James Gaa "Story Telling, Old Delhi" exhibited in OPEN PHOTO 2011 Aug 25- Oct 2 2011

James Gaa
Story Telling, Old Delhi
17.6"x15"
2011

Nancy Corrigan 'Pods & Poppies'

Nancy Corrigan
Pods & Poppies
Acrylic on Canvas
30”(h) x 70”(w) x 3/4”(d)
$850.00
For the past several months I have been experiencing my process as a painter much more than ever before. Up until then painting was always an experience to share but one to experiment with, discovering many techniques and many subjects. These acrylic paintings are part of a series I am calling
“Blooms Between.” These are more than paintings on the windowsill or prior to the landscape. These paintings create their own “life energy.”The Vases, contain the nourishing fluids. In the paintings, it is about “the place where life begins.” Flowers in the Vases are a portion of the outside world. That being what is beneath, behind or beyond them!
These paintings are an experience for the viewer as well as the painter.
“Put Yourself into the Paintings!”
Nancy Corrigan
www.nancycorrigan.ca

 

Pam Thurston 'My UnDoing'

Pam Thurston

"My Undoing"
oil on canvas
30 x 24"
2009


 I begin a painting because I am attracted to a surface or a form and as the painting progresses it becomes a conversation. Each completed work is the result of layering of thoughts, each layer delving a little further beyond the surface of things. I think that’s how life is – many-surfaced and many-layered. To live well is to appreciate the surface of things, but as well to think beyond it.

www.pamelathurston.com

Ansgard Thomson 'Distorting the Truth'

Distorting the Truth
Digital Fine Art
Ansgard ThomsonMy art has been created on the computer since 1993. No need to say it still upsets
some art dealers, that they can not sell it to well paying clients . Just the same I might have given up printing my digital fine art , (because anyone is doing it now),but I still greatly enjoy creating digital original  images instead of reproductions of any of my traditional works I either sold or have given away . Trust I can at least amuse my VAAA friends one more time with my images
and living with my art in the virtual world .
Ansgard Thomson
http://www.members.shaw.ca/ansgard

Nancy Corrigan 'Warm Window'

 Nancy Corrigan
“Warm Window”
Acrylic on Canvas
30”(h) x 70”(w) x 3/4”(d)
$850.00

For the past several months I have been experiencing my process as a painter much more than ever before. Up until then painting was always an experience to share but one to experiment with, discovering many techniques and many subjects. These acrylic paintings are part of a series I am calling“Blooms Between.”These are more than paintings on the windowsill or prior to the landscape. These paintings create their own “life energy.” The Vases, contain the nourishing fluids. In the paintings, it is about “the place where life begins.” Flowers in the Vases are a portion of the outside world. That being what is beneath, behind or beyond them! These paintings are an experience for the viewer as well as the painter. “Put Yourself into the Paintings!”
Nancy Corrigan
www.nancycorrigan.ca

Pam Thurston 'Genesis'

Pam Thurston

Genesis
oil on canvas
22 x 28"
2010

 I begin a painting because I am attracted to a surface or a form and as the painting progresses it becomes a conversation. Each completed work is the result of layering of thoughts, each layer delving a little further beyond the surface of things. I think that’s how life is – many-surfaced and many-layered. To live well is to appreciate the surface of things, but as well to think beyond it.

www.pamelathurston.com

 

 

Ansgard Thomson 'Circular'

Circular
Digital Fine Art
Ansgard Thomson
My art has been created on the computer since 1993 .No need to say it still upsets
some art dealers, that they can not sell it to well paying clients . Just the same I might have given up printing my digital fine art , (because anyone is doing it now),but I still greatly enjoy creating digital original  images instead of reproductions of any of my traditional works I either sold or have given away . Trust I can at least amuse my VAAA friends one more time with my images
and living with my art in the virtual world .

