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.

Telling White Rock’s Storm of the Century in Pictures and Postcards

Ric Wallace, Artographer & White Rock Beach resident
Tel: (604) 259-0105
VIRTUAL EDGE COMMUNICATIONS
PO Box 75214, RPO White Rock, Surrey BC V4A 0B1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telling White Rock’s Storm of the Century in Pictures and Postcards

The historic and disastrous storm of the century on December 20, 2018 in White Rock, BC caused millions in damages but LUCKILY spared the lives of White Rock residents and visitors. As an east beach resident and participant in the Artist Walk program on the waterfront, Ric Wallace was seconds away from the action working on his computer. As the storm intensified, he could hear a loud BANG, BANG, BANG of the glass balcony canopy on a neighboring house, and with a camera always at the ready, he ventured out across Marine Drive to get a first-hand look.

While snapping pictures, Wallace tried unsuccessfully to protect his camera and lens from the salt spray and did something no professional photographer would do under normal circumstances: more than once he went into the washroom to dry his lens and camera with toilet paper and under the hand dryer. Venturing back out into the storm, he asked a stranger if she would mind if he used her back as a salt-spray shield, and he continued recording this historic happening as both stills and video. Suddenly another bystander shouted that the boats had come loose and were smashing into the pier.

 

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Wallace rushed west up Marine Drive – the promenade was too risky because of the high waves and debris littering the walkway. He captured on camera the sailboats smashing into White Rock’s landmark pier, acting as crowbars with the force of the waves and wind thrusting the vessels under and up through the pier, lifting the decking that gave the pier its strength. He also watched and recorded the successful rescue of the stranded visitor, who was cut off from the shore by the now missing midsection of the pier.

Knowing that many people would want a keepsake of this moment in history when White Rock’s over 100-year-old pier was destroyed by the Storm of the Century with a wind force likened to a Category 1 hurricane, Wallace has produced a selection of prints suitable for framing, and now has available postcard sets, time-stamped on the back indicating when the photograph was taken, showing the progression of the damage to the pier as well as the dramatic Coast Guard rescue. The waterfront restaurants Moby Dick’s Fish & Chips and Charlie Don’t Surf  both have purchased photo enlargements to display on their walls to share this historic event with their customers for years to come.

Storm of the Century Postcard Sets
$40 Set $50 Set $100 Set $125 Set
Contact Sheets Included With All Sets

The collector postcards will be offered for sale as a set to share the story of the destruction of the midsection of the White Rock Beach pier. There is a 14-postcard pack of the Storm of the Century for $30 and another pack containing the 14 storm postcards plus an additional 10 postcards of the pier and beach in its glory for $40 (before Stormageddon 2018) . There are other collector packs listed online at WhiteRockBeach.ca, which are expected to become highly prized collector items as well.
The postcard sets will come with a Certificate of Authenticity which might make these cherished items for generations to come or investments to be sold online or at auctions in years to come. These postcard sets are for sale online at WhiteRockBeach.ca and WhiteRockPier.ca. They will also be available at the White Rock Beach Gallery (WhiteRockBeachGallery.com) on the west beach waterfront, weather permitting, or people can contact Ric Wallace directly (RICco.ca).

Ric Wallace has been made famous many times for recognizing when an opportunity comes knocking. The BANG BANG BANG he heard while he was working at his computer was the UNIVERSE KNOCKING LOUDLY and telling him to get out and take some photos of this historic event. The universe also rewarded him for his efforts by telling him to register the domain WhiteRockPier.ca which had just become available Christmas morning December 25, 2018.

If climate change experts are correct in their predictions of rising sea levels and stronger storms in the future, a pier that is higher and stronger along with a higher and longer breakwater should be considered to insure that the now estimated $16.2 Million for repairs or replacement of the pier is not wasted money and effort. The White Rock Beach pier is like a part of the family and many memories are tied to it – everything from first dates, weddings, anniversaries, birthday, learning to swim, fishing or snapping award- winning sunrises or sunsets captured from the pier.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ric Wallace, Artographer – Tel: (604) 259-0105
Visit WhiteRockBeach.ca or WhiteRockPier.ca

Friday the 13th ~ The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia

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Friday the 13th – the unlucky day
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words ‘Paraskeví’ (Friday), and ‘dekatreís’ (thirteen). This is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number thirteen, and is also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Some other links:

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There is a very good chance you will live to see many more Friday the 13ths.

Friday, April 13th, 2018

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  2. Friday, July 13th, 2018
  3. Friday, September 13th, 2019
  4. Friday, December 13th, 2019
  5. Friday, March 13th, 2020
  6. Friday, November 13th, 2020
  7. Friday, August 13th, 2021
  8. Friday, May 13th, 2022
  9. Friday, January 13th, 2023
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  32. Friday, February 13th, 2037
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White Rock BC Photo Restoration  Ric Wallace can bring FADED or partially lost PHOTOS back to LIFE
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.

Friday the 13th – Bad Luck or Good Luck? It could depend on where you live. Generally in the USA or Canada people people freak out and think bad things will happen. Some people will even go as far as calling in sick and not even leaving their house. Mexican people consider Friday the 13th to be VERY LUCKY as these days are rare. People’s beliefs are what really creates the good or bad outcomes. I have listed below some news stories worth reading.

TRY OUR LUCKY CROW

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.

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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.  
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