Vancouver Island Artist Directory

This Arts Directory provides information about artists living and working on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Art Services

• Art Ink Print - Art Ink Print offers quality fine art printer services directly to artists and galleries. Providing giclee, digital printing, design, scanning and resources exclusively for the fine arts.


• Excellent Frameworks & Benchmark Gallery - Fantastic selection to meet all your custom framing needs plus a wonderful selection of unique art and curios all featuring local artists and artisans. Located at 28 Station Street, Duncan, BC.


• Vancouver Island Art Workshops - Bringing international talent to your door. Visit our website to see the great line-up of workshops we have scheduled. Updated regularly. Don't miss out - join our email list.


• Grant Kernan - I have over 30 years experience photographing every type of art and craft conceivable , from miniature jewellery and stained glass to mammoth murals. Working with shiny, textured or metallic art is all part of a days work. New clients are offered world class work at introductory pricing. Let me help you show off your work to its advantage. If you are having trouble lighting your artwork evenly, sharply, full of texture and accurate colour without glare but square then I can help. AKPhotos, 1716 Pritchard Road, 1 250 732 2296

Calligraphy

• Warmland Calligraphers - Warmland Calligraphers of the Cowichan Valley is a non-profit group formed to facilitate the exchange of information between calligraphers and to promote interest in and appreciation of calligraphy as an art form within the community.

Carvers

• Deerheart Studios - It's quite evident that Indigenous Cultures have inspired Rene Deerheart's designs. Her work begins with the thrill of the materials found. A juxtaposition of colours and textures reveal dreams and philosophical questions. Workshops and an artist retreat are available.
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• Herb Rice - His art is rendered on wood in forms of Wall Panels, Doors, Totems, Talking Sticks and Figurines, all of which reflect legends, teachings or personal stories of growth. His totems and his animal depictions are carved in local red and yellow cedar, alder or pine and depict traditional Salish and Kwakuitl designs.


• Heart Song Flutes - Native American Flutes handcrafted by Lakota Flute Maker Rommy Verlaan.
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Commercial Art

• Jasana Crowie - Jasana Crowie is an experienced, versatile commercial artist specializing in traditional methods of illustration. She has over 20 years of experience as both an in-house artist with Ken Koo Creative Group and a freelancer. Media vary from acrylics, pastels and water colours to ink.


• Pomfennworks Studio - A multidisciplinary forum for arts and creativity located in the Comox Valley, British Columbia. Pomfennworks Studio provides administration and due diligence for art project creation and development plus mentorship for artistic expression. Not limited to fine art we include private and public commissions in and outside the box.
  
  Mural Design | Graphic Design | Publishing | Illustration | Commission

Dance

• Bopoma Community Music - A community-based centre for teaching and performing the music of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.
  


• Moondance Arts and the Art House - Want to fuel your creative passion? Join us at MoonDance. A vibrant cultural and creative hub, known for celebrating diversity and cultural understanding through dance, music and the arts, MoonDance offers a wide range of classes and workshops for people of all ages to enjoy. Local, guest and international teachers share their talents and energy. We offer a range of inspiring dance classes for everybody: yoga classes, adult ballet, bhangra/bollywood, asana dance, modern, contact improvisation, hip hop, pilates, Bellyfit, stretch and strength, Zumba and more. MoonDance also offers ongoing workshops and events. Come join us! There are a few short-cuts to happiness.....DANCE is one of them!
  
  MoonDance Arts offers a range of West African Drumming (Djembe) classes.
  
  The beautiful Art House is located in the heart of Shawnigan Lake Village. This top level studio space is enhanced with abundant natural light, high ceilings, bamboo floors, clay walls and a West facing deck over looking Shawnigan Lake. Home to MoonDance Dynamic Art School as well as a range of community workshops and events. 1756 Wilmot, Shawnigan Lake. The place to move ~ the place to be moved.


• Lilia's Polynesian Dance Company - Contact Lilia's Polynesian Dance Company for the finest Polynesian entertainment for private or corporate functions! Spectacular shows! Samoan Fire Dance! Highly trained, beautiful, professional dancers! Dance classes for everyone! The most authentic show productions outside of Polynesia.
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Entertainment & Reference

• Cosmic Debris Musicians Magazine - An Island based entertainment magazine and music industry reference guide. The publisher and most of the writers are active musicians.


