Tiny Art From Victoria

Artist: Ruth Van Egmund

The Junction is a little shop. Outside, in business hours, you may see a refurbished wooden chair or possibly a small side table, an updated bookshelf, or a whimsical little piece of art. If you stop long enough to peer through the large windows, a store full of repainted furniture, lamps and lovely pieces of china. High up on the walls are large paintings ~ cityscapes and landscapes. Lightly scattered over dressers and tables are more of the whimsical small art pieces from found objects. While all of this is a wonder to me, I always navigate carefully to the back of the shop where, on a low shelf are wonderful tiny paintings by local artist and store owner, Ruth Van Egmund. Paintings of our natural world and the tiny things we don't always notice as we brush past them.

Artist: Ruth Van Egmund

Yesterday, when I had a few minutes to browse one of my favourite stores, I purchased two of her tiny paintings, about the size of a coaster. Displayed on my bathroom wall, their colours and ‘fishy’ content are a perfect match for my decor. 

When Christmas shopping, traffic and general busyness needs a bit of a pause visit The Junction at 1543 Fort St. here in Victoria, B.C. Or if not in Victoria, Ruth Van Egmund is on Facebook and Google for an internet browse of her extensive artworks.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”

~ Pablo Picasso