vanessa stark

Winter's here!

2011-11-17T11:34:00.000-08:00

Woke up this morning to this...
ahhhhhhhh so awesome!

In Your Dreams

2011-11-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

    In Your Dreams art night is tonight at Millennium Place in Whistler.
                                         It should be a great time!

Farmers Market July 3 2011

2011-07-06T19:29:00.000-07:00

The first weekend of July.

Still a great turn out.

Happy Canada Day weekend!

Crafty By Nature

2011-06-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Don't miss Crafty by Nature this Saturday at the Pemberton Community Center!

Farmers Market 2011

2011-06-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

The Whistler Farmers Market season is soon upon us.
The first market is only two weeks away, Sunday June 19th

State of The Art at the TWSSF in Whistler

2011-04-16T16:47:00.000-07:00

The State of The Art is now showing in Whistler.

Some very cool work worth checking out.

Andrea Mueller

Lisa Kumoro

Stan Matwychuk

Liks

Dave Petko

Darren Camplin

MIA

Vanessa Stark

Banners In Pemberton

2011-04-16T16:35:00.000-07:00

My Sockeye banners are back on the streets of Pemberton

Japan Fundraiser

2011-03-28T12:29:00.000-07:00

I participated in a fundraiser for Japan at the Hilton in Whistler last night.
Taka Sudo and I live painted and had our paintings auctioned off at the end of the night.

Over $20,000 was raised. That will be matched by Scotia Bank.

North Shore Credit Union Show

2011-03-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

For the months of March and April I will have work on display at the North Shore credit Union in Whistler

Life Drawing

2011-03-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

30 minute pose

Yesterday I attended a Life drawing class. It was my first time "life drawing" since I was 15.
It was a lot of fun!
The poses were 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes and the final pose was 30 minutes.

10 minute pose

5 minute pose

30 second pose

There are classes at MY Millennium in Whistler twice a week.

Mountains Of Art

2011-02-11T13:49:00.000-08:00

The annual Mountains Of Art Gala takes place tonight at the Big Sky Golf course in Pemberton.
The event takes place from 8pm until 1 am. I have a few pieces in the show along side a variety of other Sea To Sky artists.
There will be live music by Megatron and Soulsong as well as a Schramm vodka martini bar & gourmet appies.
Should be a fun time!

Show at Onatah

2011-02-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

I will be showing a few of my pieces at Onatah Coffee Shop in Squamish B.C. for the months of February and March 2011.
Onatah Coffee(onatahcoffee.com) offers a unique blend of healthy, organic treats, specialty teas and organic matchas.
Stop by for a viewing and a delicious treat.

Prior Snowboard's Chalkboards

2010-11-10T14:35:00.000-08:00

Labor Day weekend Paint Off !

2010-09-06T16:34:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, in the heart of Whistler village,
the first annual "Paint Off" was held.

The contest kicked off at 1 pm on Saturday.
Six well known local artists began with clean slates.

Typically, I began without a plan.

Alex "Liks" Foulis

Dave "Pepe" Petko

Susie Cipolla

Stan Matwychuk

Darren Camplin

It was really cool to see the diversity of the work created side by side.

We painted for two days in the wind, rain and sunshine.
It was a super fun time & everyone's paintings turned out looking amazing!

Live Painting in Whistler Village

2010-09-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

August 28th & 29th I painted live in the Whistler village as
part of the Whistler Street Entertainment.

The mountain tops were dusted with snow. Autumn was in the air.

...yet sunflowers grew on my canvas.

The last blast of summer.

Function Junction BLock Party!!!

2010-08-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

Live painting at last years Block Party

The Whistler Arts Council presents ARTwalk's Block Party Friday 6-9pm.
There will be 25 artists and three group shows to check out.
While you ARTwalk you can also enjoy live music & DJ's, street hockey,
a community mural, hula hoops, hopscotch,double dutch, food and art
vendors(including myself). The event is free and always a good time!

Pemberton Sk8 Park Fundraiser

2010-08-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

I was one of the many local artists to paint a skate deck for a part of the
Pemberton Skate Park fundraising.

