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SUMMARY:Ian Fry Exhibition: Landscapes of Light
DESCRIPTION:Ian Fry: Landscapes of Light \nThis exhibition celebrates the work of Ian Fry\, a painter whose distinctive vision has been shaped by his remarkable journey from Scotland to the Pacific Northwest. Born in Edinburgh and educated at the Glasgow School of Art\, Fry began his career as a successful illustrator before dedicating himself fully to painting. Over the past three decades\, he has developed a body of work that captures the enduring spirit of the landscapes he calls home. \nDrawing inspiration from Vancouver Island\, Bowen Island\, and the wider coastal regions of British Columbia\, Fry’s paintings reveal an intimate understanding of light and atmosphere. Expansive shorelines\, distant mountain ranges\, rolling grasslands\, and quiet rural scenes are rendered with a striking balance of realism and lyrical interpretation. Whether depicting waves advancing toward a misted beach\, horses moving through open country\, or birds silhouetted against a luminous sky\, his work conveys both grandeur and stillness. \nFry’s background in illustration is evident in the clarity of his compositions and his ability to distill complex scenes into powerful visual narratives. His paintings invite contemplation\, encouraging viewers to experience the rhythms of nature and the fleeting qualities of weather\, season\, and light. His restrained palette and masterful handling of atmosphere create spaces that feel simultaneously familiar and dreamlike. \nThroughout the exhibition\, themes of journey\, belonging\, and connection to the natural world emerge. The landscapes are not simply records of specific locations but meditations on our relationship with the environments that shape us. In Fry’s hands\, the coastlines\, mountain valleys\, and open fields become places of wonder and quiet emotional resonance. \nIan Fry’s paintings remind us that landscape remains one of the most powerful vehicles for storytelling\, expressing both the beauty of the visible world and the deeper currents of our human experience in nature. \nArtist Reception Saturday\, June 27\, 7-9pm. 526C Cumberland Rd in Courtenay\, BC. Exhibition runs thru July 18\, 2026. Gallery hours Weds to Sat\, 12-5pm. Visit www.artfulthegallery.com for more information.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/ian-fry-exhibition-landscapes-of-light/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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SUMMARY:Artful : The Poets Feature Poet Kristina Campbell
DESCRIPTION:Mytho-poetic artist Kristina Campbell draws deeply from the well of her own life\, inviting us to laugh\, cry\, and cuss right alongside her. With disarming vulnerability and sharp insight\, she leads us straight to the heart of the matter\, poking fearlessly into the soft underbelly of her dreams\, desires and delusions. \nCampbell is the founder of Artful Existence Counselling and Facilitation (2018) and the driving force curator of Artful : The Gallery (2020)\, a creativity facilitating hub of activity in the Comox Valley that earned Campbell the Nonny Milne Award in 2024 for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts. \nKristina Campbell makes art using whatever method seems the best choice in the moment: poetry\, paintings\, experimental film\, sculpture\, collage\, felting or photography. This truly makes her a multi-media artist\, possibly afraid of commitment\, easily distractible and/or all of the above. Campbell enjoys rewriting Viking mythology\, artfully creating new gods from the old ones. She carves portraits of these venerated gods (who often resemble her family members) into wood panels and burnishes them with umber\, reds and gold leaf to glorify\, immortalize and sometimes mock them. \nCampbell uses runes\, the Viking alphabet\, for divination\, to tell stories\, and for writing secrets in public. She has designed and created a hand-coloured ‘bind-rune’\, a unique design incorporating several runes\, for the cover of her first chapbook which will be released at her Artful : The Poets feature reading. “For An Art” is a limited edition of 150 chapbooks\, individually numbered and signed\, that will be available for sale at the reading. \nEarly praise of “For An Art” has included comparisons to Alan Ginsberg’s “Howl” and the lyrics of Lou Reed. This feeds directly into the soft underbelly of Campbell’s dreams\, desires and delusions.
URL:https://comoxvalleyarts.com/community-calendar-event/artful-the-poets-feature-poet-kristina-campbell/
LOCATION:Artful the Gallery\, 526 Cumberland Rd\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7
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