February 16, 2014

William Lazos

February 16, 2014/ Michael Warren

William Lazos is a Toronto-based photorealist painter and muralist, born in Cairo in 1964. Known for paintings that bring together technical virtuosity with a unique perspective that blends quirks of human nature and nostalgia.

Among his career honours are the First Place in Portraiture at the National Fine Art Competition and the 2011 Kingston Prize People’s Choice Award. His work is represented in public and private collections, including Art Gallery of Peel and and Royal Canadian Mint.

William Lazos

Steam Locomotive
12 x 14
Oil on Canvas
$ 4200

Alfa Romeo
12 × 16
Oil on Canvas
$ 4200

Barber Shop Quart
12 × 16
Oil on Canvas
$ 4200

Blue Car
12 x 16
Oil on Canvas
$ 4200

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Ernestine Tahedl, R.C.A.: Reflection on Music

September 12 - 25
Opening Reception: September 12, 1-3 PM

Austro-Canadian painter Ernestine Tahedl has been exhibiting in Canada and abroad for over 50 years. Her vibrant abstract canvases draw the viewer into an immersive experience of colour, texture and light. Named for pieces of classical music she listens to while painting, her works are a paradoxical balance of painterly freedom and underlying rhythmic structure.

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

October 10 - 23
Opening Reception: October 10, 1-3 PM

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is an internationally celebrated artist. His distinctive ‘Haida Manga’ explores his own hybridity as an artist of indigenous, European and Asian descent by combining aspects of Northwest Coast First Peoples art with Asian influences such as Chinese brushwork and Japanese manga comics.

Rick Bond

October 24 - November 5
Opening Reception: October 24, 1 - 3 PM

We are excited to feature a new solo exhibition highlighting the energetic brushwork, deftly layered shapes, and expressive colour of Rick Bond’s signature brand of contemporary Impressionism.

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Sean Yelland: Don't Look Now

June 6 - 20

Opening Reception: June 6, 1-3 PM
Artist in Attendance

In DON’T LOOK NOW! Sean Yelland focuses on moments of transition and tension. Each painting in this collection isolates spaces and people captured in a moment of change articulated through Yelland’s uncanny technical ability.

Summer Select

July 4 - August 20

Opening Reception July 4

Madrona Gallery's annual summer exhibition features a selection of new works by gallery artists. Rotating throughout the season and featuring varieties of media, subject and style, Summer Select highlights the diversity of artistic voices from across Canada. This show is accompanied by a curated mix of significant acquisitions in our historical gallery.

Shuvinai Ashoona

August 15 - 28

Opening Reception: August 15, 1-3 PM

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