Unknown Artist
Watercolour and pencil on paper, 14 x 10 inches
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GW20180799
Category: Watercolour
Untitled 851
Don Frache (1919-1994)
Watercolour, 15 x 20.5 inches
“Frache’s oeuvre covered a wide range of subject matter, although his primary love was landscape and western history, he also painted a sizeable number of portraits. He was part of an early group of artists who took serious the development of a truly western based/Alberta art practice. Frache’s talent as a painter allowed him to depict contemporary Alberta and Albertans as well as recreating early scenes of settlement and development for those collectors hungry for images of Western Canada. His watercolors and oils offer images of the diversity of ranchland, farmland, mountains, forest, and prairie that make up the Western Canadian landscape. His palette displays the rich earthy colors and wide range of tonal values of those environments. ” from http://www.willockandsaxgallery.com/artists/frache.php#../images/Fdon2a.jpg
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Untitled 846
Henry DeJager
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Watercolour on Paper, 5 x 7 inches
“Hendrik de Jager was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1940. He started drawing and painting when he was young. Hendrik has a natural talent for art and is primarily self-taught. He was educated in Rotterdam and became interested in architecture. Eventually he chose the profession of sign designer and worked at various sign shops throughout Holland.
In 1967 he married Carla Verloop in Holland and in that same year the two immigrated to Canada. They settled in Edmonton, Alberta, where Hendrik began his own commercial sign business. It was in this business that Hendrik developed his own intricate and creative method of sign creation. He created three-dimensional cedar signs, which were heavily decorated with his own fine artwork. These cedar creations were not merely signs, but beautiful works of art. These masterpiece signs are displayed all over Canada, with many in Alberta and British Columbia. After thirty years of intense involvement in the sign business Hendrik now devotes all his energy to his love of watercolours.
Even though Hendrik worked as a sign designer it is drawing and painting, especially creating watercolours, that has remained the primary focus in his life. He draws inspiration for his art from various places and experiences. The people and places of Canada have been an ongoing wealth of artistic inspiration for Hendrik. He particularly enjoys canoe trips down the Coppermine and Nahanni rivers, which allow him to spend time painting in the great wildernesses of Canada. As well, his adventures throughout Europe have helped to inspire some of his most beautiful paintings.
Hendrik has developed his own unique style of watercolour painting in which vibrant colours and spontaneity create remarkably beautiful individual works of art. He enjoys painting flowers, ships, landscapes and cityscapes as well as portraits of individuals from interesting cultures around the world.
Hendrik’s paintings have been shown in numerous galleries throughout Alberta and Holland. He has attended art workshops all over Canada and Holland. He continues to spend most of his time painting, but he also continues to create their works of art in the medium of wood including hope chests and other decorative knives.” from
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SA20170499
Untitled 845
Richard Dixon (1954 – )
Watercolour, 4.5 x 2.5 inches
“Richard Dixon was born in 1954. He was raised in Pincher Creek, Alberta, where he developed his interests in mountain climbing and hiking. He began drawing and painting at a n early age and has matured his abilities over the last 20 years through private study of art throughout North America. Presently he shows his works in Canada, the United States and Japan.”
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GW20160075
Untitled 844
Richard Dixon (1954 – )
Watercolour, 4.5 x 2.5 inches
“Richard Dixon was born in 1954. He was raised in Pincher Creek, Alberta, where he developed his interests in mountain climbing and hiking. He began drawing and painting at a n early age and has matured his abilities over the last 20 years through private study of art throughout North America. Presently he shows his works in Canada, the United States and Japan.”
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GW20160075
McDonald Hotel
Phyllis Webb Jeffery (1915-2014)
Watercolour, 14.5 x 17.5 inches
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RC20160500
Untitled 843
Long
Watercolour, 9 x 14 inches
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GW20162000
Untitled 842
Unknown Artist
Watercolour on Paper, 30 x 41 Inches
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GW20166000
North Rustico, PEI
Hannelore Kennedy
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island CANADA
Watercolour on paper, 4.5 x 6.5 inches
“Hannelore Kennedy (d. 2006) was born in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1951, she came to Canada. In 1964, she and her husband, Harry, moved from Montreal to Prince Edward Island, where she began to paint seriously. Painting in acrylic, oil, and watercolor, she concentrated on Prince Edward Island scenes. Hannelore’s paintings are in private collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe. One of her paintings hangs in Stornoway, which is one of the seven official residences of Canada and is located in Ottawa. Kennedy spent her final decade in British Columbia” from http://www.gallery18.com/Gallery_18/Hannelore_Kennedy.html
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VV20160299
Untitled 838
Guay
Watercolour and Pencil, 4 x 4.5 inches
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FD20160500
Art Discarded 2 