

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for a film screening of the new documentary The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes. A co-presentation with Optic Nerve Films.

All tickets $17.

Over the course of his 70 year career, E.J. Hughes created hundreds of paintings of British Columbia. From coastal villages to the Rocky Mountains, he captured the province in vivid, meticulous detail. Working quietly in his Vancouver Island studio, the paintings he produced evoke shared memories and a dreamlike sense of place, captivating elite collectors and everyday Canadians alike.

Known as a reclusive, sensitive soul, Hughes’ future as an artist was far from certain when he graduated from Vancouver’s fledgling art school during the Depression. In 1938, Hughes was struggling to make a living from fishing when he sketched the coastal
scene before him. Sixty-five years later, Fish Boats, Rivers Inlet — the oil painting inspired by that sketch — would fetch a fortune at auction, setting a new record for a living Canadian artist.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/duncan/the-painted-life-of-ej-hughes-|-cowichan-performing-arts-centre/200029611701418
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, performances, fine-arts, drawing-painting
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://purchase.cowichanpac.ca/EventAvailability?EventId=16201&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=duncan-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Duncan
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 2687 James St., Duncan, BC, Canada, British Columbia V9L 2X5
- **lat**: 48.78298
- **long**: -123.7032
- **full address**: 2687 James St., Duncan, BC, Canada, British Columbia V9L 2X5

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cowichan Performing Arts Centre (https://allevents.in/org/cowichan-performing-arts-centre/5323873)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2687 James St., Duncan, BC, Canada, British Columbia V9L 2X5
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cowichan Performing Arts Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, performances, fine-arts, drawing-painting
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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