WHAT’S HAPPENING
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Timothy J Sullivan: Improbable Landscapes
December 14, 2023 - March 5, 2024
Artist Bio: As a visual artist, Timothy is deeply fascinated by the complex interplay between thinking, feeling, sensing, and intuition, and how these aspects of human experience can be translated into the creation of art. His work is informed and inspired by a range... read more
The District Library Gallery (located at District Lynn Valley Main Library ) -
The Anonymous Art Show 2023
November 18 - December 19
Online sale starts on Thursday, November 23 at 7pm. Please note: We are UNABLE to provide in-person purchases until Monday, November 27, 2023, during regular business hours.The gallery is still open for in-person viewing during regular business hours.Online sales are... read more
Cityscape Community ArtSpace -
Carol Demers and Ronda Green: Whispers of Form
October 19, 2023 - January 16, 2024
Art in the Community presents “Whispers of Form,” an exhibition by Carol Demers and Ronda Green. Artist Bio – Ronda Green: With 45 years of experience as a potter and pottery instructor, Ronda Green’s artistic journey has been a remarkable one.... read more
The District Foyer Gallery (located at North Vancouver District Hall)
UPCOMING CLASSES
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Character Development Through Textiles
Create characters and scenes inspired by ancient Greek friezes and the Bayeux Tapestry. Use fabric techniques to craft your visual narrative in a horizontal band or panel style.” Join our two-day “Character Development Through Textiles” weekend... -
Intro to Oil Painting
Discover the world of oil painting in an introductory course that explores art fundamentals. Learn composition, brushwork, and techniques to create various textures and effects, as well as how to balance elements and colors for visually pleasing compositions. Explore... -
Cityscape Date Nights Create your own Poetic Theatre or Memory Box in the style of Joseph Cornell
Since its inception in February 2022, our monthly CityScape Date Night series has been a creative journey like no other. Every month, we’ve delved into a diverse range of artistic mediums, from acrylics to watercolors, upcycling to drag life drawing. Date... -
Cityscape Date Nights May Creative Writing: A Night of Reimaging Spaces and Ourselves
Since its inception in February 2022, our monthly CityScape Date Night series has been a creative journey like no other. Every month, we’ve delved into a diverse range of artistic mediums, from acrylics to watercolors, upcycling to drag life drawing. Date... -
Cityscape Date Nights: Character Development Through Textiles
Since its inception in February 2022, our monthly CityScape Date Night series has been a creative journey like no other. Every month, we’ve delved into a diverse range of artistic mediums, from acrylics to watercolors, upcycling to drag life drawing. Date... -
Print the Town – with a Gel Plate!”
Build your own unique city or town using prints created with a gel plate. This technique produces rich and diverse papers with stunning textures and colors, which will be cut and used for collage on paper. We’ll start on the first evening by applying acrylic...
