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Welcome to Imagine That!Winter Store Store Hours: January and February, Monday through Saturday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pmWe will be closed for our annual break from Monday, January 23 to Sunday, January 28 inclusive.
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Imagine That! is an artisan-run co-operative store in Duncan in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, B.C. Midway between Victoria and Nanaimo, the Cowichan Valley is renowned for its high concentration of artists per capita. Our store shows the finest local art and craft pieces, featuring artists' paintings, works in clay, glass, wood, metal and fibre. We offer an ever changing selection from over 90 of the best artists in the Cowichan Valley and on Vancouver Island.We celebrate imagination and fine craftsmanship. Imagine That! invites visitors to British Columbia to come to beautiful Vancouver Island. Spend some time here, to enjoy the area and to take home artwork and gifts by our Island artists and artisans. Situated in busy downtown Duncan City Square, our storefront entices passers-by with delightful window displays. Featured Artists from January 30 to February 25 Come and see tempra paintings by Ed Chan and still life paintings by Linda Yurgensen. Ed ChanEd Chan paints exclusively with tempera on illustration board, quite often mistaken as prints. "My eclectic collection of work have often been described as whimsical, satirical, loss for words, but always strangely personal. Whereas I look at them as trying to be funny but could never tell a joke with spoken words."
Read more about Ed Chan at www.edchanart.ca
Linda Yurgensen
Throughout the ages still life has held a fascination for some of the world's greatest artists such as Cezanne and Van Gogh. The word still life comes from the Dutch "still leven" which simply describes a painting with inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers. Realism was particularly strong in Flemish art and showed a growing desire of artists to paint what they saw, celebrating in paint a fascination with the world around them. For Cowichan Valley artist Linda Yurgensen, painting still life has filled just this desire. Linda is a contemporary still life artist who paints primarily in acrylic and oil paint and is most known for painting the familiar "stuff" in daily life. Having grown up in Nova Scotia in an artistic family, she learned very early on that she had a love for art. Always drawing as a child, she advanced to painting as a young adult, but with the responsibilities of a growing family, put art aside until just a few short years ago. However, since that time Linda has been growing as a artist. She has found her love to be in still life; light, color and composition are all vital elements that are integral to her work.
Read more about Linda Yurgensen at CobbleHillStudio.blogspot.com
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