Ehren Salazar and GJ Pearson at Dales Gallery

Ehren Salazar and GJ Pearson at Dales gallery

Lorraine Betts, Joanna Pettit, Lynda McKewan and Marjorie Allen at Dales Gallery.

ABSTRACT FOUR PAINTINGS

 Lorraine Betts,  Joanna Pettit, Lynda McKewan and Marjorie Allen 

January 5 – 31, 2016

Dales Gallery   

537 Fisgard St

Lorraine Betts, Joanna Pettit, Lynda McKewan and Marjorie Allen at Dales Gallery

ABSTRACT FOUR PAINTINGS

January 5 – 31, 2016

Lorraine Betts,  Joanna Pettit, Lynda McKewan and Marjorie Allen have come together to exhibit their work at Dales Gallery.

Beyond Persona collective exhibition at Dales Gallery

Disparate visions from seven Victoria photographers. This exhibition is a result of ten months intense work under the mentorship of Quinton Gordon of Lúz Studios. The photographers set goals to break through the wall of their self-assumed photographic personalities and protective masks, letting their true vision reveal itself through the work by going Beyond Persona.

Photographers: Lia Crowe, Demetri Tsimon, Mike Zastre, Robert Lemmon, Wes Shelley, Kristin Thomson, Gerry Harrison

Raincoast Reflextions Exhibit at Dales Gallery

 

 

 

RAINCOAST REFLECTIONS EXHIBIT         

Of the coast, by the coast, for the coast

VICTORIA, BC, — See the splendour of the West Coast through new eyes at the Raincoast Reflections – Art, Information, Inspiration exhibition beginning October 24 at Dales Gallery.

The beauty of a place is often hard to capture in an image — especially a place as magnificent as British Columbia’s untamed coastal landscape. However, more than 50 Canadian artists have found ways to interpret this majesty through paintings, carvings, and sculpture. In 2012, Canadian artists took an expedition through coastal communities, First Nations’ lands, and the heart of wilderness to gain an understanding of the vulnerability of this remarkable region. With this adventure as inspiration, this  talented group has created and generously donated their remarkable pieces to the Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

The Raincoast Reflections exhibit will run from Oct. 22 to Nov. 8, with a gala opening in the evening on Oct. 24. The collection for the art exhibit is comprised of original paintings by Harold Allanson, Gaye Adams, Dianne Bersea, Carl Chaplin, Brent Cooke, Carole Evans, David Goatley, Terry Isaac, Sharon Rose Kneeshaw, Judy McLaren, Christian Morrisseau, Dorset Norwich-Young, Roy Henry Vickers and Alan Wylie. The art exhibit is sponsored by Dales Gallery, Maple Leaf Adventures and Turnham Woodland Barristers and Solicitors. The pieces will be for sale. Artist-donors will be in attendance and additional merchandise will be available—including a collection of the artists’ contributions in the book Canada’s Raincoast at Risk, and a short documentary.

Brian Falconer, Marine Operations Program Coordinator for Raincoast Conservation Foundation, talks about the region on which the art collection is based, “This [the Great Bear Rainforest] is the largest tract of intact temperate rainforest in the world, that’s why people are so connected to it, that’s why people are so emotional about it. And I believe it’s what has motivated these fifty artists to contribute their talent and their work—to try and interpret this and explain to Canadians why this is so important.”

The proceeds from the Art for an Oil Free Coast exhibition will support Raincoast’s mission to investigate, inform and inspire through the conservation and protection of BC’s lands, waters and wildlife.

For more information Contact: Chris Genovali, Executive Director, Raincoast Conservation Foundation; chris@raincoast.org or by phone at 250-655-1229 x225.

Judy Mclaren at Dales Gallery

Sue Gentry at Dales Gallery

Sue Gentry and Anne Hoban at Dales Gallery

Lis Erling Bailly at Dales Gallery

opening : Feb. 26: 5-8pm
Dales Gallery and framing studio
537 Fisgard Street, Victoria BC

Anita Rydygier at Dales Gallery

To interpret the creative expressions of the natural mind before we become adult, and to fuse together the child’s drawing with the adult’s vision is to comprehend art without convention or restriction, “without borders”.

Color stands at the center of human experience, human consciousness, and human expression, in fusing shape and color, I look to convey essential human experiences, essential human stories, in a way that everyone, adult and child, can recognize and understand.  Quoting Picasso, “Every child is an artist, the challenge is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Anita worked as a textile designer, her printed textile collections were sold in Europe, the USA and Japan.  During this time Anita’s colour infused airbrush and gouache creations resulted in two solo exhibitions at The Actor’s Institute, London.

Whilst living in England, Anita also worked as a free-lance illustrator.  Commissions included Cosmopolitan magazine, Woman’s Journal magazine, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Chrysalis Records, and The Macrobiotic Association.  Private collectors include the Hon. Simon Howard at Castle Howard, York.