Profiles
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Ann Eynon
Acrylic, Mixed Media
I recently returned from Vancouver’s west side and a life in financial planning to my cottage and my artistic roots. My work is done in acrylic and is generally landscape. Plein air is a favourite – so many paintings are done on location throughout the... -
Sonia Mocnik
Watercolour Painting
Sonia Mocnik is inspired by her surroundings; from cityscapes to the great outdoors. Vancouver born, she has always enjoyed creating some type of art. She paints with the colours that move her from an urban scene to nature’s blooms. The energy of each captured moment... -
Karyn Orry
Acrylic
Karyn is British Canadian, born in Yorkshire then moved to North Vancouver and now living in Kelowna, BC. She studied art and textile design at college in the U.K, then took a break from painting to focus on a busy graphic design, print and packaging career. Since... -
Jane Lowery
Mixed Media Artist
I am a graduate of Langara College and Emily Carr University of Art and Design/ Fine Arts Studio, Drawing and Printmaking. I tried to stop focusing on nature but I couldn’t. I like what’s going on under the ground. Life and Nature has its dark moments, its... -
Claudia Wiebe
Acrylic and Mixed Media Paintings
My artwork is a reflection of my life…surrounded by very painful and melancholic memories, as well as many happy and wonderful experiences. I like to communicate life’s experiences through my paintings. I believe art speaks to the soul, some days like a soft whisper... -
Robert Zylstra
Pen and Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic Painter
I took my formal training at Langara College Fine Arts Program but I have been an artist all of my life. My early works were painting in acrylic and pen & ink drawing, Later I spent a few years creating designs and sandblasting them into glass for customers of my... -
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... -
Fanny Ip
Chinese watercolor and ink on rice paper
Two most important techniques of Chinese painting are Gongbi (工筆) and Xieyi (寫意). Gongbi is a realistic technique using highly detailed brushstrokes that delimits details precisely and without independent or expressive variation. Xieyi is a freehand brushwork which... -
Anne Marie Buchanan
Basketmaker, Watercolour & Acrylic Painter
A multifaceted artist, Anne Marie was born and raised on the North Shore and has worked in photography, watercolour, oil painting and drawing most of her life. She evolved into folk arts, sewing, knitting, quilting, restoring old furniture and basketry. Basketry is... -
Monica Gewurz
Acrylic & Mixed-Media
I am a mixed media artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. My art is rooted in my life on the west coast of British Columbia but also draws on my travelling experiences. Drawing on my background in science, I create evocative and purposely imperfect paintings... -
Dana Johnson
Visual Artist
Dana Johnson is a Vancouver-born artist. As long as she can remember she has been consumed by art. Earlier on she lived in London, England and this was when she got her first taste of European history, art and culture. She has travelled extensively and these... -
Tammy Flynn Seybold
Painting
In Tammy Flynn Seybold’s figurative works, the media itself – the lush applications of thick oil paint – have a presence that transcends the representative aspects of the image. Through her bold application and manipulation with a palette knife, the paint... -
Edward Peck
Digital Media
Edward Peck studied photography, fine arts, conceptual art, historical technics, film, and literature at the University of British Columbia. He then went on to work under a number of artists to develop his technical skills in photography, film, etching, watercolour,... -
Phyllis Schwartz
Photography
Phyllis Schwartz is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator who works in photography, ceramics and publishing. She is an Emily Carr University of Art + Design graduate with a concentration in photography and the recipient of the Canon Photography Award. Her... -
Mahin Sharilli
Acrylic on Canvas
Mahin Sharilli is a fine art painter based in Vancouver who was born in Tehran, Iran. Mahin’s passion for art began early on in her life, and she pursued her dreams by obtaining a B.A in Stage Design from University of Art (Iran) and teaching the Basics of... -
Catherine Fields
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Catherine Fields was born in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1983, she emigrated to Canada and often credits the country’s accepting atmosphere with giving her the confidence and freedom to explore her creativity. She now paints and lives in North Vancouver with her... -
Doris MacDougall
Drawing and Painting
