Category Artist Spotlight

Gary Sim

...Sim’s works whisper the poetry of place with a fan’s devotion to nature and a historian’s eye for detail.

Sydney Berne

When...the love of his life died, he donated countless paintings to hospitals and charities in her name, raising tens of thousands of dollars.

Ed Drahanchuk

Drahanchuk’s work is an honest expression of the natural world, using glazes only as accents to his designs and only where function demands it.

John K. Esler

...a dynamic force in Canadian printmaking, known for his irreverent, experimental approach and his dedication to expanding the creative boundaries of the medium.

Bettina Somers

In 1940, she was sent to Egypt by the British High Command to spy on the Germans in preparation for the invasion of El-Alamein.

Roz Marshall

Her imagery reflects a lifelong assertion of feminine creativity, often resembling tapestries or quilts—compositions that honour traditional women’s work. Her subject matter is drawn from the intimate spaces of her life...

Edith Krause

“The thing that sets contemporary art apart from decorative art is that the objective is to get conversations going about something."