*NEW TO BUYING ART ONLINE? CLICK HERE!*
What We Are
At a kitchen table near a bright window in the village of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Gateway to Grasslands National Park, the hub for a new model of commercial art galleries couldn’t look any less like the traditional version. Unlike traditional art galleries, Grasslands Gallery Online doesn’t focus on renting a building, keeping a physical structure operational, or having staff in place for a certain number of hours per week. Grasslands Gallery Online focuses only on the art it makes available, the viewers who want to view and own the art, and the artists who make it.
Who We Are
Grasslands Gallery Online is the brainchild of established artist Laureen Marchand. Laureen has a 35-year exhibiting career of her own, and she has seen the changes art galleries have undergone. Recently she felt it was time to bring the spotlight back to artists’ work in a way that doesn’t require viewers to travel or otherwise go outside their comfort zone.
“In the recent period in the human story when many audiences didn’t feel comfortable going into public spaces, so much remarkable Saskatchewan artwork wasn’t getting seen,” Laureen says. “At the same time, we’ve all come to realize the importance of enjoying our own personal view, in the places where we spend the majority of our lives – our own homes and offices. I decided this was an opportunity to bring together the work of Saskatchewan artists and communities anywhere who would love the art they make.”
Why We Are
With this as a goal, Laureen established Grasslands Gallery Online in 2021 in response to the changing needs of both art buyers and creators. The gallery offers an alternative for people who love art, who love to see and purchase it without having to be in a particular location. It also offers the comfort of viewing art from the familiarity of your own computer.
What’s Here?
What can you expect to see at Grasslands Gallery Online? Though people might think western Canadian art is all grass and horses, nothing could be further from the truth. The art that Grasslands Gallery Online shows includes landscape, but this is landscape that brings the human element into the picture. And it includes a much wider range of possibilities, ranging from contemporary still life and florals, to pure abstraction, to an artist’s imaginary worlds. We host “Beautiful Saskatchewan Art” and all of the works on the website have that common. They’re beautiful to look at as well as well-made, interesting, and timely.
In addition to seeing visual images of beautiful art, you can also expect to find different ways of interacting with the artworks. You aren’t expected to know what a piece will look like in your room just by imagining it. So the gallery offers a sample room for each piece, where viewers can get a sense of scale and colour relationships with other objects and even try out a variety of sample frames.
How We Work
Finally, unlike some online art galleries that might feel more like a factory than a haven, Grasslands Gallery Online is carefully curated. Every artist is a partner rather than a labourer. Our artists are committed not only to their art production, but also to their collectors’ experiences. Every artwork purchased is lovingly shipped from the artist’s studio, with artists compensated for associated expenses. We create all our structures to assure fairness for both purchasers and artists.
Grasslands Gallery Online is an Associate Member of SaskGalleries, the Saskatchewan Association of Professional Art Dealers. This means the gallery has agreed to follow the organization’s Membership Code of Ethics. We conduct business according to the highest professional, ethical, and financial standards. We pay artists properly and in a timely manner and we price art fairly and in line with national and international standards. Grasslands Gallery Online is proud of its SaskGalleries membership and pleased to uphold these standards.
Our goal at Grasslands Gallery Online is to give both you and the artists here the most fulfilling experience possible.
Purchase With Confidence!
You can purchase art from Grasslands Gallery Online by using the safe and protected shopping cart option attached to each piece. Or you can contact us directly at laureen@grasslandsgallery.com. For more information, please click on Purchase FAQs under the About tab. Then after your purchase, your artwork is lovingly shipped from the artist to you in a timely fashion. When it arrives, the first comment we always hear is “Wow, it’s even better in person!”
And any time you have questions, please feel free to reach out!
QUESTIONS? CONTACT US TODAY! EMAIL: LAUREEN@GRASSLANDSGALLERY.COM
FOLLOW US