I am a Canadian Artist living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. I studied Fine Arts as well as Clay and Fibre at Capilano College graduating in 1981. I am active in the Vancouver and North Vancouver Art Communities and participate in the East-side Culture Crawl in... -
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. ... -
Jan Poynter
Painting
Growing up in North Van – the mountains were my back yard and the waterfront my go to hangout. Now living on the Sunshine Coast I get to enjoy all those things and still make trips to paint and explore the Sea to Sky corridor and the North Shore. My professional... -
Sande Waters
acrylic, acrylic ink, oil, photography
bio I received my BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and my MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, California. As a way to engage with my art community, I am volunteering as Assistant Curator at Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Healing Art Donation... -
Neill Lyons
metal, pottery, ceramics, stone
Neill Lyons is a professional engineer who in middle age took up the art of sculpting as a recreational pursuit. Over the past twenty years he has worked in several sculpting media including wax, terra-cotta, plaster, stone and bronze. He has pursued self-education... -
Nicola Morgan
Painter, Illustrator, Instructor
The process of art making is as personal as it is mysterious. It is an action of surrender through paint, to a world where time is suspended and layers of newly found realities are discovered. I strive for balance in my paintings which presents a the challenge of... -
Lori Bagnérès
Mixed Media
Lori’s mixed media artwork derives its depth from the interconnectedness of spaces that humans share with the environment. Images of serene landscapes meld with an edgy, cultural world. Lori exposes the dichotomy between urban, graffitied surfaces and her natural... -
Michael Brouillet
My art features scenes of urban locations painted in watercolour mounted on cradled wooden panels. In my latest series I focus on places where people gather within the city. Searching out older buildings for their interesting design details I also look for unique... -
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... -
Katie Rodgers
Painting
Katie Rodgers developed her artistic practice building upon experiences images and insights during earlier travels in South East Asia. The paintings consist of drawings and photographs presented in abstract form to suggest atmosphere and emotions associated with... -
Meghan Sharir
Oil, Watercolour
Based in West Vancouver, Meghan is an award-winning and Signature Member (AFCA) of the Federation of Canadian Artists who exhibits frequently in juried group and community shows and private venues and undertakes regular commissions. Meghan is primarily a portrait... -
Rick Cuff
Acrylic and Oil Painter
After studying painting at the Swedish State School of Art, I moved to London and attended The London College of Communications, graduating with a graphic design degree. I then taught at LCC and Chelsea School of Art in England, while at the same time practicing as a... -
Sue Damen
Mixed Media, Acrylic and Collograph
Sue Damen is an artist, illustrator and educator. She was born at Grace Hospital in Vancouver but grew up in the small farming community of Yarrow, BC. Later, she came back to Vancouver attending the University of British Columbia, where she graduated with a BFA... -
Kathy Daley
Oil Painting
Kathy uses bright, dynamic colours and thick impasto oil paint on black gesso surface to explore her connection to the world outside. She has been in group and solo exhibits at art galleries in BC, Alberta and Manitoba since 1995, bringing urban scenes to life... -
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... -
Jia Duan
Scholar artist：Professor & Filmmaker (Animation and Documentary Director), Painter & Writer & Curator
As a filmmaker, Jia mainly produce animation and documentary. As a female artist, each of her works is self-written self-directed and art director, some works are music arranger and independent produce herself. Whether her films are animated films or documentaries,... -
Marika Morissette
Acrylic Pour Paintings
Marika is a visual artist specializing in acrylic pour paintings. She is passionate about creating original, beautiful artwork. Her creations are unique and intriguing, going deep into the space of creativity and hopefulness. Marika finds pour painting to be... -
Mariana Sola
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pottery/Ceramics
I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I work predominantly in the medium of painting with acrylics but I also work with clay in my sculptures. After completing my B.F.A at the University of National Arts in Buenos Aires Argentina in 1998 I had many solo and group... -
Shakun Jhangiani
