Pastiche Art Gallery

The eyes are the window to the soul,they say.
But for Brent Unrau, windows have provided him a little something for his soul.
Unrau, a family therapist, was working in an office nearly three years ago – a typically small and boxy workspace without a glimpse to the outside world.
He arrived to work one day and hung a print of a landscape mounted inside a double-paned window frame.
People began to notice. And comment. The framed piece seemed make visitors to his office feel they were, indeed, peering out an actual window to an outdoor scene.
Unrau realized he might be onto something.
He took a course at the Canadian Picture Framing School in Langley (which no longer exists) and decreased his hours as a therapist to pursue his new-found craft .
He now operates Pastiche Art out of his North Delta basement, a space where wooden frames lean one upon the other against nearly every vertical surface and most of the wall
space is overtaken by small and large pieces of
artwork. Pastiche refers to a work of art combined from various sources. Unrau
matches found or reclaimed window frames with complementary prints ranging from snowy farm scenes and beachscapes to
colourful flowersand leafy trees.
“It’s the romantic part of it – finding an
old frame and giving it new life,” he said. “I love to convert and to upcycle – some call it recycle, but I call it upcycle.” He tags the work “art with a view,” but says even without the prints and paintings, the frames are works of art in themselves, with their own oft en mysterious tales to tell. “To me, they’re a real intimate part of a house.” ( " A New Frame of Mind" written by Sheila Reynolds January 27 2008, Surrey/North Delta Leader)

Pastiche Art is proud to be part off the value added effort to wisely re-use our natural resources.
* Quality hand workmanship
* Free quotations for custom work and special commissions.
* Will gladly work with your photos, images and frames.
* Friendly personal service from start to finish.
* Environmentally responsible, using only salvaged wood windows and recycled wood.
* Barn wood and fence wood is also used to create size specific custom frames.

If you would like to have your name added to my monthly newsletter please e-mail me (budunrau@telus.net) your name and e-mail address. The monthly update will show you new Pastiche Art pieces that are ready for sale and any new shows or venues where I will be selling my art. Your e-mail address will in no way be rented out or sold to any other company or person. It will be used exclusively for Pastiche Art monthly updates.

At present you can find my pieces displayed and for sale at the following locations:
* The Wired Monk Coffee Bistro (Boothroyd Heritage House) at the corner of 168th Street and 60th Ave. (Cloverdale)
* The Wired Monk Coffee Bistro (Willoughby location, Bldg C #1, 20202 64th Ave. Langley
* The Wired Monk Coffee Bistro (Langley Municipal Building, 20338-65th Ave)
* Heritage Meats ( 6131-200 Street, Unit 2 Langley.
* The Passionate Home (20526 B Fraser Hwy, Langley)
You can also can arrange to stop by my home based work shop here in North Delta, just email me or give me a call.


Thanks for visiting this Gallery.
Brent Unrau