December Feature Artist - Katie Mainwaring

Artist Reception: Sunday December 22, 2 - 4 pm

Katie Mainwaring is a Bowen Island Artist who loves to find the magic in everything. Her work is largely reflective of her beautiful surroundings, but also by the world of fantasy hidden beyond.

November Feature Artist - Bob Miller (aka Bob the Carver)

Artist Reception: Saturday, November 9, 2 - 4 pm

“Woodworking has been a passion for me from my earliest years, especially in terms of grain texture and colour.  When I first saw a duck decoy, I knew I had to carve some and then moved into creating other birds, notably songbirds, owls, hawks and eagles.”

Born in Peru in 1957, Monica immigrated to Canada in 1976, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Master in Landscape Architecture. She also has an Advanced Painting Certificate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

Monica's distinctive style of textural painting, in which she applies thick layers of acrylic paint and medium with palette knives, results in a 3-D effect, suggesting organic energy, flow and movement. At the same time, she uses multiple glazes of colour to produce contrast and harmony, creating lightness, fluidity, and ephemeral atmospheric effects.