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LOT 200 ARTIST: LORI MAIRS Public Bone Creation This incredible one of a kind necklace has been created from shed whitetail antler, with sterling silver enhancements. The piece includes gold, sterling silver, Swarovski crystal and pyrite. Handcrafted especially for this event, we are truly fortunate to have this very unique piece. ABOUT LORI Lori Mairs graduated from UBCO in 2005 with an honours degree in Fine Arts. Her work is shown in public galleries and housed in both private and public collections. Lori uses steel as a base note for her sculptural work often adding highlights of beeswax, rope, bone and fabric. She has twice been selected as runner up in major public art competitions and her sculpture in bone and steel will be featured in a fall release, full colour publication of emerging B.C artists. Her interests include the study of encrypted cultural code, ritual, ceremony and symbolic descriptors that when deconstructed, positioned, and reframed give voice to the ties that bind, and the common experience that informs us of our citizenship on the planet. She is the purveyor of archetypal form. Donated by: Lori Mairs Value: $325 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 201 ARTIST: ANGELIKA JAEGER This intricate collage is constructed with a variety of medium and objects – a glimpse of the beauty within.
ABOUT AJ’S WORK For me art is a way to express what is going on inside of us as individuals. The result of my inner work can than be viewed by the audience at their discretion and is open for them to start a relationship with the piece. I feel in this moment my work is done and I offer to the world what I am willing to share. Life is a journey and not a destination. This thought seems to come easily to my mind and I invite you to experience some of the steps in my journey. Donated by: Angelika Jaeger Value: $445 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 202 ARTIST: ROBERT GENN Quilchina Falls, Near Merritt, BC This piece can be exchanged at Hambleton Galleries for another of Mr. Genn’s images of similar size 12” x 16”, if for some reason you would prefer a different scene. The piece will not be exchanged for cash. Robert has donated this exquisite painting and Hambleton Galleries, his local dealer, has graciously donated the framing for the piece.
ABOUT ROBERT Robert is recognized as one of Canada’s most accomplished painters-his work is well known internationally. While his subjects are universal (he has painted in many countries), he excels in portraying Canada. He is perhaps best known for his work on the West Coast and in the Rocky Mountains.
Value: $2900 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 203 ARTIST: KENNA GRAFF Acrylic on Canvas with Silver Leaf ‘Silver Lining #Vll The sparkling vanishing points and atmospheric gestures suggests the superb harmony and elegance in landscape. The tranquil silver is the ‘tween time, where opposites meet and deep hazes sink into a molten ore. Promoting the senses with peace and tranquility, the transition towards the fiddlehead series begins. The palette softens and there begins a sense of mystery. The spiral, a favorite symbol in my work, so ancient a symbol all over the planet becomes the tenderling of newness and wonder. Donated by: Kenna Graff Value: $1250 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 204 ARTIST: MARY SMITH MCCULLOCH ‘Vineyard Vignette’ Mary Smith McCulloch, Professor Emeritus of the Fine Arts Department at Okanagan University College has used monoprint techniques to render complex patterns. Her imagery is the result of a subtle transposition from recalled source to concept to image. The rich effective combination of both the artist's inner and physical processes sets up a rhythm that invokes a resonant response within the viewer. Donated by: Mary Smith McCulloch Value: $500 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 205 ARTIST: JULIE ELLIOT ‘A time to plant; A time to harvest’
Julie Elliot is an artist whose mixed media paintings are an innovative combination of both painting and printmaking. She studied these disciplines at Okanagan College, completing a Diploma of Fine Arts (Honors) in 1989. Over the past 20 years she has developed a process that employs monoprints as a substructure for layers of paint and mixed media. Her work is marked by distinctive textures that have bas relief qualities. Other predominant elements include line, pattern and strong flat shapes. Julie's ideas are realized in semi-abstract images which often utilize animals, birds and the landscape of the Okanagan Valley. Julie lives and works on an apple orchard in Oyama, B.C. and influences of this agricultural lifestyle are evident in her paintings. Donated by: Julie Elliot Value: $1100 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 206 ARTIST: BRYAN RYLEY Marcel’s Beach - Marcel's Dilemma 1999 BRYAN RYLEY lives and works in Vernon, B.C. Donated by: Gallery Odin – Silver Star Mountain Value: $ 4200 --------------------------------------------------- LOT 207 ARTIST: SOLEIL MANNION ‘Evening Vineyard’ Born in the Netherlands, Soleil Mannion’s formative years were defined by living in Vancouver, B.C. Her travels through the dramatic landscapes and seascapes of the Pacific coast awakened her artistic insight and personal aesthetic. In 1991, Soleil moved to London, England to engage in multidisciplinary art studies - in drama, dance, and costume design. The vibrant palettes of the African and South Asian cultures surrounding her London neighbourhood stimulated her sense of creative design, and further provoked her ongoing personal fascination with the magical interaction of colours with form. As she went on to work and teach in acting and costume design, she refined her sensitivity to lighting and spatial dimension – elements which play central roles in her paintings and mixed-media works ever since. Soleil began mounting solo exhibitions in 2005. Her work can be viewed at Sooke Harbour House, near Victoria, B.C., and at her home studio in Cowichan Bay. Donated by: Soleil Mannion Value: $2000 --------------------------------------------------- The Glitter of Gold Reverse Draw Artists ARTIST: LYNDEN BEESLEY
I like to work in clay or wax to prepare for my bronzes. When working in clay a mould needs to be made in order to create the wax. With this process an edition can be produced. When working directly in wax only one sculpture will be cast. The waxes are prepared at the foundry by investing them with layers of a fireproof chemically setting aggregate. Heat is applied to remove the wax from the interior. The mould is then inverted so that the molten bronze may be poured in to it create the bronze sculpture. Once the sculpture is cast in bronze I enjoy cleaning, burnishing and applying the patina, giving each piece my own touch. Art Medallions are now a part of my oeuvre. These touchable bronze pieces are designed to be hand held. They may be used as commemorative pieces, awards or purely art pieces. The medallic designs can be used as images for currency. Medallions are produced world wide. As the Canadian delegate for FIDEM (The International Federation of Art Medallions) I invite you to browse their website www.fidem-medals.org/ Donated by: Lynden Beesley Value: $200 --------------------------------------------------- ARTIST: CHERYL (JENSEN) McFADDEN `Vision`
This beautiful bowl is made of kiln fused glass. It started out as pieces of glass that were cut and fit together and then layered in a kiln. The glass was then heated to about 1450 degrees F. This technical process of heating and cooling takes about 24 hours in the kiln. Once the piece had cooled, it was then given another layer of glass and design and fused again in the kiln. Finally, it was put back into the kiln for its third and final firing, this time in a special mold. It then went through the process of heating and cooling again, however, only to about 1200 degrees F or so. The heated glass softened just enough to take on the shape the mold. The inspiration for this piece came from Okanagan pictographs which were one of the Okanagan first nations peoples ways of expressing themselves as a form of education, entertainment and livelihood. Pictographs were painted on rock walls often to document a story, vision and/or dream. FOR MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST PLEASE CHECK HER WEBSITE Donated by Cheryl (Jensen) McFadden Value: $1200 |
