Lucy Adams
Nestled on a hillside, surrounded by forest, Lucy’s studio features examples of her love for innovation and variety in art, both abstract and realistic. Her work embraces a range of media, including painting, sculpture and glass.
www.lucyadamsart.com
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Tas Antonopoulos
Working in oil paint on canvas or board, Tas takes a painterly approach to his subjects, which include local landscapes, birds and marine scenes. His work has a dream-like quality that reflects memories shared by many in this part of world.
www.tas.myartchannel.com
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Lora Armbruster
Painting in oil, acrylic and watercolor, Laura’s wide range
of subjects includes portraits, still life, animals, scenery and more. This versatile artist also does quilting and makes porcelain dolls, teddy bears and glass work.
www.loraarmbruster.com
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Robin Bandenieks
Art on 28th
Robin’s country home invites visitors to view her oil paintings in a salon style setