The GEOart Collective is an international consortium of artists who share a love and fascination of nature and the geosciences. Each artist in our group brings a unique set of skills from the worlds of textile and mixed media. Many of us create our own fabrics, threads and papers through the use of dye, paint and print. Our skill and artistic vision are shown in the attachment and link provided.

Exhibition Narrative

Cracks take many forms.They are interpreted literally or figuratively, as a thing, action or description. Layers can be sedimentary deposits, layers of lava, soil profiles, or layers of history or emotion. Water exists as liquid, solid or gas and covers 71% of the earth’s surface. Water’s power erodes mountains, vital to life and constitutes our oceans, glaciers, clouds and groundwater.

Michael Jell is a professional artist from Vernon, British Columbia.

The beautiful mountains, sparkling lakes, sunny summers and snowy winters create interesting and diverse landscapes.  His appreciation of these areas have resulted in a number of landscape and wildlife paintings expressing the beauty of the Okanagan area.  He has won several awards at National and Regional juried shows where he has won People’s Choice and Best of Show.  The BC Wildlife Federation chose the Great Grey Owl painting, awarding him Artist of the Year in 2012.  He has been featured in professional art publications where his work was chosen for the front page of Art Avenue, a publication of the Federation of Canadian Artists.  In 2013 Spirit Dancer was juried into the Calgary Stampede Showcase auction.  Michael’s paintings have been collected internationally and are located in Asia, Europe, United States of America and Canada.  Come and enjoy the array of artwork that Michael will be exhibiting this month as Gallery Vertigo’s Featured Member.