Liz Wylie

Drawing from Life group show takes over the Kelowna Art Gallery in a big way.

Wylie: Drawing from Life on grander than grand scale

The show comes together cohesively, even though the pieces are wildly different in approach, theme and materials.

Drawing from Life group show takes over the Kelowna Art Gallery in a big way.
Germaine Koh, Core, 2016

Germaine Koh: Home Made Home

Germaine Koh's overarching goal for her Kelowna Art Gallery installation is to help people “imagine other models for living.”

Germaine Koh, Core, 2016
Wanda Lock and Rena Warren: Escape Artists

Wylie: Escape Artists at the Kelowna Art Gallery

The intensely creative and focused individuals featured in any creative endeavor are, in fact, artists.

Wanda Lock and Rena Warren: Escape Artists
OK Sunshine by artist Heidi Thompson at the Kelowna International Airport.

Wylie: Artist brings the light to Kelowna airport installation

KAG's latest installation at Kelowna International Airport is a suite of five paintings by Coldstream-based artist Heidi Thompson.

OK Sunshine by artist Heidi Thompson at the Kelowna International Airport.
John Hall, California Summer, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of the Volunteer Committee to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, G-81-104 a.

Wylie: Travelling Light: 45-year survey of John Hall’s paintings

Through the decades, Hall has stuck to hyper-realist painting…

John Hall, California Summer, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of the Volunteer Committee to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, G-81-104 a.
One on One: Work to Rule: Krista Belle Stewart installation at Kelowna Art Gallery.

Wylie: Krista Belle Stewart explores First Nations histories

Krista Belle Stewart uses historical source materials and documents as she explores First Nations histories.

One on One: Work to Rule: Krista Belle Stewart installation at Kelowna Art Gallery.
Amy Modahl: Where the Heart Is at the Kelowna Art Gallery through March 27.

Wylie: Art exposes our chaos/control alter egos

Amy Modahl explores our cultural obsession with imposed harmony and chaotic reality.

Amy Modahl: Where the Heart Is at the Kelowna Art Gallery through March 27.
Sea Song by Aunaray Carol Clusiau of Peachland at the Kelowna International Airport's departure area.

Wylie: Wave reveals the creatures within

Fate can have tricks up its sleeve…animals in her abstract shapes began to spontaneously appear.

Sea Song by Aunaray Carol Clusiau of Peachland at the Kelowna International Airport's departure area.
Landon Mackenzie’s Blue Stairs.

Wylie: Two avenues of art, in retrospect

Works produced in printmaking during Landon Mackenzie's undergraduate years;then paint on huge canvases.

Landon Mackenzie’s Blue Stairs.
Installation of Makeshift by artist Elizabeth D'Agostino.

Wylie: Beauty of D’Agostino’s art might be distracting

A recurring motif in the artist’s works on view is the circle, which appears dark and sheltering…

Installation of Makeshift by artist Elizabeth D'Agostino.
Jeroen Witvliet, Toad (Wayfarer series), 2015, oil on canvas, 198 x 198 cm (78 x 78 in.)

Wylie: Echoes of Dutch brooding in modern work at KAG

Witlviet's paintings draw from Dutch artists of the past–Bruegel, Bosch, Rembrandt, and, of course, Vincent van Gogh.

Jeroen Witvliet, Toad (Wayfarer series), 2015, oil on canvas, 198 x 198 cm (78 x 78 in.)
Artist Wally Dion in front of three caves, one of the works included in his solo show at the Kelowna Art Gallery.

Wylie: Dion spans cultures, artistic formats

Working in a mash-up of cultures, Dion produces sophisticated work that addresses the issues of living today as a First Nations person.

Artist Wally Dion in front of three caves, one of the works included in his solo show at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
Valerie Rogers creating the work of art currently showing at the Kelowna Art Gallery's exhibition space at YLW.

Lift Off and Soar before getting on you flight

Valerie Rogers' geese are painted on panels spanning 33 feet of space in the departures area of the Kelowna International Airport.

Valerie Rogers creating the work of art currently showing at the Kelowna Art Gallery's exhibition space at YLW.
Arthur Lismer, Isles of Spruce, 1922. Oil on canvas, 136 x 179 x 7 cm. Hart House Art Collection, University of Toronto, Purchased by the Hart House Sketch Committee, 1927/28.

Wylie: Story of Canadian Art as told by the Hart House Art Collection

This is traditional pure painting at its best. The time period covered is from 1920 to the 1950s, with many works from the Depression era.

Arthur Lismer, Isles of Spruce, 1922. Oil on canvas, 136 x 179 x 7 cm. Hart House Art Collection, University of Toronto, Purchased by the Hart House Sketch Committee, 1927/28.
Mitch Mitchell, For Whom You Build, 2015, silkscreen on 15,000 handmade paper boxes, installed on a shipping pallet.

Wylie: Printing moves to three dimensions

Visitors familiar with modern and contemporary art may see echoes of or nods to the works of well-known artists…

Mitch Mitchell, For Whom You Build, 2015, silkscreen on 15,000 handmade paper boxes, installed on a shipping pallet.
Ron Shuebrook, Airport (for LPS), 2014, charcoal on Arches paper, 52 ¾ x 84 in. (134.1 x 213.4 cm).

Wylie: Construct your own meaning from Shuebrook’s art

Everyone brings their own experience to their looking and encounter with Ron Shuebrook’s works at the Kelowna Art Gallery.

Ron Shuebrook, Airport (for LPS), 2014, charcoal on Arches paper, 52 ¾ x 84 in. (134.1 x 213.4 cm).
Pete Smith, bcc-0281b, 2014, oil on burlap, 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

Wylie: Abstract filled with essence of landscape

Despite their being completely abstract, Smith’s works in the current show might make viewers think of landscapes.

Pete Smith, bcc-0281b, 2014, oil on burlap, 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

Wylie: Infusing art into departures at YLW

Wessels was thinking about a travelling side show as a metaphor for a touring exhibition of work by a contemporary artist.

Gary Spearin, 10-29-2020 (detail), from the iNifiNiTi series, 2011, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm)

Wylie: Exploring today’s state of painting

Spearin directs the viewer to a dispersed field of work, rather than just the usual single painting.

Gary Spearin, 10-29-2020 (detail), from the iNifiNiTi series, 2011, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm)

Wylie: Whole picture on the apple scene

Christos Dikeakos is an intense thinker who likes to dive wholeheartedly into and grapple with the topics that seize hold of him.