What's New?
Collector's Choice Art Gallery is OPEN. We invite visitors to the gallery and framing shop.
Our hours are currently 11 am to 3 pm on Tuesday to Friday and by appointment at other times, including on Saturday. We do suggest that you make an appointment, as we must restrict numbers of people in the gallery at one time. However, you may certainly stop by and see if we're free! For everyone's protection, we also ask that you wear a mask and observe the various health protocols in place.
We invite you to view our collections online. Call the gallery at 306-665-8300 or email sales@collectorschoice.ca to view a painting or sculpture in all its colour and texture! Arrange to take it on approval to try in your own space! If you are uncomfortable entering a retail space, you may pay by credit card or e-transfer, and may make arrangements for curbside pick up or for delivery, locally, nationally or internationally.
Please contact us at the gallery number (306-665-8300) or by email at sales@collectorschoice.ca about pick up or delivery of completed framing projects. New framing projects may now be planned. We have no difficulty in completing them with matboards and mouldings that are in stock. We can also now order from our major suppliers.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
PRIMAVERA
A Group Exhibition in Celebration of Green Spaces, Spring and ReAwakenings
Featuring work by LAUREL SCHENSTEAD-SMITH, KATHLEEN SLAVIN, DIANE LAROUCHE-ELLARD and VALERIE MUNCH
June 9, 2020 to July 31, 2020 - NOW EXTENDED
MEET & GREET WITH THE ARTISTS
BY APPOINTMENT, AUGUST 1, 2020, NOON TO 4 PM
View the artists' works online using the links above or come to the gallery. Small groups of no more than 10 people may make an appointment to tour the exhibition or meet with the artists on August 1, 2020, provided that they wear masks and observe physical distancing requirements.
RECENTLY COMPLETED
April 1 to April 25, 2020:
'Per Astera' By MALAIKA CHARBONNEAU
PAINTINGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE GALLERY, TO VIEW ONLINE OR IN PERSON
Malaika Z Charbonneau exhibited her latest markings, using paint and canvas to explore the ephemeral concept of Time and Space. This was an exploration into a new narrative. It was not about the artist documenting. It was about the viewer engaging & discovering a narrative of their own
MARCH
'The Space In Between' By ROLAND DAUM
PAINTINGS FROM THIS EXHIBITION ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN THE GALLERY AND MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE OR IN PERSON
ROLAND DAUM exhibited artworks inspired by landscape, especially the open sky, which has left an impression on his work, whether the Canadian Shield, Industrial Architectural, or Abstract Non-objective compositions.
ONGOING: Other Gallery Artists
Even during an Exhibition, we continue to display at least one painting or sculpture by other artists who show regularly through the gallery
DAVE BAUML, JON BURNETT, MALAIKA Z. CHARBONNEAU, JAMES CLOW, ROLAND DAUM, JULIE GUTEK, DON HEFNER, SHELLEY HOSALUK, MARILYN HURST, PAUL JACOBY, IRENE KNOTT, DIANE LAROUCHE-ELLARD, MICHAEL LONECHILD, CHRIS MACCLURE, DEBRA MARTIN, MICHAEL J. MARTIN, MARY MASTERS, VALERIE MUNCH, KEVIN PEE-ACE, STEFANIA PIECOWYE, DAVID RIOME, RACHEL SCHAFER, LAUREL SCHENSTEAD-SMITH, RICHARD THATCHER, JOAN WEBER
We always have many more paintings in our storage area than are on display. View our collections online, or, if you come in to the gallery, ask to see works by artists who interest you!
SECOND SATURDAYS
A series of events, on the Second Saturday of each month, presented by members of SaskGalleries
THE FIRST SECOND SATURDAY WAS
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 12:30 to 4 pm
Pop-up Exhibition by Michael J. Martin
New studies of landmarks or birds, available to view all day
Coffee and treats, 12:30 to 4 pm
Artist was present to chat
THE SECOND SECOND SATURDAY WAS SCHEDULED FOR
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020
Pop-up Exhibition by James M. Clow
postcard-sized paintings of birds and animals, most in oil and oxidized sterling silver
PIECES FROM THIS EXHIBITION ARE STILL AVAILABLE, to view either ONLINE or IN PERSON
THE JUNE SECOND SATURDAY WAS
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020
THE UNOFFICIAL OPENING of PRIMAVERA
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New and returning artists
Within the last two years, we've welcomed several new and returning artists. In alphabetical order:
Clarence Keith Bird was a talented Cree sculptor, who specialized in carving bears and other subjects in alabaster or soapstone. His work was included in the group Exhibition 'The Spirit of the Land' during November, 2019. We are saddened by his recent passing in Vancouver.
Malaika Z Charbonneau has returned, bringing a number of abstract acrylic paintings on canvas which explore the landscape of urban growth. Her Exhibition 'Per Astera' took place in April, 2020.
