Category: Life Goes On

Karen Goodfellow shows Indigenous eco-art at The Art Gallery Osoyoos

Mixed-media pieces by Karen Goodfellow include The Path Family, Beats a Path to the Door, Off the Beaten Path, Leads You up the Garden Path, and Straight ‘n Narrow is the Path. (Richard McGuire Photo)

Karen Goodfellow, who calls herself an “Indigenous eco-artist,” is presenting her show “Spirit of the Land” at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO) throughout September.

The show officially opens Saturday, Sept. 7 and runs until Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. An Opening Reception Preview Night is being held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, with refreshments served on the lawn of the gallery.

Goodfellow, who currently lives halfway up Anarchist Mountain by Osoyoos, was born in Vancouver in 1960. Her mother is First Nations and her grandmother is Squamish First Nations. Her Father was Austrian with Gypsy (Romani) lineage.

Goodfellow became serious about art in her 40s when she moved to the American Southwest. She studied at the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, obtaining a Certificate in Fine Art.

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Summer Artisan Market opens at The Art Gallery Osoyoos

Acrylic paintings by Nancy Gray. (Richard McGuire Photo)

The annual Summer Artisan Market opened Saturday, June 15, 2024 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos and runs until Labour Day, Monday, Sept. 2. A sneak preview event was held on Friday, June 14 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The market features the work of Osoyoos artists and artisans and includes affordable pieces from painters, potters, photographers, quilters and others. It is geared both to local shoppers and browsers and tourists.

During the summer, some artists may change their exhibit space, so it’s worth checking back again throughout the summer to see what is new.

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Gary Ripley shows large watercolours and a couple oil paintings at TAGO

Abstract Landscape is a watercolour by Gary Ripley.

Calgary painter Gary Ripley, who grew up in the Okanagan, opened a solo exhibition of his work on Saturday, April 27 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO). There was a “soft opening” earlier in the week.

Most, but not all, Ripley’s paintings are large-sized watercolours, semi-abstract, and include still lifes and landscapes. There are a couple of oil paintings and a few smaller watercolours.

The show, titled Within & Without, runs until June 8, 2024.

The opening coincided with the ending of the previous show of work by the Osoyoos Photography Club and Artists On Main, which was held at the Okanagan Gallery, due to the temporary closure of TAGO. Asbestos remediation work is now complete at TAGO and Ripley’s exhibition is the first since TAGO reopened.

A graduate of Southern Okanagan Secondary School (SOSS) in Oliver, Ripley attended the Alberta College of Art in Calgary. He ended up teaching there for four years after attending classes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on a scholarship.

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Photographers and painters join forces in new gallery show

A wall in a back room shows photographs and the paintings they inspired.

For the first time in Osoyoos, photographers and painters have teamed up to do a joint gallery show, “Pixels & Paint,” which runs from Saturday, March 30 to Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Due to the temporary closure of The Art Gallery Osoyoos for asbestos remediation, this show is being hosted at the Okanagan Art Gallery at 8302 Main Street in Osoyoos, between La Marqueza and Shoe Biz.

The show features work by members of the Osoyoos Photography Club and Artists on Main. The painters selected photographs as inspirations for their own interpretations, and the photographs and paintings are displayed next to each other. Some of the photographs are not accompanied by paintings.

Numerous works by members of the Okanagan Art Gallery cooperative remain on display at the same time.

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Local Federation of Canadian Artists chapter holds show at Gallery

Mai Tai Sunset is an acrylic painting by Larry Thor Hunter. (Richard McGuire Photo)

The South Okanagan-Similkameen Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists opens their exhibition of paintings on Saturday, March 2 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos. The juried show, “Beauty Is In…,” was scheduled to run until March 24, 2024, but will be closing early on Saturday, March 16, due to remediation work at the gallery.

There’s an awards presentation at 1 p.m. on opening day, Saturday, March 2.

