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.
Tag #artpreservation
Edith Krause
“The thing that sets contemporary art apart from decorative art is that the objective is to get conversations going about something."
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.
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.
John Keith-King
"He was in many ways a little bit bigger than life.”
Veronica Plewman
“My early work was entirely photo-based and very detailed, but it has become looser and more intuitive..."
