https://www.rglgalleries.com/about daily 0.75 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609041649488-JF8H9LMBGWBYK2HAWQ9D/IMG_0242.JPG About - About the Gallery Through experiences of crisis, personal or collective, there is art. There must be art. One early morning in April 2020, in the unique quiet that is a global pandemic lockdown, the whispering sketches in the multitude of notebooks belonging to artist Randal Gordy Lee became insistently audible, and as usual he started to express himself through his art work, as he has done all through his life. The coffee table and kitchen counter became drawing tables, and the compact living room space soon overflowed with paintings and drawings. Much more space was sought after, and found. The studio/gallery reflects where he is now in that narrative. In just a few short months, it is now open and housing an exhibition of visually compelling large scale oil paintings, brilliant in colour and story. There is a collection of over forty finely detailed ink works, all of which planned to become finished paintings. And, a working studio space to witness the ongoing creation by the artist. The effects of the pandemic continue to devastate human health and enterprise. Creating is necessity, not simply distraction. The studio/gallery is not only filled with beautiful work: it is filled with discipline, perseverance and dreams. Starting in January 2021 RGLgalleries will be booking virtual gallery/studio zoom tours. Please contact us if you would like to book a tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609180969911-11J30VR8G6LTFP7IKP4N/IMG_E0234.JPG About photos by Elliott Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609180968497-2GGNI5BW28YEWJ5GS1PM/IMG_E0233.JPG About https://www.rglgalleries.com/artists daily 0.75 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609249250430-HI9RL0MZVTVMAVF0HYPF/cover_photo.jpg Artist photo Elliott Lee My artworks may begin in many ways—with a line, a shape, a colour, a memory, a situation, a feeling. But they all end the same way. They become a story. I’ve always been fascinated in people, in stories. The human figure is a constant in my artwork—not as static portraits, but engaged in complex situations or settings. Sometimes they become an individual story or artwork, sometimes they emerge as a series of paintings, much like chapters in a book. I find inspiration in everyday dramas and dilemmas: In the provocative, uncomfortable, disturbing, but also in the intimate, joyful and redemptive. The settings of my work may be instantly recognizable, but they also contain elements of mystery, of theatre. I prefer the freedom of abstraction, using a language of pattern, geometry and symbols that I’ve developed over many years of pen and ink drawing and painting in oils. My stories in paint, or “narrative abstractions”, are personal and autobiographical, yet they are also inspired by the lives of others I’ve known or encountered. Commissions often involve sharing deeply meaningful elements of a person’s life story, and seeing it rendered into my vision of it. It is a complex, fascinating process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609115042502-9JPELTD0XGNEDMAJC5R9/IMG_0262.JPG Artist photography by Elliott Lee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609296195504-UW8MW2FWQBW5ITHWVFBQ/signature+copy.jpg Artist https://www.rglgalleries.com/paintings daily 0.75 2022-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609296362721-R6DM97RUG91N8RBM6JNW/signature+copy.jpg Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/8480e0c9-86c6-406c-8c0f-e2e99af23af2/sisters_edit.png Paintings Sisters - oil on canvas, 40"x40", 2021, $3,600CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609265563934-IJPG9YA0BFEIVFH4BFB7/garden.jpg Paintings In The Music Garden We Grow ~ oil on canvas 40"x40", 2020 sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609265565048-E2BVX2FAS8U151EYZMXW/WashItAway.jpg Paintings Washing It Away ~ oil on canvas 40"x40", 2020, $3,300CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609265608204-CH740N8XGNKRCATTULD9/soulo.jpg Paintings Sottosoulo ~ oil on canvas 36"x36", 2020, $3,300CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609305056493-GL0A77EOPVF5SXVL8CJE/Brown_man_Ali_edit.jpg Paintings Brownman Ali ~ oil on canvas 36"x48", 2020 sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609265610479-CR5XSSUMPW3W66DTFDDZ/redriver+copy.jpg Paintings Red River ~ oil on canvas 36"x36" 2020, $3,300CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609265610661-DJER27T8OSB5RGVGDOIS/fiddle.jpg Paintings Fiddler at Rest ~ oil on canvas 36"x48", 2020, $4,200CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609284624612-CDV19E3C3AU6A4IYNNW1/awkwardsleep.jpg Paintings Awkward Sleep ~ oil on canvas 40"x60", 2020 sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609284624577-G7YJA2V3N6BYX29FJOSP/brokenstrings2.jpg Paintings Broken Strings @ The 8 Bar ~ oil on canvas 48"x60", 2021 sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609284624615-SX4GCVD9A8AEK4M9EEMI/standingthere.jpg Paintings Behind The Curtain/For We Are All On Stage oil on canvas 36"x48", 2020, $4,200CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609305056717-U1Q2HYZQLZC8ME81R75I/balance.jpg Paintings Balancing It All ~ oil on canvas 36"x48", 2020, $4,200CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609433491863-RE0GHFRZ1BK6SU43SQH6/barewitnessfinal.jpg Paintings Bare Witness ~ oil on canvas 48"x72", 2021, sold https://www.rglgalleries.com/inkworks daily 0.75 2022-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609296461422-7YZ3EC9EEVF48FS8VDHR/signature+copy.jpg Ink Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609122284302-5RK3O4QSHDYDIC4KBOX7/angl.jpg Ink Works Angular - pen and ink, 17"x14", $700CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609278373625-3UF06UR0NPHHFZF5CXV1/star.png Ink Works Star Aligned ~ pen and ink, 17"x14", $700CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609278898151-9C61SENX48H6BDRF1BGU/sottosoulo.png Ink Works SottoSoulo ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609278895189-9CFITQPTYOY8UN2FGU5R/sisters.png Ink Works Sisters ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280765528-4DCCQTHVONYX70HLBYF1/arch.png Ink Works Eviction ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" $700CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280769998-74VS754C9XQMUVKELJO4/bare.png Ink Works Bare Witness ~ pen and ink, 17"x14" sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280763848-8V5K863JJ9YHX0OZ2YMY/cafe.png Ink Works Cafe on the Corner ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" $700CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280766353-IQ1E19JJ154HZIB7V6XG/castaway.png Ink Works Cast it Away ~ pen and ink, 14"x17" sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280755660-A1QNHQCEQO5K1UG6A3D2/cell2.png Ink Works Cell ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" $700CND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609280881726-TE43NEU4ZMLRUVEHE0BC/garden.png Ink Works In The Garden We Grow ~ pen and ink, 14"x14" ~ sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe7fa48c16c6b61cb4a0f38/1609284825243-B3SPYROKX6O03A96RPIT/sometimeswewalkalone.png Ink Works Sometimes We Walk Alone ~ pen and ink 14"x17" - 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