Artwork

Staging a home without good art is like dressing up without putting on any jewelry. The Comox Valley is blessed with incredible artists and Dress This House is very proud to feature their work in our staged houses and trade show displays. Contact information for each artist is listed below.

Margaret Barr

Margaret has carried a camera in her back pocket for over twenty years. Her photography is an eclectic mix of traditional and modern, classic and quirky. She uses light, color, shape and texture to explore the nature and relationship of objects in their found environment. Margaret presents her work as a series of images on a theme.

Contact Margaret to see her portfolio: 250-897-1494
Email:margb@telus.net

This space, once used by the home owners for their business, is now an inviting guest suite for family and friends. Margaret captured these old glass jars with her eye for texture and composition which gave this room the sparkle, color and design element it needed.

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson is a Vancouver Island resident who has been creating works of art for the last 10 years. He is a multi-talented artist/carver who is able to capture the essence of each piece in whatever medium he chooses to explore. Highly influenced by native and primitive art, his works are organic, bold and provocative.

Call to view Portfolio: (250)338-9716

View of Staged Office from outside with original ink drawings by Peter Jackson. The office was decluttered and repainted but lacked impact. These works complimented the homeowners’ collection of native artifacts and finished the room perfectly.

Chris Carter

Chris Carter has had a lifetime interest in photography. As a teenager he built his first enlarger from an old plate camera and custard mix tin! Bruce Barnbaum was the major inspiration for Chris' collection of Black and White images of Vancouver Island and the West Coast. He continues his work on this collection adding only three or four prints a year.

Chris converted to digital photography ten years ago and photographs in Black and White and Color on archival quality ink jet media using the latest inks and papers. His prints including panoramic scenes are available in many galleries on the island.

To view a selection of Chris’ images: www.midislandgifts.com/Artists

Contact Chris Carter: 250-335-1723
Email: chris.carter@shaw.ca

 

The dining room was the first room potential buyers saw and this wall with photographs by Chris Carter gave the home instant WOW factor.