Linda Danielson Linda Danielson has worked in the dining room of Sooke Harbour House since 1980, where she is much nourished by the creative environment. She has also long been involved in textile arts but only lately discovered that her true passion is making art doll figures. Her studio resembles an archeological dig comprised of fabrics, beads, paints, bones, shells, stones, dried foliage and all kinds of wonderful thrift store finds. Using Celtic studies, shamanism...
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Randy Kerr Hello, my name is Randy Kerr. Thank you for your interest in my carvings. I initially began woodcarving 5 years ago when I moved to Victoria, with my wife Shauna to join our two daughters who were attending universtiy here. I was a chiropractor and had been in practice for 27 years in Belleville, Ontario. When we arrived in Victoria, I set up a chiropractic office downtown in Market Square. One of my neighbours in the area was Jack Kerr, “the Lone...
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Frank Armich Born on Vancouver Island, B.C., Frank Armich from an early age developed a keen attraction to the inherent beauty of local woods. As a young apprentice in his father’s business of the production of burl wood furniture and clocks Frank quickly acquired the skills necessary to work with wood. Today Frank creats by hand a wide line of artistic sculptures such as bowls, whales, and wall pieces fashioned out of bird’s eye maple, red and yellow cedar,...
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Phoebe Dunbar has always appreciated the art and aesthetics found in nature growing up amidst a family of writers, artists, boaters, paddlers and adventurists. It is no surprise that she now carves and creates wood art to share with others. Three years ago she began to carve bowls for her friends and family. After literally giving away a truckful, she was encouraged to sell a few, and now her work is for sale! Phoebe no longer uses knives to carve, but instead uses...
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Jill Winstanley is a self-taught oil painter, resides in Sooke, BC, Canada. Being born and raised on Vancouver Island has definitely inspired her creativity and her appreciation of nature on the West Coast. As long as nature keeps springing forth with such vibrant beauty, I will never have a lack of inspiration . It is not my intent to “make a statement” with my art. I paint what I see and it is the feeling from the moment that I try to transfer to the canvas. I...
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Judi Wild first employed her artistic talent as a draftsperson, and then as a graphic artist. After more than 20 years in the corporate world, she turned to painting, developing and mastering the labour-intensive method of applying watercolours using the ‘drybrush’ technique. This gives her work that extra dimension in the delicate detailing she painstakingly portrays. Judi taught her unusual painting style for some time but is now consumed by her work. Guardian...
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