Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver Celebrates Commitment to West Coast Art

Published on : Wednesday, January 8, 2014

VANCOUVER-CELEBRATES-300x168Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver will soon launch a new art exhibition space in the Hotel’s lower lobby that celebrates life in British Columbia, as illustrated by Salt Spring Island’s Blue Horse Gallery and artists Paul Burke and Anna Gustafson. This is an ideal partnership between well-known BC artists and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, which elevates its commitment to celebrate local artists and West Coast surroundings.

Passionate about sustainability and inspired by their beautiful British Columbian surroundings, Paul and Anna create pieces that are natural, original, and uniquely West Coast. This featured exhibit celebrates the work of both Paul and Anna, centring on one of Paul’s proudest sculptural installations entitled Ghost Salmon. “Pacific salmon are the iconic animals of our British Columbia coast,” says Paul. “Their health means the health of our forests, of the natural systems of the province as a whole. Ghost Salmon evokes the power and also the fragility of this treasured heritage.”

Connecting West Coast elements through both subject and medium, Ghost Salmon sculptures are carved from western red cedar and painted with casein-based “milk paint” to allow the wood to show through. Beautiful, powerful, and a firm reminder of environmental responsibility, Ghost Salmon and the works of Blue Horse Gallery can be viewed at the lower lobby Zen Garden at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver from early January through the summer.

This meaningful exhibit is not the first for Blue Horse Gallery at the Hotel. In May 2013, Paul and Anna received much acclaim when Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver welcomed them to the ongoing “Artists in the Residence” program, established by the Hotel in 2011. Building on the idea of enhancing the cultural experience of guests and visitors while supporting local artists, the Hotel is delighted to share this new exhibition space with Blue Horse Gallery year-round for three annual exhibitions.

The exhibit is set to launch on January 8, 2014 and is open to guests and the public for viewing. Plans for artist ‘meet and greets’ are in motion for the months ahead.

Source:- Four Seasons Hotel

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