Susan Taylor has lived to paint on South Pender Island since 1997 when she left her position at Simon Fraser University to pursue a life in art. Since then, private and corporate marine life and flower enthusiasts and “Foodies” have been collecting her work. “Herring Ball” Acrylic & Resin on Canvas $300.00 In 1999, with her partner Frank Ducote, she opened the Blood Star Gallery on South Pender Island. Susan is an Active...
Read MoreNew Artist Marilyn Stubbs Cooney AFCA. Come and have an Artful experience!
Artist Statement Everything in life has a connection. As an artist and musician the joy of expression is paramount with touching the senses of others and one’s self. It is the internal challenge that keeps one striving to reach the next plane of knowledge and achievement. The gif of being able to create through art is a medium for one to simultaneously give and receive...
Read MoreMarilyn Stubbs Cooney AFCA
Marilyn Stubbs Cooney is a signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a member of the Arrowsmith Chapter of the FCA. She is also a founding member of TOSH 10 a group of artistis at the Old School House Arts Center in Qualicum Beach, B.C. and a member of the Silk Work Club dedicated to silk paintings. Before moving to Vancouver Island, cooney reside in Ontario where her first experiences were as an art and music...
Read MoreJan Henry
I am a Victoria, BC resident who returned to Canada in 2004 after living inSaudi Arabiafor 10 years. I experimented with painting and papermaking while living inSaudi Arabia, but it was on my return to Canada in 2004 that my formal art education began. After several years of study, in May 2008 I received a Certificate of Visual Art from the Vancouver Island School of Art. I began my formal art education several years ago after experimenting with painting and...
Read MoreMaureen Walker AFCA
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. ...
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