Born in Whitehorse, Yukon in 1958, David Antonides has studied in Vancouver, Europe and New York. His work is focused on watercolour - but in an approach that creates a weight and drama not normally associated with this typically transparent and fragile medium.
Read MoreClayton Anderson was born and raised in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Inspired by iconic Canadian painters such as Emily Carr and Lawren Harris, Clayton's paintings demonstrate a strong understanding of composition as well as a subtle yet luminescent rendering of light. His work evokes a distinct power of place.
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Nathan Birch was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1978. In 2000, Birch earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alberta College of Art and Design. Birch's work has been exhibited across Canada and is held in both public and corporate collections across North America including; Canada Council for the Arts; Colart Collection, Montreal; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Scotia Bank; TD Bank and Effort Trust, Toronto.
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With a successful career spanning over 40 years, Antoine Bittar is a Quebec based artist whose work has been shown extensively across Canada. Inspired by early Canadian Impressionist painters such as James Wilson Morrice, John Litte, and Robert W. Pilot, Bittar's painting style opts to convey meaning through colour, movement, and form over detail. His work captures snapshots in time, allowing deeper contemplation of the beauty of everyday moments.
Nicholas Bott studied art at the University of British Columbia and holds a diploma from the Chicago School of Art. Inspired by the loose style of Vincent Van Gogh and the Canadian Group of Seven, and blending his traditional European values with contemporary developments of the new world, his paintings have evolved continuously into the impressionistic style of his current work.
Read MoreRick Bond is an established western Canadian artist. He currently lives and paints full time near Vernon, B.C. He was born in Victoria, B.C. and grew up in the Gulf Islands off the west coast near Vancouver. Rick started his painting career in 1980. Formally trained through the Emily Carr Outreach program, Okanagan University College, Pearson College Summer School, Victoria , Federation of Canadian Artists and other professional artists' workshops.
Read MoreTamara Bond was born in Prince George BC and received her BFA from Emily Carr University in 1999. Her work has been shown in commercial and public galleries and Artist run-centres across Canada. She is guest faculty at The Vancouver Island School of Art in Victoria BC where she teaches Design and Drawing.
Read MoreAlan's studio art formation derives from selected courses at the Ontario College of Art; The Three Schools of Art; Faculty of Fine Arts, York University (Toronto), and the Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University (Montreal). Alan earned his Master's degree in Art Therapy at Concordia. He maintains both an art studio and an art therapy practice in Calgary. Previously an Adjunct Professor and Clinical Associate with the Nursing Faculty, University of Calgary, Alan has taught various courses at UC and the Alberta College of Art and Design (now U Alberta Arts), and has contributed to art therapy literature and research. Alan currently teaches on a sessional basis with the Art Department, UC.
Read MoreBrunoni focuses on simplicity in his technique, he is very inspired by the works of Stanley Cosgrove and Henri Matisse. He pushes the use of line and colour within his work to explore all possibilities.
Read MoreJoe Coffey works in oils, graphite, and mixed media. Born in Caledon East, Ontario, his early years were spent on the family farm. Drawing inspiration from history, pop culture, news, music, and his surroundings, Joe portrays a sculpted expressiveness while fixing his subjects in a state of tension that can be static, dynamic, or a combination of the two. Joe’s background in theatre also lends itself to his work, where a sense of drama and striking compositions evoke strong visceral reactions from viewers.
Read MoreMegan Dietrich is a multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver.
In Dietrich’s paintings, expressive compositions are woven together through context and instinct to create gestural arrangements that exist between the honest and the surreal. Through studies in colour and story, Dietrich employs an abstracted lens to free herself from the noise of exactitude. The goal is to ultimately give the viewer a space on which to impress their own narratives while delivering nods to a collective through line.
“I feel like I’m always investigating emotional tangibility, whether I like it or not. And that’s where my work tends to find itself. I obsessively avoid visual stasis, but I try to find peace in ambiguity.”
Dietrich’s work can be found in collections internationally as well as multimedia collaborations.
Read More"Through my travels I have always been drawn to isolated places. In the past these were physical geographical parts of the world I have experienced. Now I find myself going inward, areas of spiritual and emotional isolation that I find disturbing and fascinating. I find recording the former on board or canvas much easier than the latter, but that only adds to the attraction."
