"Moments to Rest" medium Gouache $325.00 CAD

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.

"Summer Spray" medium Gouache $200.00 CAD

Being true and present to the muse of the moment, her work celebrates the spontaneity and abundance of nature.   She paints with intuition, like a bird builds a nest, one stroke fitting into another until it feels just right!

"Spiral Dance" medium Gouache $200.00 CAD

"Tropical Girl Squirrel & Gnome" Oil on Canvas $1,800.00 CAD

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 & web development company which provided her with a strong foundation in the visual communications industry.

“I view art and design as a process of thinking, creating, problem-solving, and communicating,” says Carollyne.

She cites a wide, ecclectic range of influences that inspire her work—not just Dali, Mark Ryden, Todd Schorr, Pop Surrealism, Raphael, Ingres and Norman Rockwell, but also Lucille Ball, Elaine from Seinfeld, Wonder Woman, Elvis Presley, and helicopter rides.

In September 2010, Carollyne launched her new business as a visual artist, and began to remove the mask of technology to emerge as her true self, standing with her hands on her hips, yelling and laughing at the squirrels in her yard.

She lives in Victoria, BC, with her husband.

Magic Trails Acrylic on Canvas 40" x 30" $3,200.00 CAD

My abstract paintings explore different ways of expressing beauty and innovation through the choice of colours, textures, movements, and compositions.  Painting in an abstract language is a liberating process because it is reactive, intuitive, and sensual.  At the same time, the thoughtful control of composition makes it as invigorating as puzzle solving. 

That Bubbly Feeling Acrylic on Canvas 24" x 24" $1,530.00 CAD

"Birds" $995.00 CAd oil on Canvas

Lisa Hebden is a figurative oil painter working in Victoria, BC. She works from drawings, photographs, and memory to make paintings that have a sense of otherworldliness to them. She is fascinated by narrative, which carries over into the paintings: something is always happening beyond their surfaces.

Victoria figurative painter Lisa Hebden is a 2003 recipient of a Painting on the Edge Award from the Federation of Canadian Artists. Lisa holds two degrees, in Fine Arts & Graphic Design, from Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Her work has been featured in International Artist Magazine, Applied Arts Magazine, Art Avenue, Ceramics Art & Perception, The Vancouver Sun, The Halifax Herald and the Claremont Review.

"Birds" $995.00 CAD oil on canvas

Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Germany and Australia.

EarthWeave Paper Design

Beachcombers Moon $700.00 CAD

My paintings are abstract landscapes done in collage and acrylics. Collage is exciting because I feel unlimited in what to use to make a painting rich in pattern, colour and texture.

“I apply paper and other material to stretched canvas, then pour, roll, sponge, brush and drag acrylic paint over this textured, gessoed surface. Stencils, printing blocks, monotypes, rubbings and hand-painted papers are sometimes added. A coat of varnish is applied to protect and enhance the beauty of each piece.

Stream (set of 4) $115.00 CAD

“Interest in archaeology, architecture and Buddhism have influenced my work.”

Kim McVicar grew up in a pastoral setting in southwestern Ontario, Canada, surrounded by creative and imaginative people. She was always drawing and painting, particularly her own imaginary super heroines.

Space Between Things (set of 4) $320.00 CAD

Kim currently lives with her husband on Vancouver Island.

Stuffed Grizzlet

Dinah Giffin was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario.  While she was in elementary, junior and high school her entire focus was art, art.  In 1983 she graduated with Honors from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.  Followinmg graduation, Dinah represented the Fine Art Department for the Helen Pitt award in Vancouver, B.C.

Fish Bench

Dinah paints on recycled wood which is salvaged from old buildings, fences or is washed up on local beaches.  The paintings are framed in alder twigs or in Pacific Willow branches.  Pieces of wrecked boats which are washed up on shore and weathered boards present a natural beauty that represents years of history that blend into the ambience of her unique style of painting. 

Bear

“My roots are firmly and happily planted on our beautiful island.  There is a great feeling of inspiration from walking the beaches and enjoing the natural beauty of the ocean.  Each piece of wood has its own imperfections, nail holes, scrapes and marks which I include in my paintings.  I hope you enjoy my art.”  Dinah!

Golden Koi $1,300.00 CAD

Kimiko Ziolkowski was born in Kumamoto, Japan, and moved to Canada in August 1997. Kimiko studied oil painting with Tomoko Sakaguchi, Tokyo, Japan from 1991 and studied Nihonga (Japanese-painting) with Kiyoharu Inoue, from 1994 in Tokyo. 

Path of the Koi $1,500.00 CAD

Kimiko specializes in the medium of Nihonga, translated as traditional Japanese painting. The features of Nihonga are its use of powdered, organic mineral pigments instead of oils, bound to Japanese parchment with unique, natural glue.

Kimiko specializes in flowers, although she has done extensive work also in landscape and figures. Since coming to Canada in 1997, Kimiko’s subject matter has embraced West Coast themes.

