Avenida Art Gallery

Local Realist Paintings

Description

It's hard to imagine that a golf course could provide sufficient inspiration for an artist to paint nothing else, but the work of Willy Underhill defies the imagined limits of the setting. Exploring the striking contrasts between the manicured greens of the courses and the untamed landscape surrounding them, his paintings can be found among a collection of approximately 100 prints and originals in the gallery. Much of the gallery's artwork depicts British Columbia's spectacular mountain ranges and coastal fjords. Wildlife paintings by national favorite Robert Bateman can also be found here. The Avenida displays paintings by Canadian artists only, and strives to support the local artistic community.