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'Southridge Spirit'
Artist: Southridge School Students
Patron: Brian Watts
Provenance: The "Southridge Spirit" Bear was created by the intermediate art club with students ranging from grades four to seven. They decided as a group that the Bear should represent their school's motto – "Let Every Spirit Soar". They created a design in which bright, colorful spirits rise up through the Bear. The students wanted "Barty" not only to represent Southridge School but the idea of the human spirit soaring.
Sold for: $5100
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'I Love Surrey!'
Artist: Jarnail Singh
Patron: Flag Chevrolet
Provenance: The Spirit Bear "I Love Surrey!" has a number of white maple leafs on a flaming Canadian red background. In the white maple leaves the artist has painted faces of people from different ethnic communities living in Surrey. The "I Love Surrey!" Spirit Bear, reflects the true face of a culturally diverse city as well as showing the multicultural character of Canada.
Sold for: $3000
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'Community Spirit Bear'
Artist: Glenda Mantle
Patron: Guildford Town Centre
Provenance: This brightly colored Spirit Bear represents community spirit and family values. It focuses on family activities such as going to the movies, shopping at the mall and encourages sport and leisure activities at our local community centres. It also promotes a creative lifestyle by visiting art galleries and community libraries.
Sold for: $4500
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'Buddy-Bear'
Artist: Elizabeth Hollick
Patron: Ocean Park Ford
Provenance: Buddy has been painted with his wild friends that live in British Columbia. He is holding a young raccoon and is covered with many different creatures including birds, frogs, rabbits, butterflies and ladybugs.
Sold for: $5500
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'A Legendary Spirit of the Parkland'
Artist: Deborah Putman
Patron: Scotiabank
Provenance: The mythology of the Kermode Spirit Bear inspired the "Legendary Spirit of the Parkland". The words of the legend circle the upper body. The creator, Raven soars over the back. Raven invokes the "greening of the land", represented by ferns frolicking upon the feet and legs. The landscape metamorphoses into the white Spirit Bear who has wisdom in his eyes.
Sold for: $9500
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'Helping Hands'
Artist: Ania Grygorczuk
Patron: Surrey Firefighters Charitable Society
Provenance: In today's busy world, it is easy to forget that there are people around us who could use a helping hand. This Bear delightfully represents the millions of people who perform acts of kindness every day as well as the grateful recipients.
Sold for: $4000
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'Inspiration Bear'
Artist: Four Winds
Patron: Surrey Tourism & Convention Association
Provenance: The sun warms Spirit Bear. The river feeds the salmon and the salmon nourish the bear. Spirit Bear's backbone is the tree – his heart is a nest, giving hope for the future. Raven watches over all creatures. "Inspiration" represents hope and continuity in nature.
Sold for: $16000
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'The First Immigrant'
Artist: David Kilpatrick
Patron: Ocean Park Developments
Provenance: Ultimately the artist hopes that in creating his Bear's "new coat" it will become a source of education. At the same time he hopes that it causes people to question and perhaps wonder about their own ideas about the first people to immigrate to this region and how the Ice Age may have affected their survival.
Sold for: $5750
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'Luna'
Artist: Ken Skoda
Patron: V1500 Holdings Inc.
Provenance: In a mystifying blend of blues and greens, the "Luna" Bear projects a sense of serenity as it is gazed upon by the viewer. The brilliant radiance of the North Star contrasts the coolness of the water below.
Sold for: $18000
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'Spirit of Reading'
Artist: Kenneth Gordon School
Patron: Scotiabank Group
Provenance: Appropriately placed at the site of the new Simon Fraser University campus, this lively blue Bear is a great way to show children how important (and fun!) reading is. The "Spirit of Reading" embodies the creativity and imagination that results from reading a delightful book.
Sold for: $3500
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'Freecycle'
Artist: Cynthia Richardson
Patron: Waste Management
Provenance: The Surrey Spirit Bear "Freecycle" (Winter Cone Bearing) represents the Northern Coastal forest encircled with its cool glacial sky of the region. The Bear is a symbol for freedom and survivial in the wilderness. Where both paws are well rooted in the depth of the west coast coniferous forest the upper torso and head emerge free and serene above.
Sold for: $8000
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'Ahead of the Game'
Artist: Ania Grygorczuk
Patron: City of Surrey
Provenance: "Ahead of the Game" portrays Canadian athletes participating in various winter sports. The colors of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are gorgeously displayed on this Bear.
