The building has been sold. The Annex must close.
May 26, 2010
By the time you read this, there will be less than 3 days to go before “THE ANNEX closes forever”. We have been extremely busy BUT is still a lot of terrific art left.
Much of these works have been seen before at Gallery de Boer’s exhibits. Many are classic, timeless pieces which will never be sold at these prices again.
Thank you again for your ongoing support
Ron
The Details:
Gallery de Boer – The Annex must close!
The building has been sold!
We have just 4 DAYS LEFT
You don’t want to miss this opportunity
Contact the Annex: 519 416 7916
Gallery Hours: Thursday – 9:30 – 6:00 pm, Friday – 9:30 – 7 pm,
Saturday – 9:30 – 5 pm, Sunday – 12:00 – 4 pm
SAVINGS OF 35 – 75% throughout THE ANNEX
Free Framing Gift Certificate on all purchases
A wonderful chance to add to your art collection!
Artists: Many frames left….Priced from $2.00 – $15.00
Note: Gallery de Boer, above Homeology, is not closing and will continue to provide all your art needs.
Here is a small sample of what is available in the Annex
Big News: “The Annex” is closing
May 12, 2010
My head is still spinning. The building that houses our street level storefront “The Annex” has been sold. I just found out a few days ago that the new owner wants us out – in two weeks!
Now don’t worry, the main gallery is staying put. We’ll continue to have an extensive collection of original art on display as well as maintaining the full range of services you’ve come to expect from Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz.
However, since the Annex is closing, we have to do something with all the art on display.
We don’t want to move it all. Therefore, the Annex is closed on May 10, 11 and 12th to prepare for the Clear Out Sale
The Annex Re-opens
Thursday May 13that 9:30am
You don’t want to miss this opportunity
Gallery de Boer is offering many wonderful select pieces of framed and unframed works of art at greatly reduced prices.
Everything must go
Artists: We have over one hundred frames and canvases to choose from. Priced $2.00 – $15.00 … first-come-first-served
Free Framing Gift Certificates on all purchases
Everything reduced!
Sale starts at 9:30 am
Thursday May 13th
DON’T DELAY!
You could miss out on some great bargains!
Welcome to The Annex: Gallery de Boer Expands Again
September 9, 2009
Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz is beating the odds by expanding during a recession. We have added new retail space, a street level storefront known as The Annex, as well as additional staff to its downtown Owen Sound location.
“We’ve been bursting at the seams for some time,” says owner and curator Ron de Boer. “As our reputation has grown, we’ve hosted some very prestigious exhibitions, added to our native art collection and expanded our services. When the extra space became available, I felt we had to jump at it.”
The Annex is staffed by Sarah Slater, a former staff person at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and an artist in her own right, as well as Tracy Pink-Cleverley. The Annex houses Gallery de Boer’s high-end lithographs, limited edition prints, vintage posters, photography, pottery as well as the complete Audrey Holrod collection.
In addition there will be a featured artist on a monthly rotation. The first featured artist is painter Patric Ryan. All of this has freed space in the main gallery for major exhibitions, an expanded native and aboriginal art gallery and additional services.
The framing department is busier than ever with Jean Leonard adding Master Framer Richard McNaughton. The fine art restoration department has expanded as well with Master restorer Michael Anderson bringing his daughter Beth on board.
“I really feel these changes will work to cement our reputation as one of the finest commercial galleries in Canada, even though we’re not in the big city,” says de Boer.
Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz is located, Upstairs, 970 – 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound. The Annex is immediately below. For more information call 519-376-7914
Robert S. Montgomery
September 5, 2009
Robert S. Montgomery is one of 14 artists participating in the Ontario Society of Artists Summer Exhibitions 2009. Montgomery says:
At the age of 16 I saw my first Alex Colville image and literally stared transfixed for many minutes, and it took me several years before I fully understood what made his work so magical. The tight geometric composition reminded me of Renaissance painting and the highly technical arrangements stood for the omnipresent Higher Power. The crisp focus placed emphasis on the notion that each and every object was a unique and handcrafted by that same Higher Power. The love of vast spaces seemed to make the comforts of local environments all that much more protective, given the implied threat of the unknown.
