Alberta ColoursFrances Alty-Arscott is know for her colourful paintings. In this show Frances explored Alberta's Landscape and filled the gallery wish gorgeous pieces of art, some of which are still available in the gallery if you missed her show.
Autumn Morning
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First Snow Fall
Canola Field
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Life in The CityAlain Bédard is a Quebec painter fascinated by the art of drawing and illustration. He has studied under Antoine Dumas and Claude A. Simard and obtained his Bachelor of Graphics in 1984. During the last few years Alain has continued his creative approach by painting over 70 works a year. He is inspired by his frequent travels, the architecture and the energy of the people he encounters. Alain captures the beauty of these urban landscapes on canvasses that come alive with bright colour and simple shapes. Many pieces are still at the gallery.
Rain Day
First Snow
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Summer Terrace 2
Les patineuses
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The Wise and The Knowing
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Bernadette McCormack became fascinated with painting wildlife early in 2012. The subject matter of Canadian Wildlife opened a door for Bernadette in exploring the world of animals. She has been enjoying the challenge of rendering wildlife in her distinct style, honoring the creatures that walk our earth with their unique wisdom and ever-lasting strength.
If you missed the show, many of Bernadette's pieces are still at the Gallery. 
The Wise
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The knowing
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Real and Imagined
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Gallery Co-Owner, Karen Bishop, presented her collection of watercolour paintings on wood panels for her first solo show at the Daffodil. This exciting way of working with watercolours really suited Karem's loose and relaxed style of painting with many pieces finding new homes. Several paintings are still available however and Karen is working on more panels as we speak! |
Sky Dancers I
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Sky Dancers II
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Val Quentin Sunrise
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Lake and Sunset
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Winter Warm Up
Judy Martin
Karen Bishop
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January featured a rotating display of our artists.
Bruce Allen
Mike Dendy
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Layers of Alberta
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Mountains I
Parklands I (sold)
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Anne McCartney's Layers of Alberta looks at the layers of Alberta's landscape. Her layered paintings feature the rockscape and a topographical map of the foundation of a region with a representation of the landscape itself. We still have many of her pieces available at the gallery if you missed the show.
52... still dreaming
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It's always a good day when Igor Postash's paintings are on the wall. His whimsical style and humour as well as his incredible technical talent make his paintings highly sought after and very collectible.
We have a few pieces left from the show so be sure to ask when you next come in. 
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A Taste of Paradise
 Nothing Like Home
Saeed Hojjati's vibrant oil paintings were the subject of our fall show. A Taste of Paradise featured work capturing Saeed's memories and depicting the beauty of our world. Several pieces are still available, stop by the gallery for more information
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Winter Magic
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Memory Lane (sold)
Pathway to Positano
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Winter to Spring to Summer
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Blue and Yellow Spring No. 1
Blue and Yellow Spring No. 6
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Blooming 2012Summery Floral paintings graced our walls in August 2012. Among the artists featured were Joel Koop, Cindy Revell, Karen Bishop,
Heidi Smith and Teresa B Graham. We still have many of the pieces that were featured, so come by the gallery if you missed the show.
Karen Bishop (sold)
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Cindy Revell (sold)
Heidi Smith
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Off-Whyte: Art Walk Holdovers 20123 days really just isn't enough for the Whyte Avenue artwalk. Thanks to the artists who were featured in the show and those that participated in our People's Choice selection, our winners were, Kari Fell and Reece Shulte. Their Art, and the art of 11 other artists graced our walls for the month of July. Stop by the gallery if you missed the show, we still have a few pieces.
Jenny Keith (sold)
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Kari Fell (sold)
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Somewhere in the Hills
 Scottish Hillside
Samantha Williams-Chapelsky brought her abstract landscapes to the Gallery this July. This series of paintings focused on the Scottish Highlands and her reaction to this dramatic environment.
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This Land
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Don't let the Flakes Out
Speak of the Kettle
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Gerry Dotto's broad range of media flooded our walls in June. His works expresses "
how established forms of our language, and communication in general, can be compromised for the sake of convenience."
Many of his pieces are still available at the Gallery if you missed his show. 
you don't do the math(s)
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Captured Moments Poppy Series (sold)
Heidi Smith's vibrant and colourful acrylics were featured in May. If you missed the show, many of Heidi's pieces are still at the gallery.
Heidi is a local artist who is based in St. Albert. She is a signature member of the Society of Western Canadian artists. |
Lac Beauvert
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Echoes of Light Sharing Secrets
Figurative artist Catherine Marchand filled the gallery with beautiful portraits in April. Several pieces are still available at the Gallery if you missed the show.
