Artist's Bio

Sheron Meyer is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver whose work resonates with colour and expressive gesture.

Influenced by music, poetry, and the sensory and meditative qualities of nature, each work is a vignette of passion and perception.

Her paintings explore the intimacy between the subject and the aromatic, combining veils of colour, texture, and movement until the works begin to reveal themselves.

For further information please visit www.sheronmeyer.com.

Would you like a venue to show and sell your work in the Main Street 
neighbourhood? Are you interested in joining a friendly group of artists?  Is your work highly marketable and interesting? Then we want you!

Arts Off Main gallery is currently seeking submissions for a new artist/partner. We are a group of nine partner artists responsible for 
the running of the gallery. Each partner has a designated area in the gallery for showing their work and is free to select and display whatever they choose.

We take turns staffing the gallery, about 2-3 full days per month each. There is a minimal monthly rent to pay for a convenient Main Street location and a  buy-in cost in exchange for 100% of the sale of your work.

We are looking for someone who works well with others and has a  
collaborative approach. Monthly meetings at the gallery allow us to catch 
up with each other and make collective decisions on the gallery's 
operations. We also use email to discuss a lot of topics. 

Our aims are to offer reasonably priced, good quality artwork and gifts 
as well as to participate in the community. We've raised donations for the Vancouver Food Bank for years and joined in Main Street merchants association activities.

Application Process

• All submissions will be juried by the existing partnership.


• Art work should be interesting and of high quality.


• Only 2-D work are being accepted at this time.


• Only submit artwork that you that you feel would be a good fit to sell in the gallery. This is very important as we like to achieve a balance between all artists' work and need to know exactly what you plan to sell. We aim to offer our clients a variety of styles, media and techniques. If you're unsure of what work to submit, please visit us to see what we currently have for sale and the price points.


• Only submissions sent by the online application will be considered. The application form can be found in tab Call For Artists|Seeking New Partner


• Please understand that we cannot respond to every submission. Only artists who will be offered a partnership will be contacted.

Interview

Artists whose work is approved by the partnership will be invited to bring in some of their work and meet with the Partnership Committee. This will give the gallery a chance to see the actual work and for the artist to meet some of the members and  ask any questions they may have.

A few facts:
 

• Arts Off Main is a co-operative gallery of nine artists who show and sell their work through the gallery.


• Each partner brings a unique aspect to the gallery.


• Partners pay an initial fee to join, pay monthly rent and are responsible to staff the gallery 2-3 days a month.


• Partners receive 100% of the sales of their work.

Read more about us. We look forward to reviewing your 
work!

About Tom Antil

Tom Antil grew up in the United States. His Canadian heritage goes back to 1652, so moving to Canada was like coming home. He taught in Aldergrove for 32 years.

In the early ‘70’s he began drawing and painting. He drew from sketches or photos. From the beginning he was influenced by the impressionists, and pointillists in terms of style, the fauvists for their arbitrary choice of colours, folk art for its mural like qualities and people on the street scenes.

Tom has painted many landscapes, but currently prefers painting cityscapes. He has painted several hundred paintings.

“Observing what I take to be true eye candy in the world around us and trying to recapture and recreate it in a drawing and finally a painting has been a lifetime pursuit for me. The challenge is to portray in a relatively small retangle something that at least approaches the visual excitment that I saw in the first place. Each painting is a new challenge, and as I see new possibilities I hope my work will continue to evolve in a positive way".

Tom Antil

Biography of the Artist

I am a painter that is inspired and excited by the Canadian landscape. I have been painting and drawing since childhood. Being an organic gardener and landscaper for more than 25 years, I have felt the changes of the weather and heard the sounds of nature and smelled all of the both good and bad aromas of the earth. This sensual work has given me plenty of time to contemplate many ideas-undisturbed. Painting is is stewardship of the soul and organic gardening is stewardship of the land, and this land is my soul. I paint in oil and acrylic too, but watercolour has been with me since taking a class in Saskatchewan as a young girl where the instructor, a wonderful watercolour painter, Kay Bould, inspired me to paint with this most difficult of mediums. 

Education
 
I studied two out of four years towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Regina. I wanted a fresher take, so I started all over again in the Painting Department at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. There, I studied for four years and achieved an AOCA Diploma.

There my favorite teachers inspired me: I was taught by these conceptual artists: Ian Carr-Harris, Tom Dean and Naboyo Kabota. Somehow, I still wanted to paint, so a kind and patient John Inglis, understood and encouraged me.

Artist Statement

My art practice embraces my daily life, my home, my backyard, my neighborhood. I love following a visual story as it unfolds before my eyes, and I love to paint my stories using a modern vocabulary, emphasizing simplicity and clarity. I mostly use watermedia, but at certain times when the subject matter calls for it I switch to oils.

http://annamariaart.blogspot.com/
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During sunny summer weekends between July and September,  Arts Off Main will once again be hosting "Boulevard Days".  Artists from  all mediums are invited to participate in one day event by showcasing their work outside the gallery. Each Boulevard day may feature one or more artists and some of the artists will be giving live demonstrations of their creative process. Be sure to check the website for dates and featured artists. Then stop by and join the fun.

