Ho Ho Holy Crow its the Holiday Season Again!

 And just like that the seasons are changing (kind of), its getting colder (kind of), and were getting the gallery ready for another Holiday Season! 

The Holiday Crow in question... This is the last cutie from artist Raquel Roth's set of 5"x5" Christmas birds from last year!

Raquel Roth, Shade, 5" x 5", Acrylic & Swarovski Crystals

Raquel just brought us a NEW set of super cutie Christmas birds... a Circus of Puffins! 

Did you know a group of Puffins is called a Circus... or an Improbability! 

9 of the 10 new Holiday works from Raquel!
All 5"x5" Acrylic on Canvas (some with Austrian Crystals!)
From Left to Right
Top Row: Duke, Ollie, Skippy
Middle Row: Scooby, Percy, Daisy
Bottom: Bonnie, Ozzie, Tango

We recently recieved some other awesome new works that would be wonderful gifts for your loved ones... or yourself!

Pat Shattuck just brought us 5 brand new Orignal Framed Watercolours, heres two! 

Pat Shattuck, O Canada, Original Watercolour, 6.5"x4.5", Framed

Pat Shattuck, Time Out on Spring Garden, Original Watercolour, 20"x27", Framed

We've got a collection of wonderful Chalk Pastel work from Janna Wilton... all framed under glass and ready to give to your favourite art lover!

Janna Wilton, Cottage Stream, Chalk Pastel, 11”x14”

Check out this gorgeous fused glass work from Melinda Robertson!

Melinda Robertson, Three Grandmothers, 8.5" x 11", Fused glass/framed

HOO doesnt love the hand carved folk art from Basil Doucette! Always so many new and adorable birds flying in with Basil!

Basil Doucette, Folk Art Owls

We have a few exciting new pieces from emerging artists....

Check out this very fun, video game inspired work from Aaron Tsitouras

Aaron Tsitouras, Death to the King, 16" x 20", Acrylic, Oil pastel and colour pencil,

And this extremely lovely trotting fox by Eve Hutten, who just won a Nova Scotia Talent Trust Scholarship through NSCAD!

Eve Hutten, Finding Footing, Oil on Canvas, 30"x48"

Looking for smaller bits and bobs for you Holiday gift recipients? 

We just recieved a gorgeous collection of wearable art from Jennifer Blair's Urban Fusions!

Jennifer Blair, Urban Fusions, Fused Glass Surgical Steel Stud Earring

Jennifer Blair, Urban Fusions, Gold Plated Sterling Silver Beaded Earring

Jennifer Blair, Urban Fusions, Handpainted Fused Glass Sterling Silver Pendant

Dress for the best with Machine Sewn bird PACTHES from Textile Artist Tammy Krueckl

Tammy Krueckl, Seagull, Machine Embroidered Quilt Patch, 6"x4"

Or Embroidered French Knot brooches and pendants from Yoko White!

Yoko White, Cat, French Knot Embroidered Pin

And SO many more exciting artist made do-dads! 

Pick up one of our many lovely hand made ornaments at the gallery including these new Geometric Glass ornaments from Rachelle Paul's Glass House Studios!

Rachelle Paul, Glass House Studios, Ornaments

Or Rachelle's creative and dare I say delicious (eating not encouraged) Egg & Bacon Ornaments! 

Rachelle Paul, Glass House Studios, Ornaments

Gift a little coastal love with the colourful Buoy ornaments from Salt Sky Studio!

Salt Sky Studio, Bluenoser, Contemporary Folk Art Ornament

Find their favourite bird with Kelsey Borden's hand painted Bird Portrait Ornaments!

Kelsey Borden, Hand Painted Goldfinch Ornament

And dont forget we always have Holiday CARDS! 

So many cards... and new ones coming in all the time!

 Check out this little selection from various artists!

I could go on and on and ON... but INSTEAD I encourage you to come and visit us at the gallery OR if you're shopping at a distance visit us online HERE and peruse all of our artist albums! 

You never know what you'll find!

Ho Ho Happy Holidays! 

Explore the Coast with Mark Brennan

On Friday November 8th we opened Mark Brennan's new show "Kissing the Shoreline", an impressive body of work that he has been building over the last three years. 

This stunning show consists of 43 paintings, which includes 34 small (6"x8" & 8"x10") "Sketch" works and seven large recreations from selected sketches. 

Scroll below for a sample of works from this show, a comparison of studies and their larger work counterparts as well as some thoughtful words from Mark on this body of work.

All works 6"x8", Oil on Panel

 Top Row Left to Right:
Heavy Fog Baptiste Island NS
Dawn Looking East Mitchell Bay NS
Middle Row Left to Right:
Sunrise Bar Island East Quoddy NS
Sunrise in Heavy Fog Harringan Cove NS
Bottom Row Left to Right:
Sky Over the Oakney Islands Mitchell Bay NS
Sand Shadows Wolfes Island NS

Mark on his works...

"This show is a tangible expression of things felt while exploring and painting the incredible coast of Nova Scotia over three year period, a coastline almost immaculate in some places, where nature still exists in abundance" 

Mark Brennan, Snow Squalls Over the Atlantic Bull Beach, Oil on Board, 24"x36"

SKETCH Mark Brennan, Snow Squalls over Atlantic, Bull Beach, Taylors Head NS, Oil on Board, 6"x8"

"The thing I am personally most grateful for are the experiences of actually being there, in the landscape, while painting this series... the sense of self slips away and opens up to the vastness and intricate balance of the universe." 

Mark Brennan, The Cliffs Wasson Bluff Near Parsboro NS, Oil on Board, 24"x36"

SKETCH Mark Brennan, The Cliffs Wasson Bluff, East of Parsboro, Oil on Board, 6"x8"

"The 43 works in this show contain not only the expression of place but also an unrestricted effort to point to something in contemporary times that calls out to the decision makers that there is something here worthy of their attention" 

Mark Brennan, Frost Nipped Forest, Hog Island NS, Oil on Board, 24"x36"

SKETCH Mark Brennan, Frost Nipped Forest Hog Island, Oil on Board, 6"x8"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpUL-9Pr4B8&list=PLRsSYDrFW3JIAFwh5fmpPt1Ox_m8QSyf_&index=10

Follow the above link to see a short video of Mark's show up in the gallery. 

Mark Brennan, Bright Spring Day, Deris Lakes Wilderness NS,  Oil on Cradleboard, 8"x10"

Mark Brennan, Cold Spring Day, Low Tide Mitchell Bay, Oil on Board, 8"x10"

"These paintings really have nothing to do with me, the work here is a small voice conveying a message of celebration and a declaration from the Fox Sparrow, Osprey or the Porpoise that they are here, living alongside us, that this is their home too."

Follow this link HERE to see the full album of Mark's new show 

And follow this linke HERE to see an album of all the other wonderful works by Mark Brennan

A Celebration of Excellence: Paulette Melanson!

 We are thrilled that one of our artists, Paulette Melanson, will have her original paintings featured at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards that is happening on Sunday, November 3rd. 

Tickets are FREE to attend while spaces are available. FIND OUT MORE HERE!

 

There is also a great article about the entire event HERE! 

 

Here are just a few of the beauties you'll find if you attend. Paulette Melanson will be in attendance as well, if you want to meet her. And of course, all of these works and others by Paulette Melanson can be purchased. Check out more of her artwork HERE! 

CONGRATULATIONS PAULETTE!

 

Searching, 24" x 36", Acrylic on Canvas

At the Heart of Things, 48" x 36", Acrylic on Canvas