The group consists of painters from Osoyoos and Oliver as well as those as far north as Summerland, as well as the Similkameen. Continue reading “Local Federation of Canadian Artists chapter holds show at Gallery”

‘Deep Roots’ artists both inspired by trees and wood in show at The Art Gallery Osoyoos

Stained Glass Window is an oil painting by Ann Willsie. (Richard McGuire Photo)

Two artists, both inspired by trees and wood in different ways, appear in a show titled Deep Roots at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO). The show runs from Saturday, Feb. 3 to Saturday, Feb. 24.

Ann Willsie does large oil paintings on canvas often showing huge gnarly trees and dramatic light. She is a Senior member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She lives and works in Lake Country, B.C.

Mike Voros carves wood and bark to make fantasy scenes of people, strange creatures, and twisted vertical cities and towns. He lives near Jackfish Lake, north of North Battleford, Sask., and spends winters as an Osoyoos snowbird.

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2024 Poster contest winner and entries on display at The Art Gallery Osoyoos

Trista Bassett, of Summerland, was the first-place winner in the annual poster contest at The Art Gallery Osoyoos. She was presented with a certificate by Mayor Sue McKortoff and she also received a monetary award. The limited-edition, signed posters will be available on Jan. 13. Her winning image is the one on the left. The one on the right by Diane Akey took second place. (Richard McGuire Photo)

Trista Bassett, of Summerland, is the first-place winner of the 2024 Poster Contest at The Art Gallery Osoyoos. The announcement was made Saturday, January 6.

The image was selected by a panel of outside judges, who also considered other submissions by local artists. The judges did not know the identities of the artists when they made their decision. An exhibition of the entries opens Saturday, January 6 at the gallery and runs until Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Local artists were invited to submit artworks on the theme of, “A recognizable image of the Osoyoos area.”

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Virtual Gallery: Christmas Artisan Market now open at The Art Gallery Osoyoos

The paintings by Shirley Trites (acrylic and mixed media) and photography by Zarin Khan are to the right of the gallery entrance. (Richard McGuire Photo)

The annual Christmas Artisan Market, “Unique Treasures” opened Saturday, November 4 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos and runs until Friday, December 22.

The market features the work of Osoyoos artists and artisans and includes affordable pieces from painters, potters, photographers, quilters and others. It is geared to local shoppers and browsers, and tourists, but the focus is on items that make great holiday gifts.

Throughout the exhibition, some artists may change their exhibit space, so it’s worth checking back again during the next month and a half to see what is new.

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Two area women launch show of paintings and fabric sculptures at TAGO

The back room features sculptures by Maureen Walker and paintings by Kathryn Ross. In the corner is the near-life-sized Diana. (Richard McGuire Photo)

Two area women launched an exhibition of paintings and fabric sculptures on Saturday, Oct. 7 at The Art Gallery Osoyoos (TAGO) titled Wings & Whimsical Things. The show runs until Oct. 28.

Maureen Walker, a Keremeos-area artist who has displayed at TAGO in the past, does fabric sculpture figures, some of them life sized.

Kathryn Ross, who retired to Coldstream near Vernon, paints birds and animals, usually in oils, but sometimes acrylics, when she is not riding her horses.

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Virtual Gallery: Artists on Main open annual show at TAGO

Observatory B&B, Anarchist Mountain, Acrylic, by Sandra Albo. (Richard McGuire Photo)

Artists On Main Osoyoos opened their annual show at The Art Gallery Osoyoos on Saturday, Sept. 9. “Through the Artists’ Eye” runs until Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

The show presents a representative sampling of paintings by the Osoyoos-based group, and includes acrylics, watercolours, oils and mixed media.

Artists on Main Osoyoos welcomes both accomplished artists and those who are newer to painting and wish to improve. They meet at Studio 89 above the gallery and have about 70 members. Continue reading “Virtual Gallery: Artists on Main open annual show at TAGO”