Picture This Gallery is encouraging you to support The World’s Longest Hockey Game. Cancer has touched many of us including our families and friends and loved ones. This year the funds are to support a new hopeful drug. The World’s Longest Hockey Game, featured in the Guinness Book of records is an Edmonton area fundraiser and is being held again … Read More
Two Colours of the Year for 2021
Every year the Pantone Color Institute reveals their Colour of the Year. Pantone changed things up this year by revealing two colours for 2021: Ultimate Gray and a vibrant yellow called Illuminating. Pantone is best known for its Pantone colour system, which is used all over the world in fashion, décor, graphic design, printing, and more. Pantone’s colour system allows … Read More
Artist Catherine Marchand Paints Celebrity Portrait for TLC Show – Counting On
Picture This artist Catherine Marchand collaborated with TLC star Jeremy Vuolo on a project to surprise his wife Jinger (Duggar) with an original oil painting for her 25th birthday. Everything began when Jeremy saw a painting Catherine had done of R.C. Sproul, a well-known theologian from Florida. Jeremy then commissioned Catherine for a painting of his wife and daughter. Catherine … Read More
Masterpieces in Miniature Art Show – Small Art, Huge Show
There is an excellent opportunity for art lovers to add to, or even start, their collection of original artwork created by some of North America’s leading artists. It’s the 15th annual Masterpieces in Miniature art event. Getting your hands on an original work of art can be difficult and for some, expensive. The idea of the Masterpieces in Miniature show … Read More
Picture This Gallery Presents Donation to Wild North from Robert Bateman Evening
Picture This Gallery is proud to announce their donation of $1485 to Wild North – Northern Alberta Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, to help with injured birds and wildlife. As you can see in the photo, Ray the Great Gray Owl is excited! Rollie and Carol LaMarche, co-owners of Picture This, presented the donation cheque to Kim Blomme – Director of … Read More
Every Picture Tells a Story – 70 Year Old Military Keepsakes
Flight Sergeant L. J. O. Roberts was a WWII bomber pilot brought down in May 1942. At the time, his younger sister was only around 12 years old and for over 70 years she kept an envelope in her dresser of her older brother’s items and various military keepsakes. Recently, her son Lloyd brought in the collection of military memorabilia … Read More
A Hole-in-One… Twice! – Picture Framing Golf Collage
Experts have calculated the chance of a golfer making a hole-in-one at 12,500 to 1. Darren Stevenson did it twice! Both hole-in-ones were done at the Belvedere Golf and Country Club with the first one in 2004 at the 16th hole, and the second in 2013 at the 7th hole during the Ryder Cup. According to golfing tradition, a golfer … Read More
Picture This Artist Michael Dumas Wins Award – Best Outdoor Still Life
Michael Dumas’ still-life painting Quiescence won Best Outdoor Still Life in the April/May 2019 session of the PleinAir Salon competition. Quiesence is an original oil painting measuring 8.25 x 10.25 inches commissioned by Picture This Gallery. The PleinAir Salon competition is an online art competition put on by PleinAir Salon Magazine in six two-month sessions every year. It is done … Read More
Terry Isaac Internationally Acclaimed Wildlife Artist Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of artist and friend Terry Isaac unexpectedly on July 16th. “We will truly miss you Terry for the sharing of your gift of art, music and amazing creativity with the world.” ~Rollie LaMarche, president, Picture This framing & gallery. According to his family, “Terry was excited about his upcoming shows, … Read More
What’s in a Rock? Why, a Bear of Course! – The Art of Stone Carving
Thank you to Johanne Yakula – From Times Past – Heritage Homes Consulting for this inspiring article on stone carving. For the last six months, since Christmas, I have been obsessively involved in doing renovations at our new place in St. Albert (small city close to Edmonton). Therefore it was time to give myself a break that I decided to … Read More