Established artist Zeqirja Rexhepi created this series of paintings through the various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creating art in this challenging time has been an essential outlet for the artist. His studio has functioned as a sanctuary while there is so much uncertainty and pain in the world. Make an appointment to see COVID-XIX…
Emerging artist Rachel Anzalone shows her new minimalist landscape paintings inspired by her travels with friends across the province. In this series, Anzalone is documenting her visits and creating memories linked to these Nova Scotian locations. The Greens Are Breathing was scheduled to be up in the Corridor Gallery March 3 -30, but since the…
Artist Kelly Markovich developed this series of drawings from a collection of satellite images taken from online weather sites. Having collected the images over a 5-year period, Markovich, an interdisciplinary photo-based artist, recently began drawing again as a part of her creative process. In these watercolour, acrylic and graphite drawings Markovich is exploring our connections…
Longtime VANS member Natan Nevo’s acrylic paintings are in the Corridor Gallery this month. With its unfailingly bright colours Nevo’s work is painted in his signature modern, geometric style. Included in this exhibition is his Life series, which chronicles the stages in a life. See Nevo’s exhibition, Passages, in the Corridor Gallery October 2 –…
In the exhibition, Colour Kerfuffle, artist Randy Engelberg, shows a small retrospective of her process-oriented abstract painting work from the last five years, including work from her current series. All the paintings in this collection are non-objective, hard edged, abstraction and are bursting with colour. Colour Kerfuffle is on view in the Corridor Gallery until…
This exhibition is a series of portraits of the people that artist kimmerT met while on residency in Parrsboro in September 2017. The first in the series were completed during the residency and are a study of realism and abstract realism. These are followed by studio works that start with a painting freely created without…
Flock is emerging artist Ben Mosher‘s exhibition featuring drawings of birds that will definitely make you smile. This delightful impromptu exhibition is only on for two weeks so catch it at the Corridor Gallery before it closes on January 30. Of the series, Mosher says: Flock is series of bird drawings; encouraging, odd small works…
Emerging artist Krista Sheehan uses a combination of oil, acrylic and charcoal to create paintings focusing on emotionally charged landscapes, some of which carry personal meaning and others are from spaces that echo with a collective emotional weight. Her solo exhibition, Resonance, runs from June 2 – 29 in the Corridor Gallery. About the work…
Cape Breton artist Phyllis Adams was a photographer who decided, upon her retirement, to re-interpret her photographs in paint. The exhibition displays her recent landscapes and portraits, inspired by her photographs of Cape Breton. Serenity is at the Corridor Gallery March 3 – 30. Describing her process and the work on view, Adams explains: This…
Established artist Zeqirja Rexhepi exhibits his colourful abstract paintings, which carry the message of everyday life through parallel symbols and metaphors. His exhibition, Retuned, is on view in the Corridor Gallery July 5 – 28, 2016. Describing the work on view, Rexhepi explains: The work represents my achievements and personal story, painted on canvas by…
Halifax based painter Randy Engelberg exhibits a series of non-objective paintings in the corridor gallery from January 9 -30.
Halifax based emerging artist and recent grad Colin Canary exhibits a series of brightly coloured abstract paintings exploring spatial cues.
In my current series of paintings, I project an amalgamation of iconography from seasonally touristic destinations and places I have lived. Neon signs function in my work as landmarks for a community while also representing a historic relic or tourist attraction.
From my studio on the Shubenacadie River, I am a daily observer of the powerful Fundy tides, the change of the seasons and the cycles and rhythms of the land.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia presents Sky and Steel, the 5th edition of VANS in the HUB at The Hub Gallery.
February 1 – 27, 2010 Shelly Matthews, Pivotal Habitat This collection, comprising Pivotal Habitat, includes strong, simple, natural images in acrylics and watercolour as indicated by artist, Shelley Matthews. Matthews further states: I paint the images that hold my visual awareness; those which immediately send my mind into the process of making art and resonate…
February 5 – 29, 2008 Scapes René Laramee Laramee’s abstractions of her home in Blandford, Nova Scotia René Laramee is an artist living on the South Shore who loves to experiment and explore. She works in watercolour, acrylic and mixed media and is inspired by the landscapes that surround her. Drawn to the abstract, she…
March 20 – April 13, 2007 Port and Starboard Tacks Catherine Poole Catherine’s work explores floral, nautical, landscape theme. This show has a variety of paintings in watercolours, acrylic and oil which focus on nautical subject matter.
July 1 – 31, 2005 Reading Between the Lines Sharon Hodgson Eight acrylic paintings.