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North Shore Art Crawl
The 2022 North Shore Art Crawl is returning as an in-person weekend event, taking place October 14-16, 2022. Come enjoy this free weekend event and connect with the arts on the North Shore! In its twelfth year running, the North Shore Art Crawl partners with... read more
October 14 - 16, 2022 -
Don Rutherford: Watercolour Landscape
August 17 - October 19, 2022
Imagined, Interpreted, Abstracted The natural landscape provides endless inspiration for the watercolour painter. Ever changing, ephemeral light, colours, shapes, forms, awe and mystery. To a certain extent, painting in watercolour is much the same, ever-changing... read more
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The Anonymous Art Show 2022 | Call for Artists OPEN
North Van Arts is thrilled to announce the 2022 Anonymous Art Show. This 19 year old group exhibition and fundraising event will include emerging and established artists working strictly on unframed 8”x8”x1½” canvas or wood panels. This is the third year the... read more
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Member Profiles
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Brian Minichiello
Oil on Canvas
Brian Minichiello’s paintings provide a moment to appreciate the natural world. A place to unburden and find connection. “When I paint, my thoughts fall like snow flakes, muffling sound and quieting time. I strive to create spaces where it is safe to slow... -
Lorn Curry
Oil
I’m a North Vancouver based oil painter. Inspired by the hyperrealism movement, my primary subject matter is the contemporary still-life. Through these works, I explore a long-held fascination with the interplay of light and dark, positive and negative space. I have... -
Elisabeth Sommerville
Stone Lithography
Elisabeth Sommerville was born in Calgary, Alberta and graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1963. She moved to Vancouver, B.C. and established Sommergraphics, an award-winning graphic design studio. In 1998 she became interested in printmaking and studied at... -
Keely Smith
Oil and Acrylic Painting, Landscape & Abstract
I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba — a really cold city with really great people. After graduating from graphic design, I headed west. As a North Vancouver resident my constant companions are my family, my dog, and the raw beauty of British Columbia. For my inspiration I... -
Taslim Jaffer
Taslim Jaffer is a freelance writer and writing instructor with a special interest in culture and society. Her writing has appeared in Maclean’s, Huffington Post Canada, Unearth Women, CBC Parents, WestCoast Families and others. As the cultures columnist for... -
Shahla Karbalaei
Acrylic, Water-Color, Gauche, and Mixed-Media
I am a Persian-Canadian artist with an art studio located in North Shore, Vancouver. I grew up in one of the most beautiful and historical cities in the world, Esfahan; It was until I was a fresh interior designer where I met a living practicing artist for... -
Theresa Wimbles
About my Art My creative experience is a subconscious view of the natural, as sensual rhythm meets realism and organic abstract meets shape, color and line. I create from childhood memories and photos of days spent outdoors exploring west coast... -
Sharon Quirke
Acrylic, Pottery/Ceramics
Canadian artist, Sharon Quirke, explores her vast country by layering colour and emotion on canvases brushed with fresh air. Her acrylics are bold and dynamic. “The rush of beauty that infuses each captured moment sustains & directs us.” In bold and dramatic... -
Michael Binkley
Stone Sculpture
Michael Binkley is a professional artist with 40 years experience working as a sculptor in a wide range of scale, stone type and idiom. His gallery and studio are located in the warehouse district of Squamish, BC, Canada – a 50 min. drive from North Vancouver.... -
Reyhaneh Bakhtiari
oil painter
Reyhaneh Bakhtiari is an internationally acclaimed oil painting artist. She was born in Tehran, Iran and showed artistic talent at a young age. She went to England when she was 19, where she attended Swindon College, University of London, and continued her studies. ... -
Elahe Nour Bakhsh
Oil, Mixed Media
Elahe Nour Bakhsh was enriched by the arts her entire life. Born in Iran in 1964, she was raised in an artistic family. Her parents encouraged her ability, as her mother is an artist, and her siblings either paint or are musically accomplished. Elahe is influenced by... -
Dave Biddle
Dave Biddle is an artist and teacher working and living on unceded Coast Salish territories. As an artist he likes to make animations, videos, music, paintings, and sometimes do performances too. As a teacher he doesn’t worry too much about technical perfection,...
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