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 paint. Her...
Sonya’s artworks are often representative of her childhood years. Beautiful prairie landscapes and derelict buildings are portrayed using various media including plaster, hand-rusted steel, found or repurposed objects and gold leaf. She has also created a series based...
Homa Khosravi is a visual artist and painter who believes in the power of imagination and dreaming in her art practice. She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University and a BFA from Tehran University. Homa has been painting for over a decade and has...
Hoorasa Sahandpour was born in an artist family in Iran. Hoorasa’s father was a writer and theatre director. Hoorasa along with his father, his artist father became interested in painting and singing and making movies and theatre. Hoorasa has had...
Hi, I’m Polly Almond! Originally from Russia, I now create art and write poetry in North Vancouver. My artistic journey started in arts-focused high school, evolved through university studies in journalism and literature, and took a major turn when I moved to Canada...
North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, seminars, camps and in-school programming for all ages, interests and abilities.
