Petley Jones Gallery Blog: Archive

Meet: Greg Pyra

Our collection at Petley Jones Gallery has a wonderful diversity of art. It is not often that an artist has such diversity amongst his or her own work - Greg Pyra is one of these rare artists. Our selection of work by Greg Pyra contains exquisite landscapes alongside vintage-style figurative paintings. His mastery of the medium of oil is obvious when comparing these images of very different genres...

Oct 17th

Meet: Brigitta Kocsis

I first encountered the work of Brigitta Kocsis while digging around the Petley Jones Gallery inventory. I pulled out a selection of her work - four little canvases including #6, seen below. A perfect square, measuring only ten inches by ten inches, it is a small image with a big emotional impact. I found myself in awe of the central figure and her spooky surroundings. The diluted, dripping...

Sep 5th

Meet: Diana McNish

Our front window at Petley Jones Gallery is currently alive with vibrant, figurative sculptures by Diana McNish. Below is Prunella - she is larger-than-life, not only in her appearance but in her size. Her torso folds over at the hips, but if she were able to raise herself upright, she would tower over your average professional basketball player. Her curved upper-half is, in fact, made of one...

Aug 3rd

LINE: PAST & PRESENT

On Saturday, we opened a new exhibition called LINE: PAST & PRESENT. From now until August 4th, we will be showing drawings from contemporary and historical artists in support of the Vancouver Drawn Festival, a one-of-a-kind celebration of the medium of drawing. It is a unique multi-venue event that includes free lectures, gallery tours, exhibition openings, and artist talks across the city,...

Jul 20th

Meet: Clayton Anderson

The average visit to Petley Jones Gallery begins the following way: you walk through our front door and down the ramp into the gallery space. You take a look around at our collection and eventually approach the front desk. Here, you will typically find two things: our lovely Gallery Manager, Jeen, and a featured painting, which is presently a big dreamy landscape in blues, greens, and grays. The...

Jul 13th

Duncan Regehr x 2

If you happen to find yourself in Victoria over the next six weeks and you love colourful, kooky, figurative oil paintings, then you are in for a treat. Duncan Regehr, one of our contemporary artists here at Petley Jones, will be showing not one, but two retrospective exhibitions over the next two months. The Legacy Gallery is showing “Transformation: A Retrospective” from June 13 -...

Jul 4th

ArtWalk Memories

The ArtWalk was a huge success! Our thanks go out to the South Granville Business Improvement Association and our friends on Gallery Row for making it possible. Not only was it great publicity for the participating galleries, but it was an amazing chance to admire the variety of art in Vancouver and meet some really lovely people. We had hundreds of visitors stop by - some folks were interested in...

Jun 27th

Jun 22nd

I'm Stephanie the Intern, nice to meet you.

Being a Petley Jones Intern has its perks. The gallery’s absolutely massive back-room inventory is like Disneyland for a recent Art History graduate like myself. In the last couple of months, I have photographed and touched and labelled more incredible pieces of art than my brain can comprehend. An unexpected perk is the killer workout my arms and legs have been receiving from lifting and...

Jun 20th

Sounds Good on Paper

It’s been a pretty crazy last couple of weeks here at Petley Jones Gallery. While everyone walks around peacefully out in the snow/rain/hail/sun (whatever Vancouver decides to throw at us for the day), we’ve been busy gearing up for next Thursday’s opening including making, designing, and printing Sounds Good on Paper exhibition catalogues. Sounds Good on Paper opens March...

Mar 23rd

Feb 23rd

New Website

Petley Jones Gallery is getting ready to launch a new website. It’s going to be fresh, innovative, and full of fantastic images. Watch out internet, a new and exciting website is about to blow your mind. Stay tuned!!

Feb 16th

Down the Rabbit Hole

Art lovers of Canada unite! Pilar Mehlis is featuring in a contemporary group show, Down the Rabbit Hole: The Whimsical World of Pop Surrealism, which explores the themes of fantasy, fairytales, and urban mythology. It is sure to inspire and awaken a sense of curiosity and wonder in everyone. The exhibition is taking place at the Art Gallery of Calgary and runs from February 10, 2012- April 7,...

Feb 8th

Feb 1st

“An artist is not paid for his labor, but for his vision- James Whistler”

Jan 19th

We’re back from the holidays!!! What better way to celebrate the new year then enjoy inspiring art. We are currently displaying art by: Ann Nelson Blake Michael Hermesh Debra Van Tuinen Gerda Lattey Clayton Anderson Gordon Smith Herbet Siebner Gathie Falk Don Li-Leger

Jan 12th

Dec 14th

Thomas Anfield Featured in the Vancouver Sun →

Polychrome Fine Arts in Victoria, British Columbia opened an exhibition of sock monkey paintings by our very own featured artist Thomas Anfield. The show, Monkey Island, comprises of more than 20 works by the Vancouver artist. Anfield plays around with the concept of the sock monkey, a stuffed folk-art doll made from work socks. What I love most about Anfield’s paintings is the way they...

Dec 7th