Amy Loewan (The Cross and the Lotus)

Amy Loewan
The Cross and the Lotus
watercolour on paper, image: 12 x 12"
 $375.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until April 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Leona Olausen (Mission)

Leona Olausen
Mission
mixed media, 14 x 11"
$75.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until April 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Al Mier (Journey to Enlightenment)

Al Mier
Journey to Enlightenment
19 x 16" acrylic on canvas board
$180.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until April 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Father Douglas (Sola Dei Gloria)

Father Douglas
Sola Dei Gloria
10 x 7" egg tempera & gold leaf
$150.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until March 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Blair Brennan (Incarnation)

Blair Brennan
Incarnation
burnt text on wood cross w/ plastic rosary 10" x 7"
$150.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until March 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Lee Bale (Dragonfly Cross)

Lee Bale
Dragonfly Cross
mixed media, 10 x 7"
$150.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until March 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Patty Vest (Celtic Cross)

Patty Vest
Celtic Cross
mixed media,
10 x 7"
$200.00

This piece is featured in the show X Position  that will be at the VAAA Gallery in Edmonton Alberta from March 31^st until March 21^st, 2011. This piece may be purchased by emailing to visartaa@telusplanet.net or by telephoning toll free to 1.866.421.1731 during gallery hours Wednesday to Friday between 10am and 4pm and Saturday from noon to 4pm.

Father Douglas (When Lightning Strikes and Thunder Rolls)

Father Douglas
When Lightning Strikes and Thunder Rolls
acrylic
24 x 36"

Although I enjoy painting and drawing landscapes, I have chosen dogs as my primary subject matter, for dogs are a subject used since cave drawings.  Dogs were a popular subject in hunt scenes from the renaissance through to the genre paintings of the Impressionists and continue to be a popular subject for contemporary artists.

I have now come to comprehend that an artist must truly love or hate their subject in order to paint with conviction.  It is only when this emotional unification exists between the artist and subject can the artist truly paint with the passion necessary to create their art.  I strive as I paint and draw with confidence and an adventurous spirit for this bond.

The images I present to you are of works I have created using one of my favourite models.   My third image, also painted in acrylics on Mylar, uses the dog as an allegory for humankind and represents man’s fears of darkness and lightning storms.  

Huong Nguyen (Suncruiser)

Huong Nguyen
Suncruiser, 2010
acrylic on canvas
30 x 48"

Huong Nguyen a local artist and is relatively new to the Edmonton art scene.  Her unique semi abstract style provides much feast for the eyes.  Her use of color and multiple layers of opacity make her paintings come alive with motion and mystery.  As a self taught artist, she was selected as feature artist at the Spruce Grove Art Gallery and had her 1^st gallery show in January 2011.  She has a keen feel for acrylic, playing with transparent strokes with more translucent and opaque ones that are well executed to capture her theme of water reflecting color and light.  Her work is displayed at the Glenory Gallery in Edmonton.  She also documents all her work on her website at www.huongnguyenmyartlife.wordpress.com.

Kim Bruce (In-Spires)

Kim Bruce
In-Spires
encaustic found objccts
8 x 22 x 5"

Kim Bruce resides and works in the foothills of Alberta just outside the City of Calgary. Using materials from distinctly different sources, she makes succinct yet subjective statements that reference the dichotomies that exist in our world and within us. Juxtaposing contrasting materials and opposing viewpoints, bittersweet contradictions concerning life’s fragility come to light and into visual and ethereal balance.  Bruce looks to unveil natural beauty and create sculptures that “provoke musings about the state of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.”
Bruce established a design firm in 1983 specializing in store planning and image development while pursuing formal art training through a varied curriculum under many established artists at The Alberta College of Art & Design and The University of Calgary. She currently manages artbiz.ca. Bruce has been published in the New York Times, reviewed in See Magazine and FFWD Magazine. Exhibitions include the Sculptors Society of Canada in Toronto, the windows at the Epcor Center for the Performing Arts in Calgary, Harcourt House Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta and the Triangle Gallery in Calgary, Alberta. Her work is in the collection of the Alberta Foundations for the Arts and is privately and publically collected throughout Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands

Kevin Law (Badlands Motel)

Kevin Law
Badlands Motel
altered photograph

I am drawn to forms of photography where the artist can creatively contribute to the final image through various forms of manipulation during the original exposure of the film.  I have been most fascinated with the use and manipulation of color. Color can help to create emotion in art, and the ability to manipulate color in photography is often limited, and therefore highly challenging. Several years ago, I learned light painting techniques that I found very exciting. Since then I have developed the basic techniques of light painting into an impressionistic style using various modified light sources