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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.

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...