High and Dry, Boats Out of Water, By Gary Castle at Visual Arts Nova Scotia

Gary Castle’s photographs line the Corridor Gallery at Visual Arts Nova Scotia from July 4 – 28, 2011 in his exhibition High and Dry, Boats out of Water. With regards to his collection of boat documentation, Castle inquires:

What Maritimer isn’t familiar with the classical lines and form of the boat with sails or without?

Castle explains that,

The sailing ships and fishing boats have become “the” icon replacing the long standing lighthouse and the old salt fisherman with his sou’wester and pipe. For many years I have been documenting boats in their many forms out of their natural element – water. I feel boats photograph better on dry land where the whole form is exposed as opposed to only seeing half in water.

High and Dry, Boats out of Water is an exhibition featuring twenty, 5″x7″ photos depicting sails & boats in some practical, comical and outrageous uses.

Gary Castle has been a professional photographer for over 40 years. Graduating with a diploma in Photographic Theory in 1967, he began working at Dalhousie University as a bio-medical photographer. Since 1981, he has operated his own photo-lab service and currently is employed at Atlantic Photo Supply. Castle co-founded ViewPoint Gallery; he has exhibited provincially in both public and commercial galleries and his work has also been purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.

Located inside the Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) office at the Halifax Seaport, since 2000, the Corridor Gallery is complimented by a historical legacy of Nova Scotia culture, simple yet modern architectural elements and an array of current cultural activity in the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia office. The Corridor Gallery is located at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia and is open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm.

Visual Arts Nova Scotia works for the advancement of the visual arts and visual artists in Nova Scotia. For more information, visit http://www.visualarts.ns.ca.