Fifty Shades of Art

You’ve read the book; you’ve seen the film—now, own a piece of art from Fifty Shades of Grey.

With South Granville on our mind (flip to our Street Smarts neighbourhood feature in the March issue of VITA), we discovered that Vancouver’s own Ian Tan Gallery supplied the stormy painting that hung above Christian Grey’s movie-set bed. Though the oil-on-canvas work, “Undertow,” has since been sold, artist Gary Aylward, inspired by our rugged West Coast landscape, has several other tempestuous pieces on offer at the gallery—many featuring  several shades of grey.

Ian Tan Gallery, 2202 Granville St., Vancouver, 604-738-1077, iantangallery.com