Great Guzek at West End Gallery

Island Passages 

March 19 to 31, 2016 

Greta Guzek presents an exceptional exhibition of new West Coast paintings. Bold contrasting colours, distinctive brushwork and distorted perspectives lend themselves to her playful expression of coastal life. Greta’s depictions of windswept shores, charming seaside cabins and the ever-changing beauty of local arbutus trees have captured the hearts of collectors for over fifteen years.

Greta Guzek at the West End Gallery

light and breeze   36x36

 

Coastal Allure exhibit

by Greta Guzek

Greta Guzek presents an exceptional exhibition of new West Coast paintings. Bold contrasting colours, distinctive brush work and distorted perspectives lend themselves to her playful expression of coastal life. Concentrating on the space where land meets water, she depicts charming seaside cabins, windswept shores and is perhaps best known for her depictions of local arbutus trees.

“Painting the coastal environment is my sublime obsession. I search for the quintessential scene that expresses my view of its natural beauty or coastal culture, and hope to find the right mark, right colour, right rhythm to capture its allure.”
Greta Guzek 2012

Join us for the opening reception Saturday September 15, 2012 with artist in attendance from 1-4pm.

Greta Guzek at West End Gallery

“Beach Roaming”
An Exhibition of New Paintings
Opening Reception: Sat. Nov. 6  1 to 4pm


Greta received her Fine Arts Degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 1978.
For the last twenty years she has lived and worked in Gibsons on the West Coast of British
Columbia. Having established a deep connection with coastal life here Greta uses her paintings
as the vehicle for her artistic expression. Her current exhibition Beach Roaming highlights the
idyllic qualities and intrinsic beauty of the West Coast.
“ As I wander the shoreline I encounter all the coastal mystique that so captures my imagination;
from the wild reclusive coves and log strewn beaches, to the corralled boats of the marinas and
totems left by other beach walkers. I feel connected to the elements and the stories that saturate
our shores, and it is these images that have become the subject of this exhibition.”
-Greta Guzek 2010