ANDREA PRATT | Cusp

Oil on canvas, $500

16in x 16in

A visual artist living on the Sunshine Coast in the traditional territory of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, Andrea Pratt’s primary inspiration is the natural world and the wild areas of British Columbia. After receiving a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria and a teaching certification from the University of British Columbia, Pratt spent many years working in the public school system in British Columbia, Greece, and the UK before returning to painting. Her unique visual language is a result of her creative detours experimenting in imagery, mediums, and techniques. Pratt’s signature work is best described as a fusion of abstraction, folk art, and landscape painting. 

ANDREA PRATT | Crow and Consideration

Oil on canvas, $500

16in x 16in

A visual artist living on the Sunshine Coast in the traditional territory of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, Andrea Pratt’s primary inspiration is the natural world and the wild areas of British Columbia. After receiving a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria and a teaching certification from the University of British Columbia, Pratt spent many years working in the public school system in British Columbia, Greece, and the UK before returning to painting. Her unique visual language is a result of her creative detours experimenting in imagery, mediums, and techniques. Pratt’s signature work is best described as a fusion of abstraction, folk art, and landscape painting. 

TODD CLARK | Untitled

Acrylic on paper, $800

15″ x 22″

Born in 1963, Todd Clark is a visual artist currently residing in Gibsons, BC. He is a self-taught abstract artist who works in dialogue with his paintings. As an open and spiritual person, he uses painting as a way to connect with diverse people looking for a greater purpose. Todd draws his inspiration from nature, yet he does not seek to recreate any high realism in his paintings. His interest in the medium of paint is evident in his very tactile process of creation. He seeks freedom in his process, and balances the playful with informed, intentional decisions.

GEORGE PENNIER | Kwayhquitlum

Limited edition serigraph, $350

18″ x 18″

George Pennier, of the Chehalis Band and Coast Salish, was born in Mission, B.C. in 1957. He began carving in 1976 with his cousin Willis Peters and in 1980 studied design and carving with Tony Hunt. He has also worked with Floyd Joseph and Francis Home. In addition to silkscreen prints, George works primarily in wood, carving masks, bowls, plaques and totem poles.

HEATHER DOWNING-HUNTER | Nautical Collection 

Watercolour, $275

13in x 16in

Heather Downing-Hunter was born in 1944 in Sussex, England. Following graduation from the University of New Brunswick she moved to the Rocky Mountain region of British Columbia. She began painting in oils in 1974 but soon found acrylic and watercolour her preferred medium. Helen has exhibited in Canada and the U.S., and has been published by Canadian Art Prints for over 15 years with thirty five limited editions. Helen resided for many years in Hopkins Landing and now lives in White Rock, B.C.

ED HILL | Sechelt Sentry

Silkscreen print, $150

12.5in x 22in

Ed Hill was born in 1948 and lived in Paris and Peterborough, Ontario. He joined the RCMP at 20 and was posted to Surrey, B.C. in 1969. Over the years Ed experimented with various art forms. Posted to Tofino in 1985, Ed met renowned west coast artist Roy Henry Vickers where the two became teacher and student. Vickers tutoring and encouragement resulted in Ed’s first limited edition print. Ed continued with the RCMP while developing as a professional artist. Following retirement in 2002, Ed and his wife Joy continued living in Gibsons, B.C. Ed was now free to immerse himself in painting, teaching art, hosting artist interviews for local television, and volunteering in many ways in his community. Ed’s art evokes that special emotion associated with the “West Coast” – wilderness, water, sunrises and sunsets, fishing, and
indigenous culture.

PEGGY SMALL | Villa in Garden

Watercolour, $195

20in x 16in

Peggy was born in Calgary, Alberta and worked as a teacher and radio broadcaster. She lived in various towns and cities across Canada before retiring to Gibsons, BC in 1987 with husband Eric Small, past mayor. There, Peggy pursued her love of painting, was a founding member of the Gibsons School of the Arts and served her church and community. She left Gibsons and moved to Victoria in 2012.

