The artwork on view at the Palmer restaurant are original silkscreen prints. We have a limited number of prints available for the Artists Jazz Band, including Gordon Rayner’s Drumstick series. Each print is different as he used a single drumstick — also attached at the bottom of the print — to smear an array of paint in a quarter sweep of rainbow-inspired hues. Each is signed, numbered, and dated 1974.
For inquiries please contact Leanne or René, or visit us at the Cannery Trade Centre in Penticton where we can show you what we have available for purchase.
Recently added, a custom installation with vintage framed gameboards
Jack Shadbolt original silkscreen posters, 1967-1969 for the Vancouver Playhouse. From left to right: Walking Happy, The Beaux Strategem, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. Jack Shadbolt (1909-1998) was a respected and beloved artist, teacher and benefactor who made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Canada, and particularly in British Columbia. He 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, B.C. while attending night classes under Frederick Varley at the Vancouver School of Art (V.S.A.). In 1938, he began teaching at the V.S.A. and was the Head of Painting and Drawing Section until 1966. During this time he also spent two years as an official War Artist in the Canadian Army, and a year in study at the Art Student's League in New York.
Jack Shadbolt original silkscreen posters, 1967-1969 for the Vancouver Playhouse. A Streetcar Named Desire
Jack Shadbolt original silkscreen posters, 1967-1969 for the Vancouver Playhouse. A Thurber Carnival
Gordon Rayner, Drumstick Series, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band. Gordon Rayner (1935-2010) worked in commercial art, but became known for his ambitious 1960s - 1970s art that juxtaposed materials, incorporated found objects, and reflected the neo-dada movement occurring in Toronto's art scene at the time. He has been called "the carpenter" of contemporary Canadian art.
Gordon Rayner, Drumstick Series, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band Left: Nobuo Kubota, Red Square, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band
Nobuo Kubota, Red Square, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band Nobuo Kubota (b. 1932) left behind a 10-year career as an architect in 1969 to become one of Canada’s pre-eminent intermedia artists. For the past 50 years Kubota has performed, recorded, published, and exhibited internationally. He has produced an astonishing array of disciplinary hybrids including sound sculptures, performance-video installations, three-dimensional poems, and improvisational-art music. Kubota’s early fascination with jazz inspired him to form The Artists’ Jazz Band with visual artists Gordon Rayner, Bob Markle, Graham Coughtry, in 1962. In 1974, Kubota joined Canada’s seminal free-music improvisational group, CCMC, with Michael Snow, Casey Sokol, Larry Dubin and Al Mattes. They opened the Music Gallery in Toronto.
Jim Jones, Blue Motor, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band. Jim Jones was a member of different Toronto Jazz and Blues groups through the sixties and into the seventies, including Luke & The Apostles, considered to be innovators of Electric Blues. He was the bassist of the Artists Jazz Band and participated in group shows through the Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz.
Gordon Rayner, Drumstick Series, made for the Av Isaacs Gallery, 1974 as part of the Artists Jazz Band
Recently added gallery wall to the hostess desk