Therese Johnston: Artist of the Month for November

Therese describes herself as a semi-abstract painter who has worked in oils, pastels, water colours, collage and now her preferred medium, acrylics. She usually works in series, painting a wide variety of subject matter such as musicians, birds, floral, geishas, houses and landscapes. While living in the lower mainland, Therese became involved with the Federation of […]

Solo Show to check out

Congratulations to Lynne Patrick on her show at the McMillan Art Centre in Parksville! The show, titled UNDERstory: on the edge of the known, runs from June 4th to the 30th, with the opening reception on June 8th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. In this show, you will enjoy Lynne’s paintings which will include abstract and […]

Congratulations Diane!

One of our Arrowsmith artists, Diane Michelin, has received the Bronze Medal Award from the Mondial Art Academy, which is based in France. Diane received the medal for her watercolour painting, MORNING RISE which she submitted in January, 2018. Diane has been a member of the Academy since 2017. Congratulations, Diane! We are so happy […]

Artist of the Month: Birgit Coath

  Birgit’s work is a manifestation of her personal journey. “Ever since I realized that my experience of my world was a choice of how I interpreted my environment, I fought to see things in a unique and evaluative way. I questioned accepted logic and learned to create my own reality in the face of […]

SMALL TOWN WITH A BIG IDEA

The little town of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan has come up with a great idea to save a part of the Convent of Jesus and Mary, a National Historic Site and heritage landmark, and our very own artist, Lucy Wallace, has a special part in it! After the nuns left Gravelbourg’s Convent of Jesus and Mary, it […]

Congratulations to Kelly Corbett!

We want to congratulate one of our artists, Kelly Corbett, on the news that she has been accepted into the JD Stevenson Gallery in Chemainus, B.C. You will be able to view the following two paintings there as of February 1st: In addition to showing her work in a gallery, Kelly is also scheduled for an […]

Congratulations to Lucy Wallace!

Lucy just received the exciting news that all three of the paintings she submitted to the Canadian national juried online exhibition of the Pastel Artists of Canada were accepted! You can see the paintings below. Congratulations Lucy! We’re so happy for you!