Turning Bike Parts into Earrings!

Jenna Molenaar is one smart cookie, for having married her bicycle fixing talents, with jewelery making. Have a look at these fabulous dangly earrings, all crafted from recycled bike parts!

TODAY: Meet Artist Trevor Van Den Eijnden

It's a real beauty out there today, and the downtown is crawling with the excitement that comes from a long weekend. The kids have been set free after another year of  school (congrats to all you youngsters!) and so young families are out in search of entertainment. 

Make sure you turn onto Barrington Street during your hunt, and make your way into the gallery this afternoon for a chat with artist Trevor Van den Eijnden. He'll describe the process which he uses to achieve his luminous, and richly coloured paintings. We also have lots of fun work from Nick Brunt's exhibition "Hotdogs Hotdogs Hotdogs" on show in the lower gallery.. COME SEE!! 

Trevor Van den Eijnden will be here with us this afternoon from 2 - 3:30. 

See you then!

Friday Feature: Beaver By Basil

This little beaver is another folk Art piece that was recently crafted by our good friend Basil Doucette. You'll find this handsome fella in our front window (the beaver, not Basil) over the Canada Day weekend. Oh, which reminds me.. Our open hours over the weekend are as follows: 

Saturday 10- 5:30 

Sunday by Chance or by Appointment

Monday by Chance or by Appointment

"Lone Oak at Sunset" by Jenny Johnson

Today's feature is a brilliant sunset by JennyJohnson. 

Painted with a commanding shilouetted oak tree on the right, and a beaming red lens flair circling the sun on the left - It makes for a great example of the power of light and dark in a painting, doesn't it? Jennifer's ability to convince the viewer of the intense brightness of her sun is remarkable... I find myself squinting everytime I look!   

"Lone Oak at Sunset" 24" x 18" Oil on Canvas by Jenny Johnson

Well, aren't you just the cutest thing! (Birds by Basil Doucette)

Now that the rains have let up temporarily, the atmosphere around the city is much brighter... See that up there?! That's SUNSHINE!!!      

During the thick of yesterday's downpour, our wonderful friend Basil Doucette braved the sidewalk lakes with his suitcase filled with little wood carvings, and made his delivery . Aren't these birds just the cutest things?! I should also mention that he had beavers, squirrels and crows in his suitcase, which are now on display here at the gallery. 

 

Tiny Folk Art Birds by Basil Doucette are $15 each

Come For The Paper Towels, Stay For The Art.

It's pretty drippy out there right now. 

Some of you are taking refuge under your upside down umbrellas, while others are clinging onto the brims of your too small hoods.  If you ask me, you're better off taking a few moments of drying time here at the gallery. We've got paper towel (not that it'll do you much good... 

you're probably soaked to the bone) and artwork to help occupy 

the time until the sideways buckets of rain ease up a little. 

Look Everyone, it's Trevor Van den Eijnden!!

And here we have a few of the new works by Trevor, newly hung on our gallery walls!

Look everybody - It's Nick Brunt!

  

These are just some of the works up on the wall from our current exhibition with Nick Brunt!! Stay tuned for images from Trevor Van den Eijnden's show 

(Fingers crossed that I can get them up before the end of the day...) 
 

TONIGHT::: NICK BRUNT AND TREVOR VAN DEN EIJNDEN!!!!!

Dust off your gallery going shoes, and make your way down to 1559 Barrington street 

tonight to celebrate two incredible young artists. 7-9pm. Bring your friends. 

Upcoming Exhibitions: Nick Brunt! (Show opens TOMORROW!!!)

Also opening tomorrow is the latest body of work to come 

from the tremendously talented Nick Brunt. 

The opening reception begins at 7pm and runs until 9pm here at Argyle Fine Art 

Have a looky here at the article written by Jenna Conter in this morning's Metro about the show! :

Furniture is scarce in Nick Brunt’s new apartment.

The local artist and I sit on the floor, surrounded by his latest works and his record collection.

I assume future furniture will include a drawing table or isle but Brunt tells me, “I have to work on the floor where everything is within reach.”

Brunt’s laidback approach to his process is a delightful symptom of his “weird entrance” into the art world.

“I was into animation and graffiti art when I was younger and now I work in design,” he said.

“I don’t really have any formal art training.”

As a creative member for the design world, Brunt creates everything from graphics for advertising to art for album covers, the latter of which is dropped into my lap by Brunt, gleaming with the genuine excitement of a child who just a gold star on their homework.

“It’s my first nationally released (artwork). Isn’t that fun?!”

Four years ago Brunt took his art work from the office to the galleries and seemed to fumble into a fan base.

“I had donated art into a charity art event in Halifax and (the owner of Argyle Fine Art) got a hold of it and it grew from there.”

According to Brunt, his latest solo show, Hotdogs! Hotdogs! Hotdogs!, at Argyle Fine Art is “a sarcastic comment about the culture we’re living in now”.

“Everybody hates (hot dogs) now or knows how bad they are for you but we have fond memories of throwing back two or three and playing,” he said. “And after going through this anti-hotdog culture for so long, I just wanted to say shut up and have a (expletive) hot dog!”

The show opens Friday at 7 p.m.

Upcoming Exhibition: Trevor Van den Eijnden! (Show opens this Friday, June 22nd)

Trevor's newest exhibition is a real departure from what we've seen over recent years, and we're eagerly anticipating it's arrival on Friday, June 22nd. We hope you'll make your way down to the gallery that evening (reception starts at 7pm and runs until 9pm) to celebrate the artist's phenomenal new body of work, titled "Oceans".  

Also on show that evening will be Nick Brun't new exhibition 

titled "Hotdogs Hotdogs Hotdogs"

 (I'll never ever tire of saying that. haha!) 

Both shows open at 7pm.

Artist a Day: June 15, George Spencer

Here's the newest oil painting to come from an emerging talent, George Spencer. A beautifully lit dish with fresh berries, perfectly ripe for eating. If you haven't heard,  there's  been an absolute frenzy over his work since we've started displaying it shortly after our annual pre-shrunk exhibition. This piece has equally been causing a stir, since it arrived yesterday afternoon.

*ahem. This piece sold before I could publish this post. 

Fresh Berries by George Spencer 8" x 10" $395