White Rock Gallery

White Rock Gallery Fine art gallery representing Canadian art since 1989 Celebrating Canadian art since 1981.

White Rock Gallery showcases exceptional paintings, sculpture, and mixed media by acclaimed and emerging Canadian artists.

🌲 TODAY’S THE DAY 🌲Join us this afternoon for Light Through the Forest: New Works by Graeme Shaw and experience the land...
05/30/2026

🌲 TODAY’S THE DAY 🌲
Join us this afternoon for Light Through the Forest: New Works by Graeme Shaw and experience the landscapes, stories, and inspiration behind this remarkable new collection.

From mountain ridges and hidden forest ponds to the glowing sunsets of Vancouver Island, Graeme’s paintings invite us to slow down and reconnect with the natural world.

🎨 Don’t miss the Live Painting Demonstration from 2:00–3:00 PM, where you’ll have the opportunity to watch Graeme’s process unfold in real time and learn more about the techniques behind his atmospheric landscapes.

Meet the artist, enjoy the exhibition, and discover the newest works in person.

đź“Ť White Rock Gallery
📅 Today | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
🎨 Live Painting Demo | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

All are welcome. We hope to see you there!

05/30/2026

Red changes everything it touches.

It’s the colour of energy, movement, passion, and transformation. Where blue quiets a space, red awakens it. It draws the eye, warms the atmosphere, and carries an emotional intensity that feels impossible to ignore.

But red is not always loud. In nature, it appears in fleeting moments — the glow of sunset across water, fireweed catching late summer light, the warmth woven through coastal skies at dusk. These moments feel vivid because they are temporary, almost cinematic, and we instinctively pause for them.

In the work of Dominik Modlinski, red becomes both atmosphere and emotion. Paintings like Palmerston Beach, Fireweed Dreamwalk, Edge of the Pacific, and Crimson Odyssey pulse with warmth, movement, and saturated coastal light. His expressive use of colour transforms familiar landscapes into something dreamlike and deeply felt.

These works don’t simply depict the coast — they capture its energy. The heat in the sky before sunset, the glow reflected on water, the feeling of standing at the edge of something wild and expansive.

Perhaps that’s why red feels so powerful in a space. It brings warmth, drama, vitality, and a sense of life unfolding in real time.

Blue tells stories differently than other colours do.It arrives quietly — in the haze before a storm, in the stillness o...
05/29/2026

Blue tells stories differently than other colours do.

It arrives quietly — in the haze before a storm, in the stillness of early morning water, in shadows stretching across the coastline at dusk. It’s the colour of distance, reflection, memory, and open space. The colour we seem to return to when we need room to breathe.

In Rick Bond’s paintings, blue becomes more than atmosphere; it becomes experience. The cool air along the shore. The rhythmic pull of the tide. The feeling of standing at the edge of something vast and restorative.

In Weathered Spire, blue feels weathered and enduring. In Kayacking, it moves with the current and carries us outward. Shorepine Trail softens into mist and quiet light, while Shoreline and Breaking on to Coastal Sands capture the shifting conversation between sea, sky, and land.

Each painting explores a different mood of blue — tranquil, windswept, luminous, deep — yet together they tell the same story: our connection to the coast and the calm we find there.

Perhaps that’s why blue never really goes out of style. It doesn’t ask for attention. It simply changes how a space feels.

What kind of blue feels most like home to you?

There’s a reason green feels different.A still pond. Moss underfoot. Light filtering through leaves. Even in a painting,...
05/28/2026

There’s a reason green feels different.

A still pond. Moss underfoot. Light filtering through leaves. Even in a painting, green carries something grounding with it. A sense of calm, quiet, and reflection that the body seems to recognize before the mind fully catches up.

In the work of Janice Robertson, green is never just a colour choice. It becomes atmosphere. Memory. Escape. Whether it’s the cool stillness of Cool Pool, the soft reflections in In the Shallows, the immersive perspective of Frog’s Eye View, or the quiet intimacy of A Quiet Place 2, her paintings invite us into spaces that feel restorative and deeply connected to nature.

Works like Tangled Light and The Secret remind us how transformative green can be — layered, luminous, and endlessly alive. Fittingly, green has always been Janice’s favourite colour, one she returns to instinctively again and again, unable to resist its pull.

Perhaps that’s why these paintings feel less like decoration and more like places to breathe.

Which of these green spaces would you disappear into for an afternoon?

Which one would you live with?We’re featuring three new works by Graeme Shaw as part of his artist feature Light Through...
05/28/2026

Which one would you live with?

We’re featuring three new works by Graeme Shaw as part of his artist feature Light Through the Forest: New Works by Graeme Shaw — a collection inspired by the shifting light, forests, coastlines, and mountain landscapes of Western Canada.

Swipe through and tell us your choice:

Ridge Watchers — mountain stillness
Westside Sundown — west coast sunset
Weigles Road Pond — hidden forest pond

Each painting grows out of a quiet moment of observation — from the high alpine Rockies, to the glowing coastlines of Vancouver Island, to small forest discoveries along everyday walks.

These works are available to view and purchase in-gallery and online.

Join us for the Artist Reception & Live Demo to experience the exhibition in person, meet the artist, and watch Graeme Shaw paint live in the gallery.

Which one would you hang in your home?

Join us this Saturday for an afternoon with Graeme Shaw:

đź“… Artist Reception & Live Demo
Saturday, May 30 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
🎨 Live Painting: 2:00 – 3:00 PM
đź“Ť White Rock Gallery

Join us for Light Through the Forest: New Works by Graeme Shaw — a new feature exhibition exploring the forests, coastli...
05/27/2026

Join us for Light Through the Forest: New Works by Graeme Shaw — a new feature exhibition exploring the forests, coastlines, and mountain landscapes of Western Canada through atmosphere, memory, and light.

Known for his expressive brushwork and immersive landscapes, Graeme’s newest collection captures quiet moments of discovery — from alpine ridges in the Rockies to glowing west coast sunsets and hidden forest ponds on Vancouver Island.

Celebrate the opening of the feature with an afternoon in the gallery, including a live painting demonstration where visitors can experience Graeme’s creative process firsthand.

đź“Ť Artist Reception & Live Demo
📅 Saturday, May 30 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
🎨 Live Painting Demonstration: 2:00 – 3:00 PM
đź“Ť White Rock Gallery

Meet the artist, explore the collection, and experience the paintings in person.

Original works are available to view and purchase in-gallery and online.

05/27/2026

Graeme Shaw painted Weigles Road Pond after discovering a hidden forest pond during a morning walk near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.

What began as a quiet moment of exploration became a study in stillness — soft sky-blue reflections resting among fallen logs, forest debris, and filtered light.

Rather than recreating the scene exactly, Graeme translates the feeling of the moment — the sense of stumbling into something unexpectedly calm and beautiful in the middle of the woods.

Where do you think you’d find a place like this — forest, coast, or somewhere closer than you think?

Join us this Saturday for an afternoon with Graeme Shaw:

đź“… Artist Reception & Live Demo
Saturday, May 30 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
🎨 Live Painting: 2:00 – 3:00 PM
đź“Ť White Rock Gallery

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