Sold for: $8000
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'Bear Hugs'
Artist: Patricia Peacock
Patron: Coast Capitol Savings
Provenance: Hugs are healing. Patricia envisioned kids from all cultures and many corners of our globe connecting with the Spirit Bear. These kids are linked together, hugging, climbing, hanging, clinging and connecting to this beautiful creature. We are all at one with nature in some way.
Sold for: $4750
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'Beeatrice - The Wannabee Bear'
Artist: Jordan Stasuk
Patron: Honeybee Centre
Provenance: "Beeatrice the Wanna-Bee Bear" has just robbed a honey hive by disguising in a bee costume. Her wings are driftwood held together with vines and rocks as buttons.
Sold for: $7050
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'NOW & THEN Bear'
Artist: Glenda Mantle
Patron: The NOW Newspaper
Provenance: This friendly chap represents an old-fashioned newspaper boy with knickers, suspenders and newspaper bag slung over his shoulder. Not much has changed since then as this dapper newspaper carrier looks ready and set to deliver his papers. He proudly shows his love for his city by sporting an "I love Surrey" patch on his knee and back pocket.
Sold for: $7000
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'Habitat'
Artist: Robert McMurray
Patron: Burnaby Lake Greenhouses
Provenance: Robert McMurray has traveled, by boat up the coast north of Prince Rupert as well as to all the old village sites in the Gwaii Hanaas National Park Preserve in the Queen Charlotte Islands. The photographs from those trips provide a montage of natural scenes in which "Habitat" Bear stands. These scenes also include bears, orcas, seagulls, eagles, a mountain goat and indigenous plant life.
Sold for: $7000
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'Bosa-Bear'
Artist: Elizabeth Hollick
Patron: Bosa Properties
Provenance: Cubby the Carpenter Bear wears a checkered work shirt, dungarees and a carpenter's apron and he wields a hammer and saw. His large back pocket contains more tools, the words of the song "If I were a carpenter", a love letter, a bunch of wild flowers and his lunch. Some cute and friendly mice are tucked into his pant cuffs.
Sold for: $11000
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'Spirit of White Rock Bear'
Artist: Elizabeth Hollick
Patron: White Rock Business Improvement Association & White Rock Lions Club
Provenance: Oscar is visiting White Rock from the wild Pacific Rim. He loves being in both places. On his back, painted in cool colors is a landscape with mountains, rocks, trees and waterfalls. On his front, Oscar sports a holiday shirt. Although he loves being on land, he always has one foot in the sea.
Sold for: $14000
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'Windy'
Artist: Semiahmoo Secondary School
Patron: Windsor Square
Provenance: This vividly colored Bear portrays the mysterious connection between reality and the mythical realm. As the seasons change, as day moves to night, the line between the real and the surreal becomes less distinct.
Sold for: $7500
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'Clover Bear'
Artist: Diana Miskell
Patron: Cloverdale BIA & Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce
Provenance: "Clover Bear" represents the historic area of Cloverdale, first settled around 1870. Starting from the bottom up, you will see fields of clover, old historic buildings, blueberries, an electric train, cowboys, old vehicles (horse-drawn and gas powered). "Clover Bear" is wrapped in a bright blue banner, signifying the vital importance of Cloverdale as a major transportation centre since 1891.
Sold for: $6000
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'Communities in Bloom Bear'
Artist: Judy Jordison
Patron: City of White Rock Parks Department/Communities in Bloom Committee
Provenance: Judy's vision was propelled by the story of the Spirit Bear and the struggle to save its habitat of old growth forest from logging. Its survival depends on the forest, fish, plants and berries. The Spirit Bear is one of the natural wonders of the world. The awareness that has come from the 200 Bears painted and installed all over British Columbia should guarantee that its habitat will be protected forever.
Sold for: $20500
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'The Spirit Bride'
Artist: Diana Durrand
Patron: Mainland Group
Provenance: First Nations' legend states that Raven promised the Spirit Bear would live in peace and harmony forever and that the bear's white fur was symbolic of spiritual purity. What this story brought to mind for Diana was the notion of the Spirit Bear Bride. In Western Culture the bride traditionally wears a white gown, but other cultures use different symbols and colours to represent new hopes and aspirations and the love, peace and harmony of marriage. The Spirit Bear Bride is inspired by fabric patterns from India, Japan, China and Western designs to reflect the rich ethnically diverse community of Surrey.
Sold for: $4000
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'Sunny Surrey Bear'
Artist: Sullivan Heights Senior Secondary
Patron: Berezan Management
Provenance: This colorful Bear reflects the fusion of nature and city life, much like the parks and woodlands that are scattered throughout the Lower Mainland. As we stand on the dock and watch the sun rise, we realize just how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful province.
Sold for: $6500
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