Celebrating Chinese New Year of DOG 2018 Art Festival
2018狗年旺旺迎新歲 • 新年藝術節
Chinese New Year of Dog 2018 Arts Festival (hereunder called the CNY Arts Festival) is organized and curated by International Arts Gallery (hereunder called the Gallery) and Va-fair –Vancouver Art Fair Ltd.
2018狗年旺旺迎新歲 • 新年藝術節（以下簡稱“CNY藝術節”）由溫哥華國際畫廊（以下簡稱“國際畫廊”）和溫哥華藝術品博覽公司（Va-fair，全稱Vancouver Art Fair Ltd）共同策展。
This CNY Arts Festival will be hosted at International Arts Gallery during the signature event of Celebrating Chinese New Year of Dog 2018 @ International Village Mall, Unit 2083 — 88 Pender Street West, Vancouver.
CNY藝術節將在國際畫廊舉行，此次活動將是慶祝中國新年活動中的一個重點項目。國際畫廊位於溫哥華片打西街88號 (Pender Street West 88) 的國際村商場裡面 (2083室)。
This CNY Arts Festival is aiming at promoting the exceptional quality of the original art. Selection is based on excellence, creativity, originality and technical achievement with an emphasis on artistic accomplishment.
此次CNY藝術節旨在宣傳高水平的原創藝術。參展作品選拔標準包括作品的傑出性、創新、原創性及繪畫或製作技巧難度，除此之外也注重特顯藝術家的藝術才華。
This is a themed show dedicated to the year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac. Works featured in this show are mostly abide by the theme together with elements in relation to Chinese culture and the New Year.
本次展覽是以慶祝中國十二生肖中之「狗年」為主題。本次展出的作品大都是圍繞展覽主題創作的，並包括關於中國文化或新年元素。
Certificates will be awarded for Best in Show; Best Work Under Glass; Best Work on Board or Canvas; Best 3-Dimensional; Best Photograph/Digital Media; and Peoples’ Choice awards. All awards will be presented at the Show Preview for artists and invited guests.
主辦單位將會頒發獎狀給此次展覽中的最傑出作品：如最佳鏡框類作品獎、最佳布面或版面繪畫作品獎、最佳三維立體作品獎、最佳攝影或數碼媒體作品獎，以及最受觀眾喜愛的作品獎。所有獎狀將會在招待参展藝術家及嘉賓的畫展預展開幕禮時頒發。
Exhibition Date: 10th (Sat) – 23rd (Fri) February, 2018
展覽日期:2018年2月10日（週六）至23日（週五)
Time: Noon to 5PM
營業時間：中午12時至下午5時
Participating Artists/參展畫家
Name list is in alphabetical order of last name/名字按英文姓氏排列
Abrizeh, Sima
Sima Abrizeh is a Canadian-Persian graphic designer and painter. She earned her bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Tehran University. She has been awarded with a letter of appreciation from the Fifth Biennial of Iranian Graphic Designers (introduction to Asian Graphic Arts). She has also taught graphic design in the Science & Culture College in Tehran. Moreover, she has taught in several Canadian art institutions including, supernal art and Canadian art and Science academy in Vancouver. She has participated in several painting exhibitions around the world including Canada and New Zealand. As today, she works as a freelance graphic designer and as a painter.
Orange Dog
Acrylic & Coloured Pencil on Canvas
24X24 inch
White Dog
Marker & Acrylic on Board
10X8 inch
Banks, Patricia
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Chen, Po-Liang 陳柏梁
Chen, Po-Liang
Born in 1950 in Taipei, Taiwan. He is BA and MA of Fine Arts of National Taiwan Normal University. He was a professor of fine arts at N.T.N.U , National Tai-Chung University, Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taipei Chinese Culture University, and Tung Fang Design University. After moving to Vancouver in recent years, he teaches at Langara College Mandarin school and also teaches Chinese painting, drawing, watercolor and oil painting privately for all ages. In addition to his teaching career, he has always been a professional artist who held solo exhibitions 26 times. He was invited to demonstrate Chinese painting and attended over 300 different joint exhibitions in over 20 different countries, including Germany, France, America, and China, etc. Locally, he has participated in over 20 exhibitions in Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley, Abbotsford, and Toronto in the past 5 years. His works are collected by local and overseas collectors.