The decks are presently being shown at the Mt Currie Coffee Company
in Pemberton.

They are all part of a two month silent auction with 100 % proceeds
going toward the Pemberton Skate park.

BC Day Farmers Market

2010-08-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

It was a beautiful BC day weekend in Whistler!

The Whistler Farmers Market was stacked with
fruit, veggies, baked goods and awesome local arts & crafts.

A saber tooth tiger stopped by my booth to say hi (...check out his eyes!)

Whistler Children's Art Festival

2010-07-17T18:10:00.000-07:00

It was super fun times at the Whistler Children's Art Festival today!
Whistler Creekside was packed with kids enjoying live music, face-painting, crazy balloon
creations, magic shows, circus performers and much more.

I was on Dusty's upstairs patio along side the Pet Village station,the Fairy & Gnome
House station and the Backyard Bird House station.
I was leading the animal jar workshops.

We all had a lot of fun and some amazing animal jars were created.

Although I will be at the Whistler Farmers Market tomorrow, the children's
festival will be in full swing again from 10-4pm.

Busy July Weekend

2010-07-12T09:39:00.000-07:00

Sunny skies and warm weather provided a great environment for an action packed weekend in Whistler.

Stan Matwychuk and I live painted in the village for Artwalk's opening party on Friday.

On Saturday and Sunday Stan & I led community murals in the village. As usual they were a big hit with many young artists adding their creative touches to create two more beautiful banners! The banners will be displayed next weekend at the Whistler Childrens Art Festival.
For more info on the festival check out www.whistlerartscouncil.com.

Stone Soup Marimba rocked the crowds

Balloon art & face painting

Fun times!

ART Walk Opening tonight!

2010-07-09T14:34:00.000-07:00

Whistler's art walk's opening reception is tonight!
The work of 52 local artists is displayed in businesses throughout Whistler Village.
The tour starts in Marketplace and moves through the village, skiers plaza and upper village.
I will be painting live in the village from 6-9pm along side fellow artist Stan Matwychuk.
There will be face painting, balloon art and live music by John Bottomley, Brother Twang and Stone Soup Marimba.
My venue is the Village Showcase.
The after party is at the FireRock Lounge starting at pm.

Fourth of July Farmers Market

2010-07-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Canadian Olympic hall of fame-er Sue Holloway
buying a Sockeye print

One of the many ridiculously cute dogs at the market
... definitely the biggest

Winter jackets, scarves and touques were out but it didn't hold back the crowds at yesterday's fourth of July market.
It was another great market. There was a wider variety of fruits and veggies this week.
My basket was filled with dandelion greens, beets, red peppers, eggplant, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, sour cherries and my new favorite Oddball Organics honey habanero garlic hot sauce...yummy!

2010-07-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

Andrea Mueller and myself led two more community murals in Whistler Village for Canada's 143th birthday yesterday.
Many small enthusiastic hands helped create two vibrant action packed paintings that will be displayed along side four others at the Whistler Children's Art Festival July 17 & 18th. www.whistlerartscouncil.com
I will be hosting another two community murals July 10th 1-6 and July 11th 12-5 in Whistler village.

First Whistler's Farmers Market 2010

2010-06-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

After a week of cool and rainy weather in Whistler, the rain held itself back and let the sun have a turn at the first Farmers Market of the season. The Fathers day crowd filled the upper village along side the aroma of kettle corn and bison burgers.
When I got a chance I snuck away from my booth to load up on a few of my favorites: Pure Bread (possibly the best bread in the world), Whistler Chocolate(organic and additively delicious!), Nithi's samosas(lucky to get one before they sold out), raspberries, strawberries, organic veggies, Lucia gelato and some freshly squeezed lemonade mmmmmm.
Just as a great day was finishing up I bid farewell to my Mountain Dreams original.
Although always sad to see one go, I'm sure Mountain Dreams will be happy in it's new home.
Next market is in six sleeps!

Farmers Market begins June 20th 2010

2010-06-17T09:41:00.000-07:00

The Whistler Farmers Market season is upon us already! The first market is this Sunday June 20th...Father's day. I can't wait for all the yummy vegi's and berries!
I will be back in my usual spot in front of the bike shop. The Farmers market is 11-4pm in the Upper Village.

