John K. Esler
July 18, 2025
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…a dynamic force in Canadian printmaking, known for his irreverent, experimental approach…
…a dynamic force in Canadian printmaking, known for his irreverent, experimental approach…
In 1940, she was sent to Egypt by the British High Command to spy on the Germans…
“Of all the stuff I do, I actually find painting the most stressful…”
Her imagery reflects a lifelong assertion of feminine creativity… Her subject matter is drawn from the intimate spaces of her life…
“…the objective is to get conversations going about something.”
He has pulpit-preached, people-pastored, comfort-counselled, art-educated and art-created.
He was a respected Vancouver printmaker and graphic designer…
“As an experimentalist, I allow mystery and magical moments to appear on the canvas…”
In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown…
He painted in oil, pastel and watercolour; mostly portraits, still lifes and landscapes…
She was explorative with colour and texture, often beginning with memories and working directly on the plate.
She worked outside the limelight, with strong feeling for the precariousness of existence…
“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… 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?