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.
Category Artist Spotlight
Lyle Wilson
"Of all the stuff I do, I actually find painting the most stressful..."
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..."
Roy Wells Bishop
He was a respected Vancouver printmaker and graphic designer...
Marion Evamy
“As an experimentalist, I allow mystery and magical moments to appear on the canvas...”
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...
Betty Jean Drummond
She was explorative with colour and texture, often beginning with memories or ideas and working directly on the plate.
