Tiffany Hastie's New Portfolio!

This new body of work by Tiffany Hastie presents three colourful renderings of Vancouver Island and a collection of paintings titled Garden Series. The Garden Series is a walk through a blooming garden filled with life and infused with sunlight, each image featuring a different flowering plant and garden friend. Combining representation and abstraction, Tiffany expands her ball and block motif into the realm of flora and fauna, inspired by the delights of a garden and its inhabitants. Tiffany will be at the gallery on Saturday August 29 from 1pm to 3pm. 

Jim Park Spotlight Show

I discovered Jim Park's work soon after moving to Canada. One of the first things I did was drive throughout British Columbia and Alberta, visiting art museums and commercial galleries. It was during those travels that I encountered Jim's paintings at Kimoto Gallery in Vancouver, just off Granville Street.

We took the initiative to contact Jim and asked if he would be interested in being represented by our gallery. From the very beginning, I was drawn to the raw emotional quality of his paintings and the extraordinary way he captures light. Up close, I often find myself wondering why certain brushstrokes are placed where they are. Yet, when viewed from a distance, everything comes together beautifully, the compositions become striking, and the light is simply brilliant.

At the time, however, there was one challenge. Jim was primarily creating very large-scale works. He has long been drawn to expansive canvases, which allow him to convey the profound sense of solitude found in moments such as watching waves crash onto a deserted beach. As a result, we were only able to receive a limited number of paintings that would fit comfortably within our gallery space.

Although we still have only a small selection, we are delighted to present a new portfolio of Jim's recent works in more intimate formats. I hope you will have the opportunity to visit our gallery and experience these remarkable new paintings in person.

Jim Park will be in our gallery on Saturday August 8 from 1pm to 3pm.