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...
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...
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...
Roger Mahler is a photographer and artist living and working in East Vancouver. He has been working as a professional photographer for over 20 years. With all of the changes to photography he has found his work requires more and more time in front of a computer. Roger...
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...
North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, seminars, camps and in-school programming for all ages, interests and abilities.
