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.
Read MoreNovember 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.”
Read MoreBorn 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.
Read MoreJanna Kumi is a Canadian artist based in Metro Vancouver. She studied natural resource management and forestry, working for over 30 years in senior management positions in British Columbia. In 2006 she began part-time fine art studies at Emily Carr University and then completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia in 2015. Since then, her art practice has evolved into a unique body of work comprised of mostly drawings and mixed media works centered mainly upon the tree – specifically, the bark.
Read MoreFeatured for the month of July. Fibre Arts, weavings and poetry, telling stories of lost love, friendships and memories. Natasha Boškić lives and works in Vancouver. She moved to Canada from war-torn Serbia in 1999. A long history of family storytelling, traditions and legends as well as her personal life experience and current times have shaped and directed Natasha’s craft.
Read MoreDave Brewin has been an artist at heart since he was very young, first learning the artistry of wooden boatbuilding, then a professional photographer and abstract painter. Reintroduced to the wood lathe in 2022, he began creating unique vessels with wood, found materials and food safe epoxy resin.
Read MoreDEB is a published photographer living and working on Bowen Island. she has created her signature line of jewellery with semi-precious stones and beads, carefully hand-picking each gem from special places across the globe. Each is hand-crafted and tells its own story.
Read MoreFeatured for the month of May, Paintings and prints by Jilly Watson
Read MoreFeatured for the month of February, Mixed Media Wearable Art by Metis Artist Jake Freeman.
Read MoreFeatured for the month of January, wood and resin creations by Tony Mainwaring.
Stop in and see his sculptures, trays, benches and more. Inquire about custom creations too!
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