BULK and/or Custom Greeting Cards are now OFFERED by ARTographer Ric Wallace

Ric Wallace offers BULK SALES of his greeting cards (non retail packaging – cards supplied with mounted postcard & envelope in a brown box – NO cellophane bag or UPS price sticker) or custom made greeting cards and larger quantities to suit your needs.

Ideal for businesses wanting to communicate with customers during Christmas, holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Families can impress friends and relatives with a custom made card.

Gift shops or stores can have their own line of CUSTOM CARDS (see pages 7 & 8) to sell or for giveaways for their business.

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Old, torn and sometimes photos in two or more pieces can be restored to their original state or better. Ric Wallace does a high resolution scan from your original image and electronically uses a computer to do the retouching and corrections. High quality photographic prints can be obtained from the computer file. The computer file can be supplied on CD/ DVD, USB, or downloaded from the internet to ensure exact copies can be made for years to come, with no loss in quality like prints made from negatives which will degrade over time.



Old, torn and sometimes photos in two or more pieces can be restored to their original state or better. Ric Wallace does a high resolution scan from your original image and electronically uses a computer to do the retouching and corrections. High quality photographic prints can be obtained from the computer file. The computer file can be supplied on CD/ DVD, USB, or downloaded from the internet to ensure exact copies can be made for years to come, with no loss in quality like prints made from negatives which will degrade over time.

Shopping @ The White Rock Beach Gallery – Supports The White Rock & BC Economy

The White Rock Beach Gallery now has our Christmas & Season’s Greetings cards on sale. Our greeting cards are printed in White Rock BC CANADA and the postcard portion of the cards are  printed elsewhere in CANADA. Next time you are looking at a greeting card, look at the back and see where it was made. Support the White Rock BC Canadian economy and not other countries.

  • All our card stock, ink, paper trimer, cutting mat, Olfa knives and blades, tables, labels for UPC codes, rulers, storage boxes, pens, pencils, etc were purchased 
    @ Staples – South Point, 3037 – 152 Street,  South Surrey, British Columbia V4P 3K1
  • Paper envelopes from a Richmond BC, business.
  • Our plastic bags for selling our greeting cards purchased from a Surrey BC supplier.
  • The tent AND OTHER SUPPLIES for the White Rock Beach Gallery were purchased at Walmart  AT 355-160 St, Surrey, BC, V3Z 9N6
  • Framing materials – frames, mats, glass are all from lower mainland suppliers.
  • The grid work, support bars, velcro, and other display items were purchased from BC businesses like Home Depot, Canadian Tire, Eddies Hang UP, IKEA, Dollar Tree, DOLLARAMA.
  • Money earned is reinvested in the local BC area, for food, gas, etc.

Kids love Santa Claus, birds, squirrels, eagles, crows, White Squirrels, Black Squirrels, Grey Squirrels, marmots, Harry The Seagull, owls and pretty sunsets and sunrises. Parents love our prices. Ric Wallace also offers a FREE DIGITAL snapshot of your family or group that you can share online.

Retailers WANTED

Please use our Contact Form for more information.

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If you LOVE WHITE ROCK BEACH like we do and are a business owner, we would like to talk.  White Rock Beach resident & photographer Ric Wallace has created a series of 300+ postcards / greeting cards of White Rock / South Surrey and  Wildlife Of Canada postcards greeting cards (he has enough COOL photos to produce over 500 postcard s/greeting cards) of White Rock Beach and surrounding area. We have 2 options: purchase outright or on consignment.  The above postcard rack of 20 pockets can hold approximately 1,000 postcards. We also have a floor stand rack with 40 pockets that will hold 2,000 postcards. Use our contact form – call Virtual Edge Communications  ~ Online Marketing Specialists White Rock / Vancouver BC Tel 604-259-0105.

For the Love of Crows By Sheila T

I had never paid much attention to crows. I thought they were just noisy, obnoxious pests. At least, that’s how I saw them when I lived back in Ontario. But then we moved to “Supernatural” British Columbia in 2012, and a couple things changed my mind about these black rascals.

It was low tide and we were strolling along the beach out in front of the 486-ton white rock looking for interesting stones and shells. Although I heard no sound other than the light lapping of waves, I started to get an odd sense – as if we were being followed.

