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Marcia Aftimus
Marcia Aftimus Studio
Address:
412 Klahowya road - Thetis Island - V0R 2Y0- British Columbia - Canada
Peg Ainsley
Mediums:
Acrylic, mixed media
Address:
Ste 412, 2562 Beverly St
Greg Bradley and Katherine Bell
Address:
PO Box 641, Duncan BC, V9L 3X9
Jadranka Andros
Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐤᐏᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐤᐏᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau, Artist
Mediums:
Beadwork, Carving, Home Tanned Hides, and Digital Art Prints
Address:
6121 Marsh Rd., Duncan, BC V9L 4G7
Description:
One of a kind bespoke pieces hand crafted from home tanned hide and beaded, or hand carved from red or yellow cedar. Captures her memories via digital art and produced as limited edition giclees.
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Emily Baker
Will Banman
Thing-a-ma-jig Creations
Mediums:
Jewellery, Mixed Media, Sculpture
Description:
Recycled found objects
Sylvie Bart
Sylvie Bart Studio
Mediums:
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil
Address:
188 Fire Dance Lane, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 2L6
Description:
Sylvie is primarily an acrylic painter. She is also a mixed media artist. Her work features bold florals, figurative pieces, and collage. Sylvie is inspired by her natural surrounding and the people in her world. She loves patterns, colours, and line work. “Her vibrant palette, bold mark making and attention to detail are layered together to bring colour to your walls” (@nanaimoartgallery, 2023). Most of all her sense of humor and appreciation for whimsy shine through her work.
Suzanna Bates
Earth to Earth Ceramics
Mediums:
Ceramics
Description:
Clay - the stuff of earth, formed into something delightful, useful, playful by two hands. This is what I love and marvel in, - that simple basic materials harvested from beneath our feet hold more potential than our imagination. Earth to Earth Ceramics deeply realizes the profound connection between what is received and what is given. Clay and other materials are given and transformed by creative hands and a curious spirit and then given to others to enrich lives, commemorate moments, or simply bring joy. I love to make small batch hand-built or wheel thrown items, both functional and decorative. I like to carve texture in the clay and use my own home made glazes to reflect the calming and yet joyful colours of the earth.
Donna L. Bennett
One Naked Ewe
Mediums:
https://one-naked-ewe.square.site/
Address:
9880 Napier Place #112
Description:
Wearable art created through nuno felting.
Jeffrey Birkin
Denise Blade
Mediums:
Clay
Description:
An artist who is finally emerging into the public arena and expressing herself in the medium of clay.
Victoria Blouin
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting, Visual Art, Printmaker, Illustrations
Description:
My name is Victoria Blouin. I’ve been pursuing art my entire life. From my earliest childhood memories of drawing on the walls, art has always been very prominent and important. I frequently have work displayed in various exhibitions here on Vancouver Island. I have also won a variety of awards in local shows and art events
Penny Boden
TremblingForestArt
Address:
5797 Chesterfield Ave, Duncan BC, V9L 3M1
Brenda Boreham
Mediums:
Mixed Media
Maureen Briglio
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Carole Caron
Mediums:
Acrylic on canvas
Description:
The driving force behind my art is an enduring interest in nature and its relationships with people. I make art from unique vantage points. I like to look at the world and bring a new outlook to viewers. I am mostly inspired by ideas that often develop into themes. My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret the ideas that I have about myself and the world I live in. I do not limit myself to one medium, style, or concept.Inspiration and ideas change. Knowledge changes. My paintings in a recent series are at the intersection of landscape and abstraction. I am interested in creating space and distance that feels like the familiar world around us but is ambiguous, and somewhat abstracted."
Lindsay Chetek
Description:
Hi. I'm Lindsay, a Vancouver Island based creative. I have over 20 years experience working as a professional illustrator and graphic designer with a focus on textile and surface design. After spending the last two decades working as a creative-for-hire, I am focusing more on my personal endeavours such as painting and pottery. I am forever inspired by nature and colour & love abstracts, hand drawn type and street art.
Carra Christy
Mediums:
Acrylics, Oils, Watercolours, Mixed Media, Drawing, Sculpture
Description:
Graduate from Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo.
