“Art appreciation is a subjective matter, and we each bring our own experience, knowledge, and taste to the party.”
— Michael Audain
The Audain Art Museum is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Lilwat7úl (Lil’wat) Nation.
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Audain Gala
On behalf of the Trustees, staff, and members of the Audain Art Museum, we offer you a warm welcome to the annual Audain Gala. This year is particularly significant as we celebrate our 10year anniversary and reflect upon the growth of the Permanent Collection, an excellent record of Special Exhibitions, and a wonderful variety of engagement activities. Such achievements have all been made possible by the vision and ongoing generosity of Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa, complemented by a committed group of Founders, sponsors, and donors who kindly support this institution.
We extend our utmost gratitude to the 2026 Audain Gala co-chairs, Lyndon Cormack and Todd Shewfelt, who have brought both commitment and creativity to this year’s event. The support of Presenting Sponsor Nicola Wealth is deeply appreciated, while the participation of Heffel Fine Art Auction House ensures a dynamic culmination to a night of revelry. Gold Sponsors RBC and Patkau Architects, along with Silver Sponsors Axiom Builders and Beedie Living, are key to this event’s success. Additional Support from Dentons Canada LLP, CAI Capital Partners, and Homo Deus Estates is greatly appreciated, as well as the generosity of our numerous inkind sponsors. At the core of this event are the contributions of artists and collectors to the Live and Online Art Auctions for whom we’d like to express our deepest gratitude. We extend our thanks to the Art Auction Committee, so skillfully led by Marc Kazimirski. Those individuals and businesses that have donated products and services to the Silent Auction are also central to such a fundraising effort. Moreover, a committed group of volunteers and staff ensures a wonderful evening for guests.
Gala Co-hosts Gloria Macarenko and Fred Lee return for this important moment in the Audain Art Museum’s history, and we are indebted to them for the incredible level of enthusiasm they bring to this evening’s program at Fairmont Château Whistler. And we ask those in attendance to extend the evening’s festivities with DJ Nat Morel at the always lively Audain Gala After Party sponsored by Savoury Chef.
Over the course of ten years, the Audain Art Museum has clearly established itself as a leading light on the Canadian art scene. Our recent accomplishments include the acquisition of works by Emily Carr, AY Jackson, Dale Marie Campbell, and Edward Burtynsky for the Permanent Collection. The Museum continues to extend its reach across the country via Special Exhibitions with the presentation of Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast at the National Gallery of Canada from February 12 to July 26, 2026. This summer will feature the remarkable Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage exhibition, which will then be presented in Ottawa and Victoria throughout 2027. Finally, the 7IDANsuu James Hart: A Monumental Practice book co-published with Figure 1 has proven to be a popular record of the Haida master carver’s outstanding career.
The Audain Art Museum’s next ten years will undoubtedly be marked by further contributions to the excellence of the visual arts in British Columbia. We are appreciative of your generosity tonight and throughout the year, as these funds contribute to the present and future success of this incredible cultural institution.
Thank you for being part of such a momentous occasion!
Sincerely,
Robert Bruno
Chair, Board of Trustees
Audain Art Museum
Dr. Curtis Collins
Executive Director
Audain Art Museum
Dear Guests,
Welcome, and thank you for joining us this evening in support of the Audain Art Museum. Nicola Wealth is honoured to be part of a community that values art not only for its beauty, but for its ability to connect us to place, history, and one another.
This year marks the Audain Art Museum’s 10-year anniversary. Since opening in 2016, the Museum has welcomed more than 400,000 visitors and has become a place of discovery for families, students, and visitors from across Canada and beyond.
Over the past decade, the Museum has played an important role in Whistler’s cultural life. Families explore the galleries together, students encounter Canadian art for the first time, and visitors leave with a deeper appreciation for the creative spirit of this province. These shared experiences are what make the Museum so meaningful and so firmly rooted in the community it serves.
Through its exhibitions and programming, the Audain Art Museum continues to invite reflection and new perspectives. Its work encourages us to see our landscapes, stories, and collective identity with fresh eyes, while maintaining a balance between local relevance and national and international significance. This balance is what defines the Museum as a leading cultural institution.
Tonight’s Gala reflects a shared belief in the importance of art and in the role culture plays in strengthening community. The generosity in this room supports the Museum’s ability to remain a place of curiosity, dialogue, and connection for generations to come.
As the Presenting Sponsor, Nicola Wealth is proud to support this work. Long-term stewardship guides our approach, both in how we serve our clients and in how we contribute to the communities around us. Supporting the Audain Art Museum reflects those values in action, and it is a privilege to do so alongside so many committed supporters.
Thank you for being here this evening and for helping to sustain this remarkable institution.
Thanks to the exceptional generosity of those who donated during the Paddle Raise at the 2025 Audain Gala, more than $150,000 was raised to further the Museum’s engagement activities and educational programming. Paddle Raise donations ensure that the Museum can continue to connect with its visitors in meaningful ways.
Evening Program
Audain Gala
Emcees
Auctioneers
Hosted by 5:00 to 6:45pm 6:45 to 10:00pm 10:00pm to late
Fred Lee & Gloria Macarenko
Robert Heffel & Ainsley Heffel
Heffel Fine Art Auction House
Fairmont Château Whistler Macdonald Ballroom
Cocktail Reception & Auction Preview
Online Art Auction & Silent Auction viewing Sparkling wine, cocktails, and canapés
Dinner & Entertainment
Welcome & Land Acknowledgement
Performance by Treeline Aerial
Paddle Raise
Remarks
Robert Bruno Chair, Board of Trustees
Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C.