Tumbo Channel Afternoon Glow $1,500.00 CAD

Kimiko is a regular entrant to Vancouver Island art exhibitions including the Sooke Fine Art Festival and Art in Bloom at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.  Kimiko sells through Sooke Harbour House Hotel, Peninsula Gallery, and others. Kimiko  also teaches regular classes in Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting).. She has also exhibited in many Japanese exhibitions.

Kimiko was awarded the first place (Mayors Trophy) from among the approximately 250 entrants at the Tokyo Kodaira Art Show in fall, 1996 for the Nihonga (Japanese-painting) work, Jakujo (from a Buddhist term, translated as Silent Solitude).

Blue Hat

I have been a studio potter since graduating from Kootenay School of Art, Nelson, BC in 1976.

My Work combines my love of drawing and painting with my passion for clay work.

My method of hand building using thinly rolled slabs of white earthenware clay, images are carefully drawn and incised, and textures are then rolled and embossed into the wet clay.

Working in short series I use the playful imagery and fabulous textures inspired by art deco and the “Flapper” era to showcase my eccentric imagination.  Each piece is painted with various underglazes and oxides and then fired in an electric kiln several times to develop the rich detail.

Fish Teapot $275.00 CAD

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 as in several places in Canada.  It is in the hands of both public and private collectors in those countries and in Japan.  She lives in Black Creek, on the Oyster River where she works in ceramics, and multi media.

"Iam Her" $1,200.00 CAD

“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 media is now her full-time passion; she works from her studio in Cowichan Bay.

      I make art because it is the most effective way for me to express myself passionately. It combines my love of nature and human nature. It can be as simple or as complex as I choose. Art opens up and expresses the flow of human consciousness in a way that I find exiting and personal. My compositions start with a sense of movement; gesture and colour form the next layer. I then use a more structured approach to complete the piece. The intention of my art is to touch the heart and mind of the viewer and to inspire a reverence for nature.

Pottery

Lyn has been working with clay for over 20 years and uses handbuilt, wheel-thrown and altered form techniques. She makes a wide range of pottery from pendants to bowls and platters to wall art. The common theme in all her pieces is a touch of the coast. She uses stamped and rolled impressions of shells and seaweed and carvings of herons, salmon and dolphins. She combines her glazes to depict colors of the sea, sand and sky. All of her stoneware pottery is oven, microwave and dishwasher safe.

Lyn lives and works out of her home studio in Powell River, B.C. “Living on the coast and being in nature provides me with a wealth of ideas and inspiration. I take these ideas back to my studio and work and play with them.”

Pottery

In the past couple of years Lyn has been drawn to work with the technique of smoke-fired pottery.  “The rich red tones of the clay contrasted with black slip designs are burnished to a natural shine. I love the warmth and beauty of the bare clay with all its subtle impressions and the unpredictable patterns from the fire.”  Smoke-fired pottery is food-safe but because it is fired to a lower temperature it is more fragile and not intended for general use.

Many people and life experiences have contributed to and influenced my work. It is constantly changing as one idea grows into another.

Wallhanging

My main studies have been to know various structures within the basic weaving theories so I can expand in those areas with non-conventional combinations of colours and setts (how one puts the threads through the reed, on a loom). From here the main structures are expounded upon, stretching them to a higher number of harnesses to get the intricacies I know will work. I design the warp first, thread by thread, and then if it is not space-dyed or other plan, it goes on the loom directly. 

After this, the article is very likely finished on the loom with hemstitching, or it is then ready for the dye-pot. Many things are factored in. Daily weaving is my bread and butter, and when I have time I concentrate on a deeper artful approach. But even with the day to day handweaving, having two items the same is rare.

My main looms are a 12 harness 60” LeClerc floor loom, 5 table looms, 36” 4 harness floor loom (being re-designed to an 8), 16 harness AVL pegging system floor loom,  plus lots of spinning fibres and accessories. I can’t think of a fibre I don’t like to work with. This year’s selection for the Sooke Fine Arts Show has in it hand-spun recycled coke (pop) bottles! When purchasing this fibre I enquired as to the origin of this roving as it was just labeled ‘acrylic’ handspinning fibre. The answer was that is was recycled coke bottles.

How I got started – I was living in Dawson Creek during 1991 and joined the local guild. During the next summer we were demonstrating weaving and spinning in one of the log cabins at the local heritage site. The girls were always bugging me about being a weaver – no way! Anyhow, in front of some tourists, I was coaxed up onto the weavers’ bench and threw the shuttle, and that was it. I purchased a floor loom later that summer and was on my way. There have been lots of bumps and delights along the way, but to this day weaving is my passion and I’ll try and evangelize anyone I can. My earliest mentors and teachers are all passed away now, Dorothy Powell, Sue Brocke, and Casey Moser, to whom I am eternally grateful.

Thank you for supporting the show  –  enjoy your visit. If you haven’t found your gifting, may this show encourage you.