Catching Stars Gallery and Copper Spirit Distillery are collaborating in March to celebrate two local businesses. Check out our feature display which highlights works in Coppers and Greens in celebration of the Distillery’s colours and artworks from Catching Stars Gallery on display at the Distillery. Stop by the Gallery to enter the draw for an invitation to an exclusive Whiskey Tasting event at the Gallery with an Artist Talk by David Graff.
Read MoreI would like to think that art is a reflection of spirit, a tangle of emotion, a spark from within, that eventually ignites into something far beyond the realm of reality; it has the ability to inspire one to believe in the unbelievable. That being said, I have no words to describe the soul of my work. It will speak to everyone differently, and my hopes are to rekindle the magic held within us all.
Read MoreCheck out our collection of photos from February’s month of love! Visitors to the Gallery posed for photos on our Purple Chaise Lounge. Enjoy!
Read MoreDecember Feature Artist - Katie Mainwaring
Artist Reception: Sunday December 22, 2 - 4 pm
Katie Mainwaring is a Bowen Island Artist who loves to find the magic in everything. Her work is largely reflective of her beautiful surroundings, but also by the world of fantasy hidden beyond.
Read MoreNovember Feature Artist - Bob Miller (aka Bob the Carver)
Artist Reception: Saturday, November 9, 2 - 4 pm
“Woodworking has been a passion for me from my earliest years, especially in terms of grain texture and colour. When I first saw a duck decoy, I knew I had to carve some and then moved into creating other birds, notably songbirds, owls, hawks and eagles.”
Read MoreBorn in Peru in 1957, Monica immigrated to Canada in 1976, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Master in Landscape Architecture. She also has an Advanced Painting Certificate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Monica's distinctive style of textural painting, in which she applies thick layers of acrylic paint and medium with palette knives, results in a 3-D effect, suggesting organic energy, flow and movement. At the same time, she uses multiple glazes of colour to produce contrast and harmony, creating lightness, fluidity, and ephemeral atmospheric effects.
Read MoreJanna Kumi is a Canadian artist based in Metro Vancouver. She studied natural resource management and forestry, working for over 30 years in senior management positions in British Columbia. In 2006 she began part-time fine art studies at Emily Carr University and then completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia in 2015. Since then, her art practice has evolved into a unique body of work comprised of mostly drawings and mixed media works centered mainly upon the tree – specifically, the bark.
Read MoreJennifer creates abstract paintings using collaged hand-painted and printed fabrics or papers. In recent years she has become more and more enthralled with the possibilities inherent in monoprinting with a gel plate, which she combines with a myriad of different techniques and tools to create her unique papers and fabrics. She has exhibited widely in BC and regularly teaches workshops.
Read MoreFeatured for the month of July. Fibre Arts, weavings and poetry, telling stories of lost love, friendships and memories. Natasha Boškić lives and works in Vancouver. She moved to Canada from war-torn Serbia in 1999. A long history of family storytelling, traditions and legends as well as her personal life experience and current times have shaped and directed Natasha’s craft.
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