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...
Sooke Harbour House has inspired one of our guest, “Go Canada” beautiful and powerful drawing was left in The Kingfisher Room
Linda Walton
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...
Soleil Mannion
Born in the Netherlands, Soleil Mannion’s formative years were spent in Vancouver, B.C. Her travels through the dramatic landscapes and seascapes of the Pacific coast awakened her artistic insight and personal aesthetic. In 1991, Soleil moved to London, England to engage in multidisciplinary art studies – in drama, dance, and costume design. As she went on to work and teach in acting and costume design, she refined her...
Lyn Stoffels
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...





