johnny2bc
Canwest Art is a small shop and gallery of fine arts and crafts. It showcases some of Errol Brimacombe's fine paintings (a local artist, based in Chilliwack), plus, various selections of other lovely, and often quite unique, arts and crafts -- including sculptures, carvings, art glass, pottery, jewellery, small crafted gifts, art cards, and the like, and art services -- such as consultations, art restorations, appraisals, and picture framing. The fun part for me, is browsing and shopping, and asking a multitude of questions about 'what, who, how, and where' of many of the pieces on display. The less easy part, is trying to decide on 'the' piece, or pieces that really catch my eye and fancy, more than the many others that seem to be doing much the same!! But the really fun part always comes when back home, opening the packages, and setting up the purchases to admire!! Over the years, purchases for me (at this location, and at the their former Cherish II shop/gallery location), have been a number of raku pottery 'vases and bowls', 'useable' pottery pieces (wine goblets, liqueur 'glasses', dishes, and the like), pewter dishes, glass 'angels', art cards, and the like. And most-recently (via visits made during two recent 'extended' stays in Harrison, in early-September and early-October of this year), some lovely stoneware-pottery mugs and jars (artist, Mud, Sweat & Tears, Sorrento, BC), the jars filled with gourmet honey (from Nicola Valley, Merritt, BC), a delicate art glass bird (artist, Mark Bateman, Victoria, BC), and two, very naturally-looking and unique, porcelain and stoneware pieces resembling small tree stumps, each with a frog (artist, Darrell Perfumo, Mayne Island, BC). I missed seeing Errol & Maureen at their place during these recent stays, but thanks to Ingrid, the 'host' at these times, much-enjoyed the fun talks and stories we shared during my visits. For me, Canwest Art is a must-do place to see and do during our Harrison Hot Springs visits and stays.
dldcw2
I am sorry you did not enjoy your time in Canwest Art- Gallery on the lake . We would just like to clarify, in response to your review that we do indeed feature many local artist, including the artist in residence, Mr. Errol Brimacombe, who's watercolor and oil paintings are featured throughout the gallery. We have 45 artists on board, about half of them live within 100 kms of Harrison. We call that local, as Harrison's permanent population is only 1700 souls, not enough to form a population pool of many "local" artists. Furthermore, we do not have anything in stock such as the reviewer describes as "books with their pages folded into various shapes,", nor have we ever have had such a thing. The only other gallery in town is the Ranger Station, and it does feature local resident's art, but it is very small and is truly a community gallery, rather than a commercial gallery such as ours. I hope this clarifies the matter. Thank you.