Bachelor of Arts, major in Visual Arts, 2024
Iris Churcher
Mediums:
Coloured pencil, acrylic and oil paint, pastels, clay, papier-mâché
Carol Clausen
Jean Cockburn
Arbutus Books
Mediums:
Textiles, painting, printmaking.
Address:
4021 Nixon Road, Denman Island, B.C., V0R1T0
Description:
I make art to create beauty. I am inspired by nature and by human interactions with the natural world. I live in British Columbia, Canada on the ocean on Denman Island where I regularly walk the trails and beaches, and sketch en plein air.
In addition to painting, I am a textile artist and print maker, and have shown my work in a number of shows in various locations, including West Vancouver, Courtenay, Duncan, Victoria, Denman Island, and Austin, Texas.
I have a dedicated painting and print making studio space at Artwrx in Courtenay, British Columbia where I am supported and inspired by interaction with my fellow artists. My small home studio on Denman Island is full of textile art projects on the go, embroidery threads, dyes, fabrics, and tools.
I am a member of the Denman Craft Shop collective where I sell textile work, watercolours, cards, and fine art prints. I teach embroidery workshops through the Creative Threads Conspiracy on Denman Island, and the Vancouver Island branch of the Surface Design Association.
I retired from a professional career as an academic librarian in 2008. I studied Fine Arts at North Island College part-time from 2015 to 2020.
Leland Cole
Maureen Coles
Clay Hub Collective
Mediums:
Ceramics, Pottery, Sculpture
Julie Collins
Lesley Comassar
Uncommon Threads
Mediums:
Fibre/Mixed Media
Address:
6145 Genoa Bay Rd., Unit #108, Duncan BC, V9L 5T7
Description:
Imagination expressed in fabric and thread. Art for your walls, your table, your spirit.
Kathy Coster
Bonnie Cruickshank
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Rosemary Danaher
Mediums:
Ceramics, Jewellery, Painting
Address:
Box 386, Lake Cowichan, V0R2G0
Michelle Datta
Jan De Bree
Lois DeEll
Mediums:
Photography
Taryn O'Gorman Designs
Kim Dibb
Mediums:
Painting
Shirley Dickie
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting, Visual Art
Address:
6 770 Trunk Road
Description:
Acrylics or Oils on stretched canvas.
Debra Dickson
D. Dickson Artwork
Address:
1 - 6215 Glenn Fields Road. Duncan, BC. V9L 0G7
Donna Draper
Kindness Tree Art
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Visual Art, Painting
Address:
3376 Boyles Rd., Cobble Hill, BC
Description:
* I am a mental health nurse, whimsical artist and certified expressive arts and intuitive painting facilitator. I offer workshops, events and wild spirit gatherings at Kindness Tree Art Studio in Cobble Hill. One to one and group sessions. Honour your soul's rhythm and allow freedom to explore and unlock your creativity.
* a wonderful catalyst to jump start your art practise
* expect the unexpected
* get free * feel alive
* We respect and welcome everyone's gender identity and provide inclusive events for all
Pauline Dueck
Mediums:
Acrylic Painting, Visual Art
Description:
I'm unapologetically a painter of "happy art". My subjects frequently reflect my country roots and long career as a veterinary technologist, featuring animals, bold florals, and some landscapes, often with a whimsical twist.
Virginia Dunaway
Zoila Duque
Diana Durrand
Mediums:
mixed media
Address:
#1-2886 Oak St., Chemainus, B.C. V0R 1K1
Description:
Acrylic, fabric, canvas, water colour, soft pastel, clay, felt, photography
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Patricia Eakins
Christine Earl
Mediums:
Fibre, Visual Art
Karen Evans
Mediums:
Photography
Address:
4544 Sheridan Ridge Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6S7
Description:
Nature photographic artist.
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William Freeman
Kris Friesen
Kris Friesen
Mediums:
acrylic paintings and murals
Address:
490 Sturdee St Esquimalt, BC V9A 6R1
Description:
Kris Friesen, a Victoria, BC artist, paints acrylic artworks that evoke the untamed dreams of nature. His art portrays the essence of nature, capturing unique narratives in intimate encounters with the natural world. Kris melds abstract action spontaneity with realistic wildlife and landscapes, inviting connection and contemplation outside of ourselves.
