Mark Christopher Gallery

Nicholas Zirk, Owning Your Okayness: Opening Next Friday May 7th, 2021 at 55 Clinton Street contact the gallery for an appointment: 416 705 3052 #mcg... #owningyourokayness #canadianart #art #contemporaryart #exhibition #artexhibition #nicholaszirk #markchristophergallery #artgallery See more

Tomorrow's Talent Vol. II. Out Now!

Tomorrow's Talent Vol II, Out Now. Peter Chan is in this one. perfect bound cover stock, textured 270 gm paper with spot gloss UV... printed in the Netherlands Booooooom.com

Curtis Amisich, 1992, 24 x 24" 2010 From the Scrambled Series #curtisamisich... #canadianart #artworld #art #MCG #markchristophergallery #painting #Morepattern See more

Rob Nicholls, Autumnal Fable, oil on canvas, 36 x 48" 2018 #robnicholls #canadianartist #art... #fineart #artcollector #collector #markchristophergallery #MCG #autumnalfable #bewareofdarkness See more

Beware of Darkness runs until January 31 Rob Nicholls, Ocean Haze, oil on canvas, 36 x 43" 2018 (left) Rob Nicholls, Beware of Darkness, oil on canvas, 38 x 48" 2018 (right)... Photo by Eric Kinsella #robnicholls #mcg #canadianartist #contemporaryart #art #oilpainting #markchristophergallery #exhibition #artexhibition #artcollector #collector

Rob Nicholls, Ocean Haze, oil on canvas, 36 x 43" 2018

Beware of Darkness In this body of work the viewer is placed before thickets of alien plant life that shape-shift from aquatic weeds to tall grasses and trees. The whimsical vegetation is overgrown in the wild, gently pulsating to the rhythm of autumn, illuminated by a clearing beyond. Nicholls, who grew up on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, recalls an adventure with two friends who attempted to paddle a lifeboat across the channel from Swartz Bay to Salt Spring Island.... The island’s hillside appeared majestic in its technicolor fall palette and we could only imagine what the view might be from the top. We embarked on our journey into the ocean only to find ourselves quickly dwarfed by mother nature. The towering island that had appeared attainable from land was now dangerously out of reach. Its trees swayed gracefully in the wind while the unforgiving ocean waves left us spinning. We were forced to raise our flag and be rescued by the nearest powerboat who returned us to shore. This suite of four paintings inspired by this memory depict the in-between quality of autumn, where cold intertwines with the lingering warmth of summer and the colours of nature fluctuate. Nicholls aims to capture the fleeting nature of the season, a last chance at adventure before winter sets in. Biography Rob Nicholls is a visual artist who works and lives in Toronto, ON. He holds an MFA from the University of Waterloo and has exhibited work throughout Canada including a recent solo exhibition of paintings entitled Spirit Trails at Angell Gallery. Nicholls has received several awards including the emerging artist grant from the Ontario Arts Council. As a painter, Nicholls explores the tension between abstraction and representation in rural landscapes. Inspired by the vast landscapes of the Romantic period he seeks to reconstruct his interactions in the landscape using invention and exaggeration. Through a memory-based painting process Nicholls creates ornate worlds made up of feathery forms with a heightened colour sensibility. The sheen-like surface of his canvases allows paint to move fluidly in order to seamlessly overlay shapes and construct spatial depth. Each painted environment revisits a time of day and quality of light, from the visual experience of dusk to the vibrant colours of dawn.

Mark DeLong, Little Master, cardboard, cotton thread, sun burnt wood, grout and acrylic paint, 12 x 9 x 9 2020 #markchristophergallery #markdelong #artist... #art #artcollector #contemporaryart #canadianart #autumn #LittleMaster #MCG See more

Mark DeLong, The Egg of Aquarius, Fired earthenware and paint, 15x13x12, 2020

Mark DeLong, mom and dad, cardboard, cotton thread, sun burnt wood, grout and acrylic paint, 16 x 16 x 9" 2020 #markchristophergallery #markdelong #sculpture... #sculpture #art #artcollector #artist #contemporaryart See more

Mark DeLong, snakes above, stars below, sun burnt wood, 32 x 1.5 x 1.5" 2020 #markdelong #markchristophergallery #canadianart... #ContemporaryArt #art #sculpture #MCG See more

