GROUP EXHIBITION - March 5 - 25, 2010 [Opening March 5 @ 6pm]

We are excited to present our principal artists and their works: Lisa Heinricks, Nikki Gour, Roberta Murray and Ron Robinson. Each one of them strives to innovate in what they do through the process of creation and the medium.

Lisa is constantly pushing herself in new directions both on and off the canvas. Her work has been shown from the Prime Ministers Office in Canada to Florence Italy. She will be to the 21st Century what Pollock was to the 20th.

Nikki’s work is based on a unique personal interaction with found objects combined with her deep personal reflections on how she sees the world through life experiences, surroundings, thoughts, feelings, emotions and intuitiveness.

Roberta draws on her background as a fibre artist through the use of texture, form, and light. The result is images with a mystical quality as if taken at a different time or in a different world. Many of her images are heavily manipulated using multiple images to create a unique texture and depth.

Ron's art has tended to be a journey through inter-connected ideas and inspirations that have pushed in to a wide variety of media that include: sculpture in stone, wood, ceramic, metal, relief printing. He defines himself as a conceptual artist, dictating the medium of expression, often working in series in order to fully explore an idea.

We invite you to come and enjoy each piece and meet the artists at our opening reception as well as to see music being created by performance artist and ACAD Instructor Adan Tindale.

INTERESTING PEOPLE - March 28, 2010 [Opening March 28 Time: TBA]

Having worked digitally his entire career as a video games artist and director, Michael Grills intends to show how digital art can share both a classic and contemporary tradition. While most Digital art tends to be created for a commercial purpose Michael has decided to push this art in a different direction.

"I'm choosing my subjects based on whether or not I find them interesting. This allows me to apply my own lens to the subject matter and create a realistic impression. I work digitally bringing traditional portraits to life in a way that only digital can provide. These are vector paintings and so the final output is a mathematical equation. The Medium coincides with the message as it was the electric mediums that caused us to forget the people closest to us in the first place. Is it possible to use it to remember them again?"

At the Show Interesting People The viewer will be exposed to a number of Printed Canvases that are 36 by 60 inches in size. Near the pieces there will be videos showing, stroke for stroke, how each painting comes into being.

“By exposing the process I hope that people will see the underlying creative work that goes into each piece. Digital is great medium for art and in the right setting viewers should be convinced.”

IF you think your interesting and should have a portrait painted then go to http://www.idrawinterestingpeople.com or contact Michael directly at 403.921.6112. According to Michael, “This is going to be a life long project. I'm hoping to meet interesting people all over the world and hope that people will fill in the website and apply to have a portrait done.”