Deryk Houston's Art Gallery

My son Samuel has just completed a new sculpture for the city of Nanaimo. It is called “Borrowed Light”.
The design is entirely his and I think it worked out just great. We don;t have a large workshop but this piece came together without any hitches. If I learned anything from my trips to Iraq, it [...]

Written by Uri Avnery
May 11, 2013

The Donkey of the Messiah

“THE TWO-STATE solution is dead!” This mantra has been repeated so often lately, by so many authoritative commentators, that it must be true.

Well, it ain‘t.

It reminds one of Mark Twain’s oft quoted words: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

BY NOW this has become an [...]

I have to say that I am super pleased with the comments made by Justin Trudeau regarding the bombings in Boston.
On the other hand, Canada’s current prime minister, Steven Harper, has shown his lack of logic by stating that we shouldn’t be trying to understand why these bombings took place in the first place.
I’m much [...]

For the last several weeks I have been trying to find out what Justin Trudeau’s position would be on foreign policy if he became leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
I would love to know because I am interested in the Liberal Party of Canada and I always had a lot of respect for his [...]

Title: “Shadows Under The Surface”
Medium:Acrylic on canvas
Size:36″X36″
Price: $3,600.00

When the gallery asked me what kind of fish were depicted in the painting I said I wasn;t sure. I’ve never been able to tell one fish from another! It might sound odd that I wouldn’t care but it is not important to me. It’s the same when [...]

Title: “Cobble Cottage”   (House On Monterey avenue, Victoria BC

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Size:24″X32″ (Frames out to 35″X47″)

Price: $2,100.00  (Available through Eclectic Gallery on Oak Bay avenue, Victoria, BC Canada  250 598 8095 )

I have let my imagination run loose with this scene. I’ve changed some things and moved some things around which helps me express [...]

First of all I feel lucky to live in Canada. We are blessed in so many ways. My problems with the choice of our governments is more with details on issues. But…..Many issues are still quite serious and extremely disappointing……such as the NDP and the Green Party of Canada agreeing with the idea to use [...]

Deryk Houston: The Service and Resource Centre indoor art for the city of Nanaimo BC., Canada.

Title: “Marks left by People”
Dimensions: 60 inches tall X 120inches wide

When I think of Community I like to include the history and the marks that we leave as we work to support our families; How we house, feed, communicate with [...]