A new exhibit at the Kelowna Art Gallery shows the work of an accomplished artist who now calls the city home.

John Hall: Travelling Light: A forty-five-year survey of paintings, will be at the gallery until July 10.

Photo Credit: KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.Gallery goers take in pieces by Hall at his opening on Friday.

This is the Kelowna Art Gallery’s fourth biannual Okanagan Artist series of exhibitions, this year featuring the work of Kelowna-based artist John Hall.

Photo Credit: KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.John Hall debuted the display on Friday.

Hall was born in Edmonton in 1943, lived much of his life in Calgary, where he studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design, and moved to Kelowna in 1999. According to the gallery, Hall is known nationally for his detailed and realistic paintings.

Photo Credit: KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.Pieces featured are range from 1966 to a few weeks ago.

Hall was internationally influenced, having studied at the Instituto Allende, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1966, and spending a year painting in New York in 1977, when he was also given a touring solo show by the National Gallery of Canada. Hall has many Mexican-themed paintings, done during annual six-month stays there between 1988 and 1999.

In the 1980s Hall created his Tourist Series and his Toys series, followed by his famous Still-Life Portrait series, which he began in 1984 and continues today. These last works were featured in a touring solo show organized by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1989.

Photo Credit: KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.People packed the house for the debut on Friday

In the 1990s Hall began to explore work through digital photography and Photoshop, bringing a new element to the results.

Since coming to Kelowna, Hall has worked on paintings of many still-life subjects, including anything from donuts to a stack of CDs. Most recently, he has focused on fruits and vegetables.

Photo Credit: KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.

The exhibition John Hall: Travelling Light will be paired with a book to be published for the gallery by Black Dog Publishing in the UK, with text from curator of the Kelowna Art Gallery, Liz Wylie, and by Calgary-based artist Alexandra Haeseker, a long-time collaborator and colleague of Hall’s.

After the show closes in Kelowna, it will be moved to the Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary, where it will be on exhibition from January 26 to April 29, 2017.

KelownaArtGallery on Facebook.Gallery goers enjoying the unique exhibit.