Lea Abubo
Ceramics

Lea is a North Shore artist and member at Parkgate Community Centre. Her handcrafted and functional pieces are all unique. Each piece is thrown and trimmed on a potter’s wheel and then carefully carved and glazed. Using a translucent porcelain called Polar Ice, Lea creates vessels that can be used as candle holders or vases. Her minimal approach to ceramics draws focus to the textural elements of her work

Adele ᒪᐢᑿ ᐃᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Jewellery and Design

A Nehiyaw Métis visual artist, Adele creates work to engage the audience to consider current social and environmental issues. Her intent is to educate from an indigenous perspective and counteract current stereotypes. Previously a painter, she now uses the mediums of wood carving, beadwork and digital art to reclaim her displaced heritage and language.  Born in BC, far from her family’s traditional territories, the significance of the place and culture she was raised in is an integral part of her story. Adopted Luk sil loo Clan, Dakelh and trained with Master Carver, Xwalacktun of Squamish Nation; she utilizes traditional form line in a contemporary manner.

Pavel Barta
Sculpture 

Born in the Czech Republic, Pavel Barta immigrated to Canada in 1997. Now living in Campbell River BC, he makes sculptures in stone, wood, clay, metal and fiberglass. Pavel’s love for nature and sports are his main sources of inspiration for his artwork. His unique sculptures are created with one purpose: to bring joy to those who stop to look at them.

Billy Would Designs
Jewellery 

Established in 2007, Billy Would Designs offers unique jewellery and accessories handmade in North Vancouver, BC. Each piece is carefully designed and created using only recycled skateboards and reclaimed hardwoods. A west coast minimalistic feel that’s anything but simple. Special care is given to design, creating as little waste as possible. Jewellery is accented with sterling silver or 14k gold fill (unless otherwise marked).

Kirsten Chursinoff
Fibre Art

Kirsten Chursinoff studied textile art at Capilano University and lives in Vancouver, BC. She makes her nature-based art by combining embroidery, quilting art and needle-felting techniques. With a love for texture and detail she creates impressions of flora, fauna and landscapes inspired by the BC Coast.

Nancy Cramer
Ceramics

Nancy Cramer’s work has evolved from her love of clay and weaving. She is educated in both science and the visual arts. Nancy creates one of a kind decorative pieces; all are hand built from clay and some are adorned with kelp, feathers, shells and driftwood.

Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk
Sculpture

Where others see junk, Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk sees potential as she creates one-of-a-kind robot sculptures from upcycled metal objects.  Each Bot is securely constructed using drilling and screws and she uses the metal pieces as she finds them; never polishing, painting or shaping. Lynne is a two-time recipient of the national Canadian Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her wonderful husband and a house full of Bot parts.

Peter Fruhling
Printmaking

Peter Fruhling has been artistic all his life, but really embraced his creativity after retiring from a career as an educator. Travelling, especially frequent visits to Italy, spurred his enthusiasm for art-making. A Deep Cove resident, his bold linoleum-block prints capture the beauty of this special area.

Suzanne Goodwin
Photography

Suzanne loves to express the story she sees in the everyday things all around us. Making the initial photograph is just the jumping off point; she believes that each subject holds limitless potential for its final expression. Suzanne’s work is a fusion of old world photographic aesthetics and contemporary image-making techniques. Inspired by the natural world and our relationship to it, she incorporates varying layers of texture and tones in her work, seeking to convey an enhanced sense of emotion.

Beryl Hickinbottom
Weaving

Beryl Hickinbottom creates a variety of dyed and woven items. Born in England, she attended a church school studying the brilliantly coloured stained-glass windows and the medieval architecture. Following a few years in Malaysia soaking up the striking colours of that culture, she came to Canada in 1970. A love of colour gathered from these places is now reproduced in her hand-woven creations.

Shima Itabashi
Fibre Art

“All of my creatures are made with 100% wool and I needle felt them by hand with lots of love. I use my imagination to create characters, creatures, animals… in my own way. Once felted, the piece speaks to me; it’s a great feeling to give life to fluffy wool. I make soft and warm creatures that are born to be loved by someone and bring big smiles to their faces.”

Himali Kuwabara
Jewellery

Himali Kuwabara’s original ‘Deep Forest’ jewellery collection is made in her studio in Coquitlam, BC which borders the lush forest. Each of her pieces are handmade, unique, and one-of-a-kind. Using a combination of resin and natural, un-stained, recycled wood, she hopes to share the special energy that comes from the deep forest with you.