Founder
Dr. Curtis Collins
Executive Director
Live Art Auction
Signature After Party
DJ Nat Morel
Signature After Party sponsored by
Wine sponsored by Mission Hill Family Estate
As Canada’s most-awarded winery, Mission Hill Family Estate is renowned for its commitment to excellence, craftsmanship, and a profound sense of place. Being the home to an exceptional collection of visual works, including a rare Yvette Cauquil-Prince tapestry commissioned by Marc Chagall of his works and a Henry Moore sculpture, art enhances the experience at the estate. Located in the Okanagan Valley, the winery welcomes guests to visit, explore the art and architecture, and to shop the wines enjoyed this evening. Scan the QR code for more information.
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The Audain Art Museum is grateful to The Diamond Lab for their generous donation.
Live Art Auction
Audain Gala
Vu Ja De, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
152 x 91.44 cm (60 x 36 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $34,000
Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Monte Clark Gallery.
Graham Gillmore
Graham Gillmore (1963 - ) has established himself as a significant Vancouver painter over the past thirty years, whose experience living and working in New York during the 1980s gained him an international following. Gillmore studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and, along with Angela Grossmann, was part of the breakout exhibition entitled Young Romantics at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1985. Since that time, his text-oriented paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout North America and Europe. Gillmore’s work is included in many corporate and public collections, including RBC, RCA Records, Ghent Museum, MoMA, and Simon Fraser University.
In a 2008 review for Artforum magazine, Dan Adler described his practice as follows: “Gillmore’s text paintings speak more voluminously, however, when composed with vibrant colour and abstract motifs, and at a scale evocative of advertising signage.” His large-scale multi-panel work on canvas, entitled Ploy, was part of the Audain Art Museum’s original Permanent Collection donated by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa in 2016. This artist has continued to experiment with combinations of text, colour, and surface over the past few decades of his prolific career as a notable painter in Canada. Each piece in Gillmore’s recent series from 2025 vacillates between a gaudy neon intensity and a clumsy homespun quality recalling a troubled teen’s private notebook. This particular work references a jumbling of the French expression déjà vu. Vu Ja De, an acrylic on canvas for offer at the 2026 Audain Gala, represents an ideal opportunity for a private or corporate collector to add this noteworthy Vancouver-based artist’s work to their holding.
Cross Over, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
123.8 x 172.7 cm (48 ¾ x 68 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $70,000
Donated by Peter and Joanne Brown.
Courtesy of Heffel Fine Art Auction House.
Jack Shadbolt Lot 02
Jack Shadbolt (1909 - 1998) was a leading painter on the Canadian art scene from the 1950s through to the 1980s, and studied visual arts in Victoria, Vancouver, London, Paris, and New York City. The artist also played a critical role as a teacher at the Vancouver School of Art and the Regina College’s Emma Lake Workshops. He exhibited at the Bienal de São Paulo in 1953 and represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 1956. Among this preeminent painter’s most important touring retrospective exhibitions during his lifetime were Jack Shadbolt at the National Gallery of Canada in 1969 and Correspondences: Jack Shadbolt at the Glenbow Museum in 1991, in addition to numerous solo exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery throughout his career.
Among Shadbolt’s many accolades are the Guggenheim Award, Molson Prize, Gershon Iskowitz Award, and Order of Canada. He and his wife, Doris Shadbolt, established the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts in 1988, which was renamed The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in 1995. A 1981 acrylic on canvas in the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection, entitled Butterfly Transformation Theme 1981, echoes his proclamation that artists engage in “visualizing extensions from tangible possibilities.” The 1984 canvas on offer at the 2026 Audain Gala by Shadbolt exemplifies both his fascination with the biological processes of flux, disintegration, and transformation, as well as a dynamic handling of abstract language. Hence, Cross Over represents a critical moment in Jack Shadbolt’s production during the early 1980s, when he was a leading West Coast Modernist. The bold forms and strong colours of this acrylic on canvas are classic Shadbolt qualities, and it would greatly enhance a range of domestic or office spaces for interested buyers.
Still So (Mul Maeum), 2026
Archival inkjet print on cotton-based matte paper
Edition 1 of 3 (originally conceived in 2022)
64 x 168.9 cm (25 ¼ x 66 ½ in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $35,000
Donated by the Artist.
Jin-me Yoon
Jin-me Yoon (1960 - ) is a Korean-born, Vancouver-based artist whose work examines the intertwined relationships between tourism, militarism, and colonialism. Yoon’s practice has been rooted in photography, video, installation, and performance as a means of expressing her personal experience of migration in relation to the landscape. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University. Yoon is a teacher at Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts and has exhibited extensively across Canada, including group presentations at the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and Confederation Centre Art Gallery. In 2022, she won the Scotiabank Photography Award, and in 2025, she was the recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.
Yoon exhibited alongside Adad Hannah, Jake Kimble, and Michelle Sound in a 2024 group exhibition at the Audain Art Museum entitled Otherwise Disregarded, which was part of the Capture Photography Festival. Untitled 9 (Long Time So Long), 2022, an inkjet print, was among the works exhibited by this artist and was subsequently purchased for the Museum’s Permanent Collection. A figure dressed in white, seated on an embankment, wearing a traditional Korean mask, speaks to transplanted identities in Canada. The work on offer for the 2026 Audain Gala, entitled Still So (Mul Maeum), is comprised of nine scroll-like images depicting jangseungs (Korean totem poles). These poles were made by activists resisting the building of the world’s longest seawall in Saemangum, South Korea, which disrupted a major estuarine tidal flat, destroying the natural habitat for migratory birds. The first iteration of these environmental protest-loss images by Yoon was created in 2022 as nine hanging vertical works that have been reconfigured as a single image print edition specifically for this fundraiser. Thus, it represents a unique opportunity for a private or corporate collector to acquire an important work by Yoon that is uniquely connected to her installation-based production.
