Kyran Yeomans: Raven in Flight

Over the past year, we have helped facilitate a unique commission with Kyran Yeomans (Haida) on a Northwest Coast design...
Over the past year, we have helped facilitate a unique commission with Kyran Yeomans (Haida) on a Northwest Coast design for a client’s prop plane. From the concept phase to completion, it’s been an exciting and inspiring journey! The inspiration was to create a Raven in flight. It commenced with Kyran’s initial concept sketches and decisions on the colours. After tweaks and adjustments to the design, orientation, and detail, a final iteration was chosen and sent to be vectored. The...
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Small Treasures

Small Treasures With Spring in full force, we are excited to share a collection of small-scale artworks that recently arrived...
Small Treasures With Spring in full force, we are excited to share a collection of small-scale artworks that recently arrived at the Douglas Reynolds Gallery. Our previous newsletter showcased large-scale artworks and installations, so what better works to highlight this time? This collection ranges from historic to contemporary creations and includes one of the most significant works produced by Bill Reid. Small Sculpture Many small artworks on the Northwest Coast began as functional objects such as rattles, ladles, and feast...
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Installations and Large-Scale Works

Installations andLarge-Scale Works The Douglas Reynolds Gallery has been facilitating the commission and installation of monumental artworks, for both corporate...
Installations andLarge-Scale Works The Douglas Reynolds Gallery has been facilitating the commission and installation of monumental artworks, for both corporate and private collectors, for over 25 years. Often site-specific, and frequently characterized by immersive, enveloping or larger-than-life works, installation art is meant to redefine the viewers’ perception of and involvement in a certain space. Public art installations are perfect examples of how artwork interacts with the viewer and environment, and while the gallery has assisted in public art installations, we...
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Robert Davidson: Haida Design

Robert Davidson: Haida Design This Fall we are celebrating Robert Davidson’s artworks and achievements. Davidson is one of Canada's most...
Robert Davidson: Haida Design This Fall we are celebrating Robert Davidson’s artworks and achievements. Davidson is one of Canada's most important contemporary artists. He has been immensely influential in the direction that modern Northwest Coast art has developed over the last six decades. He is a master in every medium, including wood, gold, silver, argillite, silkscreen and bronze. This November is an exciting month for Davidson. Along with an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, he is also releasing an...
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Emerging Art and Perspectives on Collecting

Emerging Art and Perspectives on Collecting The Douglas Reynolds Gallery is known for always carrying the best of the best,...
Emerging Art and Perspectives on Collecting The Douglas Reynolds Gallery is known for always carrying the best of the best, which means it is just as important to us to support up-and-coming and mid-career artists as those with established careers. Works by these artists are perfect additions for collectors new to Northwest Coast art as well as the more seasoned connoisseur looking to expand their collection, or perhaps find works for a second home. As we are nearing the end...
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Fall Newsletter: Collections

Collections and the Secondary Market Part II Family Trees and Legacies   The secondary market in Northwest Coast art can...
Collections and the Secondary Market Part II Family Trees and Legacies   The secondary market in Northwest Coast art can be a unique and exciting space to reacquaint ourselves with “vintage” Northwest Coast works. Perhaps these are works that we’ve seen previously, resurfacing when a collector decides it’s time to part ways with a piece. Sometimes they’re works by influential artists who have since passed on, and it’s a delight to see works for the first time by an important...
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Phil Gray: Force of Nature

We are excited to have a colourful new mural on the side of the gallery building by Ts’msyen artist Phil Gray. The...
We are excited to have a colourful new mural on the side of the gallery building by Ts’msyen artist Phil Gray. The mural has been curated by the Douglas Reynolds Gallery for this year’s Vancouver Mural Festival. The design is titled Force of Nature and overlooks the Granville and 7th community garden. Artist Statement: “The story of Salmon Woman tells how this supernatural woman brought salmon to Raven. After Raven’s many travels, he was worn down and tattered. He met and married Salmon Woman who...
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Summer Newsletter

Collections andthe Secondary Market Since the Gallery opened in 1995, we have specialized in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous Art. We...
Collections andthe Secondary Market Since the Gallery opened in 1995, we have specialized in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous Art. We are the only Northwest Coast gallery to not represent other Indigenous art forms, such as Inuit, Maori, and art from the Southwest. Doug’s passion was with Northwest Coast art and instead of expanding into another cultural group, a few years after the gallery opened, he started carrying historic Northwest Coast pieces in addition to contemporary artworks. Collecting historic works mostly...
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Fall Newsletter

Collections and Commissions We had a surprisingly busy summer at the gallery, and as we head into fall we wanted...
Collections and Commissions We had a surprisingly busy summer at the gallery, and as we head into fall we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the happenings of the past few months. Though many of us had to change our summer plans and stay closer to home, it was nice to see many of our local clients visit the gallery. And, in spite of having to adjust to this ‘new normal’, many of our international clients took the...
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The World of Northwest Coast Printmaking

With gallery life quieting down a bit over the last few weeks, we thought we would take the opportunity to...
With gallery life quieting down a bit over the last few weeks, we thought we would take the opportunity to put together a Spring Newsletter that we have always wanted to write but never quite had the time to give it the full treatment it deserves: the unique and multifaceted world of Northwest Coast printmaking! We’re delving into this remarkable art form, looking at its varied techniques and technologies, and its evolution, from the earliest iterations to the most contemporary...
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25th Anniversary Newsletter

Where it all began… These days, many people are reflecting on the past and how their lives have brought them...
Where it all began… These days, many people are reflecting on the past and how their lives have brought them to where they are today. I’m finding this crazy time especially reflective, as today marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of my gallery on South Granville. In 1995, my lease was written up so that I could not sell anything until April 1st. However, I did not want to open my business on April Fools’ Day so we had...
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PANELS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

Our August newsletter focuses on the development of panels as a style of Northwest Coast Art. Panels can be bold,...
Our August newsletter focuses on the development of panels as a style of Northwest Coast Art. Panels can be bold, striking, and monumental like totem poles with a depth of carving that draws awe and stimulates conversation. Like paintings and bentwood boxes panel artwork allows an artist to articulate crests and stories into defined spaces, whether round or rectangular. Most panels are still carved from red or yellow cedar but there is a growing movement towards the use of forton,...
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