EXHIBITS | Fine Art | United States

Kevin Boyle is a renowned photographer operating from Vancouver, BC. While creating his immense and thought provoking images Boyle is also a full time law enforcement professional on the front lines of our collective fight. In the conversation about Boyle we usually don’t make mention of his “day job”, a job that could just as easily take him out at night. Rather, we put his artwork front and center. Kevin understands his position and has generously asked us to donate a large portion of his sales through this event to charities servicing those most affected.

Robert Chapman has been at work as an artist for decades… and decades. The assistant to Willem de Kooning in the later years of his life, Chapman developed his own recognizable style of which he has become well known. One of our most ‘senior’ artists, Robert has great perspective and has offered us a bit of wisdom… that art and creating is a “relief from the relentlessness of our times”. So, take a break, breathe, reflect and put a beautiful Robert Chapman up on your wall.

There is something remarkable about this pandemic in that it requires us all to evaluate and organize the things we do. Gretchen Gammell is the longest tenured artist at Hall Spassov Gallery, a mother, a wife and a full time nursing student. Some of us might take these extreme times to consolidate activity and perhaps let a few things fade into the aether, but not Gammell. Recently, in a brief conversation with the artist, she casually shared how she was up until 5AM painting. She will be helping us all through the lasting effects of this crises as an artist, nurse and hard-charging great human being.

“We are all in this together, after all. That was the case before the pandemic and will certainly be the case afterward.” Artist Tracy Grubbs has always been known to us as a steady, thoughtful and socially engaged artist. In her own words she has accurately and succinctly described an absolute truth about this pandemic and inarguably, our world in general. Her artwork has always explored the changing world and our relationship to it so it is natural that she use her art and steady message to “lessen the anxiety”.

ARTIST RELIEF BENEFIT

The truth is… The truth is that we would all like a bit more truth. Truth allows us to plan and act. That action allows us to heal. One of the best bits of advice I have ever received and one that has proven true time and again is this… “You don’t need to solve the problem to feel better. You just need to take the first step towards solving it”. It starts with a simple action, a move forward. For us at Hall Spassov Gallery that first step was identifying what we could do that would have the greatest impact. How do we most affect peoples lives and how, in this time, can we maximize that affect? The Artist Relief Benefit represented a way that we could get funds directly into the hands of the artists we represent in a time when many have been left out of government assistance programs and lost sources of revenue that supported their and their family’s lives. With the help of our community of collectors we have been able to raise over $50,000 dollars for the artists! Thank you.