Category Artist Spotlight

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."

Bill Dixon

"I have pulpit-preached and people-pastored. I have organized community resources and comfort-counselled fearful souls, young and old. I have played on stage and sung in choirs. I have been an art educator and have opened unseeing eyes to the beauty around and within...I am most healthy, most alive, when I am creating..."

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...

J.H.O. Amess

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

Marianna Schmidt

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.