Through the Eyes of Gordon Adaskin

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Gordon Adaskin "Forest Sunrise"

Gordon Adaskin "Forest Sunrise" Acrylic, 20” x 27”, Catalogue #30

A selection of paintings, sculptures and prints from Gordon Adaskin’s studio and private collection will be exhibited in advance of a fundraising auction. The auction begins with a wine and appetizer reception from 4 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, 5714 Medusa Street, Sechelt, BC.

Adaskin, painter, sculptor and collage artist, was born in Toronto, but spent much of his artistic career in Manitoba and British Columbia. A graduate of the Vancouver School of Art, he taught in Vancouver, at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, the Banff School of Fine Arts and was a professor at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Architecture.

This auction provides a unique opportunity to collect works by Adaskin and other contemporary Western Canadian artists such as Bruce Head, Gordon Smith, Jack Harman, Flemming Jorgensen, Don Li-Leger, John Snow, Bill Koochin, Jean Clarke, George Mihalcheon, Winston Leathers, Will Ogilvie and American, Robert Rauschenberg (signed poster).

This fundraising auction will assist the Sunshine Coast Arts Council to continue support of the artistic and cultural life in the Coast community.

View the art collection, catalogue and advance email bidding details: www.scartauction