• Cowichan Valley Arts Café - The Cowichan Valley Arts Café is home to an online community of artists in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Individuals and art groups are invited to directly post pictures and text about their art, group missions and comments about arts related topics of interest on this arts community web log.
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• Masterpiece Puzzles - Works by Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo Da Vinci test your puzzle assembling skills.
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• Tickleberry Telegrams - "Tickleberry" offers a unique and specialized singing telegram that is guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of that special person in your life, make them feel special and give them something to talk about forever after. She will go wherever you send her to entertain the guest of honour. Not on Vancouver Island? She will compose and send a phone-a-gram!


• Topaz Street Graffiti Review - An interview with a graffiti artist showing images collected from around the world.
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Fibres, Fabrics & Textiles

• Ulrieke Benner - ART YOU WEAR for Body Mind & Spirit. Rich, luscious wearable art in handmade felted and dyed silk fabrics. Come and visit this unique workstudio and experience exquisitely designed shawls, scarves, vests, coats, straw or felt hats and jewelry. Fashion accessories in a whole spectrum of colors and styles that are featured in exclusive galleries internationally. Studio open year round.
  


• Terri Bibby - Terri Bibby is a Saori freestyle weaver and designer, creating one-of-a-kind asymmetric clothing, scarves, wraps, bags, hats and wall hangings in the Saori style. In her studio in the woods on Salt Spring Island, Terri offers classes, workshops and retreats and is inspired by the ever changing colours and textures of nature that surround her. Terri's background is in traditional weaving, having studied at Grant McEwan and Olds college. In 2005 she discovered the Saori freestyle approach to weaving and has explored Saori in Canada, the USA and Japan. Workshops are also offered in Victoria, Duncan and other Vancouver Island locations on request.
  


• Linda Ferguson - Linda Ferguson is a graduate of Sheridan College in Ontario in 'Fashion Design' with a major in 'Knit Design'. She currently designs custom 'Pieces of Art' in the form of a Coat, Jacket or Suit for the discriminating women of today. Fashionista Items like 'Faux Fur Vests', 'Shawls with Faux Fur trim', 'Stole Shawls edged with Mohair & Chenille' and 'Merino Wool Long Scarves' are also available at her studio in Sooke, BC. 'Wear CONFIDENCE ... Look CONFIDENT'


• Sandra Greenaway - Unique hand-made jackets, kimono, loungewear and handbags.
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• Pip 'n' Milly Creations - Handmade. Well-made. Uniquely you.
  Pip 'n' Milly Creations prides itself on creating unique, functional and aesthetically appealing products. The range currently includes handbags, hats, housewares and items for children, as well as special projects.


• Vancouver Island Surface Design Association - We are a group of Fibre Artists living in the Gulf Islands and on Vancouver Island working together in all areas of Surface Design with fibre.


• Colleen Wike at Sage House Studio - Drawing on her Mennonite heritage, Colleen Wike creates unique, lively and durable hooked mats and hangings at her seaside cottage in Chemainus. She utilizes new and recycled wool fabric "as-is", or dying it to suit her design purposes. To view and purchase, visit Imagine That! in Duncan.

Gifts

• A2Sea Creations - Handcrafted West Coast Seaside Treasures.
  We are two creative friends who love our island and are passionate about the sea. We design a delightful variety of unique and handmade nautical gift items. We sell locally in shops such as "Newfoundland to Nanaimo" and the'North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre', as well as having our own online gift shop on Etsy.

Glass Art

• Crawford Etched Glass - With 25 years experience as a Glass Artist, Master Craftsman, Paul Crawford can offer the finest quality Etched and Sandcarved Art Glass available. All of our work is one-of-a-kind handcrafted from start to finish. Abstract to photo realism the choice is yours. We welcome you to visit our Studio/Showroom on the shore of the Courtenay River Estuary in the beautiful Comox Valley, British Columbia.


• Cascadia Glass Studio - Todd Robinson is a glass artist currently living and working out of his studio in Port Alberni, B.C. In his art he captures the intense beauty of the West Coast and brings it to life on glass. His largest major work to date is his commissioned 20 panels featured in the cedar and glass sculpture on permanent display at the Richmond Skating Oval for the 2010 Olympic Games. Whether it be the subtleness of surface etching or the intensity of deep carving, the versatility of sandblasted glass when combined with light will produce a stunning showpiece for your home or business.


• Terry Harrison - Terry Harrison creates glass art and wearable art in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, Canada.
  * Site created by Island Arts.


