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NOW SHOWING

2013

MAY 14th - 26th

"PAINTING PALS"

SHARON LENNOX
&
BEV JOHNSTON

"SHOW & SALE"

Meet and Greet - Saturday, May 18th (1 - 4pm)

   Paintings by Bev Johnston


          
The long awaited annual show featuring the work of Sharon Lennox and Bev Johnston will have its opening on May 14 at the Pearl Ellis Gallery.   The show, “Painting Pals”, runs from May 14th  to the 26th with a reception on Saturday May 18th  from 1  to  4 pm.    The duo missed having a show in 2012, so this one has been avidly anticipated.

There will be several new pieces of work by both artists, and some cards of the paintings will be available for sale as well.  The pair is offering a gift basket which will be drawn for on the last day of the show and the general public will be encouraged to enter for this each time they visit.  Both of the artists are quite busy at the moment, and will not be in daily attendance, but will be scheduled to host at some point during the show.   Those wishing to speak personally with Sharon or Bev can check with the gallery to find out when they will be in attendance.

Last year during the People’s Choice Show at the Pearl Ellis Gallery, both Sharon and Bev received awards.   They are regular participants in the Originals Only show and sale; both paint with the Monday Bunch in the Lions Den.   Sharon is also a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.  The huge attraction with both artists’ work is their stunning realism and attention to detail.    Bev uses mainly acrylics in her work, while Sharon prefers working with oils. 

Both artists have sold pieces to collectors, with Bev having several of her paintings gracing homes in Alberta, Sointula (where she lived) and even Palm Springs. She concentrates on scenes and situations she is familiar with and especially likes painting fishing boats.     Bev was born in Delta, B.C. and has lived in Sooke, Sointula and most recently the Comox Valley.  She always drew and painted, but in the last ten years she became much more serious about her artwork.  Her grounding is in oils, but over time she has gravitated to acrylics and now prefers working in that medium.   She takes commissions and works mostly from photographs she has taken, or has been given, of various subjects which capture her imagination.   Anyone seeing a Courtenay street scene,  or Mexican vases baking in the sun knows immediately what they are looking at.   Bev’s fishing boats, which can be a difficult subject to the uninitiated, come beautifully to life under her brushstrokes as living, breathing entities just waiting to set sail.  She has a matchless way with lighting and uses its subtleties to enhance her evocative  scenes.

Sharon was born in Maple Ridge, BC and has lived on Vancouver Island since 1974, currently residing in Royston.  Her specialty is birds, which she photographs for reference and spends countless hours studying them in intricate detail which comes through in her work when she puts brush to canvas.  Sharon likes to combine various styles to make her paintings uniquely her own.   She uses total realism when producing her main subject and subtly complements that subject with a background that is more impressionistic, so the viewer’s eye is focused on the bird or animal instead of its surroundings.  

Sharon works hard to develop a personal style on everything she paints and as a result has won numerous awards.   A donation piece given recently to MARS sold for $2000.00.   She has patrons which collect her work across Canada and has sold pieces as far away as Switzerland.   Small wonder this duo is always a popular exhibition at the Pearl Ellis Gallery.

The Gallery is located in Comox at 1729 Comox Avenue, the site of the Old Library, and is open from 10 to 4  Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 4 on Sunday.   Admission is free.  For further information, call the Gallery at (250) 339-2822 or visit our website at www.pearlellisgallery.com    

 

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