AT THE EDGE OF STILLNESS
by Roy Brash
Saturday, October 31 - Thursday, November 19
Vernissage: Sunday, November 1   1:00 - 4:00 pm

Roy Brash is a contemporary Canadian painter whose work reflects a deep connection to place, memory, and the quiet poetry of everyday landscapes. Working primarily in acrylics, Brash explores the emotional resonance of natural environments and coastal communities, translating light, atmosphere, and movement into bold yet contemplative compositions. His paintings are guided by a sense of storytelling — not as literal narrative, but as an echo of lived experience. Travel, personal reflection, and time spent in remote settings inform his practice, where rugged shorelines, working harbours, and weathered architecture become symbols of resilience and cultural identity. Brash’s brushwork balances expressive gesture with structural form, allowing viewers to enter the scene and discover their own relationship with the land.
At the heart of his work is a desire to honour the spirit of the places he encounters — their history, authenticity, and the people who shape them. Whether capturing the drama of shifting skies or the stillness of an isolated village, Roy Brash seeks to evoke mood, memory, and belonging through colour, texture, and light.

ROY BRASH’S CURRICULUM VITAE
Solo Exhibitions
2024 2023 2020 2018 2018 2018 2017 2016 2013 Galerie Old Chelsea, June-July 2024, Chelsea, QC:
​Spotlight Gallery, May 2023, Ottawa, Ontario;
Electric Street Gallery, August 2020, Ottawa, Ontario;
Galerie Old Chelsea, August - September 2018, Chelsea, Qc;
Elgin Art Gallery, August 5- Sept. 29, Elgin, Ontario;
Stonewall Wilde's Gallery, June 2018, Ottawa, Ontario;
"Waterscapes I & II", Café 111 Lisgar, Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa, May-August, 2017;
Kevin Dodds Gallery, Art Exhibition, 25 April- 8 May, 2016;
"Portraits ", Glebe Gallery, Glebe Community Centre, 6 Jan.- 3 Febr. 2013, Ottawa, ON
selected group exhibitions
2025- 2024 Carleton Place Gallery, Carleton Place, Ontario;
2025-2024 Spotlight Gallery, August- September, Ottawa, Ontario;
2025 Exposition Arts-aux-Parcs, Val-des-Monts, Quebec, May 24- 25, 2025;
2025 Paint Ontario Art Competition, Exhibition & Sale, Grand Bend, ON, May 2025
2025 & 2024 Ottawa Art Gallery, Galerie Annexe, Art & Parcel Show, Oct.- Jan , Ottawa, ON;
2025-2022 & 2019-2012 Glebe Fine Art Show, September, Ottawa, Ontario;
2025-2024, 2022 & 2019-2013 Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studio Tour, July, Ottawa, Ontario;
2025-2022 & 2019-2012 Glebe Fine Art Show, September, Ottawa, Ontario;
2022 Wall Candy NOIR, October 21-22, Ottawa, ON;
2022 & 2019- 2012 West Carleton Arts Society, "Expressions of Art ", October, Carp, ON ;
2023-2022 & 2019-2016 Buckhorn Festival of the Arts, August, Buckhorn, Ontario;
2025-2022 & 2019-2013 Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studio Tour, July, Ottawa, Ontario;