• Vic Nadurak - SEAFIREGLASSWORKS is located on Vancouver island. Our oceanside studio is located mid island in the town of Ladysmith. Vic Nadurak is a retired shop teacher. I love working with glass. Sometimes you follow the glass serpent, other times you take it by the tail and drag, push pull it to conform to your rules. Such a journey, following your imagination, into the glass universe.


• Rick L. Silas - After 30 years of developing his cold worked techniques in Silastial® Glass, professional artist Rick L. Silas is now teaches. Rick has received local and international recognition for his cold bent glass techniques including The Discovery Channel's, Daily Planet, the CBC's Dragons' Den, where he was offered $300,000 and a 7% royalty and the local "Boulevard Magazine". He has started to teach some of his many processes out of his studio in Sidney, BC. Anyone can benefit from his course from the amateur artist who wants to explore a new artistic medium to the tradesman who wishes to create beautiful and durable backsplashes or countertops with Rick’s "Ice Glass" and / or patented "Shattered" glass techniques. The medium lends itself to endless possibilities in the creation of functional and decorative glass works. Be one of the first to take advantage of this exciting opportunity to learn directly from the master.

Interior Designers

• Barbara Sobon - Colour consulting, decorating with flair, space planning with balance in mind, clearing clutter using Feng Shui principles, lighting, display, art consultation, staging homes for sale, project consulting - from the drywall stage to finishing touches.


• Fitz & Suko Redesign and Home Staging - Assisting real estate agents and home owners to show their home to its best advantage for a fast sale, at top price.

Metal Art

• Ablaze MetalArt & Design - Artisans and artists, Sandra and Walter Moses are located in Campbell River. They use their inspiration, experience and inherent artistic abilities to design exceptional, distinctive art using steel and aluminium. Creating beautiful hand-crafted metal art including unique wall hangings, free standing, 3D art as well as custom and industrial pieces, logos, signage, etc... for home, business or garden. "If you can dream it, we can make it" is their motto. Visit www.AblazeMetalArt.com to view their beautiful art works.


• Brad Allen - Brad's creations are born of imagination and the pleasures of expression. From fine art to garden sculptures, new life is forged into old forsaken iron. A flavour for every palate!


• Creative Design in Wrought Iron & Copper - Greg Caldwell employs techniques such as traditional black and copper smithing along with modern welding to produce original works of metal art. Metal art by Gorio Metal Works is perfect for anyone looking for a unique work of art to enhance a home, office, garden, or yard.


• Margot Page - After sailing thousands of nautical miles, Margot Page has established her studio in Duncan, British Columbia. Her process, enamelling on sheet steel and copper, depicts Enamelling on Steel marine topics including mammals, birds, and the exotica of faraway places, which she has mounted on a variety of glass media.

Mixed Media

• Christine Allan - There are significant moments in everyone's life that deserve to be captured, and I am passionate about capturing those moments through a combination of photography and mixed media art. I hope to create images where emotions, personalities and sentiments shine through. I create art out of pictures and drawings of people, my travels, my love of art, wine, and the Cowichan Valley.


• Jeanne Aten - I work mainly in acrylics, pastels and mixed media choosing subject matter with contrast of light dark values. I love working with the figure, horses also non objective subject matter. I am a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society.


• Walter & Bertha Frankoski - Inspired by nature. Canadian artists creating original art. Paintings of landscapes, natural settings, wildlife and birds. Paintings in watercolor, oil and acrylic. Stone sculptures made with BC granite, serpentine marble and basalt. Mixed media art work. Living in beautiful British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. Enjoy


• Karen Severson - Her use of materials is strongly influenced by her background in printmaking. Scraping, incision, embossing and the use of pattern all contribute to rich, tactile mixed media pieces.


• Shylene - Check out this wild, unique and imaginative collection of recycled mosaics and Shylene’s "West Coast Driftures" sculptures. Shylene’s collective works show a connection to the environment and to her sense of community.

Multimedia

• Aituze Multimedia - We focus on providing our customers with the finest graphic design services ranging from brand conception, original and stock photography, design and layout for packaging and other printed materials and now the web.


• Harold Alfred - Harold Alfred is a well known native artist continuing the Kwakwaka'wakw tradition of creating bold and innovative artwork based on the fundamentals of Northwest Coast design. His website includes Northwest Coast native artwork in jewellery, stained glass, carvings, prints and totem poles. There is also a section on corporate gifts as well as links to native youtube sites.


