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Brian Buckrell
My
background was in academia (veterinary medicine and agriculture) in
Ontario. In 2004, a few years after retiring and relocating to Comox, I
began to explore painting. I paint with acrylics and water-soluble oils.
My areas of interest are portraiture and landscape - particularly the
great fun and challenge of painting on-location (plein aire).
I have
taken classes at North Island College and workshops from a number of
gifted artists and teachers in BC, California, New Mexico and Arizona.
I am
working to improve my interpretive skills to be better able to translate
what I see into colourful and interesting compositions. Every start is
an experiment.
So much to
learn - so little time.
I would
enjoy receiving your comments and suggestions
Web Site:
www.BrianBuckrell.com email:
bbuckrell@shaw.ca
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Leonard Barrett
Studio Name:
Leonard Barrett Fine Arts Studio
During the nineteenth century, with the industrial
revolution and the new riches of North America a new middle class arose and
began commissioning pictures of landscapes, daily living and portraits. The
art of portraiture continued in its popularity, as cameras were not yet
invented, and it was sometime before color prints were available... Leonard
Barrett, a successful portraitist, specializes in Inuit, Native and Metis
Canadians.
Born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Leonard began his drawing career
in the prairies. In the 1960's he lived amongst the Inuit people of
Frobisher Bay and it was there that his interest in the local people
developed. Man y of the paintings of that time are now in private
collections. Recently, Mr Barrett moved from the South end of Vancouver
Island and has settled in the Comox Valley.
Leonard Barrett’s warm
palette of siennas and ochres, brings a vitality to his portraits, capturing
the spirit of the people, children, women and men including Chief Dan
George. The individual faces each invoke different emotional responses. The
faces never challenge the viewer; instead they draw you in closer, inviting
you to stare.
If you have a special photograph of someone in the past or present and wish
them to be transformed into a work of art, call Leonard at (250) 898-8239.
Web Site:
http://members.shaw.ca/leonardbarrett/
email:
leonardbarrett@hotmail.com
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Gillian Benard Studio
Name:
Gillian Benard Gallery
Gillian
Benard has been involved with arts and entertainment for over 20 years. She
received a District Scholarship for Fine Art and started with courses at
Simon Fraser University and Emily Carr College in 1982. In 1993 Gillian
fulfilled her dream of going to art school full-time, attending Langara
College for 2 years and graduating with a Fine Arts Diploma, Deans List
Honours. Gillian exhibited and sold her artwork at the Kamloops Summer Art
Show for 2 seasons and participated in group shows at Langara College. She
is planning to finish her Fine Arts degree at North Island College in the
next few years.
Gillian
& her husband Mark recently launched Lost Boys Learning, their 3D animation
and visual effects school in the Comox Valley. She keeps busy with the
business, painting and raising their daughter Natalie and son Max. Gillian
teaches production drawing techniques to the students at Lost Boys Learning.
Her painting
interests lie with landscape and natural forms, using acrylics, watercolour,
mixed media including photo transfer and oil pastels.
Web Sites:
www.gilliansartwork.blogspot.com
email:
gillian@lostboys-studios.com
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Studio Name:
Brenda Calhoun Artworks 
Brenda
Calhoun is an award winning Vancouver Island artist who paints still lifes,
florals, pet portraits and tranquil scenes in acrylics and watercolors. Brenda
believes that painting is an expression of the soul. Her paintings are an
expression of her love of color and light. She is especially intrigued by still
life arrangements with their play of light and shadow. Brenda is amazed by the
light achieved by some impressionist painters and her work is gradually evolving
toward that style of painting.
Brenda
is an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a member of the Comox
Valley Community Arts Council/ Muir Gallery, the Pearl Ellis Gallery and the
Comox Valley Art Gallery. She is a founding member of the Originals Only group
of artists and participates in their annual summer and Christmas shows. She
also teaches painting to seniors at the Black Creek OAP#126/Halbe Hall.
Brenda’s studio is open by appointment by phoning 250- 897-1816.
Web Site:
www.gobc.ca/brendacalhoun
email:
BrendaCalhounArtworks@gmail.com
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Donna Cannon Studio Name:
Moments in Time
My goal
in portraiture is to capture your special moment when time truly stood
still for you. It is my belief and conviction that with enough attention
to detail, especially to the eyes of your loved one, we can truly
capture the nature of the soul - the source of light, life, and passion
for living.
Commissioned portraiture is creatively composed using
your favourite photos of people and pets in
oil, graphite, charcoal, pastel, coloured pencil, and acrylic, on surfaces
including varying papers, canvas, suede matboard, and sliced rock including
Brazilian Agate.
Web Site: http://www3.telus.net/public/ccannon9/
email:
djcannon@telus.net
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Lisa Chase
Studio Name:Chase's
Images
Polaroid Manipulation
Process Photography
I have been working in
the medium of photographic manipulation for over 7 years. I am self-taught
in this process, learning mostly from trial and error. The process used to
create these artistic photographs is a unique one. The photos are shot with
an old 1970’s style Polaroid SX70 camera. The emulsion is then manually
manipulated directly on the photo with a stylus tool, blurring the lines of
what is perceived as conventional photography. The photos, which are printed
on archival quality canvas or watercolour paper, are often considered
painterly and dreamlike. Photographic reality slips in and out of view as
some elements of the photos are manipulated, while other aspects are left in
their natural state.
Most of my photographs
focus on the natural beauty of the Comox Valley. I currently have a
collection of over 120 photographs including: a sunflower series, an antique
car series and a garden flower series. This process is limited in its body
of work worldwide. Polaroid no longer makes the manipulating film (known as
Time Zero); it was discontinued as of Dec. 2007. I recently acquired some
film from Switzerland, and I have 80 shots left to complete my artistic
journey working within this medium. As an emerging artist in a very unique
field, I look forward to sharing my creative work with the Comox Valley
community and beyond.
Web Site:
www.chaseimages.blogspot.com
email:
chaseimages@shaw.ca
Phone:
(250) 339-9555
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Shelley Combs
Shelley
Combs is a widely traveled painter, printer and potter, born in Cumberland,
BC from a pioneer family. She served in the Canadian military as a
Registered Nurse for 26 years, both at home and on deployment. Working full
time at her art career for the past 7 years, she received her degree in Fine
Art from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver in 2007 and
will be continuing her studies until such time as she, herself, nourishes
this earth.
Web Site:
www.shelleycombs.ca
email:
info@shelleycombs.ca
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Dianne Devereux Studio Name:
Dianne Devereux Art Studio
I
paint with watercolours because the luminosity and flow of the
medium fascinates me. For me, painting is a nonverbal way to communicate. Art is
a passion that is never satisfied because the next painting holds the promise of
success or failure. Painting is a way I explore both the physical and spiritual
world. My subject matter is varied while my present focus is mainly paintings of
children playing in the series I call "Fairies Live Here". In these paintings, I
am working to capture the exuberance and innocence of childhood. Original
paintings and prints of flowers, cattle, birds and landscapes are also
available.
Web Site:www.dmdarts.com
email:
gallery@dmdarts.com
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Ruth Dickson Studio Name:
My Space
Comox Wharf by Ruth
Dickson
Ruth has worked with several mediums over the years in exploring art. She
lived and worked in the Cowichan Valley for fifty years where she belonged to
the Crofton Art Group, The Cherry Point Artists and the POG Printers Only Group.
During this time she taught numerous classes, particularly batik and
silk-screen.
Since moving to Comox in 2002, Ruth has chiefly worked with watercolor, but her
latest work is in oil and acrylic. She likes best of all to work from her
own sketches, gathering inspiration from the immediate environment of the
moment. One of her images was included in a Scottish calendar in 2002 and
twelve more in 2003 for a California business calendar. Two murals are
backdrops for logging and fish trap models in the Sooke Museum.
Web Site: http://www.comoxvalleyvalue.com/ruthdickson.htm email:
rdickson@shaw.ca
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Allan Gray
Studio name: Strathcona Creative Ideas
Allan Gray was born in Nova Scotia in 1944.
I graduated from Wayne State University and College for Creative Studies in
Detroit Michigan in 1969. My BFA was in advertising photography with
advertising design and illustration as minors. From there I worked for a large
photo studio in Toronto. They produced catalogue photos for most of North
America's department store catalogues,( Eatons, Simpson Sears, Sears Roebuck, JC
Penneys, Alden's etc.)
After a heavy advertising career I took a summer position with a major airline
company that lasted 28 years. Now retired, my wife and I are setting up a
studio gallery at our home in Black Creek.
I've won several awards for my art. I use a different method of burning designs
into wood called pyrographic art, and then use acrylic paints to finish. I've
recently purchased my first digital camera and the first photo I took was
published in last winters Echo newspaper. I am a member of the Pearl Ellis
Gallery, Comox Valley Community Arts Council/Muir Gallery and the Comox Valley
Art Gallery.
Web Site:
Coming Soon
email:
2ag.dh@uniserve.com
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Studio Name:
Elsie Griffiths Art Studio
Drawing and painting give me great pleasure.
Producing what I see, feel and create brings challenge and satisfaction.
The results of my efforts, I believe, lie somewhere between realism and
impressionism. After retiring from owning an Art Gallery, Framing Shop and
Art Supply Store, I have been fortunate to be able to resume my own
painting.
I am currently a member of The Brushworks art group in
Comox, the local chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists and I
participate in their shows. "Creations", my spring show at the Pearl Ellis
Gallery will include my latest work.
Web Site:
www.ejgriffiths.ca
email:
ejgriff@telus.net
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Kay Hilborn
Landscapes,
still lifes, floral & portraits in watercolour and acrylics by Kay Hilborn
I
have always been interested in drawing and colouring but have had no formal art
training. After retiring in 1993 I decided to follow a dream and try
watercolour painting. I have taken a few short watercolour courses through North
Island College and found myself both fascinated and frustrated trying to learn
to handle the medium. Recently, I made a switch to acrylic painting and have
taken workshops with Neil Boyle and Donna Baspaly and a series of acrylic
painting classes with Marilym Timms.
I have had
one successful solo watercolour show at the Muir Gallery in Courtenay and I
continue to show my work with the local chapter of the Federation of Canadian
Artists and the Originals Only group of artists. I belong to the FCA weekly
painting group and continue to enjoy both acrylic and watercolour painting.
My paintings are
mainly inspired by scenes of the many places I have enjoyed while hiking here on
Vancouver Island, and in southwestern United States during my fall and winter
holidays. As an enthusiastic photographer I use my photos as source materials
for painting on the long wet days of winter.
Phone:
250-335-2238
email:
pearlellisgallery@shaw.ca
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Joyce Jay
I
have been painting in some sort of media since a
child. Now my love is for watercolour, but sometimes I branch into acrylics.
After moving to the Comox Valley a lot of my inspiration comes from the
beautiful scenery. Some of those pictures presently hang in
The Little Oyster Studio Gallery,
York Road, Campbell River, Tel. 250-923-9786, or at my home 339-0924. However in the past I have also painted portraits of pets,
scenes from overseas and various pictures of house properties. My pictures can
be seen in some of the local exibitions or by request.
email:
jake84ca@mars.ark.com
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Bev Johnston
Bev
lives and paints in Courtenay, BC.
She
is a self-taught artist and has always found painting to be a very relaxing and
satisfying occupation. When she can create something others can enjoy its an
added bonus.
Living most of her life on the
west coast and fishing with her husband on his west coast troller she learned a
lot about boats and feels that painting a boat is like painting a portrait as no
two are alike.
Other subjects she enjoys painting
are street scenes, people doing everyday things and flowers. She paints mostly
with oils but uses some acrylics.
Email:
rsJohn@telus.net
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Martin Kaspers
Company Name:
Foothills Commercial
Photography
Martin
Kaspers was born in
Amsterdam,
Holland on July 27, 1951 and
emigrated to Canada in 1957. He presently lives in Merville on Vancouver
Island, BC. He started taking pictures at the age of twelve. He graduated with
an honors diploma in Industrial Engineering Technology from the Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology in 1973.