HENRY STANDING ALONE NIITSITAIPOIYI | Camp Scout

Hand coloured etching on paper, $350

34in x 18.5in

Henry Standing Alone Niitsitaipoiyi (1935 – 2010) was a Canadian First Nations artist of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) Blackfoot people known for his paintings depicting traditional Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) culture, ceremonies, and daily life. Born in 1935 on the Blood Indian Reserve in southern Alberta, Henry Standing Alone drew inspiration from his cultural heritage to create works in mediums including oils, acrylics, watercolors, and mixed media, often featuring scenes of buffalo hunts, ceremonies, and the prairie landscape. His art has been exhibited and sold through galleries and auctions in Canada, reflecting his role in preserving and expressing Kainai traditions through contemporary visual storytelling. His work has also been commissioned for book covers, magazines, posters, and textbooks. Henry Standing Alone also appeared as an actor in Canadian television productions, including episodes of the TV series North of 60. 

DONALD JARVIS | Dark Core

Framed oil on canvas, $7,000

48in x 40in

Vancouver born Donald Jarvis (1923 – 2001) began studying at the Vancouver School of Art in 1941 under B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt. He was a recipient of the Emily Carr scholarship, and upon graduating in 1948 went to study with Hans Hoffman in New York on the advice of Lawren Harris. He returned to Vancouver in 1950 where a solo show of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The National Gallery acquired two of his canvases that year. Jarvis exhibited extensively at a number of high profile galleries both nationally and internationally throughout his career. In 1951 he was hired as an instructor of drawing and painting at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1961 was appointed head of the department where he remained for 36 years before his retirement to Sechelt, BC. 

GORDON KIT THORNE | Battle of the Thunderbirds

Framed lithograph on paper, $350

8.5in x 11.75in

Gordon Thorne was born in Gloucester England in 1896. He immigrated to Canada in 1910, living in Vancouver, Saskatchewan, and Vancouver Island, but, after serving in the trenches for England during the first world war, settling in Vancouver by 1924. Thorne studied under Fred Varley and Charles Scott at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) in 1926; with Stanley Anderson at the Goldsmith School of Art, London, England from 1927-29; and with Irving Sinclair in San Francisco. Working in oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, lithography, gouache, etching and pencil Thorne made numerous West Coast landscapes but has also completed floral studies, nudes, still life’s and streetscapes. He painted between 4,000 and 8,000 works. He worked at designing window displays and painting murals for downtown Vancouver hotels, beer parlours and restaurants in the 1920s. He was a member of the Western Art Circle and held two solo exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Regina Art Gallery in 1969. He is held in many private and public collections, including the Leningrad Museum. Gordon Kit Thorne died in Vancouver in 1982.

PATRICIA RICHARDSON LOGIE | (Wild) Dried Flowers

Framed acrylic on canvas, $3000

40.5in x 34in

Between 1970 and 1983, Logie painted in London, England, where she attended Sir John Cass College and exhibited extensively during that time with The Cass Group, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Society of Women Artists and The Pastel Society. During that time she also exhibited in Canada with the Federation of Canadian Artists and The Society of Women Artists in 1979. She also taught portraiture at the Federation and the University of British Columbia. In 1983 Patricia turned her energies to Canada and started the series ‘Chronicles of Pride’, consisting of thirty-one paintings, a truly Canadian project concerning the contributions being made to society by contemporary Canadian Indigenous people. Through various circumstances, she came to the belief that it was her responsibility as an artist to show Indigenous people in their true light. In 1990 her book Chronicles of Pride was published and in 1991 the Teacher’s Resource Guide was published to accompany the book into the schools along with the video directed by Loretta Todd. She had a retrospective of her show at GPAG in 2013, and donated money for a bursary through GPAG.

ROBERT BATEMAN | Rockface Descent 

Framed limited edition print, $1500

24in. x 36in.