• Daniel Deschamps - Daniel is a talented and prolific artist. Ranging from illustration to stone work and pottery, Daniel has an obsession for art. He will re-purpose many found objects to satisfy this need. At times, he will paint on cardboard, sculpt in foam, or draw on his arm simply to satisfy this obsession.


• Norma Jackson Studio Gallery - Norma Jackson is an active, award winning member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a member of the Visions Art Studio Tours and an "Artist in Residence" for The Loft Gallery. Her creativity over the past 25 years has included professional marionette theatre and therapeutic arts, drama and puppetry to fine art. She works in acrylics, watercolour, mixed-media and sculpture. She is known for her portraits and is a successful commissioned artist whose works sell internationally. Her passion is the human condition, whether it is to portray strength or frailty or to imbue and excite the viewer. Some say it is in the eyes that Norma brings her subjects to life. Others feel they are drawn into the depth and shadows of her West Coast images and new signature "Emerge Art" pieces that combine sculpture with painting. Also see: www.passagesfineartgallery.com


• Brenda Johima Gallery - Brenda Johima is a painter, mixed media, fine and fun artist, based in the beautiful Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.


• Carol Priamo - Carol has combined her graduate degree in art and museum studies with several years of professional experience in heritage consulting, communications design, publishing, art, photography, and teaching. An engaging teacher, she offers courses and workshops in design, digital media, applied art, photography and art history. Designworks is her desktop publishing and design company.
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• Roaerie Studio - Carla Stein finds joy in producing and sharing visual interpretations of Vancouver Island and beyond in a variety of two-dimensional media. Prints of original works on paper or transferred onto surfaces practical for daily use are offered for sale. Originals of some existing pieces may be purchased as well. Commissioned work is available on request. Contact Carla to discuss a piece which will be created especially for you!


• Zak Stolk - I am an instrument maker of the string family including violin, viola, cello, bass, mandolin, guitar and celtic harp. Also known for wood carving and wood sculptor including signs and large sculptures. In my off time I dabble in oils, water colour, acrylic and pen and ink drawings.


• Joanna Swinarski - Specializing in custom portraits and landscapes rendered in oil on canvas.


• Rojan Zét - (rhymes with no jam eh?) - residing in the Cowichan Valley, a spirit whose formative years witnessed the twentieth century occupation and displacement of American automobiles. A passive observer pre-occupied with the state of being and the potential of the successful Human *Inadequate, Rojan has produced several chapbooks of poems, short stories, and personal essays struggling with form and content gradually realizing who the bad guys really are, and it's not who they want you to think.       *unrealized self-actualization for increasing numbers of social stake-holders

Music

• Cowichan Camerata Strings Orchestra - A group of musicians of all ages, coming together to make music! We strive to perform music which appeals to all ages, and to make orchestral music accessible to the community. We have performed at the Cowichan District Hospital, Cairnsmore and Wedgewood House. We have played on stage at the Duncan Farmer's Market and at the Station during Duncan Days and Duncan's Christmas lighting.


• Cowichan Consort Orchestra and Choir - The Cowichan Consort Orchestra and Choir invites you to learn more about them and to join them in sharing the joy of music.
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• Duncan Choral Society - The Duncan Choral Society began with 35 voices when founded in 1982. It now has 50 - 60 voices and is an active community-based choir providing 2 bursaries every year to vocal competitors in the Cowichan Music Festival. Over the years it has performed at various charity and fund-raising events.
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• Monte Nordstrom - A west-coast Canadian singer/songwriter with a current catalog of 9 original CDs available on his independant label, Groovedigger Records.


• Jason Parsons - Jason Parsons is a Live Music Producer from British Columbia, Canada with 20 years experience in the Canadian music scene! A seasoned singer/songwriter, his music has been heard on radio across Canada and the US. Sharing the stage with countless popular artists over the years, Jason continues to share his onstage experiences and effective performance techniques with emerging artists.


• Helmut Teunissen - A Vancouver Island singer/songwriter who writes about people, love, troubles, good times, friends, and etc. Mainly folk, but also modern country and rock.


• Vancouver Island MusicFest - Over the years Vancouver Island MusicFest has grown in attendance but has remained true to its original vision; a rural, family friendly, sustainable and successful music event that puts the Comox Valley on the cultural map and involves thousands in a rich celebration of music and community!