Cindy Friesen-Ford Ashurst
Artsy Lady Art & Glass
Mediums:
acrylic, oils, jewelry, stained glass
Address:
Ladysmith, BC V9G 1W5
Brigette Furlonger
Poetic Imagery by Brigette
Mediums:
Photography, Writing and Poetry
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Patricia Galliford-Jenkins
Patricia Galliford
Mediums:
Oil Paints
Geri Gomola
Mnt. Tzouhalen Studio
Mediums:
Acrylic oil and watercolor as well as encaustic. clay sculpture, Metalsmithing as well as Jewelry!
Address:
1425 Belcarra Rd, Duncan BC, V9L5P2
Description:
My work is a culmination of years of study and to be contradictory, maybe just inspiration of a flower or a soft breeze. Flowers and people and places have been and are my subject matter. Portraits are my most recent endeavors. My Art Gallery site is still up on Facebook . Emerald Eastcliff Art Gallery. It no longer exists!
Carolyn Good
Liya Guzairova
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Charlotte Haggart
Mediums:
Painting, Printmaking, Visual Art
Address:
2132 Millicent Ave, Shawnigan Lake, BC V8H 2C6
Rebecca Hazell
Mediums:
Painting, Visual Art, Writing and Poetry
Description:
Both an artist and an author, I have illustrated many of the children's books I've written. On occasion I also do writing and editing for nonprofit organizations.
Cheryl Hebb
Megan Heenan
Michael Heinrich
Linda Helms
Mediums:
Ceramics, Pottery
Address:
Linda.helms@hotmail.ca
Description:
I use a variety of ceramic forms classical and modern to explore raku, saggar and smoke firing techniques. Please call 746 1907 for viewing of work.
Lindsey Henderson
Mediums:
Collage (digital and analog), mixed media, soapstone
Description:
I am a self-taught artist who creates digital and analog collages to make fun, whimsical, emotional and mindful images that reflect my love for nature, colour, texture and the complexities of life.
Harriet Hiemstra
Mediums:
Mixed Media
Lenore Hietkamp
Mediums:
Painting
Address:
portraitsbylenore@gmail.com
Description:
I paint in acrylics, and I specialize in portraiture. I also paint animals--pets and birds in particular. My goal in capturing likenesses is to convey life, not through the precision of rendering but through the energy of wielding a large brush with skill and blending paint on the canvas. I prefer to paint large, up to 30x40", but am exploring painting small too--down to 6x6 inches (so far!).
Find me online at https://portraitsbylenore.ca
Shelley Hordiyuk
Mediums:
Acrylic
Address:
3580 Cedar Hill Road Victoria, BC V8P 3Z1
Description:
Abstract Expressionist Landscape painter of colourful, real and imaginary scenes. Inspired by the colour of a stormy sky, the droop of a tulip or the goofy stare of a chicken.
Marcy Horswill
Marcy Horswill Design
Mediums:
printmaking, fibre art, painting, digital art (surface pattern, illustration)
Address:
383 Trinity Dr, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5X3
Description:
Marcy is a designer who has interests in several creative mediums, which you will see when you visit her website... http://marcyhorswill.ca.
Jonathan Hoskins
Hoskins Arts
Mediums:
Acrylic, water based monoprints, mixed media
Address:
1410 Moby Dick's Way Gabriola BC v0r1x5
Description:
Jonathan lives on Gabriola Island since retired in 2018 from the United States. He has over forty years professional experience creating presentation graphics of health and human services statistical, performance measurement, business intelligence data for national and international audiences. Jon has been doing print making and painting for over 20 years on an occasional basis then as a business since 2020.
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Claus Ingerslev Madsen
Mediums:
Photography
Address:
1079 Briarwood Dr. Mill Bay BC V8H1A5
Alison Irwin
Mediums:
Fibre art, mixed media
Address:
383 Arbutus Avenue
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Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson's Art
Mediums:
Acrylic
Address:
2078 Ingot Drive, Cobble Hill, BC, V0R 1L6
Description:
Mark Jackson is originally from the UK, but has lived on Vancouver Island since 1998. Ever since he can remember, he has had a passion for classic machinery, particularly cars and motorcycles. Mark can be frequently seen driving his 1970 Triumph TR6 British Roadster around the Cowichan Valley.
