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www.granvillefineart.comRay Mead (1921-1998)GRANVILLE FINE ART, VANCOUVER BC – Nov 26-Dec 10, 2011 Ray Mead: Works from the Collectionof Carolynn Lund-Mead honours a pioneer of contemporary painting in Canada and member of thePainters Eleven. The Painters Eleven was formed in 1953 with the aim of promoting more abstractand experimental art than what was being produced by theGroup of Seven. The group included prominent artists JackBush, Harold Town, Jock MacDonald and Ray Mead duringits exciting and contentious eight years.Ray Mead has been described as “a purposeful painterwith a sophisticated sense of composition”. An admirer ofthe work of Franz Kline and Nicolas de Staël, Mead composedsimple arrangements of line and shape that nonethelesshave a strong anecdotal quality. He worked with multiplelayers of paint to build up “paintscapes” that strove tocapture a child-like quality, although they were executedwith great sophistication.Mead’s work was included in shows at the NationalGallery of Canada in 1956, 1972 and 1992. Until his deathin 1998, he showed in many solo, two-person and groupexhibitions in Ontario and Quebec. His work is in numerouscollections including the National Gallery of CanadaRay Mead, Untitled (c. 1956), oil on canvas,[Granville Fine Art, Vancouver BC, Nov 26-Dec 10]and the Art Gallery of Ontario. A retrospective of his paintingsand drawings was recently shown at Barbara EdwardsContemporary, Toronto. Mia JohnsonBerkley, Charmian Nimmo, ChantalRobert, Barbara Stover, LynetteMeek, Doug Hackett, Petra Walter,Nicole Eagleson, Virginia Reid,Joanna Schwarz and Leon Lebeniste.SUNSHINE COASTGoldmoss Gallery2840 Lower Rd, Roberts Creek✆604-886-1968 www.goldmoss.comsat & sun 12-4pm or by appt. ThruNov 27 Sunshine Coast Arts CrawlExhibition, 75 contemporary paintingsand sculpture by local and internationalartists; Dec 3-Jan 28 R.B.Wainwright, Donna Balma, DiegoSamper, Jennifer Seymour, BonRoberts, Ines Tancre, Heather Gatzand Lee Grant-Roberts, “Body ofSnow”, new works by eight artistswho interpret ‘Body of Snow’.Sunshine Coast Arts Council+ Arts Centre5714 Medusa St, Sechelt✆604-885-5412www.scartscouncil.comwed-sat 11am-4pm sun 1-4pm.Nov 2-27 Bohdi Drope, “As I See It”;Michael Hertz, “Spaghetti Western”;Nov 30-Dec 18 Young Artist Awards;The Banner Project 2011; Jan 4-29Friends of the Gallery 2012.SURREYArnold MikelsonMind & Matter Art Gallery13743 16th Ave ✆604-536-6460www.mindandmatterart.comdaily 12-6pm. Nov-Dec Art forJane Marston, Medicinal Plants BentwoodBox (2011), yellow cedar, cedar bark,copper, paint [Coastal Peoples Fine ArtsGallery, opens Nov 12]Christmas, exhibition by 35 artists –paintings, pottery, ceramics, sculpture,stone sculpture, glass, woodturning and more, some created forgifts; Jan Arnold Mikelson, woodsculpture; David Kilpatrick, stonesculpture; Roy Richard, pottery;Shirley Thomas, oil; Don Portelance,watercolour and Robert Park,glassblowing.Jenkins Showler Gallery101-15735 Croydon DrThe Shops @ Morgan Crossing✆604-535-7445www.jenkinsshowlergallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm thurs-fri 10am-9pm sun 11am-6pm. Gallery artistsJane Armstrong, Arnt Arntzen, KathiBond, Rick Bond, Merv Brandel,Ben Burnett, Rod Charlesworth,Denis Chiasson, Toller Cranston,George Culley, Peter Daniels,Robert Davidson, George Demmer,Chantal De Serres, Marc Eliuk,Colette Falardeau, Adrienne Godbout,Curtis Golomb, Tiffany Hastie,Ron Hedrick, Amanda Jones, PaulJorgensen, Ken Kirkby, H.E. Kuckein(re-sales), David Ladmore,Louise Lauzon, Richard Long,38 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS