James Atkin has been creating high relief woodcarvings on Vancouver Island for close to twenty years. His calling as a woodcarver was born out of a life long affiliation with wood, a love of art and a need to create. While recovering from a series of surgeries and with a need to channel energy and frustration, he started carving. Completely self-taught, what began as a form of therapy has gradually blossomed into a passion that is almost an obsession. Jim is both tickled...
Read MoreLinny D. Vine
Linny D. Vine’s distinctive contemporary paintings are known for their joyful energy. Cherry blossoms in full bloom, warm curving paths that invite exploration, each building and tree alive with its own special personality. The hour of day and the time of season both captured at their fullest and most colorful. Linny’s inspiration is the visual world, its beautiful rhythmic patterns of color and light, as well as her intrigue in...
Read More1st place at the Empress Hotel, Victoria Festival of Trees
Our team ( Amanda and Jill,event coordinators, Sharan Gallery Gift Shop and Britta our sommelier) decorated for the Festival of Trees at the Empress, we won first place before the Empress (2sd) and the Times Colonist(3rd)! This is a fund raising for the BC Children Hospital and the goal this year is to raise enough money to open a pediatric center in Victoria so children and parents don’t have to travel to Vancouver. Our team was so excited to win first place!...
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