Heather Keenan
born 1953 in Edmonton Alberta - resides in Victoria BC
Heather Keenan trained in Advertising Art but switched to painting in the early 1970's. Oil pigment sticks have been her sole medium for 25 years. Her inspirations are drawn from “our collective unconscious” into works that include the landscape, figures, symbols and mythology. Keenan's work has been on the covers of many publications, including The Malahat Review, University of Victoria and "Memory of Elsewhere" by Rona Murray (Sono Nis Press). She has shown in Ontario, Dawson Creek, Oregon, Quebec City and New York's Limner Gallery.
http://www.hkeenan.com
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Heather+Keenan/27706.html#
http://www.galendavison.com/fast_2009.htm

Lindsay Branson
resides in Courtney BC
Lindsay Brabson has a love for the wild edges of the natural worlds where the forces of nature produce the material for her work. Massive pieces of twisted driftwood, roots and burls, remnants of long-dead trees, now rest in the artist's studio providing her with creative inspiration. "I take great pride that my art is created from my love affair with wood. Whether found upon the forest floor or shoreline, finding the inspiring piece that I can carve is both challenging and rewarding. Her carvings "Woodland Silence" and "The Wave" won the silver (2007) and bronze (2005) medals respectively in the Ward World Championship Wildlife Carving Competition in Ocean City, Maryland, USA.
http://www.rawearthcarvings.com/awards.htm
http://www.pengal.com/find/artist/Lindsay%20Branson/biography.phtml
http://www.wardmuseum.org/worlds.asp

Cindy Shin-Min Wang
"I never imagined that my immigration experience would involve moving from one island, Taiwan, to another – Vancouver Island. When I am on the ferry and see all the Gulf Islands I think about how my life seems to be about shuttling among various islands. So I picked up my paintbrush to depict my feelings about islands as a record of my life... I like to use Chinese black ink to express my colourful life in Victoria - ink in Chinese painting is considered “colour” and has different shades and tones. The very simple ink is used to express a sense of moral uprightness or a life of seclusion, whereas the flourishing colours represent the busy pace of the mundane life. Therefore, I use this traditional concept combined with modern technique to convey the possibilities of the two contrasting and complementing each other. From interview with Robert Amos:
http://www.cindyshinminwang.com/interview.php?page=2
Cindy has shown in Taiwan, Seattle, Vancouver, South Africa and Victoria.
http://www.cindyshinminwang.com/index.php

Sandy Scott
1943 -
Sculptor and printmaker Sandy Scott is at the top of her field. A widely admired printmaker of sporting scene etchings in the 1970s, Scott turned to sculpting in the early 1980s. Scott is recognized as one of the country's premier animal sculptors. The book, "Spirit of the Wild Things," published on the occasion of the Gilcrease Museum Rendezvous '98, documents Scott's career and artistic development. Sandy's work has been collected throughout the world by major art collections. She has shown at the Prix de West Invitational Art Show, National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City; the Cheyenne Frontier Days Governor's Invitational Western Art Show and Sale in Cheyenne, Wyoming; and the National Museum of Wildlife Art Show in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
http://www.sandyscott.com
http://www.pengal.com/find/artist/Sandy%20Scott/biography.phtml
http://www.askart.com/askart/s/sandy_scott/sandy_scott.aspx

Deb Garlick
resides in Victoria BC
Deb Garlick graduated in 1995 with a double major in Art History and Visual Arts from the University of Victoria. She is an internationally published photographer and artist with work in private collections across Canada and the United States. Garlick has exhibited her artwork publicly since 2003 when she returned to the west coast of Canada after living in Europe for six years. In 2007, she was signed with Art In Motion to create a series of photographs for print. She is an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FOCA).
http://debgarlick.com/
http://www.mstreetgallery.com/artist/69/
http://www.estelgallery.com/art_deb_garlick.htm
http://www.artinmotion.com
http://www.art.com