Jan DeGrass
She started a website a few years ago www.figurativeartist.org that gathers images of contemporary figure art in drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles and sculpture. At first she had to invite artists to show their work on the website, but soon she was receiving submissions and posting examples from artists around the world. The site now shows 1,000 artists who exhibit an exciting range of professional work.

The GPAG show is called Westcoast Figurative – Seven Painters of the Human Form, and it features seven artists with a strong interest in figurative art who capture the human condition in their own unique and distinct personal styles. The variations are enormous of the many ways that seven people can view the human form.

O’Brien met Vancouver artists Andrea Armstrong and Maria-Margaretta when she attended the East Side Culture Crawl in Vancouver.

“Their work attracted me,” she said, and she invited them on to her website. Armstrong’s works combine traditional portraiture and whimsical illustration while Emily Carr final year student Maria-Margaretta’s oils on frosted Mylar deliver raw and focused emotion. Vancouver artist Jay Senetchko is no stranger to the Sunshine Coast. You many have seen his work in the past at Goldmoss Gallery in Roberts Creek. He exhibits studies that reflect the parallels between different historical periods and contemporary life.
Click to read full Review of exhibition by Jan DeGrass in Coast Reporter