An intuitively creative contemporary artist, Shakun’s signature style and distinctive use of mixed media is well known and easily recognizable in all of her abstract paintings. The versatility of using acrylics as a painting medium opened the... -
Sharka Leigh
Acrylic
Sharka Leigh is an acrylic painter from North Vancouver. She paints varied subject matter, though she most often focuses on her favourite animal, cows. Her work is recognizable by its combination of composition, unusual subject matter and detailed style. Sharka paints... -
Don Rutherford
Watercolour
Still, watercolour, 11″ x 9″, $200Near Foremost AB, watercolour, 14″ x 11″, $200Moods of Chesterman #1, watercolour, 14″ x 11″, $200Moods, of Chesterman #2, watercolour, 9″ x 11″, $150Spring on Nicola Lake, watercolour,... -
Sandrine Pelissier
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Watercolour
Artist Bio Originally from France, the visual artist Sandrine Pelissier has been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 18 years. She is very inspired by her Pacific west coast surroundings and paints the BC landscape, figures and still life, mixing elements... -
Margaret Riley Cody
Acrylic and Pastels/Conté
Margaret Riley Cody is a member of the North Vancouver Arts Council and an Associate Member of the Federation For Canadian Artist. She is also the Design and creative director for Charterhouse... -
Una Polenova
Acrylic, mixed media, watercolour
Born in Richmond, I enjoyed expressing a talent for painting and dance in my early childhood days. My love for the arts inspired a career in Graphic Design and Visual Arts in the mid 1980’s. Today my paintings record a history of the land, and sea to sky of beautiful... -
Gail Coney
Glass, Pottery, Ceramics
Vibrant, colourful, unique, handpainted stoneware and glassware for the home or for that special gift. Gail has an attention to detail, developing designs inspired by her life and the places she’s lived, and applying a consistently high standard to each and... -
Warren Oneschuk
Acrylic
Working in acrylics, Warren Oneschuk (AFCA) is a realism artist/painter in North Vancouver, BC. His subject matter lies in historical interests – mainly abandoned/rusted vehicles and derelict buildings. He works in a multi-layered, glazing and dry brush technique to... -
Sara Montgomery Designs & Studios
Silversmith, Metalworking
Sara Montgomery is an artist working on the North Shore who specializes in silversmithing and fine metalwoking. Sara Montgomery Studios is an inclusive studio with 3 desks that offer teaching rates, rental desks (with or without tools) lessons for metalsmiths, makers... -
Jilly Watson
Acrylics
Jilly Watson paints happy colourful acrylic paintings. Artist statement: “You will very often see paths or trails in my work which are symbolic of the choices we make in life. My present path as an artist has brought me great joy. I have a passion for bright... -
Susanne Kestner-Aiello
Oil Painting
Travels have taken Susanne from Europe to South America, to USA and last to Canada where she has lived since 1979. Initially an art student at Atelier Josse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Susanne continued her formal education in the USA and in Canada. She attended... -
Riitta Peirone
Painter: oils and acrylics
I studied Interpretative Illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and took courses in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art. I worked in Toronto as a graphic artist, mainly in educational publishing. In 1986, I moved to... -
Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki
Acrylic Painting
Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki is an award-winning Canadian landscape painter based in Port Moody, British Columbia. She emigrated from Serbia in 1994 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and pursued a Hi-Tech career while studying and... -
Adele ᒪᐢᑿ ᐃᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Jewellery, printmaking and wood
A Nehiyaw Métis visual artist, Adele creates work to engage the audience to consider current social and environmental issues. Her intent is to educate from an indigenous perspective and counteract current stereotypes. She uses the mediums of wood carving, beadwork and... -
Sherry LaFayette
Acrylic paint, soft pastel, mixed media
Sherry LaFayette is a Canadian artist who finds inspiration in her natural surroundings and that view! Sherry interprets the subtle changes with time of movement, energy and colour of a selection of personal visual experiences and memories. With her family’s recent... -
Brian Wolfgang Becker
Digital Capture & Manipulation / Computer - Output To Print Or Digital Display
My creative background began with post secondary studies at B.C.I.T., David Thompson University Center and the Sheridan College School Of Visual Arts followed by a year of commercial portfolio development with a focus on fashion, people, travel and sports. That set me... -
Jennifer Lamb
Photographer