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (1957 - ) has been among the most influential and outspoken artists in Canada for over thirty years, graduating from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1983 with an honours degree in painting. As a painter of Coast Salish and Okanagan descent, he has visualized issues of critical importance to First Nations communities across the country, including land rights, residential schools, and environmental concerns. Yuxweluptun states, “painting is a form of political activism, a way to exercise my inherent right, my right to authority, my freedom.” In 2013, he was awarded a Fellowship at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. Among this artist’s most significant exhibitions was a retrospective held at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology in 2016 entitled Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories
Yuxweluptun’s paintings have been featured in numerous ground-breaking exhibitions throughout North America and Europe at venues including the Tate Modern, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Heard Museum, SITE Santa Fe, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and National Gallery of Canada. The Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection features two canvases by this renowned painter, entitled Clearcut to the Last Old Growth Tree and New Age Indian These works are indicative of Yuxweluptun’s extraordinary experiments with Indigenous traditions of formline design to communicate contemporary issues important to all Canadians. Man in the Woods, a 2023 work on canvas, features a classic Yuxweluptun depiction of an Indigenous male rendered in sinuous lines accented by brilliant colours set against a background that references both old-growth cedar trees and totem poles. Yuxweluptun remains one of the foremost painters of the past twenty-five years in Canada, and this piece would represent a significant addition to any private or corporate collection of note.
Man in the Woods, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
152.4 x 121.9 cm (60 x 48 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $140,000 Anonymous Donor.
Coat Check, 1974, 2026
Giclée print mounted on Dibond
Artist Proof 1 of 2 (originally conceived in 2012)
Signed & Dated
121.9 x 182.2 cm (48 x 71 ¾ in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $250,000
Donated by the Artist.
of Victoria Miro and David Zwirner.
Courtesy
Stan Douglas Lot 05
Stan Douglas (1960 - ) is among Canada’s leading international artists of the past twenty years, and is best known for his work in photography and film. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, his practice has focused on the role of technology in image-making and the development of collective memory. Douglas represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 2022, and his exhibition 2011≠1848 travelled to Vancouver, Saskatoon, and Ottawa from 2022 to 2024. His work is featured in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Centre Pompidou, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, and Walker Art Center.
Douglas was awarded the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts in 2019, knighted as a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 2021, and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2024. The Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection features five signature works by this Vancouver-based artist: Olde Curio Shop; Downtown Eastside; MacLeod’s Books, Vancouver ; Two Friends, 1975; and Hogan’s Alley. In the summer of 2027, Stan Douglas: Tales of Empire, organized by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, opens at the Audain Art Museum. In the exhibition catalogue, Andre Alexis describes the artist’s work as follows: “Looking – who looks, how one looks, where one looks from – seems a vital aspect of Stan Douglas’s work.” This work on offer at the 2026 Audain Gala, entitled Coat Check, 1974, like Two Friends, 1975, is from the Disco Angola suite In this series, the artist assumed the role of a photojournalist documenting both the fight for independence in Angola from 1961 to 1975 and the burgeoning underground disco scene in New York during the 1970s. Such a brilliant fusing of critical cultural and political moments speaks to disco music’s origins in Africa, while underlining the struggle of a colonized nation to gain freedom from Portuguese rule. This classic Douglas, originally conceived in 2012, plays on the residuals of time, both immediate via images of abandoned shoes and coats, and long-term in the space’s Europeaninspired architecture, and would be a highlight of any corporate or private holding.
Momentum, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
137.2 x 137.2 cm (54 x 54 in)
Unframed
Combined Fair Market Value: $25,000
3-night Bella Coola Explorer Package for two at Tweedsmuir Park Lodge.
Artwork donated by the Artist. Courtesy of Mountain Galleries. Experience donated by Tweedsmuir Park Lodge.
Tribute
Doria Moodie & Tweedsmuir Park Lodge Experience
Doria Moodie (1948 - ) is a Whistler-based artist who has focused on the representation of bears in bold acrylic on canvas works that capture the specific personalities of such majestic animals. She is an associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a founding member of Whistler Out-of-Bounds Artists. Moodie is a strong advocate for bears in British Columbia (black bears, spirit bears, and grizzlies) and has travelled extensively throughout the province to gain firsthand experience of how these incredible mammals function in their natural habitats. Her work is featured in private and corporate collections across Canada and the United States. This bear portrait, on offer at the 2026 Audain Gala, is a classic Moodie creation and would add a sense of respect for nature to any home or office environment. It also represents this artist’s commitment to supporting the Audain Art Museum, as she has generously donated a painting to each annual fundraiser since 2016. The Museum’s Trustees and staff are honouring her efforts in 2026 by designating such a beautiful acrylic on canvas as a Tribute Lot. Hence, Momentum offers bidders an opportunity to add a definitive Doria Moodie bear depiction to their collection, while acknowledging this painter’s longstanding commitment to Whistler’s cultural vitality. Escape this summer into the heart of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest with a 3 night Bella Coola Explorer Experience at Tweedsmuir Park Lodge—an unforgettable, allinclusive wilderness adventure. This immersive journey offers daily excursions including, expertly guided river rafting on the glacier-fed Atnarko River, interpretive rainforest walks, scenic guided hikes, and Via Ferrata experiences. These activities are all designed to reveal the extraordinary wildlife, landscapes, and living ecosystems of this remote region. Guests enjoy comfortable lodge accommodations, exceptional West Coast cuisine, and seamless local transfers, allowing them to fully surrender to the rhythm of the wild. Home to grizzly bears, bald eagles, ancient forests, and towering peaks, Bella Coola is one of Canada’s most awe-inspiring destinations. Paired with a powerful grizzly portrait by artist Doria Moodie, this offering isn’t just a getaway, but a rare opportunity to connect deeply with the spirit of the land—an experience worth bidding generously for.