Chi Cheng Lee
Jewellery

A lifetime of cross-cultural experience represents the inspiration for Chi’s work. She was born in Taiwan, grew up in New York, and lived in Hong Kong before settling in Vancouver. Chi has been exposed to a rich variety of art, cultures, architecture and natural wonders. Her work has the underlying theme of East meets West; combining Eastern traditional design sensibilities and Western modern boundaries. She creates objects that adorn the body with inherent balance and harmony in her West Vancouver Studio in the woods.

Ben Lim
Printmaking

Ben Lim studied fine art and design at Vancouver School of Art, and subsequently had a successful career in graphic design. After retiring in 2008, he discovered his affinity for ceramics. He created whimsical clay sculptures of Northwest Coast animals, as well as graphic functional pieces and prints from clay on paper.

D’Arcy Margesson
Ceramics

D’Arcy Margesson has been practicing pottery for the past thirty years. Currently, he is mainly concerned with the preparation or serving of food, using majolica and transparent glazes with slip decoration to glaze my pots. For the past fifteen years he has taught a course on glaze chemistry for all temperature ranges at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. This has been a been a way for him to continue to explore his interest in glazes and pass on an appreciation of their mystery and beauty to the students.

Barb Matthews
Ceramics

Barb is a Vancouver born artist who loves and is influenced by the beautiful surroundings of her home town.  While she is both a painter and a potter she has found great satisfaction in clay work, combining functionality and beauty in her original pieces.  The great variety of forms and decorations in her clay pieces gives her inspiration and joy.  She hopes that is passed on to anyone seeing her work.

Ross Munro
Painting

Ross Munro has painted all his life and began exhibiting his work in the early 70s in Ottawa. Since 1985, he has worked in watercolour and acrylic. Ross’ landscapes are strong and simple, using broad subtle washes in watercolour and vibrant colour in acrylic. His expressive brushwork seeks to capture the calming presence of wilderness.

Emilie Nunez
Painting

Emilie Nunez is a visual artist & illustrator. She makes illustrative paintings and ceramics that are inviting and full of wonder. Inspired by the women in her life, Emilie creates work that tells stories of women and their connection to the natural world- the flora and fauna, and the mystical found in nature.

Emilie graduated with her BFA from UBC in 2017 and creates from her home studio in Maple Ridge, BC.

Kait Pelletier (Loose Leaf Atlas)
Wood

Kait is a landscape architect and a self-taught wood turner who has found a passion for design at the intimate scale of wood and object. Her studio, Loose Leaf Atlas, was founded on the idea to source high quality wood waste from backwoods logging sites to urban streets. With an intention to work with all material from site to studio, Kait currently also sources pre-dried and cut wood from local and ethical sources. 

Sue Rankin
Ceramics

North Vancouver artist Sue Rankin makes both functional and decorative ceramic pieces using many techniques, including raku. She enjoys learning and trying new ideas, so her work is constantly evolving. Each of Sue’s handmade pieces is one of a kind.

Christine Reimer
Painting

A professional artist for more than thirty years, Christine has a BFA and Diploma in Education. Whether subject matter is coastal, vineyard, abstract, floral or figurative, her bold acrylic on canvas paintings are characterized by vibrant colour.

Leonid Rozenberg
Photography/Painting

Leonid Rozenberg was born in Ukraine in 1965 and immigrated to Canada as a teenager. His art education started in his home country and continued in Canada, where he graduated from Ontario’s Sheridan College. He has held numerous exhibitions in North America and his art and designs can be found in a number of private, corporate and public locations. Leonid lives in Deep Cove with his wife and two children.

Pat Schendel
Ceramics

Pat Schendel is an award-winning ceramicist based in Surrey, BC. A member of the Fraser Valley Potters Guild since 1993, she began studying porcelain and crystalline glazes in the early 90s. The challenging technique captured her attention and she has been creating delicate pieces with simple elegance in crystalline ever since.

Joan Tayler
Polymer Clay

Joan Tayler was born in Manitoba but has spent all her life living in British Columbia except for eight years living in Tokyo in the early seventies. Her stay in Japan had an influence on her taste in design. She works mainly in polymer clay which marries the three- dimensionality of clay with the range of colours found in paint.

Liane McLaren Varnam
Painting/Printmaking

An avid drawer throughout childhood, Liane McLaren Varnam graduated with her BFA from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1992. She now makes artwork in many mediums which she describes as narrative, with magic-surrealism elements. Animals figure prominently in her work.

Kate Whitehead
Ceramics

Kate Whitehead’s work is informed by her passion for stories and storytelling. She often takes inspiration from the fairy tales, adventure stories, and comic books that she grew up with. A North Vancouver resident, Kate has a background in film studies and art history. She has been working in ceramics since 2006.