“My photographic approach to and reaction to the natural and built environments are summed up in three phrases: · fuelled by curiosity · delighted by discovery · inspired by beauty Colour, line, texture and light attract my eye. I invite you to share the... -
Stephen Corcoran
Chalk Pastel Artist
Born and raised in Vancouver, Stephen trained at the Vancouver Art School (Emily Carr) in the 70s. Woodworking and welding skills transfer into the pastels giving them grain and structure. At his exhibit, ‘Dancing on the Interface’ at Basic Inquiry Gallery and Studio... -
Gelareh Raufi
Acrylic Painting
I paint intuitively with a loose intention in mind. Abstract painting for me is letting my intuition and feeling control my hand without a plan and at the end I wrap it all up in a considered composition. Each painting is a personal journey. The viewers’ opinion and... -
Lori Popadiuk
Painter
I am an emotive abstract painter. I paint what isn’t there, what you can’t quite see, but you can feel. I paint what is forthcoming from my emotions, I paint spontaneously and from my heart. I hope you enjoy my work. Wide Open Macro 2, Mixed mediums... -
Ray James Bradbury
Paintings in oils, Inktense and water crayon
When not painting I am a wilderness activist, mainly trying to protect our coastal environment. I hold a B.A. (Architecture) degree from Manchester University (UK). I also farmed in New Brunswick and, earlier in life, was a leading scout for the army in the Malayan... -
Nilufar Moayeri
Painter, Art Instructor
Nilufar Moayeri is a painter and art instructor with more than 20 years of practice. Nilufar was born in Tehran but spent her life in Turkey, where she eventually became one of that country’s most prominent artists and art educators. She started studying art at a very... -
Edme Focant
Acrylic & Oil Painting
Born in Belgium, my family passed along a strong appreciation for the art and music at an early age. We were always grateful to be surrounded by beautiful architecture and galleries containing remarkable paintings which cultivated a strong appreciation for the arts... -
Janet Strayer
Paintings in Acrylic, Oil, Mixed-Media
My art celebrates life in its variety, focusing on the vital intersection of worlds within and around us, the impact of imagination and memory, and the imperfect beauty of being human in a changing reality. It is inspired by experience and imagination, by cultural... -
Steve Rayner
Acrylic
Steve was born and raised in England and trained to be an architect at Cambridge University. His interest in the profession grew from watching his architect father at work and he also inherited from him and other Rayner forebears, some of whom were noted Victorian... -
Donna Giraud
Acrylic on Canvas
Self taught, abstract painter Donna Giraud’s large scale acrylic on canvas works are richly textured and rendered in thick expanses of pigment. Interested in capturing the “authentic” stories of human existence, her horizontal compositions fuse an abstract and... -
Effat Mirnia
Paintings
Born and raised in Iran, Effat was part of an art-loving family. From childhood, she expressed her feelings and thoughts through her art – painting, writing and poetry became a form of release for her. From the age of 15, she gave her time and efforts to several... -
Arlene MacAulay
acrylic & mixed media painter
I currently live in beautiful North Vancouver but have called many places home. I have always loved creating but didn’t start painting until 2010. I have no formal art training so I attended various classes and workshops and learned different techniques and styles.... -
Andrea McKenzie
Textile & Paper Eco-printing
Andrea draws inspiration for her artistic practice of eco-printing from nature’s botanical realm in all of its seasonal cycles. She considers the plants to be the artists and she the assistant enabling them to release and imprint their true moody colours onto paper... -
Maria Arroyo
Acrylic, charcoal, coloured pencil, water colour, soft pastel
Artist Bio. Maria Arroyo was a Pharmacist from Philippines. Upon emigrating to Canada and worked in other jobs, she nurtured her love for painting. She joined art classes in Seniors Confederation Club under the mentorship of Gabriela D. Her works were exhibited online... -
Suzanne Thomson
Acrylic Painting
Born and raised in Vancouver, Suzanne’s vivid imagination and artistic eye has made its’ mark in many ways. After years of event planning, her own flower design business and adding sparkles to figure skating dresses, her talents are now focused on the... -
Antoinette (Toni) Ludski
Acrylic
I acknowledge that I live on the traditional unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. I was born in Cape Town, South Africa where I grew up in a natural environment. I always... -
Janna Kumi
Colour Pencil