Red Button, 2025 Oil on Mylar with adhered button
Signed & Dated
172.7 x 91.4 cm (68 x 36 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $22,000
Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Equinox Gallery.
Angela Grossmann
Angela Grossmann (1955 - ) has been a prominent Vancouver-based artist for over thirty years and is known for her explorations of identity and gender politics through painting and collage-based works. She studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and received a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University. A pivotal 1985 group show at the Vancouver Art Gallery entitled Young Romantics catapulted her and several local painters, including Attila Richard Lukacs and Graham Gillmore, onto the national art scene as emerging talents. Grossmann resided in Ottawa during the mid-1990s, teaching at the University of Ottawa, and in 2012 mounted a solo exhibition at Vancouver’s Winsor Gallery called The Future Is Female, which received critical acclaim.
Grossmann’s mixed media piece Musical Notes was part of the Audain Art Museum’s original Permanent Collection donated by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa in 2016. In 2022, the Audain Art Museum purchased Grossmann’s Pompadour, an elegant female figure rendered in oil on both sides of the Mylar support. Longtime friend and colleague Douglas Coupland describes this focus of her recent figurative work as “about people who have been forgotten but have been preserved somehow.” Grossmann generously created another unique iteration of the female figure, entitled Red Button, specifically for the 2026 Audain Gala’s offering. It depicts an ethereal woman made up of gestural strokes, and she seems to float in time across the surface of the Mylar. A tiny red button that Grossmann found on her studio floor is affixed to this brilliant oil rendering just above the figure’s waist, and it appears to hold the entire piece precariously in place. This rendering in red would enliven any home or office environment, as Grossmann remains a painter of note on the Vancouver scene.
Easy Rider NDN, 2025
LED firebox with transmounted chromogenic transparency
Edition 2 of 3 (originally conceived in 2022)
153.6 x 203.2 x 20.3 cm (60 ½ x 80 x 8 in)
Fair Market Value: $100,000
Donated by the Artist.
Dana Claxton Lot 07
Dana Claxton (1959 - ) has gained a reputation as an artist, educator, and filmmaker of international note over the past twenty-five years, and her practice has focused on Indigeneity, beauty, the body, and spirituality. She is a professor in the Department of Art, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia and a member of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation in Saskatchewan. The Vancouver Art Gallery mounted a major survey of her career in 2018, entitled Fringing the Cube, and the Baltimore Museum of Art presented the solo show Dana Claxton: Spark in 2024.
Claxton received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2020 and was awarded the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts in 2023. Her photo-based pieces were described by Michelle Cyca in a 2021 Maclean’s magazine article as “subversive and playful work that confronts stereotypes of Indigenous people in popular culture.” Claxton’s Paint Up #1 photograph was part of the original Permanent Collection at the Audain Art Museum when it opened in 2016, and in 2023, the Museum purchased NDN Ironworkers Tool Still Life, a 2018 C-print. This photo-based piece represents a larger body of work within the NDN series, including the LED firebox entitled Easy Rider NDN, originally conceived in 2022, on offer at the 2026 Audain Gala. This chromogenic transparency depicts an elaborately dressed Indigenous man, seated on a modified bicycle, with a buffalo skull, all set against an expansive green studio backdrop. Such a visual play on the wide-open Great Plains traversed by the artist’s Lakota ancestors is combined with coy references to 19th-century warrior-horse culture. As a signature Claxton creation, this piece on offer would add significant value to a corporate or private collection.
Black Tusk No.1, 2026
Oil on latex emulsion
Signed & Dated 2025
76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $55,000 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Daniel Faria Gallery.
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland (1961 - ) is a Vancouver-based visual artist and writer who has established an international reputation since the early 1990s. He studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and holds honorary degrees from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. Coupland is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France. His exhibitions of note include Everywhere Is Anywhere Is Anything Is Everything at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Bit Rot was exhibited at the Rotterdam Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and Munich’s Villa Stuck.
This artist’s visual practice over the past three decades has explored ecology and industrialization, national identity, and the way these forces register on the human race. In the early 2020s, Coupland unexpectedly turned to painting as a primary focus, developing a bold graphic style that draws on both landscape and abstraction. The Iceberg series from this period was very well-received by both curators and collectors across Canada. Tobacco Iceberg, an oil and enamel on canvas, was acquired for the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection in 2023. Coupland’s ongoing efforts to develop a distilled visual language rooted in observation and cultural anxiety are central to the painting he has created specifically for the 2026 Audain Gala, titled Black Tusk No.1. This piece captures the ruggedness and fragility of Whistler’s natural environs via an iconic volcanic spire located in Garibaldi Provincial Park. Such a painting would make a welcome addition to any home or office setting, as Coupland’s representation offers viewers an exceptional understanding of how nature and culture often function in oppositional ways.
Andrew Dadson Lot 09
Andrew Dadson (1980 - ) is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design and over the past twenty years, has established a very successful practice in both Canada and the United States. This artist’s work regularly oscillates between conceptual-based photographs and paintings that emphasize materiality. Dadson has been featured in solo exhibitions in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York, while participating in a number of key group exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, and Art Gallery of Ontario. His paintings and photographs are featured in numerous private and public collections, including the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Kadist Foundation, Rennie Collection, and Rosenblum Collection.