• Vancouver Island Symphony - The Island's newest professional orchestra. Displays information on the 2009-2010 Concert Season.


• Victoria Jazz Society - The primary activity of the Victoria Jazz Society is to produce two multi-day music festivals in the summer, Jazz Fest International and the Vancouver Island Blues Bash as well as a series of concerts from September to May, all featuring international, national, and regional jazz artists.

Painters

• Carol Borrett - Carol paints out of her home studio/gallery in Maple Bay, on Vancouver Island. Her realistic paintings reveal her fascination with water, boats and reflections. They capture the many varied moods of the coastal area.


• Clare Carver - I am enjoying finding new things to paint in silk. At present, I am painting cushions, wall hangings, scarves, purses. ties and moving to painting shawls and sarongs. I am a member of the Visions Art Tour and their Cowichan Valley Art Trail. My cushions are being sold at Imagine That Artisans’ Designs in Duncan, where I am a member, Lobelia's Lair in Nanaimo and the South Shore Gallery in Sooke.


• Marian Cassidy - Marian Cassidy was born and raised on Vancouver Island and has lived in Campbell River, Port McNeill and now resides in Victoria. Marian has always enjoyed expressing herself creatively, experimenting with Faux Finishes, Tole Painting and more recently Oil Painting. She loves to travel and is inspired by the beauty of Canada with a soft spot for both the East and West Coasts. It is her dream to convey some of that beauty in her paintings.


• Ed Chan - Bizarre observations conjure when one sees the world being heavily influenced by vintage British humour while Puccini, Etta James, and Skid Row play on alternate tracks on the background. There are at least four sides to a story: yours, mine, what could and should happen, and what actually happened.


• Sue Coleman - Sue Coleman has earned international recognition for her distinctive watercolor paintings. Especially popular have been her 'Interpretive' Northwest Coast Indian images, which have been reproduced and sold to collector's worldwide. Sue's years of research have culminated in a book entitled "An Artist's Vision". Many of her native interpretive paintings, accompanied by legends and history, are displayed therein.


• Mary Donlan - Mary Donlan is a painter living and working in Campbell River. Her work is based on abstract expressionism and she works with a collage aesthetic. Mary develops her abstract vocabulary by studying the natural world of plants. Her overall intention is to express the creative process.


• Rob Elphinstone - Rob lives with his wife and two children in Nanaimo where they cherish the beautiful climate and scenery that inspire his paintings.


• Dominic Fetherston - Painter and Mixed Media Artist. "The infinity of color motivates my art, as does the universe of stuff that distinguishes each of us as the unique individuals that we are. My work is often inspired by the matter I love: special people, places and things that touch my life."


• Catherine Fraser - Watercolours & acrylics of local landscapes painted outdoors and in her studio.


• Robert Genn - Born in Victoria, B.C. Canada in 1936. He is perhaps best known for his work on the West Coast and in the Rocky Mountains.


• Linda Gooding - Wildlife Artist and Illustrator. Surrounded by the natural beauty of Vancouver Island I never tire for subjects to paint. As well as specializing in wildlife art and pet portraits, I offer art classes using the dry brush watercolour technique used in all my work.


• Julie King Studios - Julie is an artist who paints in acrylics and watercolours. Her colourful landscapes are inspired by the wonderful landscapes on Vancouver Island. Julie works from her studio in Shawnigan Lake, B.C.


• Teresa Knight - Beautiful and thoughtful, one of a kind original oil and acrylic paintings. Teresa's paintings are available at MarkPenney Gallery in Ucluelet, B.C., through Art Sales and Rentals at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and from her home-based studio at 5673 Island Hwy. in Union Bay. Prints and cards of most paintings are available in Limited Edition Archival Quality, on canvas or fine art paper.


• Tracy Kobus - Tracy's love of the outdoors has influenced her imaginative acrylic paintings which have been exhibited in galleries across B.C. Tracy is also an inspiring art teacher and works from her studio in the beautiful Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.


• Jennifer Lawson - Jennifer is a well known Canadian artist recognized for her beautiful watercolours. For over 25 years, Jennifer has been mixing pure colours with clear water to capture her intimate vision of a world of softened light.
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• Peter Thomas Lawson - The natural world captured on canvas. Whether it's a water-reflected coastal landscape or a towering interior forest, there's a "strength of peacefulness" to his original art.


