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Collaborating on a Sense of Place With Emilie and Mike Fantuz

by Alexis Baran September 14, 2023

September 14, 2023

By Harriet Goodwin *Cover Photo by Rachel Topham Photography The work of Emilie and Mike Fantuz explores how the cities we live in and…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Visual Art Whistler
Take Home a Pocket-Sized Portrait at This Whistler Show

by Alexis Baran September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023

What other show can you return home from with a pocket full of artwork? The Teeny Tiny Art Show in Whistler is the biggest…

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Local Artists Performing Art Visual Art Whistler
Dive into Expression with Whistler’s Art on the Lake

by Alexis Baran August 7, 2023

August 7, 2023

By Natasha Ponda Whistler’s Art on the Lake returns this week with two incredible days of arts and culture, both on and off the water. On…

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Exhibitions International Visual Art Whistler
Marvelling at the Details of Flowers From the Wreckage

by Alexis Baran July 24, 2023

July 24, 2023

By Paula Burrows With his current exhibition, Flowers from the Wreckage at Whistler’s Audain Art Museum, artist Manabu Ikeda shows his awe-inspiring craft using his preferred…

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Impressionist BC Landscapes with Samantha Williams-Chapelsky

by Alexis Baran June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

By Natasha Ponda In her latest exhibition, at Adele Campbell Fine Art in Whistler, artist Samantha Williams-Chapelsky shows a stunning collection of semi-abstract paintings. With West Coast…

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In “Bright Futures,” Bill Reid’s Legacy Echoes Through the Next Generation

by Alexis Baran April 30, 2023

April 30, 2023

A retrospective of how Indigenous art has evolved over the last 25 years, “Bright Futures” at Bill Reid Gallery offers an invitation to the next generation…

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Keeping it Surreal in New Westminster

by Alexis Baran April 22, 2023

April 22, 2023

“Travel into Subconscious” is a fitting title for the current exhibit at the Gallery at Queen’s Park in New Westminster. Artist Vladimir Kolosov’s canvases create dream-like…

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Langley’s “Pop’d Arts” Gives a Home to Artists in Need of A Gallery

by Alexis Baran April 17, 2023

April 17, 2023

By Madison Smart The repercussions from the pandemic have been a catalyst for arts organizations in finding innovative ways to reach their audiences. Whether…

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The Iconic Ferry Building Gallery Reopens in West Vancouver

by Alexis Baran March 29, 2023

March 29, 2023

By Harriet Goodwin After a three-year hiatus, West Vancouver’s Ferry Building Gallery is reopening in April 2023! This much-loved heritage gem used to be a ferry…

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Video: Meet Kaho Yoshida, Animation Director and Illustrator

by Alexis Baran March 20, 2023

March 20, 2023

Kaho Yoshida is an animator, director and illustrator from Japan, now based in Vancouver. Using both animation and stop motion, Kaho brings an unmistakable…

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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)