Laurie Ladmore,David Ladmore,Tony Bounsall at the Massey gallery AGGV

David and Laurie Ladmore – February 2014 – Artist of the Month

Born and raised in England, David is an award-winning artist who works in the classical tradition. He was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour in 1997. In 1998 he was awarded the Honour Award and A.J. Casson Medal. David is represented by galleries in New York, Washington, Long Beach and Chicago. His paintings hang in corporate and private collections worldwide. In Victoria, he is represented by The Blue Whale Gallery and The Gallery in the Oak Bay Village. He has been featured in International Artist Magazine's Master Painters of the World and in Watercolor Magic and Style at Home. He works in oil, watercolour and etching. "My work is a response to the beauty and simplicity of the things I find around me. In figure and landscape, careful study reveals the undercurrents and rhythms of existence." Recently over 100 of David's paintings were purchased by a collector in the Victoria area forming The Swanwick Collection.

www.davidladmore.com

Laurie lives in Victoria, BC, where she attended the Victoria College of Art from 1994 to 1996. She works in oil, acrylic and watercolour. She has shown her paintings in a variety of exhibitions including an ongoing series of two person shows "Ladmore and Ladmore" with her husband David and in group shows as part of The Imagists and is represented by The Blue Whale Gallery. "My recent paintings are a series of oils inspired by the beauty of flowers and stars and the belief that light and love triumph over darkness and loss. My greatest pleasure is when something about the way I see the world resonates with someone else. For me it completes the creative cycle." Laurie's work is also featured in The Swanwick Collection.

www.laurieladmore.com

Carron Berkes, David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore and Rob Vickery at Moka House

Mélange

Moka House Coffee Shoal Point

Fisherman’s Wharf, Victoria, BC

February 2-27, 2013

Mélange is a visual art exhibit which brings together four highly creative local artists whose works and artistic view points are unique, moving and insightful. Carron Berkes, David Ladmore, Laurie Ladmore and Rob Vickery present Mélange: a diverse array of two-dimensional works in acrylics, etchings, oils, mixed media and photography. Free event and suitable for all ages and family members.

The Artists

Carron Berkes conveys two distinct themes: the first deals with her love of animals, which is reflected in the expressions of her renditions of endangered land and sea animals; in contrast, the nature-themed paintings reveal the strength and drama of the sea, and colourful semi-abstract landscapes focusing on light, serenity and colour on canvas. Carron will show acrylic and mixed media works.

Both David Ladmore and Laurie Ladmore explore landscape themes in their oil paintings and David’s etchings. Each is inspired not just by the surface beauty of the world but also by what lies beneath: the undercurrents and rhythms of existence; the universal forces.

The work of Rob Vickery is primarily about the quality of light that comprises the physical world, yet hints at a light within the self, and offers a glimpse of life’s subtle inner nature. Photographic, mixed media and acrylic works will be featured.

The Imagist’s Show at The Sculpture Studio

Tony Bounsal, Paul Peregal, David Hunwick, David & Laurie Landmore,
Nancy Murphy and Leonard Butt

" Of Love and Water " Poems by Gerard Rochford and images by David Ladmore

Full Circle Studio Arts Book Launch :

Of Love and Water

Poems by Gerard Rochford and images by David Ladmore

Join us Saturday, August 13, from 1-4 pm for a special book launch,book signing, poetry reading by Gerard Rochford and display of David's original paintings.

Please drop by at 1800 Store Street.

David and Laurie Ladmore Christmas Show and Sale

You are cordially invited to our annual

Christmas Show and Sale
we will be open 10am to 5pm the following weekends:
Saturday, November 27^th and Sunday, November 28^th

Saturday, December 4^th and Sunday, December 5^th

Saturday, December 11^th and Sunday, December 12^th

and by appointment
7-103 Menzies Street, Victoria
Information: 250-361-3243
studio is upstairs
www.davidladmore.com
www.laurieladmore.com
GIFT CERTIFICATES and PAYMENT PLANS available

David Ladmore in " Question Period :

What is your artist background? Self-taught by studying paintings by dead artists.

How do you describe your work? My work is a response to the beauty and
simplicity of the things I find around me. In figure and landscape, careful
study reveals the undercurrents and rhythms of existence.

Who are the living artists you find more interesting? Any artist who paints
with enthusiasm is inspiring.

Who are the no longer living artists you find most interesting? Turner,Rembrandt, Corot, Sargent, Whistler, Waterhouse, Inness and especially Gainsborough.

Should art have a social/political message? It can have, but not necessarily. Everyone is different. I'm compelled to follow the creative process which begins and ends at the decimal point between the positive and
the negative. "At the still point of the turning world...there the dance is"
T.S. Elliot

Why do you do art? That's a very good question. I've thought about it, but I
still don't know. It's a compulsion.


David's web address is: www.davidladmore.com