He is persistent in learning Chinese painting skills and incorporating aesthetical ideas from the West. He expresses himself by presenting subjects concerning Taiwanese society and images in the universe.
Dog Series – No. 1
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 2
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 3
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 4
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No.5
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 6
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 7
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 8
Chinese Painting
9.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 9
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 10
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 11
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 12
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Dog Series – No. 13
Chinese Painting
10.5X9.5 inch
Having Fun
Chinese Painting
51.5X17.5 inch
Chen, William
William Chen – He is the founding member of the Chinese Canadian Artists Federation of Vancouver , and as the President of Richmond Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Club . His seal is in the permanent collection of Museum of Chinese in America , and his calligraphy and seals were collected by connoisseurs. His works were selected in the following publications : World Chinese Art Exhibition ; Works by One Hundred North America Chinese Painters and Calligraphers and Survey of Chinese and Japanese Modern Art.
Lo Fo, a renown port and calligrapher praised Chen’s “Calligraphic works pen the vicissitude of human affairs and his seals erupt the richness and passion of life.”
Loyalty
Chinese Seal Engraving
3.14X1X1
Cheng, Hazel
An illustrator based in Richmond, BC. Recently graduated at Emily Carr University of Art+Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, her studies were in Illustration. She draws her inspiration from the historic village of Steveston, Hazel has worked on projects that reflect her home and heritage. She explores what it means to be Chinese-Canadian, and searches for a sense of belonging in a culture that has been decided for her. As an illustrator, she enthusiastically combines her love of animals and a wistful glance through her past.
It’s The Year of The Dog; Okay, Let’s Feast!
Mix Media
4.5×6.5 inch
Chu, Nancy
Nancy L Chu is a retired nurse who took up photography and painting as a hobby. Since the early 1980s, her focus on photography won her acclaim and numerous awards. Nancy’s artistic expression expanded to watercolour painting in the 2000s and oils in 2008. Her last painting exhibition was in 2016.
Beloved Dog Bookie
Oil Painting
16X20 inch
Wachtelund
Oil Painting
16X20 inch
Chui, Paul
Chui Yung Sang (Paul) was born in 1933. Student of Master Lam Chin Shek and learned Chinese calligraphy and painting when he was in primary school. Later, he studied western painting and art design. He held positions in the Art Departments at three television stations in Hong Kong. “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” was the longest running vaudeville in Television Broadcast (TVB) in Hong Kong. The title of the show was written in Chinese calligraphy by Chui. In Hong Kong 1958, he held his first solo painting exhibition in St. John’s Cathedral. Later, he joined the Circle Art Group and became quite active in the local art circle. In 1973, Chui immigrated to Canada. In 1975, he held his first painting exhibition at the Bau Xi Art Gallery in Vancouver. In 1986, he was placed second in the Phillippe Charriol Foundation Modern Painting Competition Exhibition (Hong Kong and Paris).
Winner of the Special Award at Western Paintings Category of the 1st Canada Chinese Arts Bridge Art Competition 2014.
Member of the Chinese Canadian Artists Federation in Vancouver
One of the four Hong Kong artists participated “Pacific Crossings” Exhibition in Vancouver Art Gallery 2017
Walk with Dog#1
Watercolour on Paper
29X22 inch
Walk with Dog#2
Watercolour on Paper
29X22 inch
Eynon, Ann
Ann grew up in a home filled with beautiful art, with artists as family members who inspired and encouraged Ann to follow her artist’s heart. Art classes at school were her favourite. She was never afraid to create, which was evident in her first career as an elementary school teacher; her creativity brought the classroom alive with colour and texture. She inspired her students to be imaginative and brave. Even during her second career as a financial planner, she intuitively turned to coloured pencils to communicate concepts and possibilities to her clients.
