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Amos wrote a lovely article about our Ina show in the Times Colonist. Check it out!

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Another cool work by talented Victoria artist and teacher, Sophia Morrison.

Enjoy!

New Year's Day Salon!

For a look at the work of Ina Uhthoff currently in the gallery, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQQpcRaJyg to see Efren Quiroz's video documentation.

More N.Y.D. Salon Pics!

Among the many starring players in these photos .. Mercurio owner Kym Hill, artist Dorothy Field, Ina Uhthoff's grandson Michael Uhthoff, the fabulous Gillian Tucker, artist and jeweller Stuart Duncan, pianist Tzenka Dianova and her wonderful daughter Isis, potter Tobias Tomlinson, artist Sophia Morrison, writer Mona Fertig and her husband, our favourite Polish transplant Hanna W., and the lovely Sylvia Graham. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate the new year and the work of Ina Uhthoff!

Happy 2011 :)

Sophia!

Shown here is a fabulous work by Victoria artist Sophia Morrison.

Sophia uses images from photographs as inspiration for her paintings. She interprets the imagery in an abstract way on canvas by using geometric shapes and bright colours.

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beautiful Wren pieces here at the gallery!

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Go!

That's the title of this free-fall aqua painting by Phyllis, complete with horizontal string lines and beautiful blue gradation.

This is a versatile work that could also be displayed horizontally for a different look!

Letting Go
P. Serota

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original mango painting! Much softer than the experimental one seen below, yet still bold.

Image: "Large Mangoes", Phyllis Serota

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more groovy fruit!

Here's a peak at another fab Serota piece. In this she's experimenting with texture, colour and shape, and the result is still life with a twist.

Composition and colour use, superb as always.

Nice job, Phyllis!

"Small Mangoes" by P. Serota

Phyllis..

Serota is a fabulous Victoria-based artist. Currently writing her memoirs, Serota is deserving of a wider audience for her work. Using flat-plane perspective, bright colours and soft brushwork, she creates modernist paintings with matters of subject like still-life imagery and scenarios from her personal life. Her work is in the vein of pros like Matisse, Chagall and Picasso, but never without her own special twist.

We were lucky enough to take a recent fruitful trip to Phyllis's abode, where we acquired some stellar pieces. Shown here is a wide and luxurious acrylic on canvas that boasts a mix of hard and velvet-like textures. It would be fabulous featured in a dining or living room of any design genre.

Image: P. Serota, "Plums"
Foreground: Ceramics by Wayne Ngan