• Bernadette McCormack - You will recognize her paintings by their bold colours and strong black lines. Her work is spiritually driven, and her paintings reflect stories and concepts of what it means to be a part of the human race on this beautiful planet Earth. Her paintings promote unity, love, and connectedness to one another and to nature.


• Rob Naish - I consider myself to be a wholly urban artist drawing my ideas, imagery and colour from the inner city.


• Kristine Paton - "Inspiration is but a glance, touch, smell or sound away. I paint at my own speed and I paint what comes". This she will admit does make a curator's job more difficult. However, in defense of her 'one woman group show' approach, Kris points out that Milton Avery resorted to multiple stylistic approaches. And she quotes Hans Hofmann, who when advised to choose a particular style and stick with it, countered: 'I am many people. I give to you at least three; they are all me.'


• Marilyn Peeters - Marilyn is an expressionist painter working and residing in the Comox Valley. It is through the process of painting that she revisits her experience with nature. Her colour choices are not a representation of reality. Instead, she works from a personal vision of how she perceives it.


• Brian Scott - Vancouver Island's preeminent artist in oils.


• Nicole Shaw - I paint in acrylic and watercolour... Inspired by nature and the feminine spirit.


• Brian Simons Gallery Online - Visit the website of Canadian Artist Brian Simons and enjoy his bold, colourful acrylic paintings. Acrylic Painting workshops and Books also available here. Learn about the "7-STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL PAINTING", offered as an inspirational course in acrylic painting available in book or ebook format.


• Sharon Stone - My paintings are largely impressions of nature as reflected in colourful landscapes and waterscapes. It is my hope that each image I produce will be powerful in its ability to pull the viewer in.


• Roberta Pyx Sutherland - This work seeks to engage the global perspective and broad view of landscape inspired by the beauty of satellite imagery. 'Terre Memoire' and 'Climate of Change' examine the tradition of map-making as a tool to commodify nature. The intention is to impose images of earth as an iconic whole upon our conditioned response to divide and separate. Many contain and encapsulate lakes and rivers, pockets of color to symbolize water as a precious, contentious commodity.


• Jude Woodland - My acrylic paintings are an integration of illuminated color and reflect a celebration of life.


• Linda Yurgensen - I am an artist working primarily in pastel and acrylic and love to paint pet portraits and wildlife. I do all my portraits in pastel on suede matboard which is a wonderful support for creating realistic pieces of art which will last a lifetime.

Photographers

• Bob Belhouse - Bob Belhouse is a photo-artist whose work can be seen at his studio in Yellow Point, near Ladysmith as well as on his website. His subject material is primarily Nature... and perhaps, secondarily, Architectural. Resulting images can range from realistic to impressionistic to abstract. He has written a comprehensive "How To" eBook on the subject of Creative Editing to improve the artistic quality of any photograph which should be helpful to all photographers; from beginners to the advanced. This book also includes techniques to add textures and brush strokes to digital photos to make them look like paintings.


• Neil Fatin - Neil A. Fatin Photographic Art. Neil Fatin is totally self-taught photographer, picking up skills from personal experience, experimentation and reading. His skills have been added to by his personal appreciation of the wide ranging talents and works of other artists both in traditional forms of art and photography. He takes every opportunity to learn and experiment and he has more recently started to move some of his photography into photographic art. * Site created by Island Arts.



• Paul Fletcher Photography - I discovered photography at 17 and have never stopped loving it. I turned pro in 1986 and since then have pursued a multifaceted career that has seen me inside a royal function to playing a part in a First Nations state funeral. For the cause, I have coated myself with wet mud, been naked with a bag over my head, and have buried a car in Utah. In between my travels as a stock photographer contracted to Lonely Planet Images and various other life's adventures, I do people and fine art, sometimes both together. I also teach high school photography, lead photography workshops, teach photography at VIU and own/operate Fletcherfoto Gallery at 109 Ingram Street, Duncan.


• Maplewood Studio - Contact Heather Russell at Maplewood Studio for pet photography, photo greeting cards, and more.


• Julie Nygaard - Well known for her support of activities within the Cowichan Valley arts community and mother of two children. She is the "Resident Photographer" featured on the Cowichan Valley Arts Café.