Annie
Watercolor
12×18 inch
Echo
Watercolor
12×18 inch
Winston
Watercolor
12×18 inch
Fong, Eileen
Eileen was born in China, raised in Hong Kong and then immigrated to Canada in 1968. After graduating from the B.C. Institute of Technology in Nuclear Medicine and Chemistry, Eileen began working in the field of health. Because she wanted to explore a new aspect of life and something related to her roots, she began studying Chinese brush painting in 1994, learning from several master painters throughout the years. Her love of nature coincides with the beautiful expressions of nature revealed in this art form. An active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Eileen has held several solo exhibitions in B.C. and participated in many juried group shows locally and oversea, which include the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour 77th annual juried exhibition in Halifax, and the XVI Collective Painting and Sculptures Exhibition, Concello de Cangas of Spain in June, 2008. Her work have received several awards which include First Place at the Juried Arts 2006 Exhibition of the Surrey Arts Centre and an award of Excellence in the 2014 Landscape Juried Exhibition with the Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery. In 2010, her work were accepted for the City of Richmond’s No. 3 Road Public Art Project.
Arising Beauty
28X28 inch
Squireel in Its Mind
16X20 inch
Fry, Margareth
Margreth was born and educated in the Swiss Alps and immigrated to Canada in 1966, making Richmond her home since 1970. From early childhood her artistic interests were influenced by local crafts which developed her passion for bright colours. In 2001 after several years of retirement she felt a strong desire to paint, expressing vivid memories of her youth and began to attend art workshops with well known instructors.
Swiss village folklore has played an important role in the choice of subject matter, leading Margreth to develop a unique artistic style showing her love of life and people. Her artwork has been displayed in numerous local galleries, with exhibitions at Gateway Theatre, YVR Airport and in Switzerland. Margreth’s paintings can be found in several private collections locally and internationally.
In her artistic development Margreth has written several true stories for some paintings that describe her deep feelings of life’s experiences, a few of which have been published. In 2009 her story “The Customer” was broadcast on CBC’s Vinyl Café by Stuart McLean so, two of the stories have been made into short plays at Gateway Theatre.
Margreth is an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and continues to explore the boundaries of her artistic skills by developing new techniques and methods of expression.
Unlished
Acrylic Painting
18X18 inch
Gao, Fred
畫家高福衛，藝名博山硯，自幼酷愛美術，科技和武術，畢業於上海大學，由於成績卓著被評為上海大學優秀校友。作者自青年起多年參加區文化館繪畫學習，受到較系統的繪畫專業訓練，是北京崇文區文化館繪畫創作班成員，還從師著名畫家中央工藝美術學院教授，得到老憲宏阿老教授親授繪畫創作的指導。
博山硯繪畫特點是內容新穎有意境，擅畫人物花鳥兼風景，作品不喜雷同。作品和個人介紹和作者照片多次被《中國文藝家》雜誌刊載，本人繪畫作品及多名詩人專為博山硯的繪畫作品配的詩歌幾次在《環球時報》刊登，並在中國功夫繪畫大賽獲二等獎。博山硯的個人介紹和作品被收納入加拿大總理致辭的《慶祝加拿大成立150週年暨文化節-2017年多元文化創意作品集》中。博山硯熱心關注慈善事業，多次捐贈作品，獲得若干獎勵證明。
博山硯繪畫方式多有創新，近年首創了人物的花鳥沖墨畫法的特殊表現方式，以及荷葉別具一格的沖墨畫法，受到關注和好評並有一定的知名度。在任何搜索引擎上搜索博山硯三字都能搜到作者的多幅作品。博山硯代表作品：荷花系列作品，北極熊母子系列作品，花鳥系列，肖像系列作品，愛狗，熊貓，松鷹圖，松下戲仙圖，原住民少女，滑輪少年，俠客夢，嚐百草，人體藝術，天梯，眾裡尋他千百度，雪域無疆等。
Family Dog
Chinese Painting
13.5X13.5 inch
Happiness
Chinese Painting
18X27 inch
Loving Dog
Chinese Painting
13.5X13.5 inch
My Lovely Dog
Chinese Painting
13.5X19 inch
Ho, Anita
Kaiser, Jutta
Kan, Chin-Cheng 甘錦城
Kan, Chin-Cheng
Chin-Cheng KAN was born 1953 in Taiwan China. He graduated from Taiwan Normal University of Fine Arts, had a Master of Arts degree in Taiwan University of Arts. His artworks won many awards including gold medal of Glue Painting in Taiwan Arts Exhibition and Silver award in Taiyang Arts Exhibition. He won the first place in the First Canada Chinese Arts Bridge Arts Competition in Chinese Calligraphy Category, and Qualifier Award in Chinese Painting Category. He had five personal exhibitions and participated in many invitational exhibitions and co-exhibitions. He have many publications including “Album of Paintings by Chin-Cheng KAN”, “One Hundred Chinese Seal Carving – Chin-Cheng KAN” and “Lotus – 3 Metaphors”.
