Madrona Gallery x Oak Bay Beach Hotel

Ongoing

Madrona Gallery is excited to announce its partnership with Victoria's award winning Oak Bay Beach Hotel to showcase a selection of contemporary and historic fine art.

Guests and clients alike are encouraged to visit the hotel and enjoy this newest installation, which can be found in the Grand Lobby, The Snug, The Dining Room, and throughout the mezzanine level.

The most recent exhibition was installed April 2026, with installations rotating quarterly.

The current exhibition includes work by artists Clayton Anderson, Karel Doruyter, Toni Onley, Meghan Hildebrand, Luke Ramsey, Collin Elder, Sean Yelland and Corrinne Wolcoski.

Clayton Anderson

Clayton Anderson was born and raised in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Between 1984 and 1988 Anderson earned a degree in Visual Communications from the Alberta College of Art & Design. After a brief experience in the advertising department of Western Living and Vancouver magazines Anderson turned to painting exclusively in 1991.

Inspired by iconic Canadian painters such as Emily Carr and Lawren Harris, Clayton's paintings demonstrate a strong understanding of composition as well as a subtle yet luminescent rendering of light. His work evokes a distinct power of place. He is known for his landscapes of the south west coast of BC. Over the past two decades, Clayton's work has found its way into collections throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Karel Doruyter
B. 1942. Rotterdam, Holland

Between 1961 and 1968, Doruyter attended the University of British Columbia. He worked in marine design for a number of years which allowed him to explore the BC coast which influenced his subject matter and style. Doruyter currently lives on Vancouver Island, BC.

"Through my travels I have always been drawn to isolated places. In the past these were physical geographical parts of the world I have experienced. Now I find myself going inward, areas of spiritual and emotional isolation that I find disturbing and fascinating. I find recording the former on board or canvas much easier than the latter, but that only adds to the attraction."

Collin Elder

Collin Elder was born in Banff, AB and is currently based in Victoria, BC. Collin began oil painting while pursuing a career in ecological restoration, which, along with a degree in biology, has focused his art on how we relate to landscape and wilderness. Visiting the locales of British Columbia's west coast, capturing and assembling those moments in landscapes has inspired Collin Elder to create works encompassing time and capturing the experience of viewing.

Meghan Hildebrand

Rooted in landscape and colour exploration, Meghan Hildebrand’s paintings explode beyond representation and dive into dream worlds, creating captivating open-ended narratives for the viewer to explore. This imaginary terrain is a playground for painterly abstraction, and Meghan strives for fresh innovation with each body of work.

Now residing in the qathet RD, Meghan arrived on the Sunshine Coast of BC by way of Whitehorse, Halifax, and Nelson. Meghan has been painting and exhibiting since 1997, including a retrospective survey at the Yukon Arts Centre in 2012. Her work has been acquired by public collections and belongs to private collections internationally.

Luke Ramsey

Luke Ramsey is recognized internationally for his art and design work. This Powell River-based artist has been featured in exhibitions from L.A. to Berlin. Luke describes his work as, "Organized chaos- a play with paradoxical themes. The content is influenced by a beautifully strange cosmos of organisms and comedy. The approach needs to feel fluid and not forced." Luke's ink on paper works inspire awe from anyone that sees them. They are finely rendered and visually engaging. The amount of detail and work in each piece will draw the viewer in to find an entire imaginary world in each of his creations.

SEAN YELLAND

Sean Yelland is a Toronto based painter who seeks to capture the picturesque in everyday urban settings, finding the beautiful and mysterious in the mundane. His work plays with a sense of voyeurism and intrigue bordering on the uncanny. By confronting the viewer with scenes that should be full of action but are shown in a state of stillness, Yelland is removing the comfort of the expected, and questioning our relationship to our environment.

Corrinne Wolcoski

Corrinne Wolcoski is a nationally recognized artist based in Vancouver. Her latest collection focuses on many trips by water and land along the coastline of Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound. She has an endless fascination with the beauty and drama of the sky and how it interacts with our landscape.

"Inspired by the West Coast and its many incredible cloud formations, my paintings are a direct response to the silent beauty of light penetrating the darkness which brings a sense of calmness to all it envelops. Living in an urban setting with limited living and breathing room, art is my escape to a place of calm. My love of space and simplicity comes out in the images I create in my paintings."

Toni (Norman) Onley
(1928-2004) O.C., R.C.A.

Toni Onley is one of British Columbia's most iconic painters. His paintings are part of many institutions' permanent collections, such as the Tate (UK), Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), Museum of Modern Art (NYC), National Gallery Of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and many others. He was an elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, and in 1999 was elected to be a member of the Order of Canada.