Where: Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
 

Artist Statement:

Linda Bell’s formal education and background are in nursing, education, and health care administration, but she has always had a deep interest in art. While she has taken a number of classes and taken advantage of the many resources available online, Linda considers herself a “self-taught” artist. She has learned from others, as well as through experimentation and a fair amount of trial and error.

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 6, 6–8 p.m.
Meet the Artists: Saturday, February 8, 2–3 p.m.

The Ferry Building Gallery is proud to present Naturescopic, an exhibition featuring Marianne Hansen, Ralph Sears, and Stephanie Taylor. Through their artworks, the artists explore the beauty and fragility of the natural world, encouraging viewers to pause, reflect, and truly observe.

Ralph Sears looks for the unexamined and forgotten beauty found in the changing seasons. He records these overlooked moments in nature with his camera and then spends two to three hundred hours replicating the image in painting. This labour of love aims to captivate views and slow them down into appreciating the complexity and glory of the natural world around us.