Galiano Museum Art Auction
Aug 1, 2010
South Community Hall, 141 Sturdies Bay Rd.
View 12:00, Auction 2:00

Most of the works offered for sale are from Alistair Ross’s collection, accumulated over many years. Alistair was a gifted water colorist, etcher and fabric artist who sparked an interest in art in hundreds of students at Kitsilano High before retiring to Galiano Island, where he became an inspiring community leader and the founder of the Galiano Museum. These works are available thanks to the generosity and continuing support of his widow, Dorothy Ross. Other works by local artists have also been made available by friends of the Museum Society.

The works will be auctioned in the order presented here. Reserve prices (R.P.), from which bidding is to start, are indicated under the numbers.

ABOUT THE GALIANO MUSEUM
The Galiano Museum Society is a nonprofit registered society created in 1997. Its goals are to operate a historical museum and archives on Galiano Island and to engage in public education about our heritage. The Museum Society is raising funds for construction of a permanent museum building.
For information: Mary-Jean Elliott <mary_elliott@telus.net> 250-539-5328
Paul LeBlond <leblondph@rogers.com> 250-539-2310
Ronaldo Norden, renowned Galiano and Lasqueti print maker and sculptor.

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$75

 The Sutil and the Mexicana:
Galiano arrives in our waters.
Intaglio Print, 152/300
12 x 16”, framed, 1984
1

2

 

 

$75

 Montague Harbour View
Intaglio Print, 10/100
16x13”, framed 1978
2
Bruno Bobak, once a war artist, former Art Director at Univ. of N.B. , one of Canada’s most respected artists. A youthful visitor to Galiano.

3

 

 

$50
Rip Point
ink on wash ,
19 x 13 “
unframed,
fold-marks
undated.
3
Molly Lamb Bobak, was also a war artist when she met her husband Bruno. She helped the Galiano
School children with their award-winning scrapbok project in 1953. The Bobaks now live in New Brunswick.

4

 

 

$80

 Flowers
Watercolour,
9 1/2 x 10 1/2 ”,
metal frame
4

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$50

 Skaters
ink on wash ,
see #3
5

Sam Black, acclaimed artist and UBC educator, famous for his strong black and white etchings of birds and nature.

6

 

 

$40

 Totems, Kispiox
Linoprint, 15x13”
framed,
undated
6
Elizabeth (Scoones) Steward, known for elegant lines and gentle watercolours, and her sketches of Galiano life and homesteads. Studied art in Paris.

7

 

 

$90

 Hotel de Sens, Paris
Watercolour,
Metal frame
12 X 16”
7
Dorothy Lupton started painting on Galiano in 1969 and is best known for her documentation of the Coon Bay shacks and Galiano’s natural beauties.

8

 

 

$70

 Summer Light
Oil,
9 1/2 X 7 1/2”
Wooden frame
undated
8
Joy Bassett, prolific Galiano watercolourist, a graduate of the Toronto School of Art.

9

 

 

$75

 Weathered
Watercolour,
metal frame,
16 x 19 1/2 “
undated
9

10

 

 

$60

 SKY
Watercolour,
10 x 14”
Framed, undated
10

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$50

 Sky over Active Pass
Watercolour, 7 x 9”
Metal frame , undated
11
Alistair Ross

12

 

 

$150

 Shorescape, 1958
Watercolour,
Wooden frame
22 x 19”
12

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$25

 Flowers
Watercolour
14 x 21” , Undated.
Unframed
13

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$60

 Coastal village
Acrylic on canvas
wooden frame
27 1/2 x 19 1/2”
Undated.
14

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$40

 Ruins, 1958
Watercolour,
Wooden frame,
13 1/2 x 13 1/2 “
15

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$35

 Autumn Bequest, 1956
Two-colour etching
Wooden frame
12 1/2 x 16 1/2 “
16

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$50

 Fall Flowers
Watercolour,
Wooden frame
24 x 18”
17

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$55
Squares
Watercolour,
Metal frame
13 x19”
undated
18
Kenneth Hardy, Galiano painter and illustrator.

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$50
Creek on Mt Sutil
Pencil, Metal frame,
9 1/2 x 11 1/2 “
undated
19
Win Stephen, Galiano watercolourist, flower illustrator.

20

 

 

$80
Wild Roses
Watercolour,
Metal frame,
17 1/2 x 14 “,
undated.
20

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$120

 Pansies
Oil, 12 x 10”
wooden frame
undated
21

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$40

 After Gandolphi
Conte Crayons
9 x 12”
Unframed, matted
22
Amy Inkster, “ lived in the big house next to the church... and painted a lot...”

23

 

 

$50
Arbutus in the Sun
Watercolour, undated
wooden frame
7 3/4 x 10 3/4 “
23
Thomas Albert Stone, distinguished Canadian landscape and winter scenes painter. Works in Ontario Art gallery

24

 

 

$150

 Morning on Lake Muskoka
Oil, wooden frame
34 1/2 x 26 1/2 “
undated
24
Claude Parker, English watercolourist, from Alistair’s favorites

25

 

 

$75
Farmhouse
watercolour
8 x 41/2”
framed
1928
25
Annie Okuda, Galiano artist and yoga master

26

 

 

$75
Spring Flowers
Oil, 20 x 15”
unframed,
1989
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