Blessing From Dog
Chinese Calligraphy
18X14 inch
Khan, Shameem
Having an educational background in Architecture, I have worked with watercolors to produce Architectural renderings as a visualization tool for depicting buildings and spaces, warm and cool materials and most importantly the effect of light and shadow in my work.
I developed a strong desire to explore this very unpredictable medium to create works of art that showcase the transparent light and strong dark qualities that can be achieved in watercolor to transform everyday urban city landscapes into surreal and dynamic spaces, enhancing the viewers experience to see the world around us through the loose brushstrokes and exaggerated colour splashes whether its in the wet streets or the bright sunlit structures and rich dark shadows.
I am constantly striving to achieve bolder, more dynamic pieces which is an ongoing learning process specially with a medium like watercolor where the results achieved in one painting cannot always be replicated in another. This can result in a disaster at times and on occasion into a brilliant piece of work.
Hillside Village
Pok Fu Lam HK
River Boats
Sumi E 02
Sumi E 06
Sumi E 08
Tai O HK
Xijiang Village
Zen Garden
Lau, Wai-Yin
Also pen-named “Han Yuen”. Born in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province of China. Migrated to Canada in 1968. He has been the instructor on Calligraphy for the Chinese Cultural Center of Great Vancouver as well as numerous cultural and community centers of the Vancouver Chinese community for many years. He had been the President of the Chinese Painting, Calligraphy and Carving Association of Richmond. In 1985, his work was selected for the “International Calligraphy Exhibition” of the China Books Association Henan District. In 1989, his work was selected for the first exhibition of National Free Style Calligraphy of China. In 1988, he held Exhibition at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall of Taipei, and also joint Exhibition in Hong Kong. In 2008 his works was selected to the “World Tour Exhibition of the Renowned Chinese Artists in Celebration of Olympic in Beijing” and ” Exhibition of 100 Chinese Artists of North America “. In 2009 he was invited to the International Paintings and Calligraphy Exchange Exhibition and Cultural Development Forum in Macao in celebration of the Return to China 10th Anniversary”. In 2010 he participated in the “Yongquan International Calligraphy Exhibition” in Shandong and in October of the same year, he won the Silver Award at the “5th Canada Chinese Poem, Calligraphy and Painting Contest and Exhibition”. He also received 2nd class honor in 2010 in the “Signatory Calligraphy Contest” organized by the Signatory Calligraphy Association of Shanghai. His selected work on “Sentiment of China — Overseas Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition” has been collected by the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China.
Chinese Calligraphy “Dog”-1
Chinese Calligraphy
22X30 inch
Chinese Calligraphy “Dog”-2
Chinese Calligraphy
22X30 inch
Law, Wai-Hin
Law Wai Hin, AWS SFCA – born in 1939, he began painting in 1956. Graduate of the Hong Kong Fine Arts Academy, he studied Western and Chinese painting under Ng Po Wan, Kwok Yan Leung, and Leung Part Yu. Law Wai Hin is a Full time professional artist, who also taught watercolor at Department of Extramural Studies of the Chinese University in Hong Kong, as well as by giving private lessons.