Mark DeLong (b. 1978, New Brunswick, Canada) is a self-taught artist working in a range of media including sculpture, drawing, painting, and sequential art. DeLong currently lives and works in Vancouver, Canada and his work has featured a rotating cast of characters in situations both ordinary and surreal. Drawing inspiration from dreams, popular television and the absurdities in day-to-day life, DeLong's work combines humour with a raw and spontaneous aesthetic. As a metapho...r for artistic process and art making from a primitive perspective, Mark DeLong creates paintings with a fresh color palette, broad marks and active abstraction. His artwork has been collected by the Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Canada, and has been displayed at Colette, Paris, France; Abel Neue Kunst Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Perugi Art Contemporenea, Padova, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Katharine Mulherin, Toronto and New York, Monte Clark, Vancouver; ACME, Los Angeles; Spencer-Brownstone Gallery, Ed. Varie, Little Cakes, New York; Halsey McKay, East Hampton, USA among other galleries. . Delong has collaborated with such artists as Paul Butler, Jason McLean, Jacob Gleeson, and Geoffrey Farmer. His work has been seen in Border Crossings and Canadian Art Magazine and he has published books with Nieves, Switzerland.

Mark DeLong, buns in the driveway, cardboard, cotton thread, sun burnt wood, grout and acrylic, 15 x 15 x 9" 2020 #markdelong #MCG #CanadianArt... #contemporaryart #art #artcollector #sculpture See more

Currently Up at Mark Christopher Gallery (OnLine) www.markchristophergallery.com Mark DeLong, Canadian Stamp, ink on paper, 21 x 17.5" 2019... #markdelong #markchristophergallery #mcg #canadianart #canadianstamp #contemporaryart #art #artcollector #stamp #inkonpaper

Adding to his arsenal of techniques, Mark DeLong flirts with the effects of sun burnt wood, cardboard, thread, grout, and ink with ceramics. This spirited series of nine creations began partly with The Canadian Stamp, which was made with a historic printing kit from Deadwood, South Dakota. This experiment lead to a new hybrid of ceramics and the completion of found wooden sword formations. This amalgamation of form and object include incomplete and discarded wooden knives, belonging to a larger collection of weaponry. We hope you enjoy viewing this celebration of these playful hand made objects.

Mark DeLong, as i live and breathe, sun burnt wood, 9 x 13" 2020

Mark DeLong | September 9th to October 1 View with Sound On i'm like a dog you want to hold me... i'm like a frog you can't control me www.markchristophergallery.com

Scott McDermid, Creative Spirit, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 7 x 5 2011 #scottmcdermid #oilpainting #canadianart... #art #painting #contemporaryart #creativespirit #mcg #markchristophergallery #gallery See more

Scott McDermid, Sepia Stare, oil on traditional gesso, on cotton board, 7 x 5" 2019 #scottmcdermid #mcg #sepiastare... #canadianart #art #oilpainting #painting #artcollector #markchristophergallery #gallery #quarantinelife See more

Scott McDermid, Choose, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 12 x 7" 2012 #scottmcdermid #canadianart #portrait... #contemporaryart #art #artcollector #paintng #oilpainting #mcg #markchristophergallery #gallery #choose #quarantinelife See more

Scott McDermid, Heavy Burden, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 8 x 6" 2006 #scottmcdermid #canadianart #contemporaryart... #art #painting #portraiture #acloserlook #mcg #oilpainting #portrait #heavyburden #quarantinelife #quarantine #markchristophergallery See more

Scott McDermid, Story Teller, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 8 x 6" 2016 #scottmcdermid #storyteller #oilpainting... #canadianart #art #contemporaryart #painting #portrait #quarantinelife #quarantine #portraiture #mcg #markchristophergallery #gallery See more

Scott McDermid, Rain Red, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 4 x 5" 2018 #scottmcdermid #canadianart #art... #oilpainting #quarantinelife #quarantine #artgallery #gallery #exhibition #markchristophergallery #redrain #contemporaryart #painting #mcg See more

Scott McDermid, Party Hat, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 6 x 5, 2019 #scottmcdermid #canadianart #art... #contemporaryart #acloserlook #markchristophergallery #mcg #partyhat #oilonpanel #oilpainting See more

Scott McDermid, Summer Girl, oil on traditional gessoed cotton board, 5 x 7" 2017 #scottmcdermid #acloserlook #mcg... #canadianart #contemporaryart #art #painting #oilpainting #artcollector #collector #markchristophergallery #gallery #artgallery #quarantinelife #quarantine See more