RipOff Artists
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    • Barb Levant
    • Leo Pedersen
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    • Marion Trimble
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    • Russell Work
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    • 2016 Munch
    • 2015: Toulouse-Lautrec >
      • Toulouse-Lautrec Pre-piece
    • 2014: Parent
    • 2013 Kandinsky
    • 2012: Ansel Adams
    • 2011: Grant Wood - American Gothic
    • 2010: Lawren Harris
    • 2009: Georgia O'Keeffe
    • 2008: Gustav Klimt
    • 2007: Vincent van Gogh
  • 2021 COVID Show and Classes
    • Jan Kreut's Encaustic Class
    • JoAnn Turner's Colour Class
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"Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
- attributed to Picasso


The Ripoff Artists are a group of talented artists who work in many media and join forces every summer to interpret a masterpiece by a famous artist in their own way, to learn new skills and have a lot of fun. Our slogan is that we "rip off a dead artist," all to learn from the greats of the past and hone our own skills. We choose our next victim, er, subject well in advance, so we can all plan our approach. During one week in the summer, we work together at the Quail's Nest Arts Centre in Oliver, each in our own medium, aiming to finish at 3 pm Saturday. The finished works are displayed in a group showing as featured artists in the Fall Art Show and Sale held in conjunction with the Festival of the Grape in Oliver BC.
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Ripoff Artist display at the Fall Art Show and Sale, October 2019. Andy Warhol's "Marilyn" was the focus of the 2019 Ripoff Artist challenge. Photo credit: JoAnn Turner

​"Rip-off: an inferior imitation of something."
"Artist: 1: a person who practises any of the creative arts; a person skilled at a particular task or occupation.
  2: a person who habitually practises a specified reprehensible activity: rip-off artists."

Oxford Dictionary of English, Kindle Edition, 2010
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The Ripoff Artists in 2009, "ripping off another year!" Photo credit: Russell Work.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Artists
    • Enid Baker
    • Dianne Birnie
    • Bethany Handfield
    • Thea Haubrich
    • Tara Hovanes
    • Kurt Hutterli
    • Terry Irvine
    • Jan Kreut
    • Barb Levant
    • Leo Pedersen
    • Norberto Rodriguez de la Vega
    • Marion Trimble
    • JoAnn Turner
    • Russell Work
  • Challenges
    • 2021 A Y Jackson
    • 2020 Marc Chagall
    • 2018 Rufino Tamayo
    • 2017 Confederation: Sir John A.
    • 2016 Munch
    • 2015: Toulouse-Lautrec >
      • Toulouse-Lautrec Pre-piece
    • 2014: Parent
    • 2013 Kandinsky
    • 2012: Ansel Adams
    • 2011: Grant Wood - American Gothic
    • 2010: Lawren Harris
    • 2009: Georgia O'Keeffe
    • 2008: Gustav Klimt
    • 2007: Vincent van Gogh
  • 2021 COVID Show and Classes
    • Jan Kreut's Encaustic Class
    • JoAnn Turner's Colour Class
  • History
  • Blog