Kimoto Gallery - Vancouver

Solo Exhibition May 13th - June 11th

~ WISH YOU WERE HERE ~

 

2400 Kingsway | 30 x 30 | Oil on canvas | 2016

This original oil painting is available at:
KIMOTO GALLERY
Vancouver, British Columbia 

2400 Kingsway
30” x 30”
Oil on canvas
2016

KIMOTO GALLERY

WINTER WONDERWALLS

December 12th, 2015 - January 16th, 2016

Dairy Queen Hamburgers | 30 x 30 | Oil on canvas | 2015

This original oil painting was SOLD at:
KIMOTO GALLERY
Vancouver, British Columbia 
Dairy Queen Hamburgers 
30” x 30”
Oil on canvas
2015

SPEEDEE (McDonald's) | 30 x 30 | Oil on canvas | 2015

This original oil painting is available at:
KIMOTO GALLERY
Vancouver, British Columbia 
Speedee (McDonald's)
30” x 30”
Oil on canvas
2015

Mason Fine Art - Atlanta, Georgia

100 Years of the Coca-Cola Bottle | 40 x 40 | Oil on canvas | 2015

This original oil painting was SOLD by:
MASON FINE ART
Atlanta, Georgia 

6 Pack
100 Years of the Coca-Cola Bottle
40" x 40"
Oil on canvas
2015
Private Collection ~ Milford, Michigan

MASON FINE ART ~ ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Star Drug Store  Drink Coca-Cola | 40 x 46 | Oil on canvas | 2015

This original oil painting is available at:
MASON FINE ART
Atlanta, Georgia 

Star Drug Store  
Drink Coca-Cola 
40" x 46"
Oil on canvas
2015

KIMOTO GALLERY - GROUP EXHIBITION

Vernon Drive Grocery | 38 x 38 | Oil on linen | 2015

Vernon Drive Grocery at 704 Vernon Drive has existed as an 
independent convenience store for over 100 years!

This original oil painting is available at:
KIMOTO GALLERY
Vancouver, British Columbia 
Vernon Drive Grocery 
38” x 38”
Oil on linen
2015

150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Lincoln | 48 x 40 | Oil on canvas | 2014

This original oil painting is available at:
Mason Fine Art 
Atlanta, Georgia
Lincoln
48” x 40”
Oil on panel, Framed
2014

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KIMOTO GALLERY

DÉJÀ VU

New Paintings by WILL RAFUSE

EXHIBITION DATES
April 2 - 25, 2015

KIMOTO GALLERY
1525 West 6th Ave
Vancouver BC

Save On | 48 x 40 | Oil on canvas | 2015

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

With this series of paintings I have titled “Deja Vu,” I returned to the familiar imagery of Vancouver’s neon signs and lost storefronts. My artistic life has always been influenced and inspired by Edward Hopper’s style of rich paintings of Americana. I wanted to capture the highlights, colors and shadows of those iconic buildings and signs from a bygone era. Part of my series focuses on “Save-on Meats,” the "Aristocratic Restaurant” and the infamous “The Only Seafoods.”

These grand signs were originally designed to attract consumers and sell products. Some see them as works of art worth preserving while others consider them old relics and would rather see them torn down. My hope is that they evoke a sense of nostalgia and their images re-created on my canvas’ preserves them in another sense.