Garth S. Palanuk

Garth has drawn and painted most of his life. Work and travel took him away from his art for a few years but he never lost sight of his dream to pursue art in a fashion he could only imagine.

Garth pursued his art interests using regular pencils and coloured pencils, ink, pastels, oils, acrylics and watercolour, the latter being his passion. His art subjects include landscapes, structures, people (posed and non-posed), animals and abstracts, each with its own unique challenge. People are his passion and he has been commissioned to do portraits as well as other subjects. Garth spent two years in Mbarara, Uganda, teaching school at which time he kept his art alive by drawing or painting the people, places and animals he encountered.

He has sold his works in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the U.K., Ireland, Scotland, the United States and Canada. An electronic reproduction of Garth’s works was accepted and shown in the Gaudemater Gallery, Czestochowa, Poland in a juried competition. His work is also shown in the Avisen-avk Art Gallery, Denmark. His work was accepted for show at The Vault, Winnipeg, in response to an open juried exhibition sponsored by the Manitoba Society of Artists. His work is also displayed at the Wayne Arthur Gallery in Winnipeg.

Garth is on the Board of Directors for the Local Colour Art Group, the Eastern Manitoba Artists Co-op and The Arts Council of Selkirk, Manitoba. He is a member of The Manitoba Society of Artists. Garth is co-founder of “Art Rocks”, a non-profit organization for the purpose of providing an exhibition and outlet for amateur artists.