He has been taking photos for
the last 40 years. He joined the Calgary Photographic Society in 1995 where he
won numerous awards including the Kodak Canada award for the creation and
interpretation of photographic themes. He sold his first picture in an art
gallery in Calgary in 1996.
Martin has always been known
as a photographic artist that pushes the envelope in his creativity of new and
unique images. In recent years, Martin has taken his images to a new artistic
level. Since 1999, Martin has introduced a new and fresh art form with his
unique artist giclees.
These limited edition prints
are sold in various galleries across Canada and the United States including;
- Avenida Art Galleries in Calgary, AB (2 locations)
- Choice Office Furniture in Calgary, AB
- Eye C Gallery in Edmonton, AB
- Westmount Frame Shop in Edmonton, AB
- The Gallery at the Springs in Banff, AB
- About Canada Gallery in Banff, AB
- The Davie Art Shop in Vancouver, BC
- Laurie’s at Home in Hoodsport, WA
“Artists of the World” in
Calgary has a large supply of Martin’s prints where some are sold in selective
Hudson Bay Stores across Canada.
Web Site:
www.martinkaspers.ca Phone: 250-337-5886 email:
martin@martinkaspers.ca
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Saskia King
Studio Name:
Saskia King's
Fine Arts Studio
I was born in 1959 in
Sloten, Holland. My love of paintings grew from countless hours of admiring
the Old Masters hanging in numerous galleries there and drawing until my
fingers hurt. In 1974 my parents and I immigrated to Canada. Work and a
family kept me too busy until 1987, at which time I re-entered the art world
with renewed energy. Being a self taught artist, I like to say that “I have
learned everything the hard way, through practice, perseverance and self
study”. In the process I have won 4 awards.
In February of 1997, I opened “Saskia's Studio”, to give oil painting
lessons. It has grown into a thriving studio where my classes and workshops
focus on techniques and brushwork, colour theory, drawing, composition and
style. I have also taught workshops and classes in the community. My own
paintings are originals, old master reproductions or commissions. They have
been sold to private and corporate collectors in Canada, Holland, England,
USA, Costa Rica, China and Austria.
Quality and good taste is of foremost importance to
me and I like to cover a diverse range of subjects with my artwork. My
paintings are like my children, they must have a strong heart and soul so
they can be felt as well as seen. I strive to achieve emotion with my paint
through colour and light, with movement, and via nostalgia. If I fail in
this, my paintings mean nothing and they will not be displayed.
To get inspiration I go for long walks in the woods
with my dog observing nature’s fabulous colour schemes. Mostly my ideas come
from warm feelings to a specific subject that I see. My mind is always in
three places at once planning and trying to apply beautiful things into a
painting. Eclectic is my nature.
What I love about painting is the ability to
immortalize beauty onto a canvas so that it will never be lost and others
can enjoy it also. When I succeed in my quest I am rewarded with good
feelings of pride and accomplishment and relief as well, for it is always a
stressful mission to achieve that extra bit of polish.
My family has lived in the Comox Valley since 1980
. My husband “Buster” is a carpenter who now builds elegant garden gazebos.
We have hand-built our own home on a lovely spot and raised two sons there
who have both become tradesmen and avid sports enthusiasts.
Web Site:
www3.telus.net/saskiaking
email:
saskiak@telus.net
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Teresa Knight
Teresa's family used to paint and draw at their family
cottage as a pleasurable way to pass rainy days. Teresa has continued with her
art, and painting has developed into a habit for her that she finds very
rewarding.
She studied art at the University of British Columbia and now has her B.A. in
Studio Arts and Bachelor of Education in Art.
Her work is has been exhibited in B.C. and Ontario, is
included in the Vancouver Art Gallery's art sales and rentals. She offers art
classes in the Vancouver area and in the Comox Valley.