• Lisa Parrish - Born and raised on beautiful Vancouver Island, Canada, Lisa Parrish enjoys extensive traveling and has spent considerable time outside of Canada. Though enjoying photography as a hobby for a number of years, Lisa has only recently become serious about doing it professionally and opened The Parrish House Photos in July 2010 to showcase her unique work. Lisa specializes in international fine art photography featuring a variety of locations around the world, predominately Europe. Her work is available as gallery-wrapped canvas, framed prints, individual prints, and greeting cards.

Potters

• Arrowsmith Potter's Guild - The Arrowsmith Potters' Guild can be found at the Historic VIA Rail Train Station in Parksville on Vancouver Island, BC. The Train Station Pottery Shop is open daily and our Studio is well equipped. We offer day or evening Handbuilding or Throwing Classes and a wide variety of one day workshops and family oriented events.


• Kim Hancock - After a B.F.A. in Printmaking from UBC, a Master's Program in Painting in Sculpture, and world wide travel, Kim returned to Canada and began making functional pottery using layers of colour and watercolour techniques on her Pottery. She now owns and operates Arts Afire Gallery & Studio Pottery in Coombs BC where she creates large Ceramic Platters, Sculputure, & Acrylic Paintings.


• Hilary Huntley - Hilary is a professional studio potter who makes pleasant useful pots for everyone's home. Hilary is in art shows, markets and craft fairs year round or stop by her studio in Duncan.


• Mary Fox - Mary Fox has been potting since she was 13 and still loves to go out to her studio every day, full of inspiration to create anew.


• Jane Wolters - I make gas-fired stoneware and porcelain pottery meant for people to use in their daily lives, from tableware to one-of-a-kind floor vases and jars, garden accessories, and sculptures large and small, using celadons, copper reds, and many other beautiful glazes.


• Cathi Jefferson - Cathi has always known that she was meant to be a potter – it is simply something that she loves to do. Her career as a studio-trained potter began under mentor Herman Venema in Matsqui, BC, in 1974. Cathi imbued this hands-on study with formal arts training at Kwantlen College (1980 – 81) and the Fraser Valley College (1986 – 88). Over the years, Cathi’s desire for learning and improvement has taken her to workshops around the world, with residencies at The Archie Bray Foundation in Montana and others in BC, Banff, Maine, Japan and the UK.

Printmakers

• Beverly Koski - Acrylic, collage, printmaking. Bev aims for visually intriguing pieces, reflective of the complexity in each of our lives. Her art is shown in leading galleries in the Pacific Northwest and in Toronto.


• Beverlee McLeod - Beverlee McLeod studied printmaking at Camosun College, University of Victoria, Malaspina College, Emily Carr College of Design & Art and David Thompson University. Beverlee became a printmaker in 1974 and although she also enjoys creating with paint, paper, wood, metal, fabric, food and/or furniture, she keeps returning to the printmaking process and its limitless possibilities. Beverlee is known for her Vancouver Island Miniatures, a series of tiny etchings of Island landmarks. Her home studio is located on Vancouver Island in Cowichan Bay, BC, Canada. Visitors are welcome to her Cowichan Bay studio, but please contact her first.
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• Amie Roman - Amie's fascination with the natural world is evident in her artwork. She combines her love and knowledge of science and nature with her artistic skills and strong sense of design. Amie strives to reflect the essence of the world around us in her work. Amie currently holds AFCA "signature" status with the Federation of Canadian Artists. Printmaking has become Amie's artistic focus because it is a craft that requires great skill and creativity. Amie teaches introductory relief and monotype printmaking using very low-tech equipment and water-soluble inks for easy clean up. Please contact Amie if you are interested in either of these techniques or if you'd like to drop by for a visit to her studio in Cobble Hill.


• Andy Warhol - A brief biography and selection of his most famous works.
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Sculptors

• Brian Clark - Living and working out of Mill Bay, Brian is a self-taught sculptor who realizes work inspired by nature in stone, wood, and metal, as well as traditional drawing and painting media. Owners of his work include HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, kd lang, David Suzuki, and many individual and international collectors. He has completed major commissions for the Calgary Flames (Stanley Cup Championship commemoration), and with assistance from the First Nations Fort Mackay Band, 7 larger than life-size siltstone Bison sculptures were completed for Syncrude Canada in 1995. An award-winning video, A Shared Vision, hosted by actor Tom Jackson, was produced for Syncrude by Vicom of Calgary. An amateur songwiter for decades, Brian has released a 8 song CD of his own compositions titled: "NO HURRY".