And his discordant assembly of subject matter spoke of disconnection and isolation, contradicting any comfort meted out by the intimate setting. There are other, more subtle strategies he employs, but these were the ones I decided to use in the pursuit of my own visual language.
It took many years to finally find a “voice” that was my own-based upon my own experiences, my own psychology and my own view of the world. Neither storytelling nor the conveyance of specific messages holds much interest for me. I think that art is much better at raising questions than it is at providing answers. All any artist can work towards is images with a broad perspective, that can engage a wide enough audience so as to seduce at least one other person- a person who wonders in the same way.
Art is to be shared with the community. It is there that our commonality as well as our uniqueness can be explored and understood, and art has a special role to play in this process. The handmade object takes us back to the dawning of our culture, our personalities and our sense of self, and by its very existence imparts meaning to our lives.
The art process allows us to separate ourselves from society’s shared obsessions while at the same time explore our participation in them. It is an ambivalent procedure but ultimately one in which we can, in the best possible way, reveal our most graceful and repulsive moments. Through imagery, we confront our fears, our regrets, our clinging to tragedy, our failures and frustrations all of which are leavened by brief encounters with joy and the never-ending quest for significance.
I make paintings and prints, and I enjoy both processes equally. There is one main objective in these operations: to rethink how I affix meanings to my experiences. By congregating objects and spaces in unexpected contexts and through denying ordinary associations with mundane events, I hope the viewer too, can revisit his/her own personal myth with the same lack of deference to singular, linear narrative. What do things mean? What importance should we assign to any given event? How can we be sure that our conclusions have any validity, much less merit? As Alex Colville posed the question, “Is this what life is like?”
Diana Harding Tucker
September 3, 2009
A native of Québec, Diana Harding Tucker began life as a classical musician surrounded by a family of painters.
In 1975, she received her BA from Queen’s University where she studied Studio Art. In the 1980’s, high in the mountains of California, a fascination with the beauty of her surroundings inspired her to render her interpretations through photography. She studied a Freeman Patterson photography course at Loon Lake, New Brunswick, and colour photography with Ed Burtynsky in Toronto.
After a few years of experimentation and self-teaching, and inspired by Picasso Still Life drawings and the softness of Renoir paintings, Diana developed her own unique technique of hand colouring fibre base black and white silver gelatin prints. She has received grants from Ontario Arts Council and Hamilton Arts Council and awards from the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications (CAPIC) and Applied Arts Magazine.
Diana is one of 14 artists whose work is appearing in the Ontario Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2009 exhibition and sale at Gallery de Boer.
Andrea Bird – encaustic artist
August 25, 2009
Andrea Bird, AOCAD/OSA, is one of the artists whose work is part of the gallery’s Ontario Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2009. Bird is an encaustic artist living in North Wellington County. Her work is inspired by the rural landscape. She has exhibited her work and taught encaustic and collage for over 20 years.
This award-winning artist says:
“My chosen medium is encaustic. This is the mixing of beeswax, oil paint and damar resin. It is an ancient method of painting that is now enjoying great popularity. My work tells a story, one that is different each time, but common threads runs through them all: the beauty of nature and the emotional response to life’s experiences. When we allow ourselves to explore the depths of our creativity, there is a richly textured world that awaits us.”
“The layering of collage (often natural elements), beeswax and colour plays an important role in her work – with some layers being partially or completely obscured, adding depth, texture and interest to the surface of my paintings.”
The above photo is Bird’s painting “Blackout” which is on display at the Gallery as part of the Ontario Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2009.
Good People Aboriginal Festival at Grey Roots
June 19, 2009
Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz is proud to be a partner in the Good People Aboriginal Festival at Grey 
Roots Museum & Archives June 20 and 21st, 2009 as celebration of Aboriginal Day in Canada.
Twenty-seven pieces of Canadian Aboriginal art from Gallery de Boer will be on display this weekend and will be extended till July 30. Aboriginal artists are increasingly being recognized and sought after throughout Canada and the world. We are truly lucky to have the work of such talented artists available for viewing and sale right here in Owen Sound.
The exhibit at Grey Roots best represents the Woodland artists, spearheaded by Norval Morrisseau and an incredible support cast. They include: Isaac Bignell, Blair DeBassige, James Simon, Carl Beam, Leland Bell, Josh Kakegamic, David Williams, David Morrisseau and many others.
