...... "A fantastic colourist - her canvases glow with a mix of primary and pastel tones - Hoffecker already has an impressive career underway and shows in galleries as far as Edmonton and Toronto. Inspired by such modernists as Franz Kline and Robert Rauschenberg, Hoffecker manages the tricky feat of being both intellectual and playful via paintings that combine vivid colour fields with decorative patches and textures. For her latest showing at The Gallery at Mattick's Farm, Hoffecker will have about a dozen works in acrylic and resin whose sensuousness may make you yearn for a bowl of fruit salad".

BOULEVARD MAGAZINE, May 2012, page 42

 "The vivid abstract paintings of Ira Hoffecker would look fantastic in an upscale show home. She has a sure hand with composition and a dazzling colour sense." Robert Amos, Times Colonist Victoria, October 15th, 2011 

The jury of the Federation of Canadian Artists has reviewed Ira's work and invited her to become an Active Member of the Federation.