ZOOM | Fall/Winter 2019

SPOTLIGHT
How hard can it be, doing your own
framing? Just measure up a few
materials, put them together,
and voilà. Well, no. For your
piece of fine art, this final touch
can make all the difference. And
a professional eye can achieve surprising results
in tone, depth, and sophistication.
Luckily for you and our many painters,
photographers, decorators, and designers,
expert support is close at hand. At Artworks
Gallery and Framing you will find a beautiful and
impressively large selection of frames and mats,
frequent sales and discounts, as well as off-cut
materials for your various crafts and projects.
And at Artworks you have the advantage of
expertise from Cindy Buis, the owner of Artworks.
Cindy, an artist herself who graduated from the
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, has been
intimately involved with our arts scene for many
years. It was quite literally love at first sight when
she visited Gibsons in 1984. She moved there
and opened a framing and fine art shop that she
ran for many years. Life, family, and a relocation
to Cowrie Street in Sechelt has kept her busy.
These last couple of years, Cindy says, have
been busier than ever with “so many new people,
bigger houses, more walls . . .”
ARTWORKS
gallery and
picture framing
WORDS | NANCY PINCOMBE
If the job is beautifying those walls, Cindy is
proud to feature in her gallery a wide selection
of fine art from twenty-five of our exceptional
local artists.
Cindy hopes that artists and craftspeople
will drop by and browse whenever they need
something. More often than not, she will
have what they’re looking for. No need to take
chances ordering sight-unseen from Amazon,
or taking a ferry into the city to the large chain
stores. Increasingly, everything we need is right
here close to home.
VISIT ARTWORKS GALLERY & FRAMING AT 5697 COWRIE
STREET IN SECHELT
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