Originally from the Netherlands, Janna Kumi is a Canadian artist living in Metro Vancouver creating intimate and detailed drawings of tree bark in colour pencil on paper and board. The consistency across the work is her emotional response to function, form, and... -
Sue Daniel
Oil
Sue Daniel was born in Hungary in 1948 and came to Canada during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. She now makes her home in West Vancouver with her husband of 30 years. Since the 1980s, Sue has been under the influence of abstract impressionism, believing the axiom... -
Thompson Brennan
Paint, mixed media, drawing, sculpture, conceptual design
My new work is titled “Solastalgia Story”. Solastalgia was coined to describe a feeling of displacement from one’s own home environment. The word referred to those who have experienced a radical change in the eco-environment: loss of glaciers, for... -
Holly Truchan
Painting
I am an emerging mixed media abstract painter working with collage, acrylic and pastels on wood panels. I live and work in East Vancouver, gratefully working out of the Parker Street Studios. My work is whimsical and full of colour and texture, informed by my personal... -
Rick Herdman
Printmaker and Sculptor
Rick Herdman lives and works in Burnaby, British Columbia. Rick studied at Capilano College, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, and University of British Columbia. In the process received a Diploma in Studio Art, Bachelors of Fine Arts, and a Bachelors... -
Lyza Del Mar
Lyza is a landscape painter with a contemporary twist. Growing up in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, has been the most powerful influence in her ever evolving landscape paintings, together with Lyza’s passion for open ocean swimming. Lyza celebrates where she... -
Roxsane K. Tiernan
Chigiri-e, acrylic, mixed media
Roxsane Tiernan is an award winning British Columbia artist, an international traveler and educator. She soaks up local color, customs and cultural influences. These cross-cultural experiences stimulate her imagination and creativity. This along with her love of... -
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.... -
Natasha Dash
Ink, Mix Media, Certified Zentangle Teacher
Natasha Dash is a Certified Zentangle Teacher. She began her Zentangle journey in 2016 and has enjoyed many benefits of “tangling”. Natasha uses tangling as a healthy and creative way to deal with stress and access a state of relaxed focus. She is always amazed by the... -
Julie Fox
Illustrator
Julie Fox is best known for private commissions or donated illustrations for a variety of fundraising events on the North Shore. Her work shares meaning through whimsical designs, fine detail and brilliant colour captivating audiences of all ages. As her family grows... -
Ian Bateson
Mixed media and digital art
Experience: During the 1970’s and early 80’s Ian worked in the field of illustration and graphic design, building a solid reputation with the publishing industry as an illustrator of children’s books and a designer and illustrator for academic publications. Ian worked... -
Thom Harvey Kline
Photomontage, film and sculpture
“I entered the Vancouver School of Art in 1969 to pursue my continuing photography work. Here I was introduced to sculpture and found the world of 3D. BCIT led to a career in the building environment and working with major architectural firms in... -
Carol Demers
Mixed Media Artist & Ceramicist
My work in painting and ceramics reflects my reaction to the natural world. I seem to be always seeking to unearth the experience of a place and the poetry of things I see in nature. When I really pay attention to the details I have noticed…the sound in silence,... -
Stuart Browning
Glass
Stuart was born in Vancouver, living much of his life on the West Coast. Recently returning to the North Shore from Richmond he is inspired by our massive West Coast forests, streams, rivers and water scenes. An ongoing interest in both Asian and North West Coast... -
Connie O’Connor
Acrylic & Mixed Media Painting
BIOGRAPHY Connie O’Connor grew up on a farm in Manitoba: expansive vistas of big blue skies, infinite horizons and colourful gardens influence her art and her vision. As a high school educator, Connie’s creativity shone throughout her career; her favourite... -
Jeanette Schisler Coldwell Creations
Jeanette Schisler, the woodworker behind Coldwell Creations, supports the circular economy by creating handcrafted woodworking from reclaimed and repurposed materials. Each piece and collection tells a story from its past life. Each quirk, ding, dent, or hint of... -
Tim Bennison
Watercolour Painting
Tim was born in England in 1963 and moved to Canada in 1970. Growing up in Ottawa, he began painting with watercolours in high school. Tim has painted in this medium ever since. He is continually improving and evolving his technique, taking courses at Emily Carr and... -
Lee Caufield
Mixed Media