Catherine is known for her life-like portraits, as well as a strong source of light and bold brush stokes of color that give her ‘Romantic Realism style’ of painting a life of it’s own. |
Reflect
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Songs on the Wall Looking through You
Many thanks to Bernadette McCormack for bringing her Beatles inspired show to Edmonton for us to enjoy. Bernadette is based in BC so several pieces are still at the Gallery as well as some of her limited edition reproductions.
Prudence (sold)
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Lucy
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Love and Other Myths
Supposition by Joe Reimer
We really enjoyed our February 2012 show "Love and Other Myths".
Joe Reimer and Oksana Zhelsiko's beautiful painting graced our walls and we had many visitors during this month making February a fantastic month at the Gallery. Many of the paintings sold but if there was one that still intrigues you be sure to let us know as we still have some availlable.
Joe Reimer and Oksana Zhelsiko's beautiful painting graced our walls and we had many visitors during this month making February a fantastic month at the Gallery. Many of the paintings sold but if there was one that still intrigues you be sure to let us know as we still have some availlable.
Naiad - Oksana Zhelisko
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Lucina - Joe Reimer
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Tom Wilson: A Cast of Thousands
Juno-award winning artist and Folk Fest favourite Tom Wilson joined for four days this February. His canvasses depicting large faces set against crescent moons and deep blue night skies were a great hit and everyone enjoyed the mini concert he treated us to at his opening.
Although his paintings have all left the building we do have an order book available, so pick your favourite songs and we'll be happy to pass on your request to Tom
Although his paintings have all left the building we do have an order book available, so pick your favourite songs and we'll be happy to pass on your request to Tom
Twelve Days of Christmas
We wanted to make your Christmas shopping just a little less stressful and invited our artists to join us throughout December. Our resident piano busker, Evan the Hat, also dropped in every day to play some seasonal tunes. Christmas treats were on hand and we gave away two very special gift baskets full of goodies from our talented artists.
As well we invited people to bring in donations for Hope Mission. Just before Christmas I delivered three big bags of warm clothing and $117.
We had a great time at the Gallery before Christmas and hope we put a smile on many peoples faces while they were shopping, giving and receiving. Thanks to everyone who came out and a special thanks to everyone who also donated to the Mission.
As well we invited people to bring in donations for Hope Mission. Just before Christmas I delivered three big bags of warm clothing and $117.
We had a great time at the Gallery before Christmas and hope we put a smile on many peoples faces while they were shopping, giving and receiving. Thanks to everyone who came out and a special thanks to everyone who also donated to the Mission.
Bruce Allen
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Cindy Revell
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EXPLORE
Samantha Williams-Chapelsky was our feature artist for November. Samantha is a young up and coming artist based in St Albert. She exhibited bold abstract landscapes based on her recent travels. We really enjoyed Samantha's work and look forward to journeying with her as she continues her artistic voyage.
Recnonnect to the Earth
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India - Sold
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The September Show
Featured artists Saeed Hojjati and Pat Wagensveld came together for September to bring us a dramatic and beautiful show. The combination of Pat's abstract landscapes and Saeed's dreamy scenes was a great combination that was enjoyed by all.
Featured artists Saeed Hojjati and Pat Wagensveld came together for September to bring us a dramatic and beautiful show. The combination of Pat's abstract landscapes and Saeed's dreamy scenes was a great combination that was enjoyed by all.
Where the Willows Grow by Pat Wagensveld (sold)
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Blowing in the Wind by Saeed Hojjati
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Blooming
In August of 2011 our Gallery was turned into a beautiful garden featuring the work of many of our regular Gallery artists. At our Garden Party opening on August 13th we moved the piano outside and enjoyed Pimms, cucumber sandwiches, a fashion show and live painting demonstrations by Karen Bishop, Catherine Marchand and Heidi Smith. Karen's painting (see below) raised $350 for the Lois Hole Foundation and many of the pieces we displayed are still available. Please contact us for more information.
 Karen's painting in progress  Teresa B Graham |
 Heidi Smith  The Gallery in full Bloom! |
Off Whyte: Holdovers from the Whyte Avenue Art Walk
We brought some of the best up and coming local talent straight from the sidewalks of Whyte Avenue to the the walls of The Daffodil. Many thanks to Rachel Notley MLA for Edmonton Strathcona and Kim Fjordbotten at the Paint Spot for helping us choose the art and supporting the artists. If you are interested in any of the artists (for a full list click here) we displayed please contact us and we will do our best to connect you.
 Giselle Denis  A selection of paintings waiting to be hung |
 Helen Gladson |
3: Observe Create Believe
Our first exhibit featured 3 very different landscape artists. David Shkolny brought us his beautiful pastel paintings - full of wonderful light and a sense of peace and tranquility, Marjorie Thomson graced our walls with her stylized watercolours inspired by indonesian batik work and Joel Koop's stunning photography rounded out a great exhibit.
 David Shkolny  Joel Koop |
 Marjorie Thomson  Evan the Hat at the opening |
