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Tammy Hudgeon
born on the Canadian Prairies - resides on Gulf Islands BC
Hudgeon's unrestrained use of colour is inspired by nature. Her love of art, music, dance, colour and nature keeps her work full of "happy energy". Her glass celebrates her lifestyle in recurring themes: sea life, flowers, fruits & vegetables, people, music, animals and nature. Hudgeon's personal life journey combined with her extensive travels to countries with traditional cultures and spiritual beliefs is reflected in the spiritual nature of many of her pieces. Since childhood, Hudgeon has loved glass: from collecting coloured bottles with her parents, to stained glass and then to glass fusing. Hudgeon's work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the world, and has also been purchased and collected by one of Japan's most famous Riokhan's. She exhibits in galleries in BC, Alberta, Montreal, Floida and Philadelphia.
http://www.tammyhudgeon.com                           http://www.westendgalleryltd.com
http://www.bartonandleiergallery.com
http://www.libertymuseum.org/glass/artists.html
http://www.vandopgallery.com/artists/dsp_artist.php?ArtistID=22
http://www.gallery223.ca/gallery.php/do/com_gallery/section/
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Dianna Bonder
 raised in BC - resides on Gabriola Island BC
Dianna Bonder is an award winning children’s book illustrator who works at it full time, having nine titles to her name. Her work has shown across the country and her books are sold worldwide. She also tours Canada and has spoken and exhibited as far as Toronto and the Northwest Territories. Bonder is inspired by Alice in Wonderland, James and the Giant Peach, Shel Silverstein and the infamous Dr. Suess. She also studied Fashion Illustration, along with Fine Arts and Book Illustration. After completing school, she worked as a commerical artist before venturing seriously into children's literature. She is active in elementary schools speaking with children about writing and illustrating, teaches workshops and speaks with school groups, libraries, and artists of all ages. Dianna is a member of Canscaip, Cwill, the Writeon speakers bureau and is an honorary member of the Drawing Masters of Canada.
http://www.diannabonder.com
http://www.drawingsociety.com/dscgallery/dianna_bonder.php
http://www2.childrensillustrators.com/illustrator.cgi/dianna
http://www.canscaip.org
http://www.cwill.bc.ca/search/member_detail/34


Janet Dwyer
Janet Dwyer’s formal education in photography includes a Photographic Arts Diploma (1976) from Conestoga College (Kitchener, Ontario) and a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Photography Major, 1987) from Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario). Since 1978 she has instructed at colleges and universities across Canada: Western Academy of Photography; New Brunswick College of Craft and Design; Pearson College; Kootenay School of the Arts; Alberta College of Art; Humber College; Conestoga College; and Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. For the past two decades she has specialized in photographing artworks in all mediums. In addition to shooting for many renowned artists, including Robert Bateman, and numerous fine art galleries, her clients include the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Royal BC Museum. Her expertise in photographing works of art is widely respected, and she was the contributing author of a chapter on the subject in the artists’ survival book "Stayin Alive". Her photographs have appeared in Macleans; Canadian Geographic; Beautiful BC; Enroute; Destinations; National Geographic; Out of the Mist; and From Farm to Feast. In 2007 her scanography work won international recognition in the world’s most prestigious photography competition, the Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards.
http://www.janetdwyer.com
http://www.photoscanography.com
http://www.amerimumi.org/nations/en/canada_tv.htm
http://www.painterslodge.com/lodge/events/photographers-at-painter/2008/


Judi Wild
 resides in Comox Valley BC
 Judi Wild spent 11 years as a draftsperson and another 11 years as a graphic designer. She now uses these skills to decorate & enhance her artwork. With her lithographed prints she works to make each one special & unique. Judi has developed and mastered the labour- intensive method of applying watercolors using the "drybrush" technique. This gives her work that "extra" in delicate detail which she tirelessly portrays.She is represented in the National Archives of Canada, and her art is displayed world-wide in many corporate collections. She has won several competitions including the "Peoples Choice" award at the 1996 Brant Festival and again in 1998. Most recently a collector from Saudi Arabia purchased a number of her original watercolour paintings documenting the Queen Charlotte Islands. As her schedule is so busy, Judi regrets that she is no longer able to set aside the time to teach her unusual painting style to eager students in the Comox Valley.
http://judiwildartist.com/galleries.html
http://www.larochefineartgallery.com/judi_wild/
http://www.crawfordetchedglass.com/riverway_gallery.html
http://www.artcountrycanada.com/artistdirectory.htm


Sandra Dolph
 resides on Galiano Island BC
 Sandra Dolph obtained a BS in Art Education from New York State University College in 1971. After graduation, she taught at the Adirondack Center for the Arts as well as owning and operating a gallery in upstate New York. After immigrating to the Canadian Rockies in 1974 and establishing a homestead, Sandra taught and ran a clay studio specializing in salt/wood fired pottery. In 1989 she relocated to Galiano Island, BC, where she has spent the past fifteen years making a home for her small family and establishing her studio and gallery set amongst the beautiful cedars of B.C. She has hosted and run numerous workshops from her studio and given workshops in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Sandra’s annual visits to Japan began in 1998, where she studies, makes pots and meditates in a Zen Buddhist temple. Sandra exhibits in galleries throughout the Northwest and in Japan. She has had solo shows at Kobo Gallery in Seattle and at the BC Gallery of Ceramics in Vancouver. Her most recent shows were ‘Transformations’ in Burnaby and the 'Tajimi Show' in Japan.
From: http://www.mstreetgallery.com/artist/45/#INFO
http://www.sandradolph.com/bio.asp
http://www.vroomjournal.com/articles/dolphkobo.php

Imke Pearson  FCA
resides in Victoria BC
Imke Pearson was a stained glass artist for over thirty years, with her work in private homes and public places such as: ten windows in Abigail’s Hotel, twenty-five windows at The Beaconsfield Inn, three windows and the door at Humboldt House Bed and Breakfast, the E&N train station, the “Tree of Life” window for the Unitarian Church, the Victoria General Hospital, Saint Mary the Virgin Anglican Church and Butchard Gardens. Pearson's work is installed in Vancouver, Seattle, England, Germany and Australia. Long before studio tours were popular Pearson held bi-annual shows in her studio, and co-coordinated the first Oak Bay Artists Bowker Creek Brush-Up, a paint-in that has become an annual event. She began painting seriously in 1985, and, because she can cut glass, even thick plate glass, she has developed a form of Monotype that is unique.
http://www.bc.anglican.ca/~st_mary/stainedglass.html
http://www.gowardhouse.com/ArtShowFile2008-03/ImkePearson.html
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