Heffel

When I went to Heffel they were having a two day preview of an auction that they were going to have later in the month. They had art from Alexander Colville, Sybil Andrews, the Group of Seven and much more. I went to this art gallery with my Dad and he also told me about it. 

The most interesting part of my visit of this gallery was my family's connection with some of the paintings that my Dad and I saw. When we saw the Sybil Andrews prints that was very exciting, because for the past decade my parents have become very interested in her work and started to collect some of her pieces. My dad didn't buy anything there but it was really cool to see some of them there. It was unexpected.

When my dad saw Alexander Colville's "Moon on Verandah," he remembered meeting Alexander when he was in University. That was definitely something to remember.

There was so much more to the gallery then what I described, it is a small building but it has many levels making it feel bigger. There was a lot of art done by so many different artists that it was too difficult to remember all of them. But because there was so much art, you left the gallery remembering the pieces you had the best connection with. You didn't remember which one was the most expensive or which one was the biggest painting, it was the one that connected you to it on a personal level.

Heffel is situated on Granville and 7th Avenue.