Artist's Statement
"I paint about day to day life; often the beauty that I see in it, or sometimes
as a way to express sadder thoughts and feelings. For example, if I am affected
by a dog who is lonely, I might want to express her plight through a painting,
or when the sight of my chickens being happy brings me
great joy, their happiness may get expressed in a painting. The beauty of the
evening sky that I see over the city roofs when I walk my dog has inspired
paintings. You could say that my paintings serve as snapshots of the highlights
of my daily experience."
Web Site:
www.teresaknight.com
Phone: 250-335-3234
email:
knig3234@telus.net
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Sharon
Lennox
Studio Name: Hilltop Studio
I
an a student and producer of fine art. I grew up in a rural community and
have loved anything to do with nature and animals all my life.
In my paintings all my loves come together, animals,
birds, nature, flowers and artistic craft. My medium is oils, I like the
ease of mixing and the buttery texture which allows the paint to flow smoothly
onto the canvas.
I paint from photos mostly, sometimes many photos for
the development of one painting. The research, planning and set up of a
painting can take as long if not longer than the painting itself.
I guess the main thing is that I absolutely love what I
do, hope to still be learning and painting when I am ninety.
Web Site:
www.hilltopstudio.cjb.net/
Email:
sharjm@telus.net
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Vicki Lapp
I have been
"into" photography since 1986, learning first with a 35mm SLR
camera. I have done all aspects of darkroom work, and framing, and
recently graduated to digital format cameras. My first love is shooting
scenery and wildlife, mostly local, and producing photo cards, magnets
and enlargements which retail in various Comox Valley outlets. The
achievement of which I am most proud, however, is the Comox Valley
Calendar which is currently in its fifth year of production.
The 2008
Comox Valley Calendars are available for sale at Blue Heron Books, Coles Books,
Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Arizona Gifts, Courtenay Museum
and Mid Island Gifts at the Airport.
I try to attend at least 3 large Craft Shows every year, so that I can
meet the buying public and see what it is they are looking for. We have
photographs available for sale which artists can work from, and for more
details, please
contact Vicki Lapp at (250) 338-5982.
email: ahlapp@shaw.ca
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Teresa L'Hirondelle
Studio Name: Sea Swallows Studio
My medium is mainly
watercolour. The luminosity and the challenge of controlling the medium without
over doing it, I love the exciting effects sometimes like magic the water colour
medium depicts the west coast ocean scenes better than other medium, as we know
the greatest watercolorists are from Britain a place surrounded by sea and
mist. ............ I create paintings because I have always been artistic. Now
that I am living on the island I am incredibly inspired to interpret the space
around me not just record it with a camera. I paint portraits seascapes and old houses(I love reflections and the
way light shines through cloth).
Web Site:
www.seaswallows-studio.com
Phone: 250-334-4586 email:
t_lhirondelle@yahoo.com
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Lee McColl
My interest in painting began when I first
watched painting shows on television. The magic of starting with a blank
canvas and finishing with what appears to be a three dimensional painting was
fascinating.
Prairie Landscape by Lee McColl
I have been painting for several years in oil,
then acrylic. I prefer to paint landscapes as it allows me more freedom to
express myself in a wider range of colors.
My paintings have been shown at the Pearl Ellis
Gallery, Lemon Tree Gallery, Filberg Lodge, Tantalus Gallery in Powell River,
Kingfisher Inn, D.D. Fashions, The Old House, Town and Country Gift Shop,
Courtenay Library and the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria.
I have attended workshops with Bruce Cryer, Neil Howell, Peter Robinson and Neil
Boyle. For several years my teacher was Eleanor Williams. I now
paint with "The Brushworks" painting group which meets every Wednesday and enjoy
my time with this talented group of people.
email:
pearlellisgallery@shaw.ca
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Bev Michaluk
Born and raised in
Winnipeg , Manitoba. Beverly has always had a passion for photography. Her
interests cover a wide variety of styles, especially, fabric arts and pictures
which involve all types of nature. Moving to the West Coast in 1999 has even
further inspired her love for nature. She prefers a digital camera and has won
or place in several competitions.
Beverly is especially
proud and has a real flair for abstract photos; many which have been taken right
here in the Comox Valley.
