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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Ken Kirkby · Sea Shore Series (2)

Sea Shore Series (2) – Ken Kirkby
20″x24″ Oil on Canvas
sold (private collection)

An early work by Ken Kirkby depicting a moon-snail shell on the beach, it a boy-ish painting created when he’d first arrived on Vancouver Island, some 52 years ago.

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Carole Finn · Wild Pacific Trail (Right Gulley)

Wild Pacific Trail (Right Gulley) by Carole Finn
36″ x 60″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$6500

An impressionistic portrayal of the Wild Pacific Trail. Carole has been hard at work depicting the Trail in a series of large scale works. Here her attention is on the driftwood and debris that accumulates at [...]

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Carole Finn · Lighthouse Trail

Lighthouse Trail by Carole Finn
36″ x 48″ Acrylic on Canvas, framed
$5500

A distinct portion of the Wild Pacific Trail at Amphitrite Point (the very tip of Ucluelet’s Peninsula). The trees form a fantastic canopy overhead and glimpses of the pacific urge you to explore the trail further until you face [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Ordinary Life

Ordinary Life by Marla Thirsk
37″x42″ Acrylic on Canvas
Sold (private collection)
This painting is a stunning portrait, and I think it’s Marla’s best work to date. This scene reminds me of David Hockney’s LA paintings of daily life. The lighting and mood portrayed is light and airy. Iconic even without the [...]

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Katsumi Kimoto · Rain Clouds

Rain Clouds by Katsumi Kimoto
10″ x 10″
Acrylic on Board
$625.00
This is expression of rain clouds has a lot of depth despite being fairly monochromatic. Katsumi’s recent works have a liveliness to them that is seldom seen in acrylic paint.

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Marla Thirsk · Manifest

Manifest by Marla Thirsk
37″x42″ Acrylic on Canvas
$2200

Similar to ‘The Telephone Call’, but featuring a large format floral backdrop, this depiction of the Artist’s mother is a moody portrait eluding to the nature of their relationship.

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Marla Thirsk · Beginning

Beginning  by Marla Thirsk
37″x42″ Acrylic on Canvas
$2200

A larger format series is emerging from the easel of Artist Marla Thirsk. Yes they are still portraits of her Mother, and yes this is the same figure featured in the preceding series. The arrangement has changed somewhat; A large flower depicted in the [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Eagle Approaches

Eagle Approaches by Ken Kirkby
22″x28″
Oils on Canvas
$1500

The Eagle Transformation Mask opens to reveal it inner being, dancing as the Canoe approaches. Ken paints Robert Davidson’s Mask in true Kirkby style. I’m stunned by the presence this image has.
To see a great mask danced is a very [...]

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Kirkby – Larson | Two Artists, One Community, One Country.

PRESS RELEASE – ( For Immediate Release )

www.kirkby-larson.com

What do Art and Science have in common? If you visit Ucluelet between Saturday, October 16th, 2 pm [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Released

Released by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas
$1500

Many Artists deal with dark inner subjects in their art, somehow they get released in the very act of creating art. Marla has freed herself from the inner ‘demons’ that a very tortured relationship with her mother had created. Released is an exciting addition [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Access Denied

Access Denied by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas
$1500

“Access Denied – She never let me in, and I didn’t let her in either.” says Marla about this painting.

I feel as though we’ve been invited to get to know a side of Marla through these paintings, as side she’d never be [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Recognized by Sooke Fine Arts Society

   Sooke Fine Arts Society has an annual art show consisting of works by hundreds of area artists and is attended by more than 7000 visitors each year. This year the event runs from July 24th ’til August 2nd. Regionally, it’s a fairly high profile event.

It’s jurored by Jeffrey Spalding the President [...]

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MLA Scott Fraser, Endorses Joan Larson’s RCMP Musical Ride Series

I’ve just posted the official video from MLA Scott Fraser’s Legislative Address to canadarides.ca, I thought it might be of interest here also.

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MLA Scott Fraser is a Supporter of the Arts

Tuesday, April 26th, 2010, BC Legislature, Victoria, BC

Scott Fraser, MLA for Alberni-Pacific Rim will address the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Artist Joan Larson will be present for Mr. Fraser’s speech and public endorsement of Larson’s RCMP Musical Ride Series.

When Mr. Fraser visited our Fish, Ships & Lost Art Treasures [...]

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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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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
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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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canadarides.ca – Joan Larson’s RCMP Musical Ride ‘site

www.canadarides.ca
Joan Larson has launched a new website featuring her RCMP musical Ride Series of Illustrations. The pastel illustrations are amazing, and like the illustrations themselves, the new website is nearly complete.

I’ve watched people reach out to touch the horses and applaud as the men and women of the Ride paraded [...]

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Mark Penney Gallery – Fish, Ships & Lost Art Treasures

For 10 days during Whale Festival, March 6th – 16th, we’ll be exhibiting a group show consisting of 6 artists with special ties to Mark Penney Gallery.

Welcome the Whales, as they migrate past Ucluelet and join us for an Art Exhibition at Whiskey Landing featuring some of the area’s finest artists…

Inspired by history [...]

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Charles Villiers · Hurricane Amanda

Hurricane Amanda by Charles Churchill Villiers
36″x36″ Oils on Canvas, framed.
sold (Coulson Collection)

One of a series of non-objective modern abstract paintings by Charles Villiers, each was named for a love in his life in the way that storms are named.

This particular piece really caught my attention, I like the square [...]

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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 [...]

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Marla Thrisk · Ladybug, Ladybug

Ladybug, Ladybug by Marla Thirsk (Marion Series #1)
30″ x 36″ Acrylics on Canvas

Nostalgic family photos are referenced for the figures but each painting tells a story, …the pigeons are remarkable, but Marion’s tear filled eyes and the doll elude to a less than sweet memory… unlike the cheerful birds in the wallpaper.

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Marla Thirsk · Fortress

Fortress by Marla Thirsk (Rita Series #5)
30″ x 36″ Acrylics on Canvas
$1500

There is a great deal of detail in this painting, and emotion, the colors are fantastic, … I can almost smell the coffee.

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Marla Thirsk · Thursday’s Child

Thursday’s Child by Marla Thirsk (Rita Series #1)
36″ x 40″ Acrylics on Canvas
sold (private collection)

I’m very pleased to be able to show this painting in the gallery, the first of this series of exciting portraits by Ucluelet’s artist; Marla Thirsk

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Ken Kirkby · Yellowbelly Trout

Yellowbelly Trout by Ken Kirbky
30″x40″ Oil on Canvas
$3500
Yellowbelly trout were once thought to be extinct in the Nile Creek. They have been making a resurgence in the island streams; thanks in part to the salmon restoration work of the Nile Creek Salmon Enhancement Society. The re-introduction of Pink Salmon [...]

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Ken Kirkby · Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout

Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout by Ken Kirkby
24″ x48″ Oil on Canvas
$4000

A Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout is a beautiful fish, they spend time at sea, the brackish intertidal waters as well as the cold fresh streams of Vancouver Island.
They’re very pretty, with a distinct couple of orange/red lines in the skin [...]

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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 [...]

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Marla Thirsk · Wave Baby

Wave Baby by Marla Thirsk
30″x36″ Acrylic on Canvas
sold (private collection)

I think this is Marla’s most compelling series to date. It shows a new level of detail and introspection for this well known local artist. The Bathing Beauty Series has been well received, their first appearance being at P.R.A.S Wave Art [...]

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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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