The artist of Saturday, July 6, is Celia Brauer:

Artist Statement

I am completely inspired by the natural world. Beauty is everywhere. It is the growth of the forest, the depth of the sea, and the curve of the bone. It is skin, scales, bark, and tide pool ripples. It is texture, and it is raw. I am a translator of life, and I am compelled to narrate it.

As an explorer and world traveler, I have lived both at sea and in the forest. My curiosity has led to compassion for all living things, and my degree in Biology has provided concrete evidence for respecting our planet and striving for conservation. Biological and environmental themes are a constant presence in my work. By choosing animate beings as my subject matter I authenticate their existence, beauty, and importance. Everything I paint is rooted in biology: harmonious palettes reflect the vibrant earth, anatomical accuracies define organic shape, and intricate details resonate complex cellular life.

I am also fascinated by the overlay between myth, dream, intuition, and reality, and use the translucency of watercolour to explore these connections. Organic objects, rich with dimension, provide ideal subject matter for this investigation. My use of iridescence, which challenges the division between subject and environment, is currently producing ethereal paintings that are deliciously captivating. I am constantly in motion and exploration; my work shares my movement and curiosity. Drawing from the subconscious, and filtered through the biological, I continue to investigate our beautiful Earth.
www.tamaraphillips.ca
 

Artist Statement

Sean Karemaker moved to Vancouver 6 years ago to work in the video game industry, what he found outside the offices on the streets of Vancouver became far more interesting to him. He began to work on a series of single panel comics about his experience-observing people in Vancouver. Sean called the comics Astronaut Journal. Over time the comics evolved into full size graphic novels, the work became popular in the underground comics scene and began to attract the attention of galleries. Sean’s work continues to evolve and change. Surreal imagery and compositions are used along with common, recognizable events and emotions of the human experience the effect is meant to be disarmingly personal. Sean Has recently been focused on large story based compositions that express love and love lost, A fear of growing old and feelings of Nostalgia based on his experiences of living in Vancouver.

Sean has exhibited at The Pendulum Gallery, The Gam, Gallery , Gropps Gallery among others. There are upcoming shows at the Seymour Art gallery, and the Aiden Gallery. 

Sean Has recently started doing volunteer based teaching. On a recent trip to Celaya, Mexico he taught A group of over 100 kids living in a orphanage along with Mexican and American artists. Sean has also taught sculpting in a community house in kitsilano.

www.seankaremaker.com
www.facebook.com/seankaremakerart

Would you like a venue to show and sell your work in the Main Street 
neighbourhood? Are you interested in joining a friendly group of artists? Do you work in a 2-D media? Is your work highly marketable and interesting? Then we want you!

Arts Off Main gallery is currently seeking submissions
for a new artist/partner. We are a group of nine partner artists responsible for
the running of the gallery. Each partner has a designated area in the gallery
for showing their work and is free to select and display whatever they
choose.

We take turns staffing the gallery, about 2-3 full days per
month each. There is a minimal monthly rent to pay for a convenient Main Street location and a  buy-in cost in exchange for 100% of the sale of your work. 

We are looking for someone who works well with others and has a 
collaborative approach. Monthly meetings at the gallery allow us to catch
up with each other and make collective decisions on the gallery's
operations. We also use email to discuss a lot of topics.

Our aims are to offer reasonably priced, good quality artwork and gifts as well as to participate in the community. We've raised donations for the
Vancouver Food Bank for years and joined in Main Street merchants association activities.

Application Process

• All submissions will be juried by the existing partnership



• Art work should be interesting and of high  quality



• 2D work only is being accepted at this time.



• Only submit artwork that you that you feel would be a good fit to sell
  
  in the gallery. This is very important as we like to achieve a balance between
  all artists' work and need to know exactly what you plan to sell. We aim to
  offer our clients a variety of styles, media and techniques. If you're unsure of
  what work to submit, please visit us to see what we currently have for sale and
  the price points.



• Only submissions sent by the online application will be considered. The
  application form can be found in tab Call For Artists|Seeking
  New Partner



• Please understand that we cannot respond to every submission. Only
  
  artists who will be offered a partnership will be
  contacted.

Interview

Artists whose work is
approved by the partnership will be invited to bring in some of
their work
and meet with the Partnership Committee. This will give the
gallery a
chance to see the actual work and for the artist to meet some of the

members and  ask any questions they may have.

A few
facts:

• Arts Off Main is a co-operative gallery of nine artists who show and sell
  
  their work through the gallery.



• Each partner brings a unique aspect to the gallery.



• Partners pay an initial fee to join, pay monthly rent and are responsible to
  
  staff the gallery 2-3 days a month.



• Partners receive 100% of the sales of their work.

Read more about
us. We look forward to reviewing your work!

Deadline for applications:
Sunday, March 31,
2013