, ribbons of color lace through it, this is BC stone at it’s best. Jeff’s emotive depiction is quite effective at conveying the timeless beauty of the horse.

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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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Marla Thirsk – Acorn Art Doll

Marla Thirsk – Acorn
24″tall, Wire Framed Soft Sculpture / Art Doll
Sold (private collection)

This Marla Thirsk Art Doll is a original handcrafted creation. Each Art doll is unique; a one of a kind creation, fabricated without a pattern and made with special attention paid to details. Each doll requires 75 – [...]

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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 [...]

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Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards is a sculptor who lives and works in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island’s west coast. He is a native of B.C. with roots tracing back to Europe. He is also a commercial fisherman from a long line of fisherman on his father’s side stretching to Nfld. Many of his sculptures reflect his ocean [...]

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Random Acts of Art in Tofino, Ucluelet

We support our local art scene, so this year Mark Penney Gallery participated in Pacific Rim Art Society‘s Random Acts of Art week. 1st we chalked up the parking lot at Whiskey Landing with a fish mural, a bit of a nod toward the aquarium, and our local fishermen.
Then at, Elgin’s suggestion, [...]

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Jeff Edwards – Transforming the World Mind

Transforming the World Mind by Jeff Edwards
Marble Sculpture
13″ x 10″ x 8″
sold (private collection)

This wonderful sculpture depicts a female africanized head and salamander … and these are some of the oldest symbols known to mankind.

Perhaps the most profound meanings of the salamander stem from observation in nature. [...]

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