Mark specializes in capturing classic cars and motorcycles in a realist style. He works in acrylic on canvas, using bold and vivid colours and the play of light.
Through his artwork, Mark aims to evoke feelings of nostalgia and rekindle memories of simpler times. He believes classic cars were designed and built during an era when craftsmanship and attention to detail were highly valued. Mark replicates this ethos in his art and for his clients worldwide.
Roger Jackson
Mediums:
Painting, Visual Art
Address:
676 Bay Rd, Mill Bay BC, V0R 2P1
Description:
I paint in oil and acrylic, en plain air and studio, scenes of life, today and yesterday. I am a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Maple Bay Painters and the Cowichan Valley Arts Council, conducting workshops, demos and teaching with the CVRD recreation program, Elder College and various art groups. My work is in private collections in BC, Alberta, Ontario and UK.
Jim Jenkins
ravenfinds studio
Mediums:
Painting, Photography
Address:
P.O. Box 43, Honeymoon Bay, B.C. V0R 1Y0
Description:
West Coast visual artist Jim Jenkins.
"I strongly believe in co-existence with our fellow creatures and try to raise this awareness throughout my art and everyday life. Through my images and paintings I hope to share my great respect for the environment and the inspiration I receive from it." JJ
Charronne Johnston
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Etsuko Kaji-Holley
Mediums:
acrylic, mixed media
Address:
etsukok.art@gmail.com
Description:
Contemporary art; Abstract painter
Rose Kamma Morrison
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting, Photography
Address:
3892 Michigan Rd, Port Alberni, BC. V9Y5Z6
Heather Jane Kent
Mediums:
Drama, Mixed Media, Visual Art
Address:
2872 Caswell Street Chemainus B.C. V0R 1K3
Description:
Heather works in watercolours, acrylics and assemblages. Her career in theatre and puppetry influences her art, using visual narratives to tell a story. She is passionate about community engagement and art education.
HJ Kmit
Clearwater Studio https://www.clearwaterstudio.ca
Mediums:
Oil & Wax and Woodcraft
Address:
3915 Clearwater Road Cobble Hill BC V8H 0A1
Description:
Contemporary Art and Woodcraft
Paul Konig
Mediums:
Painting
Jannetje Kurbatoff
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Rohana Laing
Mediums:
acrylic
Address:
#103-9916 Daniel St.
Description:
Rohana is inspired by her environment and by places and people she has seen both locally and on her international travels. Her images are representational but stylized. Design and colour are important elements in her work and each painting has a story.
Joan Langtry
Mediums:
Visual Art
Rick Lawrence
Mediums:
Photography
Description:
Currently working in different genres including Urban Abstract and Black and White Documentary.
Dalia Levy
Mediums:
Fibre Art/Slow Textile Art from local sheep, natural plant-based dye
Address:
email only - or website www.wildcraftedwool.com
Rhonda Little
Mediums:
Acrylic/oil paint
Address:
PO Box 20113 RPO Duncan Village
Description:
I’ve just been painting for 3 years so am eager for learning
Shelley Lockwood
Claudia Lohmann
Mediums:
Acrylic on Wood
Description:
Hard Edge Geometric Abstract
Sue Lyle
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Janet Magdanz
Mediums:
Ceramics, Pottery
Dennis Malkin
Mediums:
Sculpture, Woodwork
Address:
7900 Athabasca Place, PO Box 19 V0R1R0
Susan Purney Mark
Mediums:
Textile, paper, stitch
Address:
as above
Description:
Working as a Textile and Paper Artist for over 30 years, Susan is also an accomplished instructor in surface design techniques and book making with a focus on using text and narrative in her work.
Her series have included work created during an Iceland residency and also a focus on the Industrial Shoreline where commerce meets the waters edge and the challenges of business and a viable watershed compete.
