Tag: Featured Artist

October 1, 2024 Steph Allesia No comments exist

A humpback whale breaches, breaking free the constraints of its ocean environment, arching into the clear blue light, tendrils of water streaming off its magnificent flanks as it strains upward—ever upward—towards apogee, then… click, click, click! Bruce Whittington was in the right place at the right time to capture that glorious ballet. But let’s zoom…

July 31, 2024 Steph Allesia No comments exist

For artist Robert Cerins, a period of not seeing led to a profound understanding and new way of believing in the power of the visual arts and the interrelationship between light and sound—between the colours on his canvases and the notes plucked from his bass guitar. In 2008 he was rendered totally blind for 40…

June 4, 2024 Steph Allesia No comments exist

As a child, Amanda Crocker received a special gift from her father: a dreamcatcher  crafted to ward off bad dreams. “He bent and shaped a willow branch to create a hoop,” she says. “We come from a commercial fishing family. He used fishing line to weave a web. I have cherished and carried my treasured…

April 4, 2024 Steph Allesia No comments exist

Four artists will display their works in Silk, Wool, and Silver at the Rainforest Arts gallery in April and May. All of them will be doing demos. Go to cvcas.ca/events for dates and times. Lorraine Taylor – Silk Painting “I have always enjoyed playing with colours, and when I first saw the vibrancy of the…

August 1, 2023 Steph Allesia No comments exist

About Face: a study of moods, personalities There’s two meanings to the phrase, About Face, and both apply to Art Carlyle’s aptly named Featured Artist Show on display at the Rainforest Arts Gallery for August and September. One take is: A change in direction. Another is: To do with the human visage. A professional photographer…