Exhibition opening with Artist in Attendance Friday January 20th at 7:00pm. Artist Talk Saturday Janurary 21st 2:00pm.

Glenn Clark has been a fanatical hockey fan his entire life and when he first moved to Penticton in 1991, he was dismayed that there was little public recognition and knowledge of the Penticton Vees and their amazing Cinderella run at international hockey supremacy in 1955 when the team represented Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Krefeld, West Germany beating the Soviet Union 5-0 for the gold medal. Considering the magnitude of this event in the annals of Canadian hockey history, it was disappointing for Glenn to find that very little of this history was publicly acknowledged. Beginning in 1998 Glenn took it upon himself to remedy this oversight and tracked down the surviving members of the 1955 Vees team, seeking out photographs and anything else he could find which would provide him with a window into the events which led up to this historic victory and began creating a series of paintings which depict the team at the height of their glory. The resulting body of work was exhibited for the first time in 2000 at the Penticton Museum, and it was shortly afterwards that Glenn was awarded a commission from the City of Penticton to paint a mural on the side of the Elks Building depicting the triumphant Penticton Vees posing in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The mural has twice been featured on Hockey Night in Canada, and the paintings from this series were exhibited as part of hockey day in Canada.

This exposure suddenly sparked the interest of people from across the nation who once again began embracing the team and their story. Before long Glenn was receiving phone calls from authors and likeminded individuals who were interested in writing a book and documenting this amazing slice of Canadian sports history. Glenn was also contacted by CBC TV who were interested in including the 1955 Vees as part of a six part feature on the history of hockey in Canada. In 2004 the Kelowna Art Gallery invited Glenn to once again explore the history of the Vees as a solo exhibit to coincide with the Memorial Cup. He created a number of new paintings for this exhibit and once again the Penticton Vees gained some well-deserved national media attention. These paintings are not only a testament to the achievements of a great hockey team; they also illustrate the power of art, the value of friendship and the dogged determination of one individual looking to right a wrong and make us all aware of our past and those individuals who have contributed to our sense of national identity.