{"title":"2025 Fall Portfolio","description":"\u003cp\u003eLauren Brevner \u0026amp; James Harry’s \u003cem\u003eSínulhḵay,\u003c\/em\u003e Jack Shadbolt’s \u003cem\u003eTowards a White Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ann Kipling’s \u003cem\u003eDog in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e—have been brought together to explore the landscape’s complex psyche, the potency of animal symbolism, and the legacies of colonial encounter that still pulse through the Pacific Northwest today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Together, these editions invite you to contemplate the land’s living memory—its beauty, its wounds, its stories—and how through art we can confront, honour, and re-imagine our relationship to the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jack-shadbolt-toward-a-white-garden-1996","title":"Jack Shadbolt, Toward a White Garden, 1996","description":"\u003cp\u003eEXCLUSIVE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJACK SHADBOLT  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eToward a White Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, 1996 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAVAILABILITY:\u003c\/strong\u003e SOLD OUT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRICE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e$1,200 CAD (unframed)\u003cbr\u003e$1,700 CAD (framed)\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-60057293-7fff-d6ab-e094-aea9401f8f4d\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePURCHASE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more information, please \u003ca href=\"mailto:afkinfo@sd44.ca\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eemail\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eor call (604) 903-3798\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRINT DETAILS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 85   \u003cbr\u003eSize: 32\" x 22\"\u003cbr\u003ePaper: Rives BFK 100% rag paper \u003cbr\u003eTechnique: lithograph   \u003cbr\u003eDate: 1996     \u003cbr\u003eSignature: signed and numbered \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Shadbolt was born in England in 1909 and came to Canada with his parents in 1912. From 1928 to 1937, he taught in high schools in Duncan and Vancouver, while attending night classes under Frederick Varley at the Vancouver School of Art. Shadbolt wrote and published three books: In Search of Form, Mind’s I, and Act of Art. In 1988, with Doris Shadbolt, he established VIVA, a foundation granting awards to visual artists in British Columbia. He received the Guggenheim Award in 1957, the Molson Prize in 1977, and the Gershon Iskowitz Prize in 1990. He was awarded honorary degrees by four universities and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972. Shadbolt's works are represented in major public institutions across Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada, as well as countless private and corporate collections. Bau-Xi Gallery represented Shadbolt with 44 solo exhibitions in its Vancouver and Toronto locations since 1970. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShadbolt’s lithograph, \u003cem\u003eToward a White Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, emerged from a period in his output intent on confronting the viewer with a landscape in crisis and contest: the garden becomes a battle ground of power, where the echoes of colonial exploitation and Indigenous sovereignty reverberate. His work insists that landscape is not a passive backdrop but a living, seething entity—one whose psychological presence can press back against us, demanding recognition of its fraught histories. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLauren Brevner \u0026amp; James Harry’s\u003cem\u003e Sínulhḵay\u003c\/em\u003e, Jack Shadbolt’s \u003cem\u003eToward a White Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ann Kipling’s \u003cem\u003eDog in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e—have been brought together to explore the landscape’s complex psyche, the potency of animal symbolism, and the legacies of colonial encounter that still pulse through the Pacific Northwest today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these editions invite you to contemplate the land’s living memory—its beauty, its wounds, its stories—and how through art we can confront, honor, and re-imagine our relationship to the world around us. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhoto by Rachel Topham Photography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eADDITIONAL LINKS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bau-xi.com\/collections\/jack-shadbolt\"\u003eJack Shadbolt \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artists for Kids \u0026 Gordon Smith Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50940931080489,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/9580\/5993\/files\/GSG_2025_edition_fall_002png.png?v=1757609957"},{"product_id":"kwikwi-lauren-brevner-james-harry-sinulhḵay-2025","title":"Lauren Brevner \u0026 James Harry, Sínulhḵay, 2025","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLAUREN BREVNER \u0026amp; JAMES HARRY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSínulhḵay\u003c\/em\u003e, 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt Edition\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRINT DETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eEdition: 50\u003cbr\u003ePaper size: 30\" x 15\"\u003cbr\u003eImage size: 24.5\" x 9\"\u003cbr\u003ePaper: Pescia, cotton rag 300 gsm \u003cbr\u003eMagnani 1404, Italy\u003cbr\u003eTechnique: hand-printed embossed woodblock relief, serigraph, suspended copper pigment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDate: 2025\u003cbr\u003eSignature: signed and numbered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudio Lauren James is the collaborative duo of James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry and Lauren Brevner. James, of the Skwxwú7mesh Nation, creates work rooted in Coast Salish design and contemporary cultural resurgence. Lauren’s practice explores matriarchal influence and her Japanese-Trinidadian heritage through mixed media and public art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to the new monumental installation in Vancouver, BC,\u003cem\u003e Sínulhḵay\u003c\/em\u003e, the newest edition in this grouping, marks a bold and contemporary addition by Lauren Brevner and James Harry. Rooted in an ancestral Skwxwúmesh story, the work tells of a two-headed serpent—one head representing greed and personal gain, the other symbolizing generosity and the restoration of balance. In the story, a serpent is destroying the land and animal habitats, and so the young warrior Xwechtáal must choose: slay the “bad” head and bring the animals back, or slay the “good” head and take all the power for himself. With stark clarity and graphic immediacy, Harry and Brevner render this moral parable as a meditation on leadership, responsibility, and the stakes of personal and cultural decision-making. The serpent becomes a symbol of the same tensions explored in the other works: psychological complexity, the natural world as alive and watchful, and the lasting impacts of colonial disruption. With bold graphic energy, \u003cem\u003eSínulhḵay\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a vital, living thread in this intergenerational conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProceeds from the sale of this print directly fund the acquisition of \u003cem\u003eSuper Natural Eye II\u003c\/em\u003e created by Studio Lauren James. 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Her unique use of line in drawing has gained her much recognition over the years. From her earliest recollections, she loved to observe the environment and of course, draw. Ann has always had a passion for animals and as a youngster often sought out horses to draw at the Oak Bay stables hear her home. Her mother and father were teachers and encouraged her to pursue her abilities to the fullest. Ann graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1960 and moved to Lynn Valley where she began her serious explorations of the landscape. She has worked as an artist ever since and now lives in Falkland, B.C. Her work can be found in numerous public and private collections across Canada including the National Gallery of Canada, The Vancouver Art Gallery and the Artists For Kids Gallery \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnn Kipling immersed herself in an Okanagan Valley presenting us with a sensitive panorama of land and sky depicted through the passage of time. 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