In the summer of 2022, Andrew Dadson was among 18 artists featured in the Audain Art Museum’s group exhibition entitled Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding Among his works in this show was a photo-based piece entitled White Tree, which was acquired for the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. A similar fascination with the natural environment is at the centre of Dadson’s ongoing series of paintings over the past decade that feature layers of thick oil pigments rendered on linen using a palette knife. The Nino Mier Gallery has characterized the artist’s process as follows: “The repetitive, time-worn gesture of the paint’s application creates a density of material and history, reflecting natural processes of hill, mountain, and valley formations on the Earth’s surface.” The work donated to the Audain Gala by Dadson, titled Winter Drift, exemplifies how this artist continues to sculpt paint in a manner that is indicative of geological time. Such a latent reference to the landscape and the more immediate qualities of how the artist mimics snow build-up would provide a brilliant visual focal point in any business or residential environment.
Winter Drift, 2026 Oil on linen
Signed & Dated
185.4 x 39.7 cm (73 x 55 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $58,000 Donated by the Artist.
Portrait Mask, undated
Alder, acrylic, horse hair
35.6 x 26.4 x 18.4 cm (14 x 10 ½ x 7 ¼ in)
Fair Market Value: $35,000
Courtesy of Fazakas Gallery.
Beau Dick Lot 10
Beau Dick (1955 - 2017) was a master Kwakwaka’wakw carver from Alert Bay, BC, who achieved international acclaim throughout the 2000s and played a significant role on the Vancouver art scene for decades. He was also an outspoken advocate of Indigenous rights in Canada via the Idle No More movement. Dick studied under his father, Benjamin, and grandfather, James Dick, as well as other noted carvers from the Northwest Coast, including Doug Cranmer, Henry Hunt, Robert Davidson, and Bill Reid. Dick’s work was featured at the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia, and documenta 14 in Athens, alongside numerous solo and group shows in New York, Vancouver, London, Seattle, and Ottawa. He received a VIVA award in 2012 from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts and is included in a variety of public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, Heard Museum, U’mista Cultural Centre, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and UBC Museum of Anthropology.
In 2018, the Audain Art Museum organized a major retrospective of his work entitled Beau Dick: Revolutionary Spirit. Former Audain Art Museum Chief Curator Darrin Martens described Dick’s practice as follows: “He effortlessly navigated between the traditional and contemporary art worlds, striving to create a unique and personal artistic voice.” The Museum’s Permanent Collection features three works by Dick: an oversized Dzunukwa Mask, a haunting teal blue carving entitled Yagis Mask, and Frog Bowl. This work on offer at the 2026 Audain Gala, entitled Portrait Mask, was included in the recent Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings exhibition at the Frye Museum in Seattle. It references ceremonial face painting traditions among Indigenous peoples on the Northwest Coast that date back centuries and the artist has effectively infused the carving with an animate quality. His rendering of bold blue, black, and red facial features as well as formline graphics combined with tousled brown hair bring the mask to life. Dick’s Portrait Mask would add a dramatic presence to any corporate or domestic setting and is an excellent example of his artistic legacy.
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Lot 101
Sam Avelar (2000 - ) is an artist who splits her time between Vancouver and California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2025) where she studied contemporary painting. Avelar’s paintings utilize washes of oil paint to experiment with how colours interact with each other. These works possess a dream-like quality and often depict scenes of the natural world and domestic spaces. Flags III positions the viewer in an overgrown garden that is adorned by a vibrant pennant banner that snakes through the scene. This is an opportunity to collect an early work by a promising artist whose practice demonstrates the depth and momentum to sustain a lasting career.
Flags III, 2025
Oil on canvas
Signed & Dated
30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,000 Donated by the Artist.
Frame donated by Art Junction Gallery & Frame Studio.
Lot 102
Michael Batty (1967 - ) is a painter and printmaker who creates minimalist works using a rigorous exploration of colour, geometry, and surface. Batty has worked across painting, printmaking, and photography, developing a practice that pairs strict formal discipline with improvisational material gestures. His paintings—often composed of grids and stacked colour blocks— read as careful experiments in visual language. He graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1989 and further studied printmaking at The Art Institute at Capilano College in Vancouver. His works are held in collections worldwide, including the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Waldorf Astoria in Beijing, China; W Guangzhou, China; Four Seasons, Dubai, UAE; and Bank of Montreal in Calgary and Toronto. Free Form #1 features a cascading arrangement of collaged squares painted in both earthy hues and pastel colours. This work is an opportunity for a collector to acquire a work by an artist who has quietly built a distinct voice in contemporary Canadian abstraction.
Free Form #1, 2016
Gouache on paper collage
Signed
50.8 x 30.5 cm (20 x 12 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,500 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Gallery Jones.
Lot 103
Kevin Boyle (1973 - ) is a Canadian photographer based in Vancouver, BC, whose fine-art photography captures the stark beauty and quiet narratives of rural landscapes, night scenes, and architectural relics with thoughtful composition and atmospheric light. He was born and raised on the Canadian Prairies, a region that continues to inspire his DaySleeper series, in which he explores nocturnal perspectives and the poetic presence of landscape. His work has been recognized with wins in categories like Night Photography at the International Photography Awards, and is shown and collected across North America and Europe. His limited editions, such as The Belfield, are sought by collectors for their evocative tension between memory and place.
The Belfield, 2025
Archival Inkjet photograph on FC Polypropylene paper mounted on aluminum composite panel and face-mounted to antiglare plexiglass Edition 1 of 5
Signed & Dated
76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in)
Framed
Lot 104
Fair Market Value: $3,400 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Christine Klassen Gallery.
