This is page two of the Geert Maas online exhibit. If you missed page one you can click on the button just below to start at the beginning of the tour.
The Spirit of Kelowna project consists of 102 cast bronze medallions (one for each year of Kelowna's history since incorporation in 1905), each designed and made by Kelowna residents, expressing their own individual interpretations of community spirit led by Geert and Elly Maas.
This time capsule was created to celebrate the centennial of Kelowna, B.C., Canada. The bronze apple was commissioned by the City of Kelowna and has been placed in the Orchard Park Mall. It holds many historical artifacts
The bronze "Destiny" sculptures, commissioned by Okanagan College, B.C. and Tachibana University in Kyoto, Japan, represent the 20 year anniversary of their cultural exchange, partnership and friendship.
Featuring silkscreens made at the Okanagan College years ago as well as images and spray paintings from Geert's time at the Academy of Studies in the Netherlands from 1967 to 1969
Internationally acclaimed artist Geert Maas works in two and three dimensions in a variety of media living in Kelowna, BC. His disciplines include sculpture, painting, reliefs and medallic art.
Geert Maas was born in The Netherlands, where he attended Academies of Art in The Hague. In 1979, Maas moved to Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, with his family. There, he and his wife Elly created the Geert Maas Sculpture Gardens and Gallery which feature one of the largest collections of bronze sculptures in Canada and a diverse selection of his other artwork.
Elly Maas reviews the different possibilities of patina (color) for bronze.
Process Art