Using a wide variety of materials and with an emphasis on richly textured surfaces, Lower Mainland artist Lee Caufield sometimes refers to her work as ‘ abstracted Impressionism’. Her subject matter is usually gardens, birds, and animals but with an emphasis on the... -
Rhonda LeGrove Garton
Oil Painting
There is no shortage of inspiration in the west coast landscape. A native of Montreal, Quebec, with an earlier career in illustration and design, I have lived and painted in my home studio, adjacent to the Capilano River Canyon in North Vancouver for 30 years. In... -
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... -
Jean Prescott
Jewellery, Textiles/Fibre
Razzle Dazzle Designs Jean’s current jewelry includes earrings, necklaces and bracelets inspired by natural elements, bright metals plus antique and new beads. Textiles include table runners, hangings and amulets in a full colour range. Bracelet by Jean... -
Sheree Jones
Oil
“My creative journey has taken me down many paths. I am a keen outdoor ‘plein air’ painter, preferring to capture my subjects directly from life. I carry my painting gear wherever I travel, from Costa Rica to Spain, Sicily and Italy. From California to Wyoming and... -
Shirley McKell
Acrylic, Oil
Art has always been a part of Shirley’s life, but her career took her into Horticulture and Arboriculture where artistic whims were not on canvas! She’s always looked at light, texture and colour in her gardens. In semi-retirement in 2014, Shirley began to... -
Yang Wu
Multimedia Art, Installation Art, Oil Painting
An artist who has worked in a variety of mediums, including painting, installation art, multimedia art, and others. After graduating from the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing with a Master’s Degree in textile and pattern design, I studied Fashion Design... -
Shae Salmon
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Photography
Contemporary semi-abstract mixed media artist who incorporates her photography into her work. Through textural layers and translucent colour, Shae builds on her images creating an abstract world in hopes of captivating the viewer’s imagination.... -
Therese L Joseph
Acrylic Mixed Media
Therese aims is to capture an honest thought, a genuine mood or a daring dream and paint the world – one story at the time. She is passionate about drawing and painting figures and thoroughly enjoys seeing how personality and temperament come into being from an empty... -
Lorn Curry
Oil Painting
Lorn Curry is an artist based in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He acquired his painting skills with master mentors and through self-directed studies. Inspired by the European hyperrealist and photorealist masters, he also cites fellow Canadian east coast artist... -
Tary Majidi
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pottery/Ceramics
Tary was born in Tehran, Iran and left home at the age of 19. She started sketching in her youth and later developed her style and media when pursuing Masters of Art in India at the New Delhi Art College in 1991. Upon attaining her degree, she continued learning... -
Alice Bottrill
Acrylic, Watercolour, Pen/Ink
Alice Bottrill is currently an active member of FCA, member of NSAG, The North Vancouver Arts and the International Watercolor Society of Canada(IWS Canada). She is also the BC Representative for IWS Canada. Alice’s painting covers wide range of subject matters:... -
Amy Lee
Watercolour, Acrylic, Clay
Over the years, my work has seen a constant process of change. My paintings have evolved from the initial focus on realism to a style I can only best describe as “semi- abstract recognizable realism”. I love to paint from imagination and not be guided say... -
Axel Breutigam
Fine Art Photography
Axel Breutigam is an international award-winning photographer; a German-born Canadian, located in Vancouver, BC. Among others Breutigam studied under Alan Ross, Ansel Adams’ former assistant, and the exclusive printer of Adams’ Yosemite Special Edition Negatives.... -
Gabriele Maurus
Painter & Collagist
My main interest is in the interplay of colour and composition. I’m painting, drawing, photographing, sculpting and everything else senses are used for. “Trauben unter Aalen”, acrylic + collage, 30”x30”, $1300 “Reunion”, acrylic... -
Janice Beaudoin
Mixed Media
Janice is a contemporary mixed media artist living in North Vancouver. Her studio is located in Welch Street Studios – an artists’ collective located at the base of Pemberton Avenue. Discovery and risk-taking are an important part of her creative process.... -
Poesis Ilies
Visual Artist
I am a Vancouver based visual artist working from my studio in the West End. I studied drawing and painting at Emily Carr University and urban design at Simon Fraser University. My art is a reflection of my continuous exploration of new techniques in a variety of...
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