Niina Chebry (1964 - ) is a Vancouver-based artist renowned for her evocative paintings that blend abstract and narrative elements. She earned her BEd in Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in 1986. Chebry’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Ueno Royal Museum of Art and the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, and is held in public and private collections across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. In Shifting Layers, Chebry captures the serene stillness of a west coast shoreline, where the misty mountains are reflected in the crystal blue water. This work will bring a serene sense of calm to any room and will be well sought after by collectors.
Shifting Layers, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
81.3 x 81.3 cm (32 x 32 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $3,800 Donated by the Artist.
Lot 105
Lincoln Clarkes (1957 - ) is a Canadian-born artist who arrived in Vancouver after travelling across North America. He sold his car for a camera, and it has led to a prolific career as a photographer. His work has appeared in magazines, galleries, music, cinema, and books. During the 1980s, when he lived in Paris and London, Clarkes shot fashion and documentary stills. This photo-based artist has issued several publications of his work such as Heroines (2002) and Cyclists (2013), and has over 350 photographs in the private Rennie Collection. Good Morning Night, New York City captures the first burst of sunrise as it emerges in a pulsating red glow radiating upwards into a cloudless sky. The silhouetted Empire State Building and surrounding skyscrapers flank either side of the frame, towering over the viewer. The photograph carries a cinematic tone while prompting reflection on the relationship between industry and nature, making it a thought-provoking addition to any collection.
Good Morning Night, New York City, 2022
LightJet print, mounted and laminated
Edition 1 of 3
49.5 x 33 cm (19 ½ x 13 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,600
Donated by the Artist.
Lot 106
Brenda Crabtree (Xyolholemo:t) is a celebrated Canadian Indigenous artist, cultural leader, and educator. She is of Nlaka’pamux and Stó:lō ancestry and a member of the Spuzzum First Nation. Her material practice is her vehicle for political activism, bridging art, politics, and history. She was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 2024 for her contributions to Indigenous art and education, both in her role as Director of Aboriginal Programs and Special Advisor to the President on Indigenous Initiatives at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, as well as in her personal practice. She earned her BA and MA in cultural anthropology at Western Washington University after beginning her studies at the University of the Fraser Valley, grounding her artistic work in community knowledge and academia. This work was one of 17 drums sold in the YVR Art Foundation auction in 2015, which supports scholarships for emerging Indigenous artists. Redskin would make a striking addition to any collection with its vibrant red pigment and powerful symbolism.
Redskin, 2015
Deer skin dyed red, black acrylic paint
54 x 54 cm (21 ¼ x 21 ¼ in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $3,500
Anonymous Donor.
Lot 107
Ron Denessen (1972 - ), a Whistler-based visual artist who primarily works in acrylic on canvas, delves into the emotional allure of the natural landscape. He received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. His work is characterized by his unique application of minimal forms and colours. Denessen’s approach involves abstracting the landscape, distilling it into essential colours and forms that encapsulate the essence of his perception. Through this process, he orchestrates a complicated yet harmonious balance. Collected both nationally and internationally, Denessen’s art resonates as a testament to the emotional impact of colour and form within the natural world. Alpenglow is a tranquil depiction of the local landscape, capturing the essence of the mountains through minimalist forms and soothing colours.
Alpenglow, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
Signed & Dated
61 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,260
Donated by the Artist.
Lot 108
Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915 - 1989) was an influential Inuit graphic artist and sculptor from Kimmirut (now Nunavut) whose richly textured prints, drawings, and paintings reflect a formal, structured aesthetic rooted in simplified animal and bird motifs. She began drawing and carving in the late 1950s and, after moving to Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in the mid-1960s, became a key member of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. Her work is held in major national collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada Council Art Bank, and the Canadian Museum of History. Joyful Young Man depicts a young hunter with his arms raised in the air in a display of excitement. His coat is textured by crosshatching marks and is offset by primary colour details below the face that match his blue mittens. Etidlooie’s works are celebrated for their vibrant colour and delicate patterns, making Joyful Young Man desirable for any collector.
Joyful Young Man, 1981
Stonecut and stencil on paper
Edition 29 of 50
Signed & Dated
61 x 81.3 cm (24 x 32 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $900
Courtesy of Marion Scott Gallery.
Lot 109
Emilie Fantuz (1988 - ) is an American-Canadian contemporary artist who lives and works in Vancouver. Her oil paintings and serigraphs explore perception, colour, light, and the passage of time through layered imagery and forms that evoke a sense of wonder in the everyday. She is pursuing an MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and has exhibited widely across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Fantuz’s limited-edition serigraph Red Siding distills her painterly observations on everyday architecture. The vibrant red siding of the building is offset by the lemon-yellow light glowing through the interior and cascading down to highlight the steps and the foliage outside. Collectors are drawn in by Fantuz’s technical mastery of representation but remain captivated by her use of light in her works.
Red Siding, 2023
Serigraph
Edition 21 of 25
Signed & Dated
30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 in)
Framed
Lot 110
Fair Market Value: $700
Donated by the Artist. Courtesy of Christina Parker Gallery.
Rodney Graham (1949 - 2022) was a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist who was born in Abbotsford, BC. He studied art history at the University of British Columbia and became a leading figure in the development of Vancouver’s notable photoconceptualist movement. Graham was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2016 and received the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts in 2011. Several of his photographs are featured in the Audain Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. Gifted Amateur features a carefully staged photograph of colourful mixing bowls filled with paint that are scattered on an ornate table and strewn onto the floor. This work is a quintessential example of Graham’s carefully constructed photographs that would make an excellent addition to any collection wishing to pay tribute to a truly memorable artist.
Gifted Amateur, 2010
Archival c-print on Kodak Endura paper
Edition 17 of 35
Signed & Dated
76 x 73.6 cm (30 x 29 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $3,500 Courtesy of Grant Mann and David Birdsall.