Her portfolio
consists of photos taken at birthdays, weddings, anniversaries flowers and
wildlife and anything which spur of the moment, those that capture her senses
and imagination.
Beverly is currently
working on putting together calendars and photo cards which will be available at
the Pearl Ellis Art Gallery and local stores in the Valley.
Phone:
250-890-7596
Email:
bev.m@shaw.ca
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Peter Moore
Studio Name:
Peter Moore Art Studio
Peter
comes from a family of artists. His mother paints and his brother is a
successful graphic artist in England. Although largely self-taught, he learned
soapstone sculpture from Pat Gailbraith (a bronze sculpter). He studied drawing
and water color under Frank Haddock. Peter's style was influenced through study
of the Impressionist Movement.
Peter's favorite medium is acrylic and soapstone, although he has worked in
pastels, ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and chalk. Peter
loves
working with bright colors, which acrylics allow. His love of nature can be
found in most of his works.
Peter exhibits in many shows on Vancouver Island, and also in Alberta. Peter
welcomes visitors to his website and gallery at 1774 Fern Road, Courtenay, near
Seal Bay Nature Park. He can be reached at 250.898.8487.
Web Site:
www.moorefineart.ca email:
petermooreart@telus.net
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Sandra & Walter Moses
Studio Name:
Ablaze Metal Art & Design
Walter and Sandra Moses are the creative force behind
Ablaze Metal Art and Design. They’ve been in the Comox Valley for two years
now, having moved from the Lower Mainland to be nearer to family here. Their
new business is a dream come true for both of them. Sandra has been involved in
creative pursuits of one kind or another her whole life and Walter has worked
with steel for 34 years, building things like frames for telescopes at
observatories in Hawaii and Chile, rides for
Disney theme parks, catwalks in mills, and bridges. Now he turns Sandra’s ideas
into art. Their slogan is,
“If you can dream it, we can make
it.”
The dreaming image reflects the
Moses’ Native heritage. Walter is Six Nations, originally from Southern
Ontario, and Sandra is Coast Salish from the Hwilitsum band in Ladner. Native
art is part or their extensive repertoire. The designs in this facet of their
work reflect Sandra’s coastal origins: whale, raven, and frog, among others.
Sandra
and Walter also create non-Native art and can, as their slogan says, create your
art as well. This can take the form of wall-hangings or freestanding pieces.
The number of applications for decorative metal art is
extensive. For the garden, they have insets for gates or designs mounted on
stakes for planting. For the home, they make firescreens and insets for
railings and door screens. For business, they can reproduce your logo in metal,
make security coverings for windows and doors, and signage. As their slogan
implies, what they can do is only limited by the imagination.
Web Site:
www.ablazemetalart.com
email: ablaze.metalart@shawbiz.ca
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Gail Neuls
Studio Name: Gail Neuls Fine Art
Courtenay
contemporary fine artist
Gail Neuls has been recognized for her unique and diverse techniques as well
as her incredible use of colour and composition. An abstract impressionist
painter Neuls' images create a story enriched with depth and vision. Her
work is well crafted and compels the viewer to discover something new.
Web Site:
www.gails-art.com
Email:
gail@gails-art.com
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Clive Powsey
Clive paints
mainly watercolour landscapes both on location and in the studio. Born in
Ashford, Kent, U.K., 1958. Studied drawing painting and printmaking at the
Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1980. He has been exhibiting regularly
since then in both solo and group shows. Group exhibitions include International
Waters (1991), a joint exhibition of the Canadian Society of
Painters in Watercolour, the American Watercolour Society, and the Royal
Watercolour Society. His paintings are in private collections and corporate
collections including: IBM Canada, McCain Foods, HSBC Asset Management, and
Gibraltar Solutions. He has also exhibited at various Art Fairs, including The
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition and the Buckhorn Wildlife Art Exhibition, and the
Originals Only here in the Comox Valley. In 1999 Clive
received an award for Best Watercolour at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
Clive has frequently worked in the animated film industry from 1985 to 2006,
with screen credits as a layout artist, background artist/stylist and art
director.