From 1976 and continuing until 1990, Law Wai hin exhibited and sold his art-works through his own art gallery in Hong Kong.
He has a numerous one-man and group exhibitions in the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibitions, Monte Carlo Art Biennial, Macau Museum, National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpurin Malaysia, Ayala Museum in Philippines. He also participated in the Asian Watercolor Confederation and exhibited in Korea Malaysia Japan Taiwan Thailand Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Whitby Dog
Watercolour on Paper
22X30 inch
Akita Dog on the Snow
Watercolour on Paper
13.5X21 inch
Mother and Son
Watercolour on Paper
15X22 inch
Looking Back
Watercolour on Paper
15.5X24 inch
Pomeranian Puppy
Watercolour on Paper
16X24 inch
Gazing
Watercolour on Paper
22X30 inch
Dog Series – Four
Watercolour on Paper
11.5X11.5
Dog Series – One
Watercolour on Paper
11.5X11.5
Dog Series – Three
Watercolour on Paper
11.5X11.5
Dog Series – Two
Watercolour on Paper
11.5X11.5
Lee, Amy
Flowers Bloom in Prosperity
Acrylic on Canvas
10X10 inch
Liu, Zhi-Xin
Liu Zhixin, born in 1965 in Foshan, Guangdong, painter, graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts. He is good at Chinese painting in the super realism style. He held many successful exhibitions in China, the United States, Canada, Japan and other countries. In recent years, animals become the main theme of his paintings. He hopes that through his super realistic style of animal paintings would attract more people to appreciate the Chinese painting; to love nature by protecting animals!
Body Guard
Chinese Painting on Silk
35.5X20
Tibetan Mastiff-1
Chinese Painting on Silk
20X18
Tibetan Mastiff-2
Chinese Painting on Silk
20X18
Tibetan Mastiff-3
Chinese Painting on Silk
20X18
Longstaff, Lyle
Lyle Longstaff was born in New Westminster in 1939 and has lived his entire life in the Lower Mainland, including forty years in the lovely Hazelmere Valley.
He attended Semiahmoo High School and worked outdoors in the construction and farming industries. These years of experience honed his deep awareness of natural beauty and the rhythm of the seasons as they unfold.
An industrial accident became a blessing in disguise, as it left him unable to work for several months. This is when he took up painting for the first time, and his innate talent was immediately recognized.
Lyle paints and draws because he loves it. He studied with Vee Hansen and the late Dale Germain and has developed his own clear, clean style in his portrayals of seascapes, landscapes, flowers and wildlife. He paints in oil and acrylics. Lyle enjoys flower gardening, camping, hiking and fishing, and while he is engaged in these activities, his painter’s eye is constantly seeking out more inspiration for his art. He is rarely without his camera. Lyle’s paintings are available at the Kube Gallery in Fort Langley BC.
Lhasa
Acrylic Painting
10×10 inch
pond
Pool
Lu, Cherry
Wen Wen (Cherry) Lu is an interdisciplinary artist interested in installation, sculpture, and painting, with dabblings in film, animation, book art, print, digital, and web-based projects. She thinks of her practice as a conceptual dance where each movement requires its own set of research and material choice. Wen Wen often gravitate towards exploring the hidden, the small, and the in-between. Or in the metaphor of dance, she finds the possibility between one movement to another more intriguing than the arrival of a finale.
Her work has been shown in Center A, Concourse Art Gallery, UBC Student Nest, Jericho Beach, New Westminster Museum and Gallery, Access Gallery, and Burnaby Art Gallery. She is a graduate of Emily Carr University with a Bachelor in Visual Arts. Wen Wen is also an inspiring visual arts educator to a few vibrant communities; they and those around her know her as Cherry.
