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The Wonder of Water: Exploring Our Place in the Hydrosphere

Welcome to Metchosin ArtPod's  ONLINE GALLERY for the juried show... 

The Wonder of Water:

Exploring Our Place in the Hydrosphere

WATER: it is essential to our survival. We are born from water, are mostly made of water, and live surrounded by water. It sustains us and perhaps defines us. In preparation for 2024's World Earth Day on 22 April 2024, we invited artists to express their unique experiences and perspectives on water, explore their personal relationship with water, and their sense of place in the wonderous, watery HYDROSPHERE.

The juror for this show is ceramic sculptor and installation artist, Samantha Dickie. Check out her lovely work: on Instagram: www.instagram.com/samantha.dic...  or Website: www.samanthadickie.com

Our goal for 2024 is to enhance our visual art exhibits by asking our artists to suggest music pairings that inspired their work, or speak to it in some way. We create the playlists on YouTube and make them available to the public via a link on our website. For this show, artists were encouraged submit a suggestion of “watery” music relating to their piece!

The web gallery is where you can vote for your favourite piece in the show. At the end of the show's run, votes are tallied and a People's Choice Award is presented to the deserving winner!

This show also exists in real life in Metchosin, BC, Canada, at Metchosin ArtPod. We highly encourage you to come see it  in person during its run from April 12th 2024- May 26th 2024. People are always happy to have seen the show in person; it is quite a different experience from seeing it on-line.

**Note that ArtPod is open from 11am-4pm  from Fri-Sun.**

We welcome everyone to our  Opening Celebration on SATURDAY 13 April between 2-4. Meet our juror, Samantha Dickie, and hear how she chose the works featured in this show,  listen to accepted artists in attendance speak about their works and process, and celebrate the 3 Juror's Choice Winners!

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Enjoy the show!

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Misty Morning Rain
Misty Morning Rain
Cathy
CA$525.00


Dimensions: 15 x 30 x 1.5
Description of Work: I am blessed to live close to the ocean and one of my favourite scenes is seeing the peaks of the mountains shrouded in mist and watching the trees appear and disappear throughout the morning fog.
Medium and Technique: Oil on canvas.
Accompanying music/song and artist : Misty Morning Rain/Ray LaMontagne
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Watch the Water
Watch the Water
Barbara Lee
CA$600.00


Dimensions: 30 x 24 x 1.5
Description of Work: This piece contrasts the predictable flow of water with the tossing and turning and churning of life on the land. A golden path, following along, helps to give us a sense of direction.
Medium and Technique: Oil on canvas
Accompanying music/song and artist : Handal Water Music Suite 1
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Sunday Sail
Sunday Sail
Cathy
CA$425.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1
Description of Work: When I see a yacht in the ocean, I cannot help think about my husband who sailed across the Transatlantic in a 40f sailboat! What would he have been thinking as the land disappeared out of sight?
Medium and Technique: Oil on canvas.
Accompanying music/song and artist : Sailing/Christopher Cross
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Black and Blue
Black and Blue
Pierrette Vezina
CA$125.00


Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 2
Description of Work: The piece Black and Blue is inspired by the dark troughs on a blue body of water. Black and Blue also reflects the cool force of water.
Medium and Technique: Acrylic, collage, woody marker
Accompanying music/song and artist : Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish
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Origin
Origin
Linda Kirstein
CA$575.00


Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1
Description of Work: Water and rocks combine the best of nature for me, so waterfalls are a huge inspiration in my artwork. Water in all its forms draws my attention, especially the energy of moving water.
Medium and Technique: Mixed media on canvas
Accompanying music/song and artist : Jeux d'eau by Ravel
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Hydrospheric Extreme
Hydrospheric Extreme
Edward Peck
CA$450.00


Dimensions: 22 x 28 x 0.5
Description of Work: This typology, one of three, looks at the places where technology and the hydrosphere are at war, and extreme situations both of plenty and destruction are present.
Medium and Technique: Archival Pigment on Cotton Paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire
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Low Tide
Low Tide
Glenda Balkan
CA$480.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5
Description of Work: A droplet of an idea began to form one day last summer when the tide was so low that we could easily walk from Witty’s Beach across to Tower Point. (Please see accompanying email for the rest)
Medium and Technique: Oil painting
Accompanying music/song and artist : The Water is Wide - James Taylor version
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River Flow II
River Flow II
Janine Duns
CA$1,200.00


Dimensions: 29 x 36 x 1
Description of Work: Flow of Koksilah River. The residence of nature to come back and thrive and humans stewardship to protect and respect.
Medium and Technique: Monotype Print
Accompanying music/song and artist : Calm Rivers by La Reve
Detail View
View of the Olympic Mountains from China Beach
View of the Olympic Mountains from China Beach
Liz Charsley
CA$200.00


