Committed to creating artworks that evoke intense emotions that we can all relate to, my heavy use of texture and subtle layers of paint often offer the viewer a moment of pause. I create gestural shapes and moods that make people reflect and feel tranquil at the same...
Dana Johnson is a Vancouver-born artist. She studied painting at Emily Carr University of Art and Design after a successful career in fashion design and teaching. Her love of European landscapes, history, historical costume and nature comes across in much of her work....
Riitta graduated from Sheridan College of Art and Design in Oakville Ontario and continued to take courses in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art. Riitta worked in Toronto as a graphic artist, mainly in educational publishing. After spending some time...
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...
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...
North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, seminars, camps and in-school programming for all ages, interests and abilities.
