Linda Walton received her post secondary educations in painting and ceramics at the Berkshire college of Art and at Leicester University in England. She lived and worked in Jamaica before immigrating to British Columbia in the 70s where she taught ceramics, drawing and design in the Fine Arts Department at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. She moved to Vancouver Island in 2005. Linda’s work has been exhibited in Chicago, San Francisco and Sydney Australia as well...
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Gary was born and raised on Vancouver Island and began his interest in photography at 15 years of age and started as a photographer soon after graduating in 1976 from high school at the weekly newspaper, the Goldstream Gazette on Vancouver Island, from there he moved to Ontario where he worked for The Brampton Daily Times for 4 1/2 years. Missing the quiet environment and scenery of British Columbia Gary returned to B.C. after being hired at the Kelowna Daily Courier...
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Vedrana was born and raised in Croatia (former Yugoslavia) and immigrated to Canada in 1992 at the tender age of 21. The war which erupted in her country of origin acted as a catalyst in fulfilling her lifelong dream of making Canada her home. Thanks to the love and support of her uncle, aunt and extended family in Sudbury Ontario, this little dot on the map in the heart of the lake studded and wildly beautiful part of the world became her “Canadian home town” and the...
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My formal art training began with pottery and functional vessels so the move to sculpture seemed to be a natural evolution. Permanent materials such as clay, stone and bronze have always been a part of my pallet; the figure is a subject that I have rendered many ways incorporating variations of these materials. Learning the language of form and function and juxtaposing it with a play of positive and negative shapes is a constant exploration in my work. Consistently...
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“Her Being Me” $1,200.00 CAD Soleil Mannion was born in the Netherlands, but spent most of her childhood in Vancouver, B.C. She moved to London England in 1991 to study theatre and costume design. She traveled extensively through out Europe, living in Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands. Soleil worked and taught acting and costume designing in England for many years before moving to Vancouver Island where she took art classes at Malaspina. Painting and mixed...
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On any given day, the home and working studio of Angela Menzies is bursting with joy. Two homeschooled children are chasing a big, cape wearing brown dog through the living room, a pitbull is curled up on the sofa and a cat or two are belly up in the patch of catnip. Woven into this blissful tapestry is a loving, supportive husband. In the middle of it all, Angela sits at an easel, painting and laughing. Welcome to Brown Dog Studio. Hanging on every wall are large, colorful...
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