Artist and teacher, Tahira Karim, is once again a full time student. She is pursuing her masters in Transdisciplinary New Media in Paris, France. Upon seeing the paintings of Monet and Van Gogh in picture […]
Cecilia Gossen was born in Cartagena, Colombia, and moved to Canada as a newlywed in 1969. While raising five children and following her husband on job postings around Canada, she managed to complete a BFA, […]
Anca Dimoff is a painter and a sculptor. Born in Timisoara, Romania, Anca Dimoff first started studying Industrial Design in an attempt to merge her love of art with her need for structure; after moving […]
Conny is a native Calgarian born to Dutch immigrants that happily indulged her creative side since she was child. Art and music have been constants in her life and she has never wavered from her […]
Jill Paddock is a born and raised Calgarian who has a natural sparkle for life. A believer in good humans and finding the beauty in the ordinary, Jill uses her artwork as a form of […]
Melanie Smit has been creating jewels in Calgary for the past 14 years. Initially, she worked for a local jeweller, honing her skills at the jewellers bench for several years and then decided to go […]
Mark Farand attended the Alberta College of Art (ACA at the time, now ACAD), and the Art Institute of Cincinnati, graduating from ACA in 1988. He worked in advertising and graphic design for about a […]
Daughter, friend, sister, mother, wife, aunt…..artist extraordinaire. I have known Alison for 30 years now, and I remember her using watercolour paints to paint an image of the roofs of Geneva, a view from our […]
As someone who feels most at home in the mountains and at the beach, the beauty and strength of the landscapes in my Mom’s paintings give me comfort. They have honestly shaped my appreciation for […]
Almost 10 years ago, Cindy courageously jumped from a successful, award-winning graphic design career to pursue her lifelong dream of painting. She describes the decision as if “jumping off a ledge into a deep bottomless […]
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