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Tangled Beach/Beach Tangle is a limited-edition fine art print inspired by Beach Tangle, a
monumental sculpture created by Gordon Smith with the assistance of Curtis Racette. The
sculpture, comprised of materials found on local beaches, graces the west wall of the Spirit
Square Atrium at the West Vancouver Community Centre. The print carries on the same theme
using the sculpture as inspiration.

In creating the print Tangled Beach/Beach Tangle Smith first created a montage of photographs
transposed from the sculpture and augmented this with additional imagery. The completed
montage was then reproduced onto a copper etching plate and printed by hand using traditional
intaglio techniques. Accents of colour were hand-painted in watercolour by Smith on each print.
Published by the District of West Vancouver, this edition of prints was produced at the New Leaf
Editions studio on Granville Island by Master Printer Peter Braune and Katie Dey in collaboration with the artist.

Both the print and the sculpture were donated by Gordon Smith through the District of West
Vancouver Public Art Program with the assistance of the Spirit Square Grant from the Province of British Columbia. Proceeds support the West Vancouver Museum and future public art projects in West Vancouver.

Tangled Beach/Beach Tangle

Artist: Gordon Smith

Medium: Photo-based etching, hand-painted with watercolour

Size: 29 X 34 inches

Edition: 70 prints numbered 1 /70 to 70/70 ,

7 artist proofs, 3 studio proofs

Price: First lot of 20 prints will be offered at a new release price of $925; second lot of 20, $1025; third lot of 20, $1125; and the final lot of 10, $1250

This work of art is available for purchase at the West Vancouver Museum Shop. For more information or to order by phone, please call 604-925-7179.

Gordon Smith first immigrated to Canada from England in 1933 at age 14, settling in his mother’s native Winnipeg. After returning from fighting in World War II, he settled in Vancouver. The venerable artist and educator has continued to be prolific with his depictions of British Columbia’s wilderness finding a distinctive balance between the figurative and the abstract. Smith was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1996. In 1997, the Vancouver Art Gallery mounted a 55-year retrospective of his work. In 2009, Gordon Smith received a Governor General’s Medal in Visual and Media Arts. Gordon Smith, photo by Richard Montagna