Elvis
Flapper
Mask
Queen Elizabeth
Trickster
Lyonns, Jay
Vancouver-based artist Jay Lyonns was born in New Westminster, and raised near rodeo grounds in Innisfail, Alberta. After 5 years of study in Visual Communications and Animation at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Jay fled the harsh prairie winters and returned to B.C. once again. After running an art gallery for 8 years, he felt it was time to put some of his own artwork on the walls. Jay currently works primarily out of his Vancouver studio and in a variety of creative settings for commercial work and product placements. His personal projects involve animated stories, and obsessing over a few old motorcycles in undetermined states of repair.
Year of the Earth Dog
Acrylic on Wood
22X30 inch
Mancuso, Mico
Canadian artist, Mico Mancuso was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 1960. He began drawing at a very early age. His mother would tell him that as a small child he would crawl into large cardboard boxes with his pencil and scribble on the inside walls for hours.
In the early 80s Mico went on to study art at the Ontario college of art in Toronto. After receiving the Elizabeth green shields of Canada award and the professional art dealers of Canada scholarship in his graduate year, he went to Florence, Italy to study the works of the great Italian masters and travel south to explore his Italian roots.
In 1985 Mico moved to the west coast of Canada and fell in love with the city of Vancouver. He was greatly influenced by the work of the west coast native people which would forever change his artistic style. Mico has called Vancouver his home since but his life growing up in a small town in northern Ontario still influences his work.
Dog Walker
Pen on Photo Paper
8.5X11 inch
LOLA
Pen on Photo Paper
8.5X11 inch
Martin, Beatriz
Bea is a character animator, certified medical illustrator and urban sketcher. She spends her time learning and crafting entertaining, inspiring and educational stories, using both digital and traditional media.
Tocho, The Family Dog
Acrylic Gouache
5.5X8.5 inch
McDermott, Andrew
McLaren, Esmie Gayo
McLaren, Esmie Gayo
Vancouver-based artist, Esmie Gayo McLaren, approaches art as an extension of her experiences. Her love for gardens, dance, people, and travel provides infinite inspiration, translating to paintings filled with sensitivity and movement. In her work, she values spontaneity and experimentation, as well as analytical thinking. Each painting is a combination of instinctive and calculated interaction between her and the image.
McLaren is based in Vancouver, Canada, a metropolis of varied cultures. The lines are often blurred between her art and community work as she enjoys bridging cultures through her art. A prolific artist, her paintings have garnered awards such as Best of Show and Excellence in Figurative Work. She holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from University of Alberta and an Art Certificate from Emily Carr University.
Locally, her artworks are represented by Jeunesse Gallery of Fine Arts. Internationally, her aspiration is to continue to explore, create, and share her work.
Bow Dance
Watercolor on Canvas
30X24 inch
Enchanted Wings
Oil Painting
24X20 inch
Na, Jessie Hyun Jae
Jessie Hyun Jae Na is an artist currently based in BC Canada. She earned her BFA in illustration in 2017 from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her artworks often depict dreamlike scenes with hints of surrealistic elements which is related to her own experiences and childhood. Rather than focusing on precisely descriptive style, she prefer images that offer more observations and hidden messages. She has interest in different fields of art and she is not afraid to try new techniques and concepts to create elaborative and intricate works. The projects that she work on are often consisted with series of works grouped in particular themes. Her artworks explore the idea of imaginary utopian world. The base of her work is on Asian traditional thoughts of longevity that the ancestors had hope for. The symbols of longevity deals with natural object that do not die forever or are long-lasting. She shows images that represent healthiness and long lasting in utopian world. She use aspects of history because it was her long time interest. She believes that art is how artists communicate; art depicts her story and thoughts which she wants to share with the viewers.
With You
Acrylic on Canvas
18x24inch
Longevity
Acrylic on Canvas
16X20inchX4
Peony
Acrylic on Canvas
18x24inch
Robertson, Janice
Janice Robertson was born on Vancouver Island in 1952, into a family with a long history of women artists. She lives in the historic village of Fort Langley, BC with her artist husband, Alan Wylie.
