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2024 ARTIST GEERT MAAS WILL TURN 80

CELEBRATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS THIS YEAR WILL BE TAKING PLACE.


The Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery are open DAILY from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or contact us by email maas@geertmaas.org or call 250-860-7012 The Gallery features many new works including dry needle point / hand coloured etchings, serigraphy, and wax cut art.


The PRESIDENT'S AWARD by Geert Maas for the newly formed ASSOCIATION OF INTERIOR REALTORS, the largest real estate organization in British Columbia, is made of cast bronze on a black marble base. Bronze is a venerated material, regarded as the highest form of sculpture from antiquity on for its value and durability.

From February 10th till 24th, 2020, Geert and Elly were at Chateau d'Orquevaux in France as 'artists-in-residence', selected from 1000 applicants. Our group consisted of 12 artists from different countries including Australia, Canada, Bulgaria, Italy, France, and the U.S.A. Geert was the only sculptor of this group. He designed three medals in clay and made the molds there. Elly prepared the visual presentation of the entire process from clay design, mold making and wax preparation to finished bronze medals for the 'open studio' day for the public in Orquevaux. Back in the studio in Kelowna, Geert continued the medal making process with the wax preparations of each medal to be rough cast in bronze at the local foundry. Geert has now finished the medals including the patination.



Three new bronze medals: Chateau d'Orquevaux, France - Church - and Waterfalls d'Orquevaux, France.



In the Fall of 2019, the bronze group sculpture  "Human Shell I and II"  were acquired by a collector in The Philippines.

October 20, 2018 Unveiling of Geert Maas sculpture the CIRCLE OF FRIENDSHIP, stainless steel, in Kasugai City, Japan

 


October 21, 2018 Unveiling of Geert Maas painting STATIONARY OBSERVERS, acrylic and lacquer on canvas, in Kozoji New Town of Kasugai, Japan

 


Ongoing exhibition


People's Power, Bronze


Parent and Child Playing


Landscape, Multimedia

 "Silhouettes In Stainless Steel"  including sculptures, paintings, wall sculptures and medals.


A Selection of Free-Standing Sculptures in Stainless Steel.


Watching Sailboats


Family Tree Wall Sculpture Brushed Stainless Steel on Wood

Geert Maas and his wife Elly established the internationally acclaimed Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery in the early 1980s in Kelowna featuring one of the largest collections of bronze sculptures in Canada. His work is represented in collections in 34 countries.

YMCA-YWCA Sculptural Donor Structure:
Geert Maas has created a commissioned sculptural donor structure to recognize donors to the Kelowna YMCA-YWCA Capital Expansion Campaign. The monument located in the main lobby of the Kelowna Family YMCA-YWCA in the Rutland neighbourhood was unveiled on September 7 together with the expanded facility. Total height of this stainless steel artwork is 3.66 m. (12 ft). The sculptural structure has been decorated with mirror finished stainless steel imagery of running youth and faces as well as the logos and core values of the Y: Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. Four panels that are part of the monument have given ample space for the extensive engravings.

MADD Monument:
A sculpture in stainless steel and bronze commissioned by MADD Canada - Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been installed. The Monument dedicated to leaving a legacy to victims of impaired driving, and to educating the public about the dangers of impaired driving is located in Central Park, Burnaby, B.C., intersection Kingsway, and Boundary Road, Vancouver.

In March 2010, Geert was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award during the annual Okanagan Arts Awards. He was selected from six nominees in that category.

Bronze medallions of the SPIRIT OF KELOWNA community public art project have been permanently installed in two special earth rammed walls in the entrance foyer of Kelowna City Hall involving hundreds of residents


Elly and Geert Maas in front of the medals wall in Kelowna City Hall

Photo albums about this commission can be viewed at Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery.
A Monograph entitled The Spirit of Kelowna - A Celebration of Art & Community a full-colour 128 page book, was published by Okanagan Institute to showcase the medals, and the spirit and history of the project. It offers a philosophical context for considering art in community, presents artists' thoughts on their experiences, and each medallion is faithfully photographed by well-regarded art photographer Yuri Akuney.

Please call, or visit us for lasting gifts for special occasions. Gift Certificates, and easy Payment Plans are offered as many of the artist's works are available for purchase.

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