James M. Clow draws on his training as an artist and his experience as a potash miner to create unique mixed media landscapes, portraits or paintings of ravens. He paints in acrylic, but also incorporates potash, beaten silver, gold or copper in some of his paintings. We currently have both the original and a limited edition print of 'Wish List', one of his beautiful paintings of a raven, some postcard-sized original paintings of birds or animals, two original landscapes, one of which incorporates potash, and several other limited edition prints.
Roland Daum has several misty lakeside or forested landscapes in various sizes in the gallery. His Exhibition, 'The Space Between', took place in March, 2020.
Emerging artist, Jon Farrell, is showing some figurative expressionist paintings, with a high key colour palette that evokes an emotional or spiritual response. Jon graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2011 with a B.F.A, with great distinction, and currently lives in Swift Current.
We will be representing sculptor James S Korpan in the Saskatoon area. James has an international reputation for his sculptures in cast bronze and welded steel, often with a natural rust patina.
Meherun Nessa, who trained at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh before she immigrated to Canada in 2015, is showing some very bright abstract landscapes, in oil on canvas.
Emerging artist, Christie-Anne Ogilvie, from Saskatoon, has started to show some mixed media images of natural subjects.
Mother and daughter duo, Shelley Hudson and Rachel Schafer, held a joint Exhibition, Separate Lenses: Shared Genes, Different Visions' with us in April, 2019. Shelley paints from nature and her extremely creative imagination, mostly in watercolour. Rachel paints very sensual images of the human body and nature, mostly in acrylic on canvas.
In the Exhibition, 'The Spirit of Summer', held in June, 2019, Ray Keighley,Cree/Metis artist, painter and woodcarver, celebrated summer in landscapes and mystical paintings. He participated in the group Exhibition, 'The Spirit of the Land ' during November, 2019.
The work of Ray Keighley varies from realism to a more abstract, conceptual practice. Native content often gives an added creative energy to his art objects, reflecting the artist’s balance between his ethnic origins, his life and work.
Diane Larouche-Ellard, from Biggar, held an Exhibition, 'Off the Beaten Path' in October, 2019. She showed landscapes and gardenscapes found 'off the beaten path'. She is a part of the group Exhibition, 'Primavera', currently being shown.
Saskatoon artist Michael J. Martin held an Exhibition, 'Sightlines', at the same time as the Exhibition by Ray Keighley. It focused on landmarks and landscapes from both traditional and unusual vantage points: exploring standard 'head on' views and interesting angles, using portions of the subject or unusual lighting moments. He recently completed 'Coffee Sunset', a view of the Starbucks on Broadway and 10th Street below. The portraits, landscapes and cityscapes of Michael J. Martin are known for his strong style of realism and technical expertise.
Saskatoon Photographer, Scott Prokop, has introduced his 2019 Signature Release Prints, which may be ordered through the gallery on metal, canvas, paper or with easel backs.
Kathleen Slavin has recently joined our roster of artists. Kathleen is a longtime member of the arts community in Saskatoon, with formal degrees in Art History and Education, other training in visual arts and close to two decades of experience in exhibiting her works in Saskatchewan. She is inspired by the Canadian Landscape and her garden, and, as she says, 'uses a variety of mark-making techniques to hover between abstract and representational elements'. She has both representational and abstract works in the gallery, and is one of the artists featured in the Exhibition 'Primavera'.
In 'The Eclectic Art of Richard Thatcher, Richard Thatcher showed expressionist and representational art in acrylic and mixed media, featuring his 'Flow' and 'Geometric/Grid' abstractions, landscapes and the occasional experimental, surreal piece or evocative portrait. Some pieces are still available in the gallery.
Shu-Cheng (Shawn) Zheng, Chinese Canadian artist, held an Exhibition 'INK', featuring contemporary Chinese brush and ink paintings on rice paper mounted on raw canvas, during February, 2020. Some pieces remain in the gallery. He also has consigned some gift cards and chiffon scarves based on his Fly High Canada series of ink paintings of 150 Canada Geese drawn for Canada 150.
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New Artworks and Reminders
We have new artworks by various gallery artists like Julie Gutek, Marilyn Hurst, Valerie Munch and Laurel Schenstead-Smith. Both Valerie Munch and Laurel Schenstead-Smith are featured in the Exhibition 'Primavera'.
We remind you of our finite selection of heirloom quality crystalline porcelains by ROD AND DENYSE SIMAIR, in a variety of sizes, shapes and glazes, secured before they dismantled their own gallery. Regretfully, there will be no more!
Bears and other animals
In addition to bears by Clarence Keith Bird, we have
Mark Totan's serpentine polar bears, diving or climbing wet out of the water
and Dave Riome's buffalo or his owls
Or his hand sculptures
Buffalo Stones
They can sit on a shelf or be held in your hand
