
James Lindsay
In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown, becoming a major part of the Victoria arts scene in the 1980s, along with other painters, poets and photographers...

In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown, becoming a major part of the Victoria arts scene in the 1980s, along with other painters, poets and photographers...

A British born Canadian artist who painted in oil, pastel and watercolour; mostly portraits, still lifes and landscapes...

She was explorative with colour and texture, often beginning with memories or ideas and working directly on the plate.

She worked outside the limelight, with strong feeling for the precariousness of existence and with a particular eye for looks and gestures that create separation between people.

"He was in many ways a little bit bigger than life.”

“My early work was entirely photo-based and very detailed, but it has become looser and more intuitive..."

“Inspiration for the artist is probably less in dreaming than in visualizing extensions from tangible possibilities.”

“There is so much richness and possibility of using the imagination when combining various materials..."

I’m interested in that transformative space between; between that momentary, fleeting glimpse, and then it’s translation with paint into marks...

Her life is a bit of a mystery. Do you have any information that might help us solve it?