April 10 – June 13, 2010
Main Gallery
Opening Reception April 10, 2010 7 to 9 PM
Robert Sinclair: Dust of Days is a retrospective of Robert Sinclair’s work over the past four decades. Sinclair is a practicing Canadian artist who has exhibited professionally since 1972. He is a member of the Royal Academy of the Arts and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. “My primary mode of expression is in watercolour and acrylic stain painting developed around the landscape and botanic themes.” A significant theme of Robert's work is The Bow Valley Series, which he started late in the fall of 1996. In Sinclair’s words, “I am engaged in the painting of a perception – the perception of the extra-ordinary in the ordinary. Of the backyard flower and of the faraway mountain...of the sun and of the moon...of that which calls my heart. This is the dance I play, and my art is the visible remnant.”
April 10 – May 4, 2010
Opening Reception April 10, 2010 7 to 9 PM
This show by Banff artist Max Elliott features 26 mixed media illustrations, one for each letter of the alphabet. The illustrations celebrate activities, wildlife, and scenic attractions in the Canadian Rockies. These images were produced to illustrate a poem introducing mountain concepts to very early readers in a book to be published by Summerthought Publishing.
Opening Reception May 7, 7 to 9 PM
Swiss Guides Room, Art Show & Sale, May 7 – June 15, 2010
Rummel Room, Showcase Exhibition, May 7 – June 22, 2010
Both an Art Show & Sale and a Showcase Exhibition celebrate the life and art of long-time Banff resident and watercolour painter Bern Smith (1928 – 2009). This prolific painter is best known for his detailed mountain and prairie landscape paintings, but he was also a very skilled portrait painter. The Art Show & Sale in the Swiss Guides Room, features works available to purchase from his legacy of painterly sketches and studio paintings. The Showcase Exhibition in the Rummel Room, features a strong cross-section of his work with pieces from private collections. This is a unique opportunity to view Bern’s work, share your favorite memories of this colourful character of a man, and perhaps add a Bern Smith original to your collection.
