Nov 2006–Jan 2007 - Preview

Kevin TolmanGALLERY JONES, VANCOUVER BC – Nov 1-30 Artist KevinTolman from Albuquerque, New Mexico is exhibiting hisabstract paintings in Vancouver during November. Painted inoff-key colours, the canvasses are filled with small shapes thatappear energetic and capricious. The colours, textures andtones of his organic world – cavorting layers of amoeba-likeloops, drips, dots, specks and spirals – collide with shapesthat appear more manufactured.Tolman obviously has a deep sense of the natural worldand its complexity, although he is primarily a painter. As hewrites, “I see [my paintings] as symbols of continuity andflux, often as a sort of snippet of nature. Distillations orwindows that catch everything going on all the time, all atonce… parts flying or swimming off in every direction. And,of course, I also see them clearly as paintings that are objectspreviewwww.galleryjones.comKevin Tolman, The Conjuror (2006), acrylic oncanvas [Gallery Jones, Vancouver BC, Nov 1-30]on their own, first and foremost.” They are an elaborate improvisation on both nature and painting.Tolman was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1949 and is a graduate of the Center for CreativeStudies. He left Detroit in 1977 to paint in Ireland for nine months, then returned to live and workin Texas. He also lived in Lawrence, Kansas and Los Angeles before moving to the Ramah NavajoReservation in New Mexico in 1981. He settled in the Duranes area of Albuquerque where he builtan adobe house and studio in 1987. Tolman’s paintings have been recently collected by the State ofNew Mexico and the Albuquerque Museum of Art. Mia Johnson30-Dec 23 First Encounter, smallworks created for young children bygallery artists; Jan 4-25 Gallery Artists,group exhibition includes preview ofnew artists for 2007.Doctor Vigari Gallery1312 Commercial Dr ✆604-255-9513mon-sat 11am-6pm sun 12am-5pmOffering locally designed custommadecontemporary furniture, accessoriesand fine art.Dorian Rae Collection410 Howe St ✆604-874-6100www.dorianraecollection.common-sat 10am-6pm sun by appt Thelongest established Asian and Africanethnographic gallery in Vancouver,featuring Asian and African artefacts,statues, masks, ritual items, Buddhas,beads, tribal jewellery, textilesand antique furniture. Currently featuringa rare collection of 13th-17thcentury bronze Buddha images fromThailand and Laos.Douglas Reynolds Gallery2335 Granville St ✆604-731-9292www.douglasreynoldsgallery.common-sat 10am-6pm sun 12-5pm The38 PREVIEWgallery offers a wide selection ofmuseum quality Northwest Coast artin a variety of media by today’s leadingnative artists.Douglas Udell Gallery1558 W 6th Ave ✆604-736-8900www.douglasudellgallery.comtues-sat 10am-6pm Dec 9-23 ChristmasShow, new work by galleryartists featuring David Pirrie.Downtown Gallery103- 595 Howe St ✆604-682-8990www.downtowngallery.catues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am-3pmOngoing Exhibition of work by galleryartists including Janice McLean,Nemo, Barrie Chadwick, K.L. Changand T.K. Daniel Chuang.Dundarave PrintWorkshop and Gallery1640 Johnston St, Granville Island✆604-689-1650www.dundaraveprintworkshop.cawed-sun 11am-5pm Thru Nov 19Marijke Nap, “The Halloween CostumeSale - Seconds”, new work; Nov 20-Jan 15, 2007 Christmas Group Show,new original prints by our 30 residentartists; Jan 15-Feb 11 Darlene Bigus,“a gathering force”, new work.Eagle Spirit Gallery1803 Maritime Mews, Granville Island✆604-801-5205www.eaglespiritgallery.comdaily 11am-5pm Specializing inNorthwest Coast Native art and featuringhand-carved masks, panels,bentwood boxes, totem poles, argilite,button blankets, glass sculpture andInuit soapstone.Eileen Fong Gallery,Artists’ Co-op2nd Flr, Tinsel Town Mall88 W Pender St ✆778-889-4057www.coopgallery.comdaily 12:30-5:30pm Nov Eileen Fong,Allyson MacBean, Jane Appleby,Jane Urquhart, Jeanne Sarich, JessieChilde, Patricia Haley-Tsui, RoxsaneTiernan, Carole Milne, Roy Geronimo,IlSoo Kyung MacLaurin, RitaKoivunen, Shelly Bevandick, WakakoSeimoto, Oliver Malana, Pat Vickers,showcasing local artists in many mediaincluding paintings, ceramics, potteryand silk; “Westcoast Solitudes”; Dec 1-Jan 31 Treasures for the Season.