Frame donated by Art Junction Gallery & Frame Studio.
Lot 111
Mathias Horne (1997 - ) is a Squamish-based wildlife painter whose large-scale photorealistic portraits of animals intertwine fine arts, science communication, and conservation. Horne partners with organizations that aim to bring awareness to endangered species and areas with threatened biodiversity. These artwork exhibitions have been hosted at the United Nations Headquarters for the High Seas Treaty Negotiations, the United Nations COP15 Convention on Biological Diversity, the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress, the United Nations Ocean Conference, and the Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature. Frozen Sentinel is a striking example of the intimate interaction his work inspires between nature and the viewer. The icy breath of the water buffalo fades into the frozen tundra background as the subject marches closer. This is a work that is sure to inspire thoughtful discussion and contemplation in any collection as the viewer comes face-to-face with this majestic beast.
Frozen Sentinel, 2025
Ultra-chromatic ink print on UV-protected, archival canvas, hand embellished by artist
Edition 4 of 10
Signed
114 x 75 cm (30 x 45 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $2,300
Donated by the Artist.
Lot 112
Manabu Ikeda (1973 - ) is a Japanese contemporary artist who is known for his intricately detailed, large-scale pen and acrylic ink drawings that weave together what the Artist calls “the conflict and coexistence between man and nature.” He studied design at Tokyo University of the Arts, earning both his BFA and MFA. Drawing from current events and personal memories, his works juxtapose physical and philosophical realms with deep symbolism. The Legendary Mountain features a ridge of rocky cliffs with a large ship teetering precariously overlooking the edge towards the crashing waves below. In 2023, the Audain Art Museum presented his first international solo retrospective, Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage, to huge acclaim. During his tenure throughout the exhibition, he created Five Windows, which is now in the Audain Art Museum Permanent Collection. Ikeda will return to the Museum this March for a week of workshops, a daily Open Studio, and an Artist Talk. Viewers flock to his work for its extraordinary craftsmanship, narrative depth, and emotional resonance.
The Legendary Mountain, 2021
Intaglio on Somerset Textured White
From an edition of 30
Signed
67.3 x 76.2 cm (26 ½ x 30 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $5,500
Donated by the Artist.
Printed and published by Tandem Press.
Lot 113
Russna Kaur (1991 - ) is a Vancouver-based artist born in Brampton, Ontario. Holding an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a BFA from the University of Waterloo, Kaur’s work delves into personal and cultural histories. Her exploration of the painting surface as a storyteller unfolds through largescale, multi-surface canvases, blending colour, text, digital sketches, and mixed media. Kaur is the recent recipient of the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize (2020) and the IDEA Art Award (2020). Her work is held in numerous collections, including the Audain Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, and Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. Kaur recently created a site-based work in the Audain Art Museum’s Upper Galleries in the fall of 2024 titled Russna Kaur: Pierced into the air, the temper and secrets crept in with a cry!. This small scale work, by an artist whose career is in full stride, would add great value to a private or corporate collection.
Until it eventually became clear, 2024
Acrylic and oil stick on wood panel
Signed & Dated
20.3 x 25.4 cm (10 x 8 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $1,800 Donated by the Artist.
Lot 114
Tiko Kerr (1953 - ) is a visual artist, born in Edmonton, Alberta, who lives and works in Vancouver. His artistic exploration centers on perception, employing chance and improvisation across diverse materials and methodologies. Vincent van Hockney in Palm Springs features a central figure that draws from Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, while the patchwork sky references David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway, 11–18 April 1986 #1. Through this layered collage, Kerr speculates on an alternative history—imagining Van Gogh experiencing the same unapologetic sexual freedom and luminous desert light that Hockney embraced. The work envisions Van Gogh at peace, aware of the profound impact his art has had on generations that followed. With its vibrant colour, expressive mark-making, and art-historical dialogue, this homage is a compelling and meaningful addition to any collection.
Vincent van Hockney in Palm Springs, 2025
Pencil drawing and paper-cut collage on archival paper
Signed & Dated
33 x 32 cm (12 ¾ x 12 ½ in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $2,000 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Mónica Reyes Gallery.
Lot 115
Cassidy Luteijn (1997 - ) is a Whistler-based interdisciplinary artist whose painting and sculptural practice investigates memory, landscape, and creative process through abstraction and material experimentation. She earned a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria, where she focused on painting and sculpture. Luteijn received a Canada Council for the Arts Explore & Create grant in 2020 for her Nature of Painting series, which reimagines landscapes through draped textiles and colour. In a reflective series of works inspired by paint-by-numbers kits, I Died: Listening examines the constraints of perfectionism on creativity and the emotional resistance to finishing work, using the unfinished nature of these pieces to address artistic paralysis. Collectors and viewers appreciate her work for its conceptual depth and poetic engagement with the psychology of making.
I Died: Listening, 2026
Acrylic on wood board with clay and chain attachment
Signed & Dated
20.3 x 20.3 cm (8 x 8 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,000 Donated by the Artist.
Frame donated by Art Junction Gallery & Frame Studio.
Lot 116
Ross Penhall (1959 - ) is based in Vancouver and celebrated for his verdant landscape paintings that capture the interplay between natural and urban environments. He studied at Capilano College and Emily Carr College of Art + Design, focusing on studio art and printmaking under the mentorship of Wayne Eastcott. Penhall’s works are held in numerous private, corporate, and public collections across Canada and the United States. Light from Above was inspired by his coastal travels by boat north of Desolation Sound. This work highlights an outcropping of illuminated trees encircled by a dense forest made up of dark greens and deep blues. This small but mighty work echoes the feeling of grandeur while being amidst vast forests and would be a captivating addition to any home or office.
