The works of fibre artists Linda Kemshall, Laura Kemshall and Catherine Nicholls are on exhibit at Fibreworks Gallery in Madeira Park until the 13th of July. Visit www.fibreworksgallery.com for more information.

Nadina Tandy is a Vancouver-born Sunshine Coast artist with an extensive exhibition history, with works in various private and public collections in North America and Europe. Tandy’s process involves collecting and gathering what she sees as repeating patterns and making connections by following the pattern, much like a scientist gathering data. “When I’m in my [...]

"Children’s creative slates are clean. Nothing is impossible, there are no rules to follow, no right or wrong,” says Sunshine Coast artist Morley Baker. “I try to imagine that freedom in my work, but I’m an adult with all the loss of innocence that entails. I struggle in my work to find a balance between [...]

The Sunshine Coast is blessed with more artists per capita than anywhere else in Canada. A small handful of these artists are world class, showing internationally, with studios open to the public. Mardi is one such hidden sparkling gem, showing her art locally at her little rustic barn/studio, the ArtBarn in Roberts Creek, just off [...]

Growing up in Africa, Liz de Beer was surrounded by a rich resource of wonderful design elements in nature, from which she draws inspiration for her pottery. Her dad used to pick up porcupine quills in the fields on their farm and would then turn them into actual writing instruments. The use of quills on [...]

Jennifer refers to this work as “Botanical musings through explorations of surface design on fabric.” The inspiration for Cuttings comes from the botanical world, both the wild, untamed world of the BC forest and the cultivated yet equally fantastic realm of her neighbours’ exotic garden. Jennifer’s medium is fabric, which she dyes in complex and [...]

FibreWorks Studio & Gallery had the privilege of presenting eight classes of pine needle basket weaving by Hattie Olsen. Hattie’s storytelling teaching style provided the students with a relaxed learning environment as they created their individual containers. Her stories of making her first basket — gathering pine needles in the Lillooet area, the support of [...]

[custom_frame_center][/custom_frame_center] Westwind Gallery presents “Trails of Discovery” - New Paintings by Greta Guzek.  All are welcome to the opening reception on November 12, 4 to 7 pm at Westwind Gallery, #14-292 Gower Point Road in Gibsons Landing. Nature provides many metaphors for life’s journey, and as I walk down the beach and forest trails, hemmed-in [...]