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3540 Marine Drive West Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V7V 1N4 Phone Number: 604 922 5356 Email Address: sheltonart@shaw.ca Website: http://www.SheltonArt.com
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UPCOMING EXHIBITION - MAY 2012 SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY ’OPEN STUDIOS AND GALLERY EXHIBITION 2012’
SATURDAY MAY 26 12:00 - 5:00
In Conjunction with the NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL
Live Music
3540 Marine Drive
Great Opportunity for Art, Studios, Gallery, Garden & Live Music
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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2010-2012
NORTH SHORE ART CRAWL 2012
SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY
TORONTO ART EXPO 2011
AGNES BUGERA GALLERY
SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS:
SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY
SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY
TORONTO ART EXPO 2007 & 2008
AGNES BUGERA GALLERY WINSOR GALLERY - Group Shows, Barry Shelton, 2005, 2006. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY - Several Exhibitions, West Vancouver, B.C. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY - Deep Cove, B.C. Plus numerous other Galleries and special Exhibitions over the years. OUR WORK IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY:
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY - Art Rental and Sales Gallery. AGNES BUGERA GALLERY, Edmonton, Alberta - Monica Shelton NORTH VANCOUVER ARTS COUNCIL - Art Rental and Sales - North Vancouver
SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY As working artists we exhibit our work in Galleries, Art Expos, as well as year round at our In Home Gallery and Studios in West Vancouver B.C. |
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| MONICA SHELTON | BARRY SHELTON For the past 38 years we have lived, worked and often exhibited together as two visual artists who happen to be married. Painting has been and is our work and creative expression that comes from a wondrous balancing act of nature, relationship, children, community, travel, spirit and more. Bringing art and people together is an important aspect for us, for it is essential in the feeling and knowing of human wholeness. We honour the triangular relationship between the viewer, the painting and the artist. In this context, our years of annual Open Studios, Gallery Exhibitions and Art Expos present a welcome opportunity to reaffirm this special connection with the public as points of collective celebration and access to our creative spaces, processes, lives and art work. From extensive journeys throughout South Asia, Far East, Tibet, Indonesia, Europe, North America, South America, North Africa and the Middle East, artistic exposure and years of internal wanderings, our life experiences have been instrumental in our self evolvement as artists and form a rich wellspring for our present creative explorations and expressions. After many years as Ontario based artists, in 1987 we moved with our two children to British Columbia and set up our studios and gallery in our home in West Vancouver. We continue to exhibit annually in Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. Collections: We are represented in Corporate and Private Collections in Canada and throughout the World. |
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| Mailing Address: 3540 Marine Dr. West Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V7V 1N4 Phone: 604 922 5356
E mail: sheltonart@shaw.ca |
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MONICA SHELTON ‘In the sanctuary of my studio I interpret what I value, feel and see. External experience combined with inner reflection, inspires my art. My concepts and symbols are playful and enigmatic, offering the viewer ongoing freedom, happiness and surprise.’ From extensive travels in my earlier years in the “Studio of the World”, throughout Asia, Europe, North America, South America, North Africa and the Middle East, I became aware of the deep and powerful impact of the language of art. Some ideas take years to show their essence in paint, that is why my sketchbooks are visual diaries and insights of great importance in my creative process and courage to create. Journeys in nature continue to touch and expand my expression. Born in Chile in 1949, I immigrated to Canada in 1967. Since 1975 I have been a full time visual artist, first in Ontario and now in British Columbia since 1987. I live and work out of Shelton Art | Studios Gallery in my West Vancouver home, which I share with my artist husband, Barry Shelton. My studio is surrounded by gardens overlooking the Pacific Ocean and art lovers are warmly welcome from far and near. Exhibiting regularly in Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver, my paintings are represented in private and corporate collections in Canada and around the world. Bringing art and people together is essential in the feeling and knowing of human wholeness.
MONICA SHELTON “When I paint, I want to be alone with the canvas. Only in solitude do I find the strength to get out of my own way and paint unbridled. The act of painting gives me the opportunity to explore a less tangible reality. My objective is to paint feelings and ideas that are often elusive in today’s world. I paint from inspiration, using my imagination, dreams, sorrows and joys. I work with a format that is contemporary, gestural and personal. My aim is to help people discover their own story /meaning in the painting and travel to wherever it may lead. My imagery is grounded in the natural world and aims to expand feelings and thoughts beyond the finite, thereby experiencing new insights into the nature of reality."
BARRY SHELTON ’My paintings continue as poetic maps and signposts of the human journey. Beginning with an energetic and spontaneous textural ground, energy lines or marks appear and fade, enliven and delineate. Symbols, metaphor, abstracted realism follow – embodying, balancing and celebrating the pre-cerebral and the intellectual in a very material manner. Veins of subject matter in the natural world are mined and a series of work in acrylic and mixed media on canvas or panel is explored. Each ‘Individual Tree’ exhibits a particular quality, presence, and energy. Every ‘Open Vessel’ portrays an essence and potential. ‘Sacred Geometry’ reveals an elemental mystery and more. ‘Light on Water’ affirms even as it embraces the ephemeral. The shape, colour and vibration of light intrigues me. Born in Toronto, 1949, full time visual artist since 1979, my artistic foundation began in Ontario and continues in British Columbia since 1987. World travels initiate and nourish my life of art. The ancient and the contemporary both speak to me. Continuing journeys in the wide world of nature and the gardens, ocean and mountains surrounding my West Vancouver studio, infuse my work. Constantly I sense and see a silent language before thought – a mystical unifying inner reality of simplicity and oneness, light and dark …beauty. Shelton Art|Studios Gallery and the home that I share with my artist wife, Monica Shelton, welcomes lovers of art.’
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Vancouver Art Gallery - Art Rental & Sales Gallery Monica Shelton and Barry Shelton - Represented by the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Rental & Sales Gallery since 1993 Agnes Bugera Gallery - Edmonton, Alberta Monica Shelton - Represented by Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton Toronto Art Expo Monica and Barry Shelton. Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Takes place in Toronto on a yearly basis. In 2011 the dates are April 14-17 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Monica Shelton Member of the CSPWC since 1986 NVCAC - NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL North Vancouver Community Arts Council - Barry Shelton and Monica Shelton NSAC - NORTH SHORE ART CRAWL North Shore Art Crawl Monica and Barry Shelton April 21-22, 2012 | |
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