![online-mountainshow-01 Gary Pendergast gazes at one of the works in the Visual Arts Centre's new show, Mountains, which will be unveiled on Friday. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-01.jpg)
By David F. Rooney
The Visual Arts Centre is hosting the opening of another amazing show of local artistic power, Mountains, this Friday at 6 p.m.
The exhibition of 42 images promises to be a gorgeous take on mountain landscapes by 31 local artists, four of them new to The Centre. This is a fine mix of photography and painting with a touch of fabric and accents provided by ceramics from the Revelstoke Potters’ Guild.
The majority of the images on display are bold and powerful — just like the thrusting landscape that inspired them and Centre Director Jackie Pendergast is certain it will rank as one of the best that has been shown so far this year.
But the Mountains show is not the only exhibition that’s opening on Friday evening.
The North Columbia Environmental Society will be unveiling the 27 top images in their photo contest and will, at 7 p.m., announce the winners. The NCES will also be providing all of the appetizers for both shows, so do come and graze to your heart’s content.
And that’s not all, The Centre will also be exhibiting the Best of Banff 2009 Mountain Photography Show in the Sophie Atkinson Gallery. If you love the mountains, mountain culture, mountain people then The Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre will be the place to go on Friday evening.
Here are some — but not all — of the images you will see in the Mountains show:
![online-mountainshow-02 This panorama by Ashley McCrae captures the immensity of our local mountain landscape. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-02.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-03 Cassandre Veillette's Misty Mountain carries an air of mystery despite the bright sunshine and blue sky. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-03.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-04 Jennifer Hedge's moody acrylic, Tenuous Shift, will capture a lot of attention. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-04.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-05 Tina Lindegaard's Mount Cartier Aglow sets the imagination afire. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-05.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-06 Photographer Jason Keerak'c distinctive style and sense of whimsy is very apparent in this image, Mount Begbie Embrace. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-06.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-07 One of four new artists in the Mountain show Jennefer Rogers offers up Slumbering Giants. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-07.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-09 Rachel Thompson enjoys mixing myth and landscape in 5620. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-09.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-10 New artist Chloe Kim exhibits a fine sense of style and drama in Endeavouring. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-10.jpg)
![online-mountainshow-11 Keisha Treber explores a familiar landscape: Mount Begbie. David F. Rooney photo](https://legacy.revelstokecurrent.com//wp-content/uploads/2009/11/online-mountainshow-11.jpg)