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12 Days of Christmas at The Naess Gallery
Christmas Art Show and Sale Original art is a wonderful Christmas gift idea. The Naess Gallery is pleased to exhibit art for sale by local art instructors from Artelier Studio and the staff of The Paint Spot. We encourage you to Invest in art because it adds a unique touch to spaces in your home […]
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Sophie Graine at The Naess Gallery
Exhibition runs: September 29 to November 7, 2023 Artist Statement I like clouds, cozy mountain cabins, and camp coffee. I did not go to art school. Instead, I have been collecting little moments of the world outside. Running through crisp fall forest mornings, red leaves rimed with frost. Eating handfuls of huckleberries on a hillside. […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]