• Gus Galbraith - At various stages in our lives, many of us are urged by an inner voice to give up our present lifestyle, retreat to the solitude of the proverbial log cabin in the woods and release the creative and artistic talents straining to escape from our souls. Gus Galbraith did.


• Sonia Galbraith - I find it immensely rewarding to release an expressive sculpture from a lifeless piece of stone, or a beautiful vessel from a lump of clay.


• Chris Rose - Sculptures in Soapstone, Alabaster and/or bronze of snowboarders, mountain bikers, skiers, windsurfers, curlers, ballet dancers and other birds and beasts.

Stencils

• Buckingham Stencils - Learn how to Stencil online for free! You will learn how to stencil with full colour images, what supplies you will need, brush techniques to use, what kind of paint to use and quick and easy ways to clean up. How to Stencil.

Theatre

• Kaatza Lakeside Players - The Kaatza Lakeside Players’ focus is to broaden the opportunities for residents of the Cowichan Lake District to enjoy and participate in learning theatre arts. As a teaching theatre, the Players have pursued education in the arts by participating in many Zone and Provincial festivals, bringing home not only awards but a better understanding and improved skills to pass on to our theatre community.

Venues & Supporters

• Art 10 Gallery - All original Paintings, Pottery, and Jewellery by local artists. 24 painters, potters and jewellers involved in the gallery which is open seven days a week during Nanaimo North Town Center mall hours. A range of styles and subjects are represented in the paintings, and the potters provide customers with functional and fun pottery, plus sculptural pieces. Art cards, bookmarks, calendars, jewellry and other small gift items are also available.


• Cowichan Folk Guild - A non-profit society founded in 1986. The mandate is to preserve and promote folk performing arts in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley.


• Cowichan Valley Arts Council - CVAC, The Cowichan Valley Arts Council promotes the understanding and appreciation of the arts through encouraging artistic activities through sponsored art gallery shows, events and the CVAC website.
  * Site created by Island Arts.


• Creative Craft Fairs - Coordinates an annual, juried, art and craft fair on Vancouver Island. An extravangaza of outstanding arts, crafts & demos. Over 200 craftspeople present the highest quality fine art and craft at this ever popular four day event. Applicants are selected on the basis of excellence of work, originality of design, marketability and overall aesthetics.


• Fletcherfoto Gallery Rental - Fletcherfoto Gallery in downtown Duncan is the perfect gallery for your next show. Rates are available for both 2 week or 1 month shows. The gallery is small, the walls are empty and white, the location excellent and the lighting perfect. All forms of art encouraged. Please call if you are interested in renting the space for a show. 250 732-0462.


• Imagine That Artisans Designs - A registered co-operative featuring a wide selection of finely crafted artwork by local Cowichan and Vancouver Island artisans and artists in a downtown retail store setting.
  * Technical assistance provided by Island Arts.


• Judy Hill Gallery & Gifts - Judy Hill Gallery, located in Duncan BC, features over one hundred Northwest Coast Native artists, displays native arififacts and provides renowned expert service.


• Salt Spring Studio Tour - Your adventure out of the ordinary. Take a self-guided tour of 33 diverse and fascinating artists' studios located throughout beautiful Salt Spring Island. Meet the artisans, browse their galleries and take home wonderful memories and special treasures. Get a free map and just follow the Studio Tour signs!


• Visions Summer Art Studio Tour - The Visions Art Tour Society has presented the annual Visions Summer Art Studio Tour, during which the members of Visions open their studios and invite the community to one of the largest and longest running art shows on Vancouver Island, for more than 10 years.
  * Site created by Island Arts.

Wood Turners

• Lee River Wood Turning - One of a kind turned bowls , lidded containers, hollow forms, trays, and weed pots are turned in my Nanoose Bay shop. Some pieces are created by incorporating a naturally occurring flaw in the material. Other pieces use the natural edges of the wood. Local Arbutus, Garry Oak, Yew, Maple , Cherry and Fir are used for turning.

Writers

• Nadia Shworan - One Woman's Voice: writer, artist and educator.


• Manuel Erickson - As with all forms of art, writing helps to reveal our spirit and emotions to others. I admire writers who succeed so well at this and I try to learn from them. Shakespeare comes to mind, as do Margaret Atwood, Richard Bach, Jared Diamond, Arthur C. Clark and a host of others. They write in the gigantic book that is the Earth. They are my mentors and I am inspired by them.

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