Born in Toronto, with a degree in geography from the University of Toronto, Robert Bateman taught high school for 20 years. Bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. In the ’70s and early ’80s, Bateman’s work began to receive critical acclaim and to attract an enormous following. Bateman’s art reflects his commitment to ecology and preservation. Since the early 1960’s, he has been an active member of naturalist and conservation organizations, now on a global scale. His honours, awards and honorary doctorates are numerous and include Officer of the Order of Canada. It is in honour of Bateman’s contribution to art, teaching and conservation that one public and two secondary schools have been named after him; as well, he has been awarded 14 honorary doctorates and is a widely published author and illustrator.

TODD CLARK | Renovation

Oil on canvas, $5500

5′ x 5′

Born in 1963, Todd Clark is a visual artist currently residing in Gibsons, BC. He is a self-taught abstract artist who works in dialogue with his paintings. As an open and spiritual person, he uses painting as a way to connect with diverse people looking for a greater purpose. Todd draws his inspiration from nature, yet he does not seek to recreate any high realism in his paintings. His interest in the medium of paint is evident in his very tactile process of creation. He seeks freedom in his process, and balances the playful with informed, intentional decisions.

DONNA BALMA | Fallen Eagle

Framed acrylic on canvas, $2500

27in. x 21in.

Donna Balma was an innovative and prolific Canadian artist. She lived half her life in rural and half her life in urban environments in both England and Canada. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally including a year-long, extended exhibition at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, USA. She participated in GPAG’s 2003 Inaugural show, in a 2008 group show On the Bus, Off the Bus, and had an individual exhibit in 2016, Retrospective. She has also co-authored a book titled The Lonzi with Derek von Essen, found in GPAG’s gift shop, as well as a book titled Reconciliation.

DONNA BALMA | Hot Flash

Framed acrylic on canvas, $1500

15.5in x 19.5in

Donna Balma was an innovative and prolific Canadian artist. She lived half her life in rural and half her life in urban environments in both England and Canada. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally including a year-long, extended exhibition at the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, USA. She participated in GPAG’s 2003 Inaugural show, in a 2008 group show On the Bus, Off the Bus, and had an individual exhibit in 2016, Retrospective. She has also co-authored a book titled The Lonzi with Derek von Essen, found in GPAG’s gift shop, as well as a book titled Reconciliation.

KIM LAFAVE | Hungry Hawk

SOLD

Acrylic on panel

24.75in x 24.75in

Kim La Fave is a Canadian born artist / illustrator. After graduating from ACAD (Alberta College of Art and Design) in 1976 and summer studies in New York, Kim moved to Toronto and established a career as an internationally published illustrator. Returning to the West Coast in 1992, Kim now lives and works from his studio in Roberts Creek. LaFave’s illustrations in Janet Lunn’s Amos’s Sweater won the Governor General’s Award for Illustration as well as the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award. Kim has been granted several other awards from various sources, including the Vancouver Art Directors Club, the Advertising & Design Club of Canada, and CA Magazine. In 2016 he exhibited his work at GPAG in Safe Harbours. Two childrens books illustrated by him can be found in GPAG’s library- Gubby builds a boat and Fishing with Gubby.

DONALD JARVIS | Night in the City

SOLD

Framed oil on canvas

40.5in x 31.5in

Vancouver born Donald Jarvis (1923 – 2001) began studying at the Vancouver School of Art in 1941 under B.C. Binning and Jack Shadbolt. He was a recipient of the Emily Carr scholarship, and upon graduating in 1948 went to study with Hans Hoffman in New York on the advice of Lawren Harris. He returned to Vancouver in 1950 where a solo show of his work was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The National Gallery acquired two of his canvases that year. Jarvis exhibited extensively at a number of high profile galleries both nationally and internationally throughout his career. In 1951 he was hired as an instructor of drawing and painting at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1961 was appointed head of the department where he remained for 36 years before his retirement to Sechelt, BC.