Janice launched her career as a professional artist in 1989. She has received many awards including the Foreign Award in the Houston Watercolor Society’s Exhibition in Texas in 2004, the William and Margaret Foley Award in the Adirondacks National Exhibition of Watercolors in 2008, and she has won the Bronze Medal three times in the Federation of Canadian Artists Annual Signature Members exhibition.
Janice is a signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Landscape Artists International, the Northwest Watercolor Society and Artists for Conservation. She was elected as an Artist in Residence at the annual Painters at Painters event in Campbell River BC in 2004. Janice served as President of the Federation of Canadian Artists from 1999 to 2001. She is listed in Who’s Who in Canada and her paintings are in collections through the world. She is also a popular and well- respected workshop instructor and juror.
Janice’s work is largely a reflection of her abiding love for the beauty of the west coast forests and beaches that she has known all her life. Her attachment to her home and garden are represented in her still- life paintings. She works in acrylic, watercolor and oil.
Janice Robertson is represented by galleries in Vancouver, Whistler, Sidney, Fort Langley, Kelowna and Mexico.
Faithful
Acrylic Painting
24X18 inch
The Guardian
Acrylic Painting
18X30 inch
Schalk, Feona
Feona is best known for her eclectic style. Living and working in Port Coquitlam, Feona’s work ranges from abstracts to landscapes to more realistic pieces. Her art reflects how she is feeling as she approaches the canvas and has become her outlet for surviving the craziness of raising two young boys. Feona recently gave up a 16 year corporate career to stay at home and home school her youngest son and it has given her the freedom to focus on her art. She works primarily with acrylic paints on canvas and wood panels, alcohol inks on yupo paper and a combination of the two mediums on various substrates. Feona is available for commission work upon request.
Is it Midnight Yet
Acrylic on Canvas
20X20 inch
Love of Chocolate
Acrylic on Canvas
12X12 inch
Tillyer, Larry
Larry Tillyer was born in Victoria, B.C. and moved with his family to Vancouver when he was a small boy. Larry is a self taught artist who began his odyssey of painting in 1987.
Larry started painting after a successful career in music playing with the likes of Bill Haley & The Comets, Ivory Joe Hunter, Earl Bostic, Tommy Chong of Cheah & Chong and Gene Vincent. After music painting took over and has been his prime interest.
His interest as an artist has always been colour and light. Impressionism is his favourite style of painting and he likes especially the way the Impressionist’s handled colour and understood and painted the light. Monet , Renoir and Henri Matisse have had an influence on his art.
Larry paints mainly in acrylics and he regularly does life drawing and plein air painting.
Larry is a Signature Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and an active member of Richmond Artist’s Guild and Men in Hats..
Larry’s paintings have won many awards and they can be found in collections throughout Canada, Europe and the U.S.
Ready For The Throw
Acrylic Painting
11X14 inch
Come On Spot
Acrylic Painting
22X28 inch
Girl and Her Friend
Acrylic Painting
10×10 inch
Great Day For A Sail
Acrylic Painting
14X18 inch
Sailing Along
Acrylic Painting
24X24 inch
Summer Fun
Acrylic Painting
24X30 inch
Walking On The Beach
Acrylic Painting
16X20 inch
Trygg, Joyce
Born in a small town on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, artist Joyce Trygg now resides on a farm in historic Fort Langley, B.C. with her husband and assortment of dogs, cats and horses.
She began drawing as a child, majored in Art at school and attended Art classes at Douglas College, excelling at drawing, painting, sculpture and Art History.
She has been accepted in many juried shows, and has won numerous awards. Her paintings are in collections in North America and Europe.
Joyce’s love of animals is evident in her paintings. She hopes that portraying these animals will help to make the viewer appreciate, preserve and feel connected to wildlife and to nature.
Joyce has attended workshops by Terry Isaac, Paco Young, Daniel Smith, John Banovich and John and Suzie Seerey-Lester, painting the wildlife that she loves.
She is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and an Associate member of Women Artists of the West.
