MAY 18 – JUNE 25, 2009 LYNN ROTIN WAXWORKS Encaustics on wood; a combination of pigment and beeswax.
NOVEMBER 3 – DECEMBER 8, 2008 CLAUDIA MANNION NON-HUMAN PRIMATE BEHAVIOUR Pairing text with charcoal drawings alongside paintings of baboons, Claudia Mannion intersects history and observation with her most recent body of work. Mannion states: Non- Human Primate Behaviour is a series of drawings and stencilled text, mixed media works on paper, and paintings. The…
SEPTEMBER 3 – 29, 2008 DERRICK DALE JOHNSON CANADIAN POLITICS TODAY Derrick Dale Johnson calls Nova Scotia home. His current interest is in Canadian and world events, and how these events shape and influence our social institutions.
June 6 – August 29, 2008 Po-lar: VANS Members’ Exhibition Featuring works by: Becky Thompson, G.E. Newsome, Sarah Jane Conklin, Terry Drahos, Natan Nevo, Rod Mackay, Donna Underwood, Carol Morrow, Andrea Pottyondy, James MacSwain, Kenny Boone, Teena Marie Fancey, Giselle Beauchamp, Shaun Richardson, Vicki MacLean, Kathy Richards, Felicity Redgrave, Biserka Turčić, Virginia McCoy, Maxine Hannaby,…
May 2 – 29, 2008 Landbodies Biserka Turcic Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Biserka Turcic immigrated with her family to Lake Huron in southern ontario at the age of four. She graduated from York University in Toronto in 1983 with an honours BFA. The next 4 1/2 years she lived in West Berlin where she studied…
April 2 – 29, 2008 Portraits and the Sea Art Livingston Geraldine Bushell Art Livingston was born in Montreal, Quebec, and joined the Royal Canadian Navy when he was eighteen. His love of the sea brought him to Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, where he now resides. Constantly inspired by his surroundings, Livingston creates paintings from the…
March 3 – 28, 2008 Mix and Match Larry Conrad Collage of memories recorded on canvas with oil – pet portaits, landscapes and abstracts. Larry Conrad is an artist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A graduate of the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1972-1976), Conrad has spent the majority of his artistic career focusing…
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…
January 11 – February 1, 2008 Reproduction Reclamation Recollection – Misadventures while making a mint on the waterfront Christopher Webb Breathing new life into the work that launched this artist’s career.
November 12 – December 7, 2007 You’d know her to see her Kirk Mitchell Abstract sketches in clay of the human figure.
October 8 – November 1, 2007 Dear Diary: Selected Excerpts Claudia Mannion Small pencil drawings on paper from Claudia Mannion’s daily sketch diary. The images vary from abstract to representational influenced by Mannion’s state of mind or events of the day.
September 4 – 28, 2007 Walking the Red Line: Photos from China and Tibet James MacSwain and Andreas Guibert Andreas Guibert has been teaching English in China for two years and, in August of 2007, he vacationed in Tibet. James MacSwain visited China in December of 2006. The result of their travels is a collaboration…
July 3 – August 24, 2007 Veith Street Gallery: Selected Members Works Peter Blackwell, Greg Brumwell, John Carson, John Cookson, Michelle Cookson, Kristine Erglis, Jack Merrell, Kemi Morrison, Mike Parsons, Anna Quon, Lisa Richard, Michael Seary, Sheila Smith and Patsy Wallace. Veith Street Gallery Studio (VSG) and Pedway Picture Gallery (PPG) are venues where artists…
May 11 – June 22, 2007 Selected Works Neal Livingston
April 23 – May 14, 2007 Paintings Colleen Galloway “I am interested in painting diverse subject matters which are inspired by my life experiences,” states Colleen about her work. “I am drawn to nature’s unique beauty whether it be traveling deep inside a beautiful flower or capturing the luminosity of the Atlantic, Provencal or Tuscan…
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.
February 12 – March 9, 2007 The Ocean and Nature Colette Fontaine “The ocean fascinates and terrifies me. I’m in awe of its powerful and dangerous energy and yet I can never get enough of its colors and moods,” states Colette Fontaine. “It is much like the human spirit: dark and dreadful at times, warm…
January 8 – February 2, 2007 Fox River Diaries Suzanne Gauthier A selection of graphite drawings made from notes and sketches written and executed over a one year period during sporadic stays in a 100 year old house in the village of Fox River, Nova Scotia, overlooking the Bay of Fundy. Originally, Suzanne wanted to…
October 23 – November 24, 2006 People and Figures Mary Ann Archibald
September 11 – October 13, 2006 The Circle of Life Natan Nevo