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GILLIAN RICHARDS NEW PAINTINGS

GILLIAN RICHARDS LANDSCAPE ABSTRACTIONS JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 4, 2023 Gillian Richards was the first artist we featured in our Artist Spotlight Series which began in 2020. We catch up with Gillian in her studio to talk about new developments in her urban landscape paintings. In these new small abstracts Richards explores colour relationships using collaged cut-outs which she layers over the painted image. The cut-outs are made up of what she calls "odd" colours of [...]

elissacristall2023-03-31T14:16:12-07:00

Artist Spotlight | Randall Steeves

Encaustic, or molten beeswax mixed with pigment, is Steeves’ medium of choice. The physicality of the encaustic medium is reinforced in the form of large renderings of fingerprints layered over the canvas surface. The prints are often Steeves’ own — he had himself ‘processed’ by the Vancouver Police Department in preparation for this work — and they serve to remind us not only of the existence of the painter, but of the substance of the painting itself. [...]

elissacristall2023-05-31T17:20:47-07:00

Rubeena Ratcliffe New Abstract Paintings

RUBEENA RATCLIFFE New Abstract Paintings JUNE 4 - 25, 2022 Reception: Thursday June 9th, 5 - 7 pm. Rubeena Ratcliffe's new abstract paintings follow a similar approach: a refined use of colour and spiritual aspects, both philosophical and pictorial. The titles are taken from children’s books and the collection is titled ‘Blub Bluuub Bluuuuuuub’. RUBEENA RATCLIFFE HERE COMES THE CAT ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 72" X 48" [...]

elissacristall2023-03-31T15:39:45-07:00

RUBEENA RATCLIFFE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS

Why does someone become an artist? It's a big question that can yield seemingly inconsequential answers. Sometimes, it all comes down to a childhood chance encounter — stumbling across a comic strip, attending an art exhibition for the first time or an emergency trip to the hospital. I asked Rubeena Ratcliffe to tell me about the early art memories that inspired her desire to create and set her on her career path. [...]

elissacristall2022-06-05T11:43:00-07:00

GILLIAN RICHARDS NEW PAINTINGS

Artist Spotlight | Randall Steeves

Rubeena Ratcliffe New Abstract Paintings

RUBEENA RATCLIFFE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS

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