Great Gatsby

Jimmie Sings Paint local. This is One of our local musicians. Size: 16 inches x 16 inchesMedium: Acrylic   Jam Session Share your art with a friend. Size: 16 inches x 20 inchesMedium: Acrylic

Vancouver Art Deco period 1 The Marine Building in Downtown Vancouver is one of the Worlds most exquisite examples of Art Deco Architecture . Build in the 1920’s and opened in 1930 it had the distinction of being the tallest building in the British Empire. Almost a 100 years later it is surrounded by modern […]

A Night Out This piece represents the new found freedom women experienced in the 1920s. I am fascinated by this time period, especially the fashion, so that was something I wanted to showcase. The 1920s is famous for its dropped-waist dresses, boyish styles, and bobbed hair. Quite often though, these fashions are misrepresented in the […]

Cheers, Old Sport! My Pop-Art style vision of Leo DiCaprio (playing Jay Gatsby) in The Great Gatsby movie…toasting to another great party! Gotta love this quote from the movie… “I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Size: 16 inches x 20 inches Medium: Acrylic […]

Anna Head dress of the 1920’s feathers and sparkle Size: 12 inches x 12 inchesMedium: Mixed Media

High Society Woman I have recently become interested in revisiting various art forms of my own culture including Chinese opera, folk music, calligraphy, pottery, and of course, the visual arts. This rather experimental piece “High Society Woman” attempts to portrait a 1920’s shy, young lady’s fashion sense as well as immaculate facial makeup which gives […]

I Hope She’ll Be a Fool “Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.” F. Scott Fitzgerald . “The Great Gatsby” Size: 18 inches x 12 inchesMedium: Pastels on drawing paper, mixed media And I Like Parties “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety […]

Paul Klee in Amsterdam A compilation of several Klee paintings Size: 48 inches x 48 inchesMedium: Acrylic, pencil, and ink on canvas   Untitled Artwork Again, a Kleeish style…common in the Gatsby era Size: 24 inches x 18 inchesMedium: Acrylic, ink, and tape on canvas

The Hands Also Speak In many shots of the films of the 1920s, the jewels steal the limelight from the costumes and even the actors. The first thing we see of “Geat Gatsby” is her ring, a ring that she plays with throughout the footage and that doesn’t go unnoticed by anyone. And the same […]

Fringed Silk Shawl Shawls in the 1920s reflected the opulence of the era. Silk and velvet, embroidered and fringed, they were an eye-catching addition to a fashionable wardrobe. Worn on evenings that a lighter covering sufficed, these colourful accessories were displayed on pianos when not worn by the owner. Size: 45 inches x 20 inches […]

Crystal Ball Subtle colouring over a worked surface. One bright form that gives positioning to all the other forms. Size: 19 inches x 69 inchesMedium: Acrylic on Canvas Earthlings Active canvas imagery with bright background. Forms play with other forms to give multiple interpretations. Size: 25 inches x 49 inchesMedium: Acrylic on Canvas

Bright Flight “Bright Flight” gives a nod to the illustrative and decorative styles of the 20’s. Thin layers of paint create an optical mixing of vibrant colour in the butterfly’s body and wings. The 20’s were a time of great change and artistic activity. My hope is that this piece evokes a similar feeling of […]

Decorative Tile Glazed and painted ceramic tile Size: 4 inches x 7 inchesMedium: Ceramic   Ceramic Tile Glazed ceramic tile Size: 4 inches x 7 inchesMedium: Ceramic

Josephine Baker She was an exotic dancer and singer. In France during the obsession of the American jazz she was nickname, Black Venus and Black Pearl. She quote: Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion seem uniquely as a way to speak one ‘s soul, when […]

Lady with Vines No.1 Always searching for the movement in my visual art Size: 24 inches x 36 inchesMedium: Acrylics on Canvas Lady with Vines No.2 And often finding it through my brushes. Size: 24 inches x 36 inches Medium: Acrylics on Canvas

Vancouver Marine Building I have always admired this Vancouver Art Deco masterpiece, built from 1929 to 1930. Size: 9 inches x 12 inches, UnframedMedium: Waterproof pen on acid free paper