Light from Above, 2025 Oil on panel
Signed
22.9 x 22.9 cm (9 x 9 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $2,500 Donated by the Artist. Courtesy of Heffel Fine Art Auction House.
Lot 117
Bernadette Phan (1966 - ) is a Vietnamese-Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. She received a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA in printmaking from Temple University in Philadelphia. Sky Dripped uses generous applications of pigment that fan out from the top of the canvas, reminiscent of a drop radiating out on a still surface of water. This texture builds on the surface of the canvas where lighter blue tones create depth within the pattern while being backlit by warm golden hues. This piece would make an excellent addition to any collector looking to acquire a serene work that makes a bold statement.
Sky Dripped, 2023
Oil on canvas
Signed & Dated
61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $4,000 Donated by the Artist. Courtesy of Mónica Reyes Gallery.
Lot 118
Angela Seear (1979 - ) is a Vancouver-based contemporary painter whose emotive abstract landscapes and expressive compositions explore the relationship between memory, colour, light, and place, inviting viewers into scenes that feel both familiar and dreamlike. She studied design and visual arts through programs at Langara College, La Salle College, and Massey University, grounding her practice in colour theory and composition. Seear explores the notion of “home” and how our memories of places often mean more to us than the real locations. Angela strives to blur the lines between memory and real life in order to take you back to a place that you call home.
First Snow, 2022
Acrylic and liquid vinyl on wood
Signed & Dated
76.2 x 50.8 cm (30 x 20 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $1,800 Donated by the Artist. Courtesy of K&K Gallery.
Lot 119
Martha Sturdy (1942 - ) is a Vancouver-born artist and designer. She received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she was later granted an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 2006. Since her emergence in the 1980s, Martha’s multidisciplinary work has caught the appreciation of international collectors, artists, and designers. A prolific artist with few boundaries, her work spans various materials, including resin, brass, standing steel, salvaged wood, and wearable sculpture. Navigating between art and design, her work has been extensively featured internationally in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Architectural Digest. She was recently appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 2025. Her work, Stacking Mini, draws attention to the simplicity of brightly coloured stacked shapes. In doing so, she directly connects to the innate optimism of childhood.
Stacking Mini, 2024
Resin and steel
Signed
55.9 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm (22 x 8 x 8 in)
Fair Market Value: $8,700 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Heffel Fine Art Auction House.
Lot 120
Scott Sueme (1986 - ) is a Canadian contemporary artist from Vancouver whose practice spans painting, murals, and graphic design, rooted in abstract form, colour, and materiality. He studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and has exhibited across Canada and internationally. Sueme has been recognized through awards and public commissions, and his work has been featured in major galleries and residencies. Running explores painting as a form of record-keeping, using pictographic and geometrical glyphs to capture fleeting moments with intentional observation. The vibrant green lines racing throughout the canvas create the effect of running through fresh grass on a sports field. Collectors are drawn to his work for its strong colours, inventive abstraction, and thoughtful conceptual grounding. Visitors to the Museum can eagerly anticipate an exhibition of Sueme’s works featured in the Audain Art Museum’s Upper Galleries in May 2027.
Running, 2025
Acrylic and Flashe on wood panel
Signed & Dated
53.3 x 43.2 cm (21 x 17 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,800 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Gallery Jones.
Lot 121
Jim Threapleton (1973 - ) is an English-born painter who splits his time between Vancouver and London. He started his career in the film industry as a director in several notable films. He later went on to study History of Art at the University of Manchester, completed his MFA, and later earned a PhD in painting from the Camberwell College of Arts. Windsong Over the Sylvan Ridge highlights Threapleton’s renowned gestural brush strokes that create an abstracted scene with subtle hints of a landscape. Earthy brown tones are contrasted with icy blue while raging reds slash through the sky. This work would be an electrifying addition to any private or corporate collection.
Windsong Over the
Sylvan Ridge, 2025
Oil on panel
Signed & Dated
76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in)
Unframed
Fair Market Value: $3,500 Donated by the Artist.
Courtesy of Mónica Reyes Gallery.
Lot 122
Jan Wade (1952 - ) is a Canadian mixed-media artist whose dynamic practice encompasses painting, sculpture, textiles, and assemblage. Her work often integrates found objects and text to explore Black post-colonial identity, spirituality, and cultural memory. She studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design University, graduating with honours in 1976. Her work is widely collected by many major institutions, including her sculpture Served Coloured Entrance at the Audain Art Museum. Wade has received major recognition, including the VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts, and was the first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Look Up OK is one of Wade’s works that utilizes symbols and text as part of an expressive visual language that invites the viewer to reflect on the mantra and how it relates to matters of social justice. This is an incredible opportunity for a budding collector to acquire a unique work from an internationally renowned artist.
Look Up OK, 2017
Acrylic on board
Signed & Dated
28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in)
Framed
Fair Market Value: $2,000 Donated by the Artist.
Lot 123
Lacey Jane Wilburn (1988 - ) is a Canadian contemporary painter and muralist known for expressive works that explore domestic space, portraiture, and narrative tension on canvas. She studied Fine Arts at MacEwan University, earned her BFA with great distinction from Concordia University with the opportunity to study abroad in Bordeaux, France, and completed her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. A Pastoral Glitch is a scene featuring farm land lit from the salmon-pink skies overhead, bathing the viewer in a feeling of reverie. Collectors value her work for its emotional depth, dynamic composition, and her masterful representation of light.
36 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in)
A Pastoral Glitch, 2025 Oil on wood panel Signed & Dated
Framed
Fair Market Value: $1,800 Donated by the Artist. Frame donated by Art Junction Gallery & Frame Studio.
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