Lee-Anne Marshall
cecilia mavrow
Mediums:
acrylics, watercolor, pen & ink
Barbara McCaffrey
Address:
#3 - 909 Carolwood Drive, Victoria BC V8X 3T9
Laine McLellan
Beverlee McLeod
Mediums:
Instructor, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking
Sandra McPherson
Diane Mellott
Description:
Watercolour painter, miniatures, mandalas, botanicals.
Ann Mendenhall
Address:
as above
Wilma Millette
creartfuldodger
Mediums:
Mixed Media
Address:
1010 Redcap St Duncan BC V9L 5X8
Description:
I create one of a kind collage and assemblage work from original old maps, papers and found objects. I combine them in unexpected ways to give them a new life. I often create map portraits, ocean wave pieces and objects from a cabinet of curiosities. I offer small group collage workshops from my home studio in Maple Bay. As part of the Cowichan Artisans group , I open my studio to the public each April and October. I am open year round by appointment.
Carmen Mongeau
Georgina Montgomery
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting, Photography
Description:
I'm an abstract/contemporary artist working in mixed media, photography and paint. Chief among my creative influences: abstract expressionism, colour field painting and surrealism.
The marvel that we exist, and time—the currency we spend for existing—are key themes that influence my art making. My aim is largely on interpreting and expressing visually what scientists, philosophers and poets have to say on both subjects.
My focus in the last couple of years has been a photo-based project that harnesses crazed light. Using an unconventional “lens train”—and, by usual photography standards, imperfect technique—I can seemingly expand the content in any slice of time. The resulting art works, produced as archival pigment prints on fine art paper, capture the rich sensuality and complexity of paintings.
W. Don Mooney
Francoise moulin
Lindsay Myers
Kitchen Illustrations
Mediums:
Acrylic, oil, watercolour, ink, and now digital art.
Description:
Lindsay is a window painter and muralist for hire. She loves to paint people and pet portraits in a variety of mediums. Her style can be described as whimsical and bright. Fun fact: Lindsay likes to hoard art supplies and books.
Paula Myers
Mediums:
Acrylic, oil, mixed media
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Margit Nellemann
Margit Nellemann Ceramics
Mediums:
Ceramics
Address:
1026 Islay Street, Duncan, BC V9L 2E1
Description:
My pieces are hand-built using a combination of coiling and slabbing. Additional freehand incising accentuates and frames the form of each piece. Fascinated by the beauty of patterns and intrigued by details, I find great excitement in recreating the rhythmic and stunning lines of nature’s patterns in my work.
Michael Niendorf
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting
Coleen Nimetz
Mediums:
Fibre, Instructor
Astrid Notte
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Painting, Acrylic, watercolour, pastel
Address:
anotte@shaw.ca
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Nadia Pajak
Morganna Parr
Barbara Pedersen
Mediums:
Oil
Description:
Barbara Pedersen is a representational oil painter born on the west coast of BC. Her artistry revolves around a skillful play with colour and light, employing a limited palette to create captivating compositions.
With a passion for plein air painting, Pedersen seamlessly translates the natural beauty of her surroundings onto canvas showcasing a unique blend of technique and inspiration derived from the scenic landscapes of British Columbia and the Yukon.
Barbara's predominantly self-taught approach, combined with the formal education from Douglas College and Watts Atelier underscores the depth and diversity of her artistic evolution.
Linda Pedersen
Kim Pegg
Deborah Pelling
Mediums:
moving image, acrylic paint
Address:
PO Box 722, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A5
Description:
I am an artist influenced by the social sciences, with a history of engagement across our social structure. My interest lies in identity and influence and how our relationship with place/space influences the shaping of how we relate to ourselves, each other and the world around us.
Travelling the globe and also dealing with people who are facing issues of displacement and disorder has presented a wide area to grasp and learn from. The experiencing of other cultures, communities and the various types of environments we spend time in has directly influenced my art making over the years.