Peek a Boo
Acrylic Painting
12X12 inch
Welman, Loraine
Loraine Wellman lives, gardens and paints in Richmond, B.C. Loraine has studied art ever since she was a child and was recommended to classes at the Vancouver Art Gallery. She had a wonderful immersion in classical art training at Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University). Loraine then attended the University of British Columbia, earned a B.Ed and began teaching as an art specialist.
Read More Later, while raising a family, she did extensive work in fabric arts and had many designs printed in American magazines. She also took further drawing and painting classes at Douglas and Kwantlen Colleges and studied portrait painting with Geoffrey Traunter. An interest in dolls and historical fashion resulted in Loraine being a paper doll artist for the Canadian Doll Journal from 1994 through 1998. Loraine has now returned to painting with a passion. She paints many subjects, building her acrylic on canvas paintings layer by layer to create a vibrancy of colour and a sense of light. Loraine’s paintings are in collections in Canada, USA, Europe and Taiwan. She has paintings on permanent display in Richmond Hospital, the President’s Office of Royal Roads University and the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre “Oseradok”, Winnipeg. Loraine is an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Vice-President of Richmond Artists Guild, regular participant in a life drawing group and paints outdoors with Men in Hats.
Best of Show
Acrylic Painting
12X24 inch
Winters, Holly
Holly Winters was born and raised in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She received her B.F.A. from Mount Allison University in 1987. She then moved to Toronto, ON where she continued developing her abstract painting style while also working in a representational style. In 1991, Holly moved to Vancouver, BC to try life on the west coast. In 2016, she exhibited in two group exhibitions in Japan. She has a collection at Owens Art Gallery in Sackville, NB, many private collections across Canada as well as U.S.A., Iceland, Switzerland and Thailand. She continues to sell her work in Vancouver.
To China with Love, 2018
Acrylic Painting
20X16 inch
WU, Anita
Anita Wu is a student of renowned artists Paul Chui (徐榕生) since 2013. She has taken up this interest since retiring from nursing 4 years ago; and has thoroughly enjoyed her journey. The objects of her painting have consisted of scenes in nature and personal portraits. But one of her love is painting pet animals, especially dogs. She feels that dogs are not only man’s best friends; they possess an intellect and emotional intelligence that are often under-appreciated. She hopes to capture those qualities in her paintings. Anita had her first art show in November 2016 at the Chinese Christian Mission (CCM) Center in Burnaby; and had received wonderful reviews.
Three Puppies
Oil Painting
4X12inchX3
Monkey
Acrylic Painting
16X20 inch
Cooper
Oil Painting
24X30 inch
Cocoa 1
Acrylic Painting
8X10 inch
Oreo
Oil Painting
8X10 inch
Cocoa 2
Acrylic Painting
8X10 inch
Zeng, Olivia
Olivia Zeng was born in Greater Vancouver to an artistic family. Her father Xiangming Zeng, who is a world-renowned artist, taught her how to draw and paint since she was the age of four. From then on, she has created more than a thousand pieces of art.
Olivia has also received many major awards. She was awarded First Place in the Royal Canadian Legion National Poster Contest, and was invited to meet the 28th Governor General of Canada Mr. David Johnston, Prime Minister Mr. Justin Trudeau, and the Royal Canadian Legion officers in Ottawa. Her achievements also include the Governor General Academic Medal, Top Artist in the District, and more.
Border Collie
Watercolour on Paper
6X9 inch
German Shepherd
Watercolour on Paper
6.5X9 inch
Pomeranian
Watercolour on Paper
8X10 inch
Precious
Mixed Media on Canvas
20X24 inch
Shiba Inu
Watercolour on Paper
6X9 inch
Awards
People’s Choice Award: “Precious” by Olivia Zeng
Best in Show: “Faithful” by Janice Roberson
Best Work Under Glass: “River Boats” by Shammen Khan
Best Work on Board or Canvas: “Precious” by Olivia Zeng
Best 3-Dimensional: “Chinese Seal Engraving” by William Chen
Best Photography/Digital Media: “Grandma’s Garden” by Anita Ho