Glen Henderson   Glen Henderson is a Port Alberni wildlife wood carver and stone sculptor.  Born in 1961 and raised in Flin Flon, Manitoba, he learned to appreciate nature while growing up surrounded by the beauty of the Precambrian Shield.  His father is credited with teaching him patience and taking great pride in workmanship.  These two traits are apparent when studying one of Glen’s carvings or sculptures.   Glen’s pieces reflect his love...

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...

  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. Dinah paints on recycled wood which is salvaged from old buildings, fences or is washed up on...

John was born in Masset on haida Gwaii of Haida origin.  He is the grandson of “Captain Andrew Brown” well known Argillite Carver from the Islands. About 10 years ago he started working with wood and continues to do so at his home in Sooke, B.C. where he now resides.  The Brentwood Box The side of a single piece of Red Cedar which has been kerfed in three places, then steamed and bent into the box shape.  When dry, the kerfs are...

Phoebe Dunbar has always appreciated the art and aesthetics found in nature  growing up amidst a family of writers, artists, boaters, paddlers and adventurists.  It is no surprise that she now carves and creates wood art to share with others.  Three years ago she began to carve bowls for her friends and family.  After literally giving away a truckful, she was encouraged to sell a few, and now her work is for sale! Phoebe no longer uses knives...