Anita moved from the UK to reside in Victoria, BC in 2001.  In North America Anita has selectively exhibited at her own gallery / store, WestCoast Eco Home in Fan Tan Alley, Victoria BC and at The Brill Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts.
 

Don Craig, Benoit Jansen-Raynaud and Matt Politano at Dales Gallery

Stealing Time

Don Craig, Benoit Jansen-Reynaud and Matt Politano

October 29 through November 26
Opening Reception Nov 4, 6-9pm

Dales Gallery is proud to present an unusual view of the world around us. Not content with capturing the world they see, artists Don Craig, Benoit Jansen-Reynaud and Matt Politano employ alternate exposure techniques to photograph motion and the passage of time, creating landscapes invisible to the human eye.

Stealing Time brings together three different but complementary ways of seeing – a collection of elegant enigmas that challenge our perceptions.

Silent Auction

Three works will be up for auction and the proceeds will be donated to Doctors without Borders. We invite you to drop by the Gallery in support of a worthy cause.

Dales Gallery and Framing Studio
Open Monday-Friday, 10-5
Saturday 11-4
Or by Appointment
250-383-1552
dalesgallery.ca
 

Stephanie Harding at Dales Gallery - October 2014

WOODS 

An exhibit of Stephanie Harding's work  October 22-28, 2014

 

    Selective harvesting from the forest inside her mind,

    Stephanie's new paintings have branched out to oil brushed onto wood panel. 

    Boldly expressed and subtly framed.

 

Dales Gallery 

537 Fisgard St.

Victoria, BC  Canada

World Animal Day - Elephant Earth Events at Dales Gallery

 

Elephant Enigma by Dag Goering

G E T   I N S P I R E D

Life-size photo collages, installations and artefacts show the 

beauty and magnificence of these amazing creatures.

G E T   I N V O L V E D

Help save elephants: join Friends of Elephant 

Earth (FrEE), sign petitions, make a donation.

Panel Discussion - Oct. 5th,  4 - 6 pm

100 Miles for Elephants Trek

G O   T H E   D I S T A N C E

Would you go the extra mile for a cause you believe in? 

Team members of Hidden Places fundraising  

treks tell stories of their adventures in Africa. 

Limited seating. Dales Gallery - Call to register: (250) 995-3003

G E T   I N S P I R E D    -    G E T   I N V O L V E D     -    G O   T H E   D I S T A N C E 

Opening Night : Oct. 4, 2014 at 4pm 

Exhibition Oct. 4 to 21, 2014 

Mary Feesey at Dales Gallery

 The Mary Feesey Show

 Opening Reception : Sat. May 10 @ 1 pm 

  

In January 2014 Mary celebrated her 90^th birthday with a houseful of family and friends, food and wine!  Currently she is still painting!

During her school years Mary received training from several inspiring art teachers, including classes with Arthur Lismer at the Toronto Art Gallery in 1937 as a 14 year old.  From then on she went to many evening classes to continue her studies in drawing and painting including 3 years at the Ontario College of Art.

All through the years of raising a family Mary managed to keep on painting and drawing and exhibiting.  Her husband, the late Arthur Feesey, loved to canoe and camp enabling Mary to photograph and sketch ‘en plein aire’ in good weather and painting indoors in the winter months. Her landscapes and nature scenes have been strongly influenced by the Group of Seven.

In 1970 the Feeseys drove across Canada and moved into the North Saanich area.  Mary quickly connected with the local artist community and for 43 years she has been an active member of the Saanich Peninsula Arts Crafts Society (SPAC), including serving as president and in various other executive positions.

Throughout the 1970’s and 80’s she showed her work in many shows:

1979-1989 with the Federation of Canadian Artists

1981 Art Auction, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

1983 Art Show at City Hall, Victoria

1985-1987 in the Gazebo Gallery

1991 in the Sooke Fine Arts

2000 a one-woman show at the Laurel Point Inn

SPAC shows every year including 2014

In 2012 Mary, along with four others, was honoured by the Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula as one of the “Early Arts Leaders”.

Mary paints in both oils and watercolours and in later years she experimented with pastels.  Her work is in private collections across Canada, the US, England and Mexico.

Light Sensitive at Dales Gallery

Stewart McGillis and Marsha Batchelor at Dales Gallery

12 Seconds a group show at Dales Gallery

12 Seconds   It could imply the speed in which life can go by or moments that influence and resonate with an artist or anyone or what can happen in such a brief time, maybe nothing, maybe everything. 
 
A Group show with Photographer Jill Hirschbold, Artist April Ponsford, Artist Ron Wilson, Photographer Gordon Muir, Artist Bob McPartlin, Sculptor Christina Hilborne and artist Stephanie Harding .

Dales Gallery
537 Fisgard St.

Feb. 28 to March 25, 2014

opening reception : March 1 at 7 pm 

Bob Mcpartlin and Stephanie Harding at Dales Gallery

Inside Communities - A Photo Documentary Project at Dales Gallery