Web Site:
http://water-colourpaintings.blogspot.com/
and
http://quick-draws.blogspot.com/
email: cpowsey@shaw.ca
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Judi Pedder
"My
landscapes reflect a strong connection to earth and it’s natural beauty, and my
need of, and love for, wide-open peaceful spaces. Born under the sign of Pisces,
I have a particular affinity for beaches, the ocean and smaller bodies of water,
which frequently appear in my work.
I
also love to garden and care for house plants. I find that painting a closer,
more detailed view of nature provides a stimulating change from landscapes.
Painting on Masa paper produces a quite different look to some of my work and
always brings questions from curious viewers.
Currently working mainly in watercolours, I like to explore ways of using basic
materials to achieve different effects; for example pouring paint and allowing
it to blend without my assistance."
Web Site:
www.members.shaw.ca/judipedder
email:
jpedder@shaw.ca
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Phillip Smith
Studio Name:
Smith Studio and Custom Framing
I was born and raised in the Comox
Valley. Operating our third generation dairy
farm with my two brothers for the last twenty-six years. I have painted in
watercolour for nine years, studying with well known Campbell River artist Chris
Wootton. I have taken workshops with Marilyn Timms and Brent Heighton.
My paintings are mainly representational
images, working wet into wet watercolours and incorporating oil stick, chalk
pastel and acrylics.
The natural beauty of our West Coast is
the inspiration of my paintings. Observing how the light and shadows create so
much movement in our minds. My goal is to capture this moment in time!
I have had several showing at the
Filberg Gallery and a solo show in 2005 in the newly named Pearl Ellis Gallery.
Many of my painting are in private collections.
email : gpsmith@telus.net
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Norma Steven
Studio Name:
Signature Art by Norma
Norma
enjoys painting the beauty of nature in landscapes and also the free expression
of form, shape and colour on wrap-around canvas, with a view to that special
place for art in home decorating. The latter form of symbolistic art has become
Norma's signature, and is particularly suited to commissioned work which
enhances the colour scheme of room décor.
Norma has recently
been juried and upgraded to Active status in the Federation of Canadian Artists.
A successful participant in several Art Shows, Norma is a member of the Comox
Valley chapter of the
Federation of Canadian Artists and the
Originals Only groups of Fine Artists.
Web Site:
www.signatureartbynorma.com
email:
normaent@shaw.ca
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Angela Wadsworth Studio Name:
Simply Angela
Angela
Wadsworth was born in Hereford, although she spent much of her childhood in
Germany, before completing her education in Yorkshire and East Anglia. Between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen she won several prizes for her sculpture work,
later
gaining a scholarship to Art College. Unfortunately she was
unable to take up the scholarship.
Angela’s Grandfather, Edward Greenwood, was a famous
illusionist and artist, so it’s not difficult to see where she gets her talent
from.
While living in Canada, Angela found a great deal
of inspiration from the Canadian First Nation Artists. Their simplicity of work
influenced her enormously, and she was to create a style and interpretation of
her own which has proved to be very successful, and a joy to behold.
The mediums Angela uses most are pencil, and pen & ink.
Although she loves water colours, and likes to use acrylic for her more abstract
styles of art work. Simplicity, clarity, variety, and extreme are all words that
express her distinctive technique.
“My style is very
varied and extreme, sometimes no detail, to maybe too much detail. I am learning
every day and I have over 30 years of ideas just trying to get out.”
Angela Wadsworth
WebSite: www.simplyangela.com
email: aaeaw1@shaw.ca
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Roberta Zander
Born
in Vancouver and lived in Delta until her recent move to Comox. Roberta holds a
Diploma of Fine Arts from Kwantlen College; exhibits in many galleries and
community venues; has won numerous awards in juried shows and has traveled to 38
countries. People and Places are the inspiration for most of her paintings.
Working in Acrylic, Ink and Clay keep the artistic excitement flowing. Roberta
is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Brushworks, and
Originals Only.
Phone:
339-2976
email:
rzander@telus.net
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