I stopped suddenly, turned around and saw one lone crow following in my footsteps as I picked up and discarded unwanted stones. My sudden stop and about-face caused this crow to stop suddenly as well, and he seemed to look around as if to ask, “What’s wrong – is someone following us?” It was a comical moment and I began to wonder if there was more to crows than I’d previously noticed.

Shortly after that day, we noticed a particular crow near our own home. He had a broken beak but it never seemed to prevent him from hunting for food and having success. We named him “Brokebeak” and began throwing a few peanuts out for him and a couple of his pals.

About this time, we also embarked on an intensive walking program to both lose weight and get in better shape. Our walks would usually take us from our East Beach location heading west along the White Rock Beach promenade, all the way uphill on Oxford Street, then east on 16 Avenue into town where we would stop sometimes for a cold drink before continuing the trek back home.

What we noticed when we reached the alley leading to our home – and with still about one kilometre to go – was the sudden appearance of our new friends. I commented that they seemed to recognize us. Ric threw them some peanuts that he had in his pocket and they dove for them.

Yes, they had recognized us as we’ve since learned. They can recognize faces and they know people who are kind to crows and those who aren’t. While they can be both thieves and pranksters (more on that to follow), they also demonstrate a lot of intelligence.

They tend to follow us some distance when we go for walks – even as far as the White Rock pier or farther. Often Ric has gone out among the tidal pools at low tide with his tripod and camera, and our feathered friends will show up, patiently waiting for treats to follow after he takes his pictures.

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Our crow pals also seem to watch the house, and when they spot our car pulling out, they swoop in and fly along beside the car to get our attention. They’ll often fly along side until they get their peanut rations. And they also watch for us to return home. But we have one rule: if they’re noisy, they get no reward. Only quiet birds get treats.

Ric Wallace is a very LAZY person who subscribes to the philosophy "Do the work once and sell it a million times." He has produced more than 300 White Rock / South Surrey postcards and greeting cards as well as a Wildlife of Canada series. Ric's goal for 2018 and beyond is to explode the CrowART line of postcards, greeting cards, magnets, poster prints, Wall ART and more. cool-photographer Ric Wallace of White Rock Beach, BC CANADA considers himself to be an ARTographer, which he defines as someone with a strong background in photography, as well as an aptitude for graphic design and the ability to combine the two into one art form, digitally, on a computer.   Shopping at the White Rock Beach Gallery is COOL place to find CROW ART or CROWOLGY items at White Rock Beach, BC Canada. CROWtogapher ARTIST Ric Wallace, helps expand our Crow ART and running this site. With computers & camera equipment outdated quickly, we are in desperate need of updating computer & photography equipment.

CROW Postcards

CROW Greeting Cards

CROW Magnets

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  On the photography side, Ric has mastered lighting, composition, and the ability to see the world from a non-traditional viewpoint. He often incorporates shapes silhouetted in photographs for impact and visual interest. Often when taking a photograph, he thinks more like an artist or an art director than a photographer. Ric doesn't just see the image before him; he visualizes its future use in a variety of products and/or media. He knows how to attract attention in order to promote his ARTography. In 2011, he travelled by car three time zones as far west as he could in Canada until he reached Tofino, BC on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He started working his way back in the direction of Ontario and happened to visit White Rock, BC – a place he had never heard of before. With August temperatures of 21 to 23C, White Rock was very appealing compared to southwestern Ontario temperatures of 40 to 50C with humidity and hail storms. As a bonus, Ric even found they grew palm trees here! Spending just one winter in White Rock convinced Ric to stay and make the west coast his new home. Back in 1995, Ric's love of nature photography – and, in particular, wildlife – led him to create an entire line of photographs dedicated to white squirrels. He marketed those images locally, but it was time to try online promotion. And so, it was the white squirrels that created a need for him to learn website design. After 21 years, he is still actively promoting his white squirrel photographs. What he did for the white squirrels, he saw an opportunity for the "white rock" that gave this community its name.  

We don’t expect everyone to share our love of crows, but there’s no denying their intelligence and cleverness. While that might not encourage affection, it should at least afford them a bit of respect.

Both of these ready-to-hang framed prints are in stock and ready to purchase from

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