Valeries Art Gallery: Gregory Beach on Haida Gwaii

Friday, January 23, 2015

Gregory Beach on Haida Gwaii

Title - Gregory Beach Medium - acrylic on illustration board Size - 8"x10"

I was inspired by the raw beauty of Gaida Gwaii and Gregory Beach is one of my favorite places to go to feel in tune with nature and our living world. Haida Gwaii is a place where I feel connected to the earth. I am fascinated by this place on the edge of the world. It is a place of culture and is rich in artistic expression which displays a fulfilling balance between the people and the natural and supernatural worlds.

I also submitted this image in my application for the "Artist in Gwaii Haanas Residency Program - June 2015".

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I was born and raised in Flin Flon, Manitoba in 1955, the eldest of five children. I now live in Lamont County on an acreage with my husband and two dogs. Art has always been my greatest passion. I feel that I've always been an artist, even as a child, growing up, drawing was my past time. My great grandfather was also an artist and had some influence on me. I used to stand very quietly near his easel and watch him paint. When I was about ten years old, my great grandfather passed away and left me all his paints and brushes and I began to paint. Since that time I have changed mediums, from oils to water colors to ink and now acrylic mediums. I am mostly a self taught artist but I have taken many art classes over the years. I have been exhibiting and selling my work for many years. I have shifted my work from very realistic to a much looser abstract style. My work is owned in many private collections as well as corporate collections in Canada, Australia and Scotland. I make a yearly contribution to the Rainbow Wish Foundation for children. Quite often I am inspired by the images I see in my dreams.