FEB. 19th - MAR. 4th
"BILL HEYBROEK"
SHOW & SALE
FOR A VIRTUAL
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Harlequin Duck
Alberta Foothills

Winter Along the River
Hooded Merganser
Appearing at the Pearl Ellis
Gallery February 21st to March 4th is
local Courtenay artist Bill Heybroek. He will be holding a
public reception for his show on Sunday, February 26th
from 1 – 4 pm. Bill welcomes everyone to come out and see his
beautiful landscapes and bird paintings and to meet with him.
Bill, a long time Courtenay
resident moved to Comox in 1959 at the age of 31. He was given
painting supplies as a young child of 10 and during the years
leading up to his 31st birthday painted
sporadically. During the next 50 years Bill began to sketch in
pen and ink. A few years ago Bill’s wife Sandy passed away
leaving him with a large number of art supplies, having these
encouraged Bill to begin painting again.
Bill’s wife was an accomplished
artist and had several gallery shows around the province.
During her artist years, both Bill and her travelled the
province taking a large collection of photos. Bill began to use
these photos as his source of inspiration and subject matter.
The majority of these are of outdoor adventures that he
experienced during his earlier days of mountaineering, fishing,
boating, and his connection with the wilderness and nature.
About 15 years ago Bill became a
keen birder and he soon began to put his love of birds on
canvas. He found that perfecting bird paintings proved to be
quite challenging. His love of birds does come through in his
beautiful works.
Many of his landscapes are of
mountain settings, and scenes from boating along the outer and
inner coasts of BC. He has also painted scenes from a trip to
the Arctic in 1999 and his prairie days when he was an active
duck hunter. His landscapes truly bring out Bill’s love for the
outdoors with the majestic snowcapped mountain scenes and
breathtaking wilderness scenes.
Although 83 years old, and
possibly running out of time, Bill still desires to put the
countless places that he has explored and travelled on to
canvas. Bill looks forward to sharing many of these memories
and visions of nature with anyone he can possibly touch.
The Pearl Ellis Gallery is
located at 1729 Comox Avenue in Comox. The hours of operation
are Tue to Sat from 10am to 4pm., and Sundays from 1-4pm. (the
gallery is closed Mondays). Admission is free. The gallery is
a nonprofit public gallery and new members are always welcome.
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