Welcome to the Gilmore Gallery of the Arts
(formally House of the Spirit Bear Inc.)
 

We are currently web based and located in Vancouver BC, Canada. We specialize in aboriginal art primarily Woodlands, Southwest and Northwest coast. Private viewings are always available at my home studio. Not being tied down by a retail outlet allows us to be more efficient in locating collections and rare pieces of art. We strive to be your only resource for the named artists we represent. 

Having operated a retail gallery on Main Street in Vancouver for years has giving us the experience needed to be well educated in the native art world and always cherish our relationships within the art community.

Thank you so much for visiting our web site and please keep coming back as we always have new works being presented.

Regards

Darrell Gilmore
Director

SEPTEMBER 2010 FEATURED ART AND COLLECTIONS

NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2010

GILMORE GALLERY SOUTHWEST COLLECTION

FEATURING

Larry Fodor 1951-

Born in California with a love and curiosity for the southwest, Fodor emphasizes the magic, romance, spiritualism and the Native American relationship with the environment. With a strong background in drawing and numerous fine art degrees Fodor prefers the reproductive capabilities and the exciting, direct, and varied technical responses of lithography

King Kuda - 1946 - 2004

"Paintings are made with tools and our experiences, but art is made with our heart."
King Kuka, Oct., 1993

Virginia Stroud -

"........a viewer approaches a painting. The painting greets the viewer. The space between the painting and the viewer is where the spirit world lives. That small space separates us." -Virginia Stroud

Also CHarles Lovato, Dean Meeker, Amado Pena and Antoiwne Warrior.

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KING KUDA - Up Holy Mountain

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GARY R. MILLER - original Stone Lithograph 1980

first original stone lithograph is a four-color image based upon the Crow sacred arrow ceremony of courage practiced by various Indian \nations throughout the plains regions of North America. This ceremony was very important to the Crow nation.

In the ceremony, young warriors would stand side by side or in a circle and shoot their arrows straight into the air. The warriors had to remain perfectly still. The one whose descending arrow landed closest without killing him, was considered to have shown the greatest amount of courage. The tribe felt that he was chosen by the creator for an even greater purpose.... that of leading the tribe in battle. Death in battle was considered a privilege by the Crows. The ceremony served to instill pride and bravery in times of conflict and kept the nation strong.

Ann Beam

"I use my imagination as a tool to take me forward. To pull out of spirit a unique synthesis of who I am and what I can envision. I work in a nonverbal area of image and archetype. All human progress is the result of imagination."

"The work with the lions is from a series called North American Tantra. I purposefully did two works with Carl and myself and the Lions. I have kept the other work and intentionally released the one you have into the world."
Ann Beam
June 2010

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NORVAL MORRISSEAU

TWO NEW SERIGRAPHS ADDED 08/2010

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Blessings of the Great Spirit

Eagle medicine is a gift from our Creator. It reflects the vision of the great spirit for the people. The eagle is said to carry our prayers to the Creator. It also represents enlightenment within one's self, searching in the seven directions for wholeness and wellness. It is the highest honor in our culture to receive an eagle feather. It says to our people that the ancestors are happy with us and honor our journey on the red road. The eagle is honored to see how the people respect it's feathers and continue to share the blessings of our ceremonial ways. I say 'Chi Meegwetch' to all nations who honor and respect the blessings of our traditional ways.

Mark Anthony Jacobson

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