Gretchen Markle
Oils & Oil Pastels

RECENT FINE ARTS EXHIIBITIONS (Selected list)

SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
2007            “Scapes”, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria
2007            Mercurio Gallery, Victoria (with Jake James, blacksmith)
2006            Magnolia Gallery, Cumberland (with Lucy Schappy, painter)
2005            “Goodbye Show”, Tarbells Café, Cumberland
2004            "Outside Lines:  A Celebration of Cumberland Clotheslines", Outside the Lines Gallery, Cumberland
2004            "Horsefeathers",  Outside the Lines Gallery  (with Lucy Schappy, painter)    
                    Chosen "Overall Best Art Show, 2004" by Comox Valley Record
2004            "Blackbird", Orbitz Cafe, Courtenay
2003              "Long Hot Summer", Tarbells Cafe, Cumberland   
2003            "First Impressions", Orbitz Cafe, Courtenay
2000            "In the Presence of Stone", Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (JURIED/INVITATIONAL)
2007-2005   Stinking Fish Studio Tour, Metchosin
2007, 2005  The Nature of Island Artists, Goldstream Park, Victoria  (biennial event)
2005            "Five Contemporary Comox Valley Printmakers", Oceanside Galleries, Parksville
2004            "Contemporary Printmaking", The Abbey Gallery, Cumberland
2004            "Paris Nights", Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay
2004, 2003  Comox Valley Studio Tour, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay
2003            "Hors d' oeuvres", Broad Reach group, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria
2003            "Doing Lunch", Broad Reach group, The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton


OTHER
2007            Artist-in-Residence, Pearson College, Metchosin
2005-2003   Visiting artist, Ecole Puntledge Park School, Courtenay
2002            Artist-in-Residence, West-Mont Montessori School, Metchosin

 

GALLERIES

Magnolia Gallery, Cumberland, BC     Phone:  (250) 336-2000

Mercurio Gallery, Victoria, BC            Phone:  (250) 388-5162