Read MoreCollin Elder was born in Banff, AB and is currently based in Victoria, BC. Collin began oil painting while pursuing a career in
ecological restoration, which, along with a degree in biology, has focused his art on how we relate to landscape and wilderness. Visiting the locales of British Columbia's west coast, capturing and assembling those moments in landscapes has inspired Collin Elder to create works encompassing time and capturing the experience of
viewing.
Read MoreB. 1940. Regina, Saskatchewan
Terry Fenton has been exploring landscape painting of the Prairies and West Coast for over 30 years. Having been an advocate and member of the Modernist movement, Fenton's landscapes use non-conventional design choices to push the tradition of landscape painting.
He is the former director of the Edmonton Art Gallery (from 1972-1987), the A.C. Leighton Foundation, Calgary (1987-1993) and the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (1993-1997). In addition to numerous private and corporate collections in Canada the US and England, his work is represented in the collections of the Canada, Council Art Bank, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, the Edmonton Art Gallery, and the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina.
Read MoreBorn in Glasgow, Scotland, Lesley Finlayson is an award winning contemporary artist currently based in Victoria, British Columbia. She recived her BFA from the Glasgow School of Art before moving to Canada in 1987 to persue her MFA at the University of Calgary. Following her studies, Finlayson taught in the Fine Arts Department at Langara College in British Columbia. Her own works have been exhibited in Canada and the United Kingdom and are included in private collections.
Read MoreAlready a respected artist in the middle east, Hashim Hannoon immigrated to Canada in 2009. Born in Basrah, Iraq 1957, Hanoon graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts-Baghdad in 1979. He received his Bachelor of Sculpture at the College of Fine Arts-Baghdad in 1999 and is a Member of Iraqi Artistic Forming Assembly and the Babylon Assembly of French Arts.
Read MoreMeghan Hildebrand’s paintings, which she describes as, “story-maps of the imagination”, are constant exercises in innovation and improvisation. With her unique vocabulary of symbols, she translates the landscape into electrifying dreamscape scenarios, each image alluding to a much larger narrative.
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Patricia Hindmarch - Watson is a Victoria based artist. She started her career in Vancouver in the 1970's. She has maintained a studio practice since that time and worked in the Fine Arts faculty at St. George's School.
Read MoreHodgson has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. He focuses primarily on Canadian landscapes and allows the essence and energy of the land shine. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph, Ontario, and has been collected internationally.
Read MoreJohn was born in Barrie, Ontario, later moved to the Toronto area and now resides in Central Ontario. He displayed a keen interest in art from an early age and after graduating from Leaside High School studied at the Ontario College of Art, and later the Art Students League of New York.
Read MoreB 1942. Montreal. Claude began his education at L'Universte de Montreal in medicine but abandoned it in favour of a career in art.
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Brent Lynch is a B.C. based artist that is internationally recognized for his distinct approach to landscape painting.
Lynch is recognized as one of Canada's most notable designers and illustrators. He has worked on a broad range of projects, and been commissioned for numerous corporate and government collections, including the Royal Bank of Canada, IBM Canada, Nissan Japan, the 1988 Calgary Olympics, Nike International, the Smithsonian Museum, Tourism California, and many others.
Caitlin McDonagh is a visual artist who currently resides in Victoria BC. She creates intricate illustrative works that are inspired by folklore, symbolism, and the balancing of Human vs Natural worlds. The themes of connection, self-cultivation, growth, loss, and renewal are prevalent ideas that are woven into the worlds that she creates. Her goal with her work is to build her own personal folklore; work that leaves doors open within it, allowing the viewer to add to the stories, create their own imagined landscapes, and find parts of themselves within this imagery.
You can find Caitlin’s mural work across Canada and the US. Her paintings are part of the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection at the Burnaby Art Gallery and part of numerous private collections around the world.
Read MoreInspired by the Group of Seven, Victoria based artist Shawn O'Keefe depicts the Canadian landscape by focusing on essential forms, using big brush strokes and bold colours. O'Keefe studied graphic design at Vancouver Island University and has been involved in numerous collaborations, including designing for Phillips Brewery in Victoria, B.C.
