“Winter” Joanna Asha Roznowski   ARTIST STATEMENT I am a painter and photographer. With colour, contrast, texture, and shape I bring out vivid and dynamic compositions that echo my emotions about the environment. The technique I use of pouring and moving the paint across a canvas makes it possible to easily follow the direction of spilt acrylic paint. For the last few months I traveled with my digital camera documenting the natural...

Ellen Statz Ellen was born and raised in the small coastal community of Campbell River BC, on Vancouver Island.  She is the daughter of a commercial fisherman and has a long and direct connection with the sea and with nature which inspires her whimsical forms and designs.  Ellen discovered clay in 1984 while enrolled in the Fine Arts Diploma Program at Malapsina College in Nanaimo, BC.  She continued here art education and work in Raku at North...

Desiree Bond  Desiree was born in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and has called various places home, including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and finally Victoria.  In 1989, she became an active member of the Calgary chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists.  Desiree enrolled in the Alberta College of Art in 1992, where she studied until getting married and starting a family.  Now that her children are more independent, she is able to paint full...

He was born in Ontario, where he lived in Lake Huron. He studied leather work and became a leather carver. At the age of 23, Jason moved to Victoria, B.C. to study and learn the art of native wood carving. With the help and guidance of a Haida carver by the name of Randy Reid, he has achieved renowned success. He now carves in mediums of Red and Yellow Cedar, Alder and bone. He is the sign of the Raven, hence his favourite...

Jacinda Hames Artist Statement Over 71% of this earth’s living space is ocean, which is inhabited by plants and animals. Even more importantly, over half of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of a coastline. These largely populated areas have threatened our local ecosystems, causing an increase in marine pollution, habitat destruction and in turn global warming; in particular Canada’s marine habitat and its ability to sustain itself....