I am excited by exploring beyond the established boundaries of traditional silk painting techniques and researching the possiblities of this challenging medium. My innovative use of silk and dye on canvas is leading me to experiment with multi-layered paintings whose subtle interaction of colours, harmony of volumes, planes and lines generates work which are abstract statements existing on their...
Read MoreChristine Stufano Simpson
Raised amongst the temperate rain forests, mountains and endless shorelines of Vancouver Island. Christine Stufano Simpson has always been deeply moved by nature’s immense beauty. Since her adolescence she has attempted to express this wellspring of sinspiration through photography, painting, and mixed media. A self taught painter, she prefers to work primarily with acrylics. ...
Read MoreMaureen O’Connor
I am a jewellery designer, glass bead artist, and silversmith. The work of creating a piece of jewellery is extremely engaging and stimulating. Making jewellery provides me with the opportunity to play with colours and textures, and to express myself as I experiment with the age-old fascination of personal ornamentation. It is always my intention that the person who wears my jewellery will be positively affected. The history of glass beadmaking goes back 4000 years....
Read MorePatty Patching
Patty Patching moved to this area from the prairies to do her Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the University of Victoria. Afterwards she continued her study of Art by becoming a Registered Art Therapist. She paints because it feels good! In this series of paintings Patty took her inspiration from the flow of life so visible on the West Coast…the ebb and flood of tides, lush vegetation, a nd thirst quenching rainfalls. Being true and present to the muse of...
Read MoreCarollyne Yardley
Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Carollyne Yardley completed two years in the Faculty of Fine Arts, and is a graduate of the University of Victoria, where she completed a double major in Psychology and History in Art. Most recently, she has taken art classes at the Victoria College of Art and studied with Tony Ryder at The Ryder Studio School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since 1997, she has been the founder, business owner and creative director of a software application...
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