JOURNEYING WITH THE TOTEMS
'To stand in front of Andre's paintings evokes a sense of awe
in one, and it is hard to find words to describe the experience.'
Ray Chesin
Guest Book Comments – Silk Purse Exhibition
· Really beautiful work
· Awesome
· Wonderful
· Congratulations on a great show
· Marvelous
· What a beautiful show
· What inspiration. Really outstanding. You’ve captured the spirit!
· Wow
· Fabulous. I’m so moved
· Wonderful details, Rich textures
· Outstanding. Total perfection with a heart.
· Outstanding work
· Wonderful exhibition
· Excellent work. Great technique
· Love the different perspectives and use of light – Wonderful
· Thank you for your interpretations of these great works! You’ve brought out features worth noticing. Love what you did with the acrylic.
· A feast for my soul.
· Incredible paintings! Great use of the natural woods of the totems! Brings a whole new dimension to them.
· Absolutely fantastic
· Very striking exhibition. Congratulations
· We really enjoyed it!
· Like the blue totems very much
· So beautiful
· Your work is awesome
· Incredible paintings
· Incredible. So realistic
· Loved your work – so real
· I can see why you enjoy what you do. Beautiful work.
· It looked like the real thing.
· Beautiful. Could scrape off the moss
· I love it!
· Very fine artistic work
· Stunning show. Very sensitively done.
· Beautiful work
· Great insight, technology, and spirit
· Amazing. Hard to believe they are not carvings
· Really a beautiful and intimate look at totems.
· Gorgeous work
· Really enjoyed the talk. Very vivid and real. Almost 3D
· Really enjoyed this great work
· I so enjoyed talking with you on Feb. 18th; returning with my friend. Intriguing imagery that is shared across many ancient cultures. If only this art could be understood as the shared human link between all cultures.
· Warm and inviting – Keeping us company while we sing @ impromptu.
· Quel beau travail. Felicitations et bonne continuation.
· Fantastic and evocative.
· Incredible
· I’ve enjoyed you and your art. Best to you.
· Feels like one is right in front of them. They’re beautifully done.
· Really enjoyed talking with you and very impressed with the way you have embraced the culture. Love it.
· Beautiful. Such gorgeous textures.
· Amazing and marvelous details
· A very sacred iconographic display of collective soul. Culture and spirit in clearly spiritual art. Deep appreciation.
· Thank you so much.
· Great depth in paintings. It’s so wood-like. Just want to feel it. Lovely work.
'To stand in front of Andre's paintings evokes a sense of awe
in one, and it is hard to find words to describe the experience.'
Ray Chesin
Guest Book Comments – Silk Purse Exhibition
· Really beautiful work
· Awesome
· Wonderful
· Congratulations on a great show
· Marvelous
· What a beautiful show
· What inspiration. Really outstanding. You’ve captured the spirit!
· Wow
· Fabulous. I’m so moved
· Wonderful details, Rich textures
· Outstanding. Total perfection with a heart.
· Outstanding work
· Wonderful exhibition
· Excellent work. Great technique
· Love the different perspectives and use of light – Wonderful
· Thank you for your interpretations of these great works! You’ve brought out features worth noticing. Love what you did with the acrylic.
· A feast for my soul.
· Incredible paintings! Great use of the natural woods of the totems! Brings a whole new dimension to them.
· Absolutely fantastic
· Very striking exhibition. Congratulations
· We really enjoyed it!
· Like the blue totems very much
· So beautiful
· Your work is awesome
· Incredible paintings
· Incredible. So realistic
· Loved your work – so real
· I can see why you enjoy what you do. Beautiful work.
· It looked like the real thing.
· Beautiful. Could scrape off the moss
· I love it!
· Very fine artistic work
· Stunning show. Very sensitively done.
· Beautiful work
· Great insight, technology, and spirit
· Amazing. Hard to believe they are not carvings
· Really a beautiful and intimate look at totems.
· Gorgeous work
· Really enjoyed the talk. Very vivid and real. Almost 3D
· Really enjoyed this great work
· I so enjoyed talking with you on Feb. 18th; returning with my friend. Intriguing imagery that is shared across many ancient cultures. If only this art could be understood as the shared human link between all cultures.
· Warm and inviting – Keeping us company while we sing @ impromptu.
· Quel beau travail. Felicitations et bonne continuation.
· Fantastic and evocative.
· Incredible
· I’ve enjoyed you and your art. Best to you.
· Feels like one is right in front of them. They’re beautifully done.
· Really enjoyed talking with you and very impressed with the way you have embraced the culture. Love it.
· Beautiful. Such gorgeous textures.
· Amazing and marvelous details
· A very sacred iconographic display of collective soul. Culture and spirit in clearly spiritual art. Deep appreciation.
· Thank you so much.
· Great depth in paintings. It’s so wood-like. Just want to feel it. Lovely work.
Guest Book Comments – McMillan Arts Centre Exhibition
· Brilliant Portrayal: Love the show.
· Superb – Fantastic – Love the Frog Totem.
· Totally awesome – Killer Whale – beyond words!
· Love the Ancestor Kwatgiutl Ancestor totem, powerful.
· Wonderful show! I love the detail and texture in the totems.
· Thank you. So nice to meet you and your ‘totem’. Beautiful – very solemn and majestic.
· Stunning
· Absolutely beautiful
· Amazing! Thank you.
· So realistic. Well done.
· Awesome! I was sure that you had deliberately split the canvas to create cracks in the poles.
· Incredible – we are thrilled to have purchased one of your painting.
· Incredible! Thank you!
· Well done.
· Very different from other totem paintings I have seen. Awesome.
· What a wonderful show! Your work captures the solemn beauty of the totems perfectly.
· Stunning is the only word! The close-up point of view creates a special feeling.
