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A Vividness in Bubaš’ Garden of Shadows

by PatioNathalie November 6, 2023

November 6, 2023

Feature image: Installation view of Karin Bubaš: Garden of Shadows. Photo by Oisin McHugh By Jaclyn Hayward At times we are held captive by…

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West End Art Walk

by PatioNathalie November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

Feature Image: 217.5 Arc x 13, Artist: Bernar Venet. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Biennale By Marisa Chandler There are so many beautiful things to see…

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5 Things to Check Out at the Eastside Culture Crawl

by PatioNathalie October 26, 2023

October 26, 2023

Feature image provided by Eastside Arts Society. Eastside Culture Crawl 2022, Parker Street Studios, Photo credit: Joshua Wright All photos supplied by the Eastside…

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November Arts and Culture Events

by PatioNathalie October 25, 2023

October 25, 2023

The nights are longer with the arrival of the first days of winter, making it the perfect time to come in from the cold…

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SHIFT: Ecologies of Fashion, Form + Textile

by PatioNathalie October 18, 2023

October 18, 2023

Feature Image: Works by Janet Werner, installation view. SHIFT at North Vancouver’s Griffin Art Projects considers art that uses textile and clothing as forms…

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In Cascades at the Contemporary Art Gallery

by PatioNathalie October 18, 2023

October 18, 2023

By: Jaclyn Hayward As you walk along Downtown Vancouver’s wet and windy streets this season, just off the beaten path on Nelson Street near…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums On Now Surrey Visual Art
No Surface is Neutral

by PatioNathalie October 11, 2023

October 11, 2023

Cover image: Photo credit David N By: Harriet Goodwin Since 1975, Surrey Art Gallery has been presenting contemporary art that provides opportunities to interact…

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New Media Gallery Group Exhibition ‘Measure’ Makes Sense of the World

by PatioNathalie October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023

Cover image: Annette S. Lee, Dagwaagin, Ptanyetu, Fall Soundscape. Finding Stillness in the Motion, 2022. Image courtesy of the Artist. By: Kristin Lim New Media Gallery’s…

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格物 Investigation of Things at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

by PatioNathalie February 7, 2020

February 7, 2020

Investigation of Things, a new exhibition on now at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver, takes a look at how we…

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april, 2025

14julAll Day27aprCheryl Pagurek: Winter Garden(All Day) 13750 88 AveEvent Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

23nov(nov 23)11:00 am05may(may 5)6:00 pmCurve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast(november 23) 11:00 am - (may 5) 6:00 pm 4350 Blackcomb WayEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

15janAll Day08aprSande Waters: BOXED(All Day) Event Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

Event Details

Art in the Community Presents Sande Waters: BOXED

Sande Waters grew up in North Vancouver. She then lived and explored the BC coast on a sailboat for many years, eventually settling on Cortes Island for a decade. For many years now she has resided adjacent to the ocean by Cates Park. Consequently, the ocean has stimulated her senses and profoundly influenced her as an artist, inspiring her to paint intuitively as a method of expression.

The act of creating art is often described as a dialogue between the artist and the artwork. Paintings often speak to the artist about what is needed next in the conversation, as the pigments themselves have the potential to become an influential voice in the direction of the entire composition. Her colourful and fluid abstract paintings represent a fascination with how chaos can emerge in one’s life, no matter how carefully we plan.

Working with acrylic paint and ink on canvas or paper, Waters creates organic forms, by allowing the paint and ink to “do its own thing” layer upon layer. Her intuitive, bold, and energetic paintings reflect a synergistic process of letting go, spontaneous gestural abstractions that are transformed into images of significance by the artist.

Waters is compelled by the process of bringing the uninhibited, undefined, and indescribable, into physical form. By constructing boxes made from her paintings on paper, she juxtaposes the abstract with the tangible. By acknowledging the “Box”, Waters invokes numerous contemporary narratives. She perceives the boxes as a metaphor for diversity as they are various sizes, and each one has a unique painting on the surface. A “Box” is also an object of desire, a vessel of containment and mysticism, which establishes its power. The “Box’ signifies a contemporary form, which speaks to our global economy and prosperity. All these qualities define the concept of my boxes.

Waters received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, California. She currently volunteers as the Assistant Art Curator at Lions Gate Hospital for the Healing Power of Art program. She was the Vice President on the Board of Directors at Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC and on the Board of Directors for the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver as Chair of the Artist Prize. Her work has been shown and collected in Canada, USA and Europe. She lives and works in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC as a guest on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, Stó꞉lō, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

Feature image:
Sande_Waters, Boxes #1, Acrylic on paper 2019 NFS 16x27x20

Time

January 15 (Wednesday) - April 8 (Tuesday)