Ansgard Thomson

http://www.members.shaw.ca/ansgard

Roberta Murray "The Dreams' Spruce Grove Art Gallery Aug 22-Sept 10

The Dreams
ROBERTA MURRAY
An Art exhibition& Sale August 22- September 10 2011
Spruce Grove Art Gallery
At the Public Library 35, 5th Ave Spruce Grove, Alberta

Artist Contact:
uncommondepth@gmail.com

Life is fleeting, but of subtle and sometimes hidden beauty. Do you see it when you are awake, or only once you close your eyes and fall asleep.

VAAA Weaving and Cotton Spinning Workshop with HWSDA

As part of the current HWSDA exhibition, Land of Varied Perspectives, the VAAA Gallery was pleased to present a cotton spinning workshop by Jen Black and a loom weaving workshop by Kathy Buse. We were so happy to have both of these incredible ladies. Thank you very much!

Karolina Kowalski, 'Shifting Spaces' at The Naess Gallery

Shifting Spaces
KAROLINA KOWALSKI
Opening reception August 6th 2-4pm
Naess Gallery
August 4th -30th 2011

@ The Paint Spot
10032-81 Ave
Edmonton, AB
T6E 1W8
M-W: 9:30 am-6:00pm
TH: 9:30am-8:00pm
F-S: 9:30am- 6:00pm
SUN: 12:00pm-5:00pm
www.paintspot.ca
Artist Contacts:
e-mail: k6harna@gmail.com
Web: www.karolinakowalski.carbonmade.com

Aaron Falkenberg " Verbena's Spirit"

Aaron Falkenberg
Verbena's Spirit
Metal Print
16"x16"
2011
www.aaronfalkenberg.com

Laurie MacFayden " World Map"

Laurie MacFayden
World Map
Acrylic on Canvas
20x24"
2011

www.lauriemacfayden.com

Madonna Mikhail "Overload"

Madonna Mikhail
Overload
Plaster and Pigment
80"x 60"x 60"
2011

Wendy Gervais " Gust"

Wendy Gervais
Gust
Collage and Mixed Media
38"x50"
2010

Debra Backman Smith "Elyse"

Debra Bachman Smith
Elyse
Oil on Wood
14.5"x12.75"
2011

Jo-Anne Farley "LightBulb Power II"

Jo-Anne Farley
LightBulb Power II
Acrylic on Canvas
16:x20"
2011

Seon- jeong Kim "Though Sailing II "

Seon-jeong Kim
Through Sailing II
Acrylic
28"x 36"
2010

Annette Ayre "Slush"

Annette Ayre
Slush
Acrylic on Paper
22"x30"
2009

www.annetteayre.ca

Judith E, Hall " Drilling a New Well"

Judith E. Hall
Drilling A New Well
Acrylic
30"x48"
2005

www.judithehall.com

David Bowering "001"

David Bowering
001
Photography
16"x24"
2011

www.hauntingimagrey.com

William Prettie " Victor's History"

William Prettie
Victor's History
Mixed Media On Wood
36.5" x 84.25"
2011

www.williamprettie.com

Nataliya Bukhanova Sisters"

Nataliya Bukhanova
Sisters
Watercolour on Paper
23"x17"
2011

http://www.artistsites.org/bukhanova/

Nancy Corrigan " Energy Source"

Nancy Corrigan

Energy Source

Acrylic on Board

36"x48"
2011

Nancy Corrigan's paintings and drawings are mainly acrylic, watercolour or mixed media pastel and nature collage' works. Nature is her inspiration "on site", still life work, or working "with the circle" as a Mandela study.
Nancy has exhibited her paintings and facilitated many art programs, mostly murals for all ages in the Edmonton and Greater Edmonton Hospitals, Festivals and schools for the past thirty years. Her desire is that through the visual consideration of the earth elements: earth, air, fire, water and love or spirit, people will gain a sense of self and place in this world.

Nancy is currently a staff Artist on The Ward for Friends, The University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton and a free-lance instructor for drawing, painting, mandela and visual expression sessions.

www.nancycorrigan.ca

Shirley R. Adams " Oil spill Disaster"

Shirley R. Adams
Oil Spill Disaster
Pastel on Paper
11.5" x 7.75"
2011