Grand Opening and Reception Friday June 19th
June 15, 2009
As the light ascends to the north and we again celebrate the Summer Solstice, the qualities of light are changing radically and often delightfully, animating our days and our vision. Gallery artist Patric Ryan brings his new collection of maritime memories, John Visser and his impressionist brushwork exploring this transitional light throughout our landscapes and Bruce Steinhoff, who brings his bold broad brush strokes to the shores of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Aerial Perspectives and Maritimes connect us to memories, imagination and the immediacy of the fleeting light of this very moment.
A Grand Opening Reception will be held Friday June 19th to officially launch this newest exhibition from Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz. From 7 to 9:30 p.m. you can peruse the gallery, meet the artists and enjoy a beverage. Please join us for this exciting new show.
Call or e-mail for more information. info@gallerydeboer.ca
Mixed Media Hanover Artist Audrey Holrod
May 1, 2009
Marketing consultant Andrea Stenberg first met Audrey Holrod at an opening for Radiations at Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz. She sipped her wine and stopped in front of some beautiful abstract photographs which turned out to be Audrey’s work. Audrey came up and introduced herself and the two women began a conversation that lasted twenty minutes as Audrey shared her story.
This vibrant artist, whose career spans five decades, began those particular images in the 1980s when Polaroid released their newest instant camera the SPECTRA. Audrey borrowed the new camera from a local store and after a week she was hooked.
However, Audrey didn’t limit herself to using the camera as Polaroid intended. Using a variety of techniques chosen by trial and error, Audrey altered the developing photographs in a variety of ways.
“In the back of my mind, there continued to lurk the question of what would happen if I cut open the two layers of Polaroid film and peeled it open. What was inside? It is possible that I might never have posed the question if Polaroid had not so specifically urged its customers NOT to do it!”
Poking holes in the film, pushing the emulsion by hand, running a hot iron over the film, running a hot iron around the edges, opening up the film and re-closing, while the film was developing are all techniques Audrey has used to take these instant photographs and turn them into innovative works of art. Audrey says, “I discovered that any kind of disturbance or interruption to the normal developing process had potential for altering the image in interesting ways.”
Gallery de Boer is proud to have represented Audrey for many years. In celebration of her 50 years as an artist, Gallery de Boer is devoting the month of May to a retrospective of her work. Including manufactured landscapes, florals, butterflies and straight abstractions, this exhibit showcases the evolution of this 83-year-old Hanover artist’s work.
To kick off Audrey Holrod: A Lifetime Achievement Opportunity exhibition, will be a Grand Opening Reception on Friday May 8th starting at 7 pm. Stuart Reid, curator of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery will be opening the festivities by introducing this artist and her body of work.
If you have never met Audrey, please don’t miss this opportunity to meet this feisty, internationally recognized woman who views the world through the eyes of an artist. Come and view this retrospective of her amazing career. You’ll be amazed.
Audrey Holrod: A Lifetime Achievement Opportunity exhibition and sale runs until May 30, 2009.
David Morrisseau: Past Life
October 30, 2008
Toronto artist David Morrisseau, son of Norval Morrisseau, is a leading contemporary artist. Similar to his father, David Morrisseau uses vibrant colours and native imagery in his paintings.
David’s style is distinct from that of his father however. The thick black lines characteristic of Norval Morrisseau and all the Woodland Group of Seven artists are not seen in David’s paintings. While his style is more refined, it still represents the spiritual nature of the Woodland School. David’s paintings are also more figurative, using peaceful images and symbols which are easily recognizable yet still very much connected to his native culture. He has great command of his palette and is masterful at his compositions; every creation is a story.
“David Morrisseau is the most talented of Norval Morrisseau’s children,” says Ron de Boer. Ron isn’t the only one who holds this opinion. In recent years, David’s career has taken off, with several of his paintings selling at auction in Toronto and Montreal. Overall, his art has doubled in value in the past year alone. Clearly a David Morrisseau painting is a good investment for collectors looking to add value to their art portfolio.
This photograph was taken in David’s Toronto studio by photographer Ronnie Roberts in the spring of 2008. Here David is putting the finishing touches on “Past Life”. This stunning painting, a 24″ x 30″ acrylic on canvas, is one of a number of his original paintings currently on display at Gallery de Boer – Fine Art & Jazz.
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