Read MoreBrad Pasutti is a Victoria based artist whose work focuses on the interplay of multiple realities. After receiving a 3 year diploma in sculpture at the Kootenay School of Art in 1979, Pasutti would go on to earn a BFA from the University of Victoria in 1983. Pasutti’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and is held in the permanent collection at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Canada Council Art Bank.
Read MoreBorn in Prince Rupert British Columbia, April Ponsford draws inspiration from the wild landscape of that region, and Vancouver Island as a whole. Her process combines the formality and technique of painting with intuition and artistic observance of the unique landscapes that surround her.
Read MoreLuke Ramsey is recognized internationally for his art and design work. This Powell River-based artist has been featured in exhibitions from L.A. to Berlin. Luke describes his work as, "Organized chaos- a play with paradoxical themes. The content is influenced by a beautifully strange cosmos of organisms and comedy. The approach needs to feel fluid and not forced." Luke's ink on paper works inspire awe from anyone that sees them. They are finely rendered and visually engaging. The amount of detail and work in each piece will draw the viewer in to find an entire imaginary world in each of his creations.
Read MoreBorn in Lethbridge, Alberta, Regehr has lived and maintained studios in Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Toronto and Victoria, Canada. He has established himself as a talented painter, actor, poet, and author whose paintings and written works can be found in the Smithsonian Institute (US), the Jilin Collection (China), The Kunstallen (Copenhagen), Focus on the Masters Archives for the Getty Museum (US) and the Syllavethy Collection of Scotland (UK).
Read MoreHalin de Repentigny is an acclaimed artist with paintings held in national and international collections. Originally from Montreal, Halin first made his name when he moved to Dawson City, Yukon. He became well known for his depictions of life in Canada’s Klondike, interpreting the beauty and majesty of the remote northern wilderness and capturing it on canvas. His love of landscape, colour and light is now manifested in his winter home in Patagonia, Argentina, while the Klondike summers continue to inspire his work.
Read MoreSchumm is an internationally exhibiting artist who has developed a broad base of collectors through his commitment to travelling to remote locations around the world to paint. produced an acclaimed series of work from the northern wilderness of Canada to Antarctica and back. He started his career in Alberta and now calls Vancouver Island home.
Read MoreWendy Wacko was born in Toronto in 1951, and after graduating from high school, she studied art at the Central Technical Art School and the New School of Art (1969 to 1972).
In 1972 Wendy traveled to Western Canada on a painting expedition and settled in Jasper, B.C. She has had seven one-person shows of her paintings since 1977. Wendy's painting has taken her around the world, and her most recent work has focused on Haida Gwaii and the Canadian West Coast.
Read MoreA leading contemporary and historic fine art gallery based in Victoria, B.C. Canada. The gallery exhibits and sells art from both established and emerging Canadian artists. Madrona Gallery prides itself on providing a welcoming environment to new and established art collectors alike.
April 27 - May 11
Opening Reception: April 27, 1-3 PM
Artist in Attendance
Meghan Hildebrand returns with her 9th solo exhibition at Madrona Gallery. This collection of new paintings continues to build upon Hildebrand's series of colourful abstract landscapes that invite viewers to dive into and explore.
March 9 - 22 2024
Opening Reception: March 9, 1-3 PM
Pitseolak Qimirpik brings a fresh and fantastical style to his drawings. They bring influences from his well established career as a carver mixed with pop culture, such as cartoons and video games.
Working in this medium allows the artist to expand the scope of his work from individual objects to full narratives. Drawing brings opportunity to express more diverse subject matter and weaves together themes in a way stone does not allow. This will be his first solo-exhibition of drawings in western Canada.
March 30 - April 20
Opening Reception: March 30, 1-3 PM
Madrona Gallery's annual exhibition of works by leading artists of the 20th century. This exhibition features important works by members of the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, E.J.Hughes, Marcelle Ferron, W.J. Phillips, David Blackwood, Jack Shadbolt, Takao Tanabe, Gordon Smith and many others
Madrona Gallery respectfully acknowledges the Lekwungen peoples, on whose traditional lands the gallery stands.
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