Deryk Houston

Artist in Victoria, BC. Canada

The National Film Board of Canada: Featured Deryk Houston in the documentary, “From Baghdad to Peace Country”   http://www.nfb.ca/film/from_baghdad_to_peace_country/

His work is in the permanent collection of the Canadian war Museum in Ottawa. (On the recommendation of the National Gallery of Canada)

He represented the city of Vancouver, BC., in a solo exhibition of his work in the former Soviet Union.

 

Happening



Deryk at Ogden Point, Victoria, BC. (photo by Elizabeth)


WOODWYNN PEACE GARDEN
Woodwynn Peace Garden at Woodwynn Farms, a therapeutic community for the homeless. The Peace Garden includes a labyrinth with herbs, fruits and vegetables incorporated.



GALLERIES
I am currently featured at Art Works Gallery in Vancouver BC Canada.
And the Greater Victoria Art Gallery rental program.

Cobble Cottage

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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 the actual feeling and spirit that I get when I stand and gaze at this house on the street.  In reality the house is more structured, more functional, but I am very happy the way I have been able to overlay reality with dreams and fantasy, while still feeling fairly true to the house. It really is what the place is like in my mind when I observe the little house as it sits in our community.

I love this little house. It has been under renovation for some time. The house was already a beautiful and charming little house and yet I feel that the addition has been done in a careful way without sacrificing any of the original charactor.  My hats off to the owners and the builders who carried out the work. A job well done.