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Sculpt a Creature Contest

August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023

Enter Sculpture Contest at The Paint Spot. Young artists under 15 are invited to create a sculpture and submit it for $275 in prizes.

Big, Big Pop! 12×12″

100+ art pieces on display. The theme is pop culture. The show runs July 7 to September 26, 2023 Naess Gallery at the Paint Spot 10032 81 Avenue. The Paint Spot filled the gallery and store, from front to back and side to side, with your portraits of superheroes, political figures, comic characters, toys, gaming […]

Hanji Art

Eunju Park Exhibition at The Naess Gallery: May 26 – July 4, 2023. Artist, Enjun Park, shares her bold, abstract collages made from colourful, hand-torn, Korean mulberry papers called hanji. Artist Statement After living in Canada for the past decade, I started to feel a disconnect to my heritage, and wanted to explore traditional artifacts […]

Conversations with the Artificial I

Pam Baergen & Rick Rogers Artists’ Statement This collection of new works began as the continued exploration of “strangeness” in our previouscollaboration, Home, Home on the Brink (2020). Our intent for Conversations with the Artificial I wasto explore a new source of strangeness in the world: recent advancements in artificial intelligence.That intention shifted a little […]

Darren Woluschuk

Living Water The Darren Woluschuk exhibition Living Water runs January 6 – February 21, 2023 An exhibit of four drawings using Charcoal, Conté, Pastel, and Ink. Darren Woluschuk: Artist Statement Some German scientists have been studying that water has memory. Being fascinated with this idea, I decided to toy with a quote that Jesus said, […]

Laura Rezko

Laura Rezko: “What is the Handspeed Velocity of an Unladed Portraitist?” An expansion of the 2021 100 Day Project, “The Rapid Fire Rapid Portraits” by Laura Rezko. (#100rapidfirerapidportraits). Laura Rezko: Artist Statement When I chose the drawing time for the portraits of my 100 Day Project, I selected 3 minutes as a challenge to improve […]

ACK: Todd Safronovich & Kathy Bateman

ACK (Art Craft Kitsch) in the Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot 10032 81 Avenue Runs from October 6 – November 21, 2022 Artist’s Statement 2022 – ACK “For “ACK”, we wanted to play around with some of the differences associated with ‘Art’, ‘Craft’ and ‘Kitsch’. For example, if you remove the functionality of a […]

Nicole Galellis: Suspended Spaces

Nicole Galellis’ Suspended Spaces at the Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot 10032 81 Avenue from August 22 – October 3, 2022. Artist’s Statement 2022 My abstract paintings bring to mind a variety of histories and sources. They reference the history of abstraction, but also embrace elements from my everyday surroundings: graffiti, ornament, tattoos, illustrations, […]

Andrea Larsen – Domestic Reject

Andrea Larsen’s Domestic Reject, an exhibition of oil paintings and pastel works by Andrea Larsen, runs July 8 – August 22 in the Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot. Watch the video to hear the artist share the concept behind her current work. Andrea Larsen – Artist Statement How do you create your own reality? […]

Craig Talbot – A Flock of Birds

The Craig Talbot, A Flock of Birds exhibition runs May 26 – July 5, 2022 at the Naess Gallery at The Paint Spot. Exhibition runs May 26 – July 5, 2022 Craig Talbot – Artist Statement Instinct, raw emotion, honesty and courage are some of the themes that weave their way through my work. My […]