John Down, an accomplished painter, will be showing selected works from New York City and Halfmoon Bay. John’s paintingshave been exhibited in Japan, Italy, the United States, and Canada; and arein many private and corporate collections.

After 25 successful years as an artist on New York’s cutting edge,JohnDown hasre-established his art practicein Halfmoon Bay, BC.His paintingsmake reference to details in Nature as well as realistic elements that are abstract in themselves, for example the docks at the BC Ferries. His technique weaves together complex colours, contrastingelements, and energetic brush strokes.