Dimensions: 24 x 19 x 0.75
Description of Work: This piece was inspired by the meditative experience of standing on the beach, looking across to the mountains, waves lapping at my feet.
Medium and Technique: charcoal on paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : Toulumne , Eddie Vedder
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Beauty of Sea Life Painting
Beauty of Sea Life Painting
Margie Humphreys
CA$105.00


Dimensions: 14 x 22 x 1.5
Description of Work: The beauty of movement, light and colour and richness of sea life. We must take care of our oceans and what it has to offer.
Medium and Technique: Acrylic paints wth texturing applied in certain areas using bubble wrap.
Accompanying music/song and artist : Not applicable
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Reeds in Still Waters
Reeds in Still Waters
Lorna Zaback
CA$375.00


Dimensions: 17 x 25 x 1
Description of Work: Aided by a gentle morning breeze, water transforms these sturdy reed stalks into a delicately shimmering inversion. It is a gift, inviting us to embrace peace in this troubled world.
Medium and Technique: Photograph. Printed with archival inks on acid-free paper.
Accompanying music/song and artist : Songs for Water by Takashi Kobuko (from his album Serenity)
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She Crossed the Sea
She Crossed the Sea
Margo Farr
CA$195.00


Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 30
Description of Work: In 1899, my grandmother (age 15) crossed the sea, leaving behind her homeland, for supposed safety & a brand new life. This boat symbolizes safer passage for all the women who have made this journey.
Medium and Technique: Driftwood, my grandmother's linen table runner dyed with beach rust and beach wood, jute, marine thread
Accompanying music/song and artist : Waterfall by Cris Williamson
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Wonder of Water #2
Wonder of Water #2
Khione Gardner
CA$450.00


Dimensions: 12 x 32
Description of Work: Just as Water is impacted by its surrounding environment, so to is this glass on glass panel. Water’s qualities of reflection, pattern, transparency, transformation and symbiosis are revealed.
Medium and Technique: Stained Glass
Accompanying music/song and artist : The Sea by Morcheeba
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Wonderful underwater dance
Wonderful underwater dance
Douglas Lima
CA$75.00


Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 1
Description of Work: Inspired by the fusion of dance with aquatic nature, the piece conveys the feeling of freedom and lightness. This work celebrates the beauty and poetry of the interaction between humans and water.
Medium and Technique: DSLR cameras with protective cover for underwater photos, fisheye lens, unique and free edition in Photoshop
Accompanying music/song and artist : Por Una Cabeza - Carlos Gardel
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New Years Day on Vancouver Island
New Years Day on Vancouver Island
Hugh Partridge
CA$375.00


Dimensions: 9 x 12
Description of Work: This piece was painted on location on New Years Day 2024. It represents a new beginning and hope rooted in the deep connection we all have with nature and its lifeblood...water.
Medium and Technique: watercolor on paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
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Headwaters, Yoho River
Headwaters, Yoho River
Elaine L Hughes
CA$495.00


Dimensions: 15 x 22
Description of Work: The base of Takakkaw Falls is a glorious spot where the crashing water, icy mist and jumbled rocks create a secret world.
Medium and Technique: Watercolour on paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : Perhaps a nature soundtrack of waterfalls or rivers?
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Quiet Radiance
Quiet Radiance
Lois Burton
CA$300.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1
Description of Work: Quiet Radiance is a Macro lens capture of waterdrops on two dandelion seed heads. Colour is introduced with a backdrop and the colours are reflected in the water drops.
Medium and Technique: Macro Lens Capture, Printed on Epson Legacy Baryta II Paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : Sunrise by Wayne Chaulk Album Journey Home
Detail View
The Cracked Lighthouse Keeper
The Cracked Lighthouse Keeper
Mary Wulff
CA$125.00


Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5
Description of Work: Some of the most dangerous areas of the ocean are the shorelines. The perils of isolation and extreme conditions can be as threatening as the ocean, on a rugged shoreline.
Medium and Technique: Acrylic and Paper scraps on Paper
Accompanying music/song and artist : I work without music
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Aqua Falls
Aqua Falls
Kim Money
CA$150.00


Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 1.5
Description of Work: This colour of blue green feels peaceful and for me it is the colour of love. This could be my happy place where I can go to, in my mind, to feel grounded.
Medium and Technique: Acrylic and mixed media on cradled board
Accompanying music/song and artist : Watching the River Flow by Bob Dylan
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Ritual of Return
Ritual of Return
Rosanne Matte-Munro
CA$550.00


Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 2.2
Description of Work: This painting is about the return of water to the rivers and streams after the winter snow melt and Spring rain.
Medium and Technique: Acrylic Paint on Wood Panel.
Accompanying music/song and artist : no music selected Rosanne Matte Munro
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