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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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SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU MAY VIEW OUR ART WORK AT OUR
RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2011
SHELTON ART | STUDIOS GALLERY
TORONTO ART EXPO 2011 RECENT EXHIBITION 2010
AGNES BUGERA GALLERY
SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS:
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TORONTO ART EXPO 2007 & 2008
AGNES BUGERA GALLERY WINSOR GALLERY - Group Shows, Barry Shelton, 2005, 2006.
FERRY BUILDING GALLERY
SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 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
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 37 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 my extensive travels 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. From inspiration a painting is born! I have lived and worked as a visual artist for over thirty-five years. Born in Chile in 1949, immigrated to Canada when I was 18. After many years as an Ontario based artist, I now work out of my Gallery|Studio|Home in West Vancouver, B.C. 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 Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1949, I have degrees from Queens and University of Toronto. For decades I have enjoyed painting with acrylic on canvas, I love my choice of media and path of life.
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 on canvas 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 intrigue me. Born in Toronto, my artistic foundation is rooted in Ontario. World travels initiate and nourish my life of art for over thirty-five years. The ancient and the contemporary both speak to me. As I work with rocks, trees and earth the natural beauty that surrounds my Studio|Gallery|Home and garden in West Vancouver B.C, touches me. Constantly I sense and see a silent language before thought – a mystical unifying inner reality of simplicity and oneness, light and dark, …beauty." |
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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 | |
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