I began painting while studying at UBC’s Art Education Dept, where I was pleasing my parents by aiming to be an art teacher. I quickly realized how much I disliked school when I had to student teach in my third year and had teachers who shouted at their students. So I then got work as a Wardair flight attendant and flew around the world for awhile, and the views from the 747 of the landscapes below really stuck with me, on top of all the interesting people I met and places I visited. Later, I moved to Toronto and explored more painting of mostly front page news, while developing skills in photography, film and video, where I told short stories of individuals, and graduated with honours in the Experimental Arts Dept at Ontario College of Art and Design. More recently, I completed an MA in the School of Communication, at the Royal College of Art in London, where my focus was on the Visual Communication Dept’s moving image programme and so I make videos, too.
Direct influences have ranged from living abroad for many years and working with issues of displacement and community, studying how the mind works, the development of identity and relationships, and learning through teaching in disordered environments. And at the back of the mind was and is always the experience of growing up in Canada with all this space around us.
And I am always researching ongoing projects around our relationship with ourselves, the spaces/environments we spend time in, how that shapes our identity and how we function in groups and communities.
The endless natural and still rather pure landscapes we are presented with in Canada is an artist’s playfield, and the painting of it takes the mind off today’s increasingly complicated world.
Rachel Penney
Mediums:
Photography
Pat Phillips
Mediums:
Painting, Visual Art
Larissa Piva
Craft Cove Studio
Mediums:
Wood, mixed media
Address:
PO Box 20029 RPO Duncan Village, Duncan, BC, V9L 5H11
Description:
Larissa is a queer artisan, writer, and exploration enthusiast privileged to live, listen, and learn on the traditional unceded territories of the Quw’utsun peoples. As a visual artist, she mainly focuses on creating functional items from salvaged wood designed for sharing, especially those found in the kitchen, and she enjoys creating art that replicates the colours and movement of nature. Her visual work has been juried by the Craft Council of BC, The East Side Arts Society, Rainforest Arts, and others. Larissa continues to grow her practice through offering community workshops, continued education, and participation in local artist collectives. When she isn’t developing her crafts, you can find her having a snack with her wife, singing out-of-tune to her tomato plants, or snapping amateur photos for later inspiration.
Julie Proulx
Jolanta Pyra
Mediums:
oil on canvas, crayon on paper, mixed media on Bristol board
Address:
205-2515 Alexander St. Duncan, BC V9L 2W8
Description:
Nature, landscapes and sacred art, children book illustrations and photography.
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Calleigh Quinn
QuinnC Art
Mediums:
Acrylic, watercolour, mixed media
Address:
3145 Cowichan Lake Road Duncan BC V9L 4B8
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Andrea Reed
Andrea Reed Art
Mediums:
Oil, Acrylic
Address:
11-3095 Cliffs Road
Description:
Andrea Reed's art style is characterized by vibrant and striking colors, with a preference for oil or acrylic paints. She is versatile in her subject matter, painting portraits, landscapes, and commissions, drawing inspiration from anything that captivates her. She has a particular fondness for animals and nature, often incorporating them into her work. Andrea employs painterly brushstrokes to create depth and texture in her pieces, resulting in rich and captivating compositions.
John Robertson
Mediums:
Mixed Media, Music
Phil Robinson
Mediums:
Painting, Photography, Writing
Arnim Rodeck
Mediums:
Woodwork
Address:
775 Arbutus Ave, Duncan, BC V9L 5X5
Description:
Arnim Rodeck knows that all wood has its biography ingrained. Through faithful attention and countless hours of patient craftsmanship, Mr. Rodeck reveals the character that makes wood the vibrant, dynamic medium it is. He believes that the skilled human hand complementing nature’s intrinsic beauty is an indispensable counterbalance to our efficient, modernistic society.
Michael E. Rosen
Mediums:
Photography
Description:
Nature and wild life photography.
Dennis & Shirley Rostron
Cam Russell
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Bonnie Schmaus
Mediums:
Painting
Henk Scholten
Goetz Schuerholz
Mediums:
painting acrylic, sculpting stone, steel, bronze
Address:
1069 Khenipsen Road, Duncan BC, V9L 5L3
Veronica Scott
Mediums:
Glass
Rupert Scow
Jane Sheers
Catherine Sheffield
Jules Sherred
Polaris Creative
Mediums:
Photography
Address:
#103-255 Ingram St Duncan BC V9L 1P3
Description:
With a keen eye and attention to detail along with the philosophy that food should evoke the trifecta of memory, emotion, and hunger in people, Jules Sherred is an unparalleled emerging talent in the field of food and lifestyle photography.