Whistler ARTwalk summer 2010

2010-06-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Whistler's summer ARTwalk has begun! There is a lot of cool art to check out.
Grab a brochure from the Whistler Arts Council and do the tour through the village.
My venue is the Village Showcase.

Community Mural in Whistler Village

2010-05-31T09:52:00.000-07:00

Grey skies and a chilly drizzle didn't keep the buzz out of Whistler village this weekend.
It was a busy couple days at the Community Mural.

As part of Whistler Street Entertainment,
whistler artist Andrea Mueller and myself helped kids
create four large paintings.

The young ones went wild enjoying the artistic freedom of painting on the large hanging canvas'.

The banners will be on display at The Children's Art festival in Whistler July 17 & 18th.

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2010-04-28T21:07:00.001-07:00

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2010 Olympics Community Mural in Whistler

2010-02-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

Friend and fellow artist Olivier Roy and myself were hired by Whistlerlive! to create community murals
during the Olympics. Kids from around the world helped us create two memorable
Olympic Whistler paintings.The paintings are now on display at the Whistler Library.

Peak 2 Peak

2009-01-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

December 12 2007 was The launch of Whistler Blackcomb's record breaking Peak 2 Peak gondola. WB had held a poster design contest to commemorate the grand opening.
The poster call steered the theme towards "connection".
There were many beautiful entries from talented, mostly local, artists.
I was surprised and a little breathless with the phone call informing me I had won!

A few days earlier between a cluster of other projects, commissions, and live painting I had painted my entry "First Tracks".
In preparation, I had spent a brief research-google-session browsing through vintage ski posters. There are some amazing classic Ski Posters from all the way back to the early 1900's. After getting myself into a ski poster frenzy I began to paint.
I wanted the composition to be similar to the classics; I thought I might of had a plan this time but of course I didn't. I painted in my usual way of no plan, just paint.
I thought about deep pow days on the hill, with snow so thick it slaps you in the face... ahhhhhhhh that feeling of floating and flying and total happiness all rolled up into one
...with your friends, everyone having so much fun!
When I took my final step back to see what I had painted, it looked nothing like I thought it would! I had no time left to paint anything else. In a typical artist manor, I was feeling hesitant about submitting it.
That was until I showed the painting to my husband Dave. As I looked at him, looking at it, waiting for feedback, I saw him smile. He just stood there looking at it with an unintentional smile on his face. Then I showed it to another friend and the same thing happened...and another and the same thing again. Smiles speak louder than words.
The painting came from the heart and I think it shows.
I feel lucky to have won the contest.

The First Tracks original has been donated to the Whistler Blackcomb foundation and will be auctioned off at their annual fundraising Gala at the roundhouse on Whistler Sat Jan 24th 08.

2008-10-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

Van Pablardo

30" by 34" acrylic on Canvas

I painted this two days ago as a submission
for ARTrageous (a Cornucopia Whistler festival ART party taking place Nov 6th at Dusty's in Whistler)
Their theme for the event is "The Evolution of Art".
The idea is to mix one or more genres or eras of art into a painting...so here we have Van Pablardo.

winter's on it's way...yay

2008-10-14T13:35:00.000-07:00

First solid snowline fell across my backyard view. The winter buzz is on in Whistler and Pemberton. The mountain officially opens in 44 sleeps (...although I've got money on an early open). Meanwhile I'm enjoying some of the tackiest dirt and best temps for Pemberton biking all year.

Welcome to Stark Art News!

2007-11-15T19:48:00.000-08:00

Find out the latest in the world of Vanessa Stark right here!

There is a month long show currently displayed at the Maurice Young Millennium Place in Whistler, BC. Not only are there beautifully adorned canvasses, but also hand painted, one of a kind clothing and accessories!

Vanessa will be exhibiting at the Bizarre Bazaar, Whistler's infamous art and craft fair. Stop in on the 23rd or 24th to see the magic! It's at the Telus Conference Center!