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www.polychromefinearts.comKate Scoones: Wish You Were HerePOLYCHROME FINE ARTS, VICTORIA BC – Nov 13-Dec 1, 2011 Kate Scoones is a Victoria artist whohas exhibited at Polychrome Fine Arts, Xchanges Gallery and the Slide Room Gallery. Born inVancouver and raised on the southern GulfIslands of British Columbia, she graduatedwith honours in painting from the Universityof Victoria in 1985.Working from vintage black and whitesnapshots of figures from the mid-20th century,Scoones paints small, quiet portraits ofbygone beach scenes and other leisure activities.Many begin with a recycled paintingon a wood surface, which she sands andrebuilds to create a slightly worn andscarred surface. Her palette has beendescribed as “influenced by 1950s film noirartwork; holiday postcards and Kodak slidefilm”. The paintings have the nostalgic yetdetached quality of illustrations found inearly advertising.Scoones attended the Art Studio Programat the Banff Centre for the Arts,Alberta for two years. During the late 1980sKate Scoones, Heart’s A Fire (2011), oil on wood [Polychrome Fine Arts,Victoria BC, Nov 13-Dec 1]she worked at the British Council in London and later at the Banff Centre, the Burnaby Arts Centreand the Vancouver Island School of Art in Victoria, BC. She has participated in group and soloexhibitions in British Columbia and Alberta, and her work is in public and private collections inCanada, the US and Denmark. Mia JohnsonThe Porch Gallery290 Fulford-Ganges Rd✆250-537-4155www.mothertonguepublishing.comsun 12-4pm or by appt. Historicaland Contemporary B.C. Art – originalpaintings and drawings, limitededition prints and Mother TonguePublishing books, showing artworkby Jack Akroyd, Gordon Caruso,George Fertig, LeRoy Jensen,Irene Hoffar Reid, Ina D.D.Uhthoff, Peter Haase, Wim Blomand Gary Sim.Starfish Gallery & Studio115-1108 Grace Point Sq✆250-537-4425 778-918-4940www.starfishgalleryandstudio.comtues-sat 11am-4pm or by appt. Thegallery features a large selection ofWest Coast contemporary art andspecializes in landscape andwildlife paintings, photography andsculpture.SIDNEYPeninsula Gallery100-2506 Beacon Ave✆250-655-1282 877-787-1896www.pengal.common-fri 9am-5:30pm sat 9am-5pm.Nov 7-30 “Joie de Vivre”, featuringReal Fournier, oils, Gail Johnson,contemporary florals in acrylics, JackJocelyn Natugo, Dress (2009), cotton fabric[Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver BC,Sep 27-Apr 8] Loan from private collectionKreutzer, bronze and Michael Stockdale,whimsical scenes in acrylics;Dec 1-31 “Holiday Collection”, featuringPhilip Buytendorp, fields, forestsand barns, oil paintings, DouglasFisher, West Coast-themed woodturnings in maple, Jo Ludwig, treasureboxes, T.O.B. bowls and artglass, Ron Parker, Greater Victoriaand Vancouver Island landscapes,acrylic paintings; Jan 3-31 Collector’sChoice, original paintings, sculptureand art glass by gallery artists; Alsolimited edition prints by Robert Bateman,Carol Evans and Pino.SILVER STARMOUNTAINGallery Odin215 Odin Rd ✆250-503-0822www.galleryodin.comthurs & sat 2-6pm or by appt. Nov24-Apr “10th Anniversary Winter36 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12