Based in Duncan, BC, Sherred works as a photographer, writer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights. He is an official contributor to Getty Images, a staff writer for Fstoppers news site, an instructor for professional photographers looking to expand their skills, and is an accredited food photographer with the Professional Photographers of Canada.
Sherred’s history behind the camera goes back decades, from growing up in a household that encouraged photography to being an active member in various photography clubs. His experience during that time instilled the art and science needed to be a quality photographer, but it wasn’t until 2019 when he started his web site, Disabled Kitchen and Garden, that he began to develop his food photography skill.
Disabled Kitchen and Garden was born out of the need to include disabled people in the conversation around food. Through the site, Sherred’s focus was to write about his own experience as a disabled person by sharing the benefits and joys of accessible products while providing a number of tips, tricks, and recipes to make cooking and gardening easier for a variety of disabilities.
Initially Sherred took photos chronicling the cooking process for his readers, but as popularity for the site grew and the opportunity to author a cookbook presented itself, much of the past year went into developing his photography skills to a professional level. The results from that intense period of study are a veritable feast for the eyes. Photos brimming with vibrant colours and staged in a way to both showcase the skill in which the food was prepared and entice the viewer to experience the flavours the dish has to offer.
Possessing a talent and creative eye only matched by his unwavering advocacy for the needs of marginalized communities, Jules Sherred is doing so much more than simply taking photos. He’s sharing the world through his eyes and letting his subjects, inanimate or not, tell their story.
Kaye Smillie
Mediums:
Multimedia, Painting, Visual Art
Marna Lynn Smith
MISSA
Mediums:
Workshops in all artistic mediums: painting, ceramics, printmaking, textiles, creative writing, music, sculpture, silversmithing, weaving and more!
Address:
MISSA, PO Box 5065, Victoria, BC, V8R 6N3
Description:
MISSA is a destination art retreat for adults that takes place every summer for two weeks on the beautiful Shawnigan Lake School campus in Shawnigan Lake, BC. The MISSA 2023 Summer Program will take place July 14 - 28. Workshops are available in two-day or five-day formats and tuition includes daily lunches. Students are highly recommended to stay on campus to soak up with full art emersion experience. Be on the look out for the full 2023 Summer Program being launched in early January. Friends of MISSA are able to register for a week before registration opens to all. Join our membership and Become a Friend today!
Samuel Smith
Sheree Stewart
Mediums:
Painting
Address:
3449 Hallberg Rd
Description:
Watercolor and abstract-realism acrylics
Jodi Strom
Description:
Art Therapy services for individuals or groups. Specializing in addiction recovery and support for families impacted by addiction. All ages.
Larry Stuart
Mediums:
Painting, graphite drawing , metal point drawing
Address:
856 TERRIEN WAY
Description:
I work mainly in oils and my subject matter is strongly influenced by the oceans that surround our island . I have started working in goldpoint and silverpoint but it is a very time consuming process and one that is many hundreds of years old
I completed a degree in art at the University of Calgary in 1983 where I majored in drawing and painting. I have been juried into shows in both Sidney Fine Art Show ( 2017,2018, 2019 ) and Sooke Fine Art Show ( 2018, 2021) .My works are in private and corporate collections such as Pan Canadian Oil ( Encana) , Esso ( Imperial Oil) and since 2018 have been an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.
My process of creation is one based on intuition . Many viewers comment on the varied styles I work in ( the particular day and my mood dictate the style of my work at that time.) I cannot be pigeon holed into a particular style or form.
“ Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.“ Claude Monet
I search for images / ideas, looking for the contrasts , the play of light and shadows on objects or the play of one colour against another . I only want to show the way in which I see the world around me as any artist will do . DON’T pass by what many deem as “ ordinary “ - STOP , WITNESS AND APPRECIATE the intricacies of the movement of light and colour in the simplest of things ……..like a group of pebbles on the beach .
Heidi Summer
Heidi Summer Fine Art
Mediums:
oil, oil pastel
Address:
PO Box 851
Description:
abstract oil paintings depicting the expansiveness and love of Nature and the Cosmos
Erica Sutfin
Mediums:
Painting, Visual Art
Address:
6905 Mays Road
Description:
I paint in acrylics utilizing both brush and painting knife techniques. I enjoy a variety of subjects: landscapes; seascapes and especially animals. I like to explore the energy of the subject I am painting and try to impart that feeling to the viewer in the finished work. I am a member of Maple Bay Painters and CVAC.
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Jasmine Taylor
Address:
5801 , Alderlea St
Marianna Terauds
Leah Terpsma
Mediums:
Oil
Address:
480 Thetis Drive, Ladysmith,
kimmer Thomas
Artist name - kimmerT
Mediums:
OIL ON CANVAS
Address:
Box 222 Duncan V9L 3X3
Description:
I am a painter, who aspires to master the art of painting. Every image is intended to build upon existing skills, and push the boundaries of what I know. Each piece is worked to its fullest potential; each additional piece is taken to its fullest potential beyond the last one. Always moving beyond what I know. My works combine various degrees of abstraction, realism and symbolism. I place a high value on the figurative, careful consideration, and intuition.
I am a painter, who uses the medium of paint to express ideas that push the boundaries of social norms and challenge the status quo. Every image tells its own story, and every painting within in a group tells an aspect of the whole story. Colour, edge, light, shadow, subject, object. All aspects within the image represent an idea that I am communicating to the viewer, communicating to you. I am telling you a story in the language that I am mastering, the language of the painter.
Come on the journey with me, kimmerT, as I embrace life and my art embraces me.
Darlene Tully
Mediums:
Watercolour and Acrylic Painting, Pencil, Photography
Description:
Striving to capture simple moments of beauty and fragility, I work to juxtapose the tenuous and difficult predicaments in life with an engagement of the lovely wonders that are present in the every day. The natural world is my muse.
Lesley Turner
Lesley Turner Art
Mediums:
Fibre
Address:
Victoria
Description:
I make stitched textiles to tell stories about the need for a more intimate relationship with our natural environment.
Pipi Tustian
Pipi Original Art for Everyday Living
Mediums:
Fabric, paint and imagination
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Devin Watson
Watson Wood Art
Mediums:
Pyrography
Description:
Devin Watson was born and raised in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Growing up close to the forest fostered a deep love for trees and everything that lives amongst them, as well as a sense of wonder at the mysteries that hide in the depths of the woods. This is reflected in his art, which is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific North West.
Barbara West
BLest
Mediums:
watercolour and acrylic paints. Beadwork jewellery
Description:
A self taught artist inspired by a life long passion of the colours and textures of Vancouver Island.
Judith Whitemarsh
Susan Whyte
Sandra Windsor
Original Art and designs by Sandra Windsor
Mediums:
Acrylics, Oils, pastels, graphite and charcoals
Address:
497 Montclair Drive, Nanaimo BC V9R 7C2
Description:
Landscapes, Life drawings, Art cards, illustrations
Cheryl Wirsz
Mediums:
Acrylic, water soluble oil
Description:
A rustic and eclectic collection of colourful landscapes, flowers, pets, animals, birds, beaches, and children's requests [princess, book characters, sports, cartoon characters, animals, birds, butterflies, fairies, etc].
Jane Wolters
Jane Wolters Pottery
Mediums:
Ceramics, Painting, Pottery
Address:
9002 Chemainus Rd. Chemainus, BC V0R 1K5
Description:
Pottery: mostly functional but some sculpture. Paintings: oil, generally portraits.
Angela Woodgate
Description:
Visual artist with a background in animation. I enjoy photography, painting and pottery.
Klrissa Wright
Mediums:
digital, oil, watercolor, acrylic, pencil crayon, resin.
Address:
3327 Hawkes Place, basement
Description:
Senior 3D Animator. Productions include Lego Friends, Goldie and Bear, Tarzan, Supermonsters, and Elena of Avalor. Attended Think Tank Training Center and received my Diploma specializing in animation.
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JoAnne Yearley
Tzouhalem Spinners and weavers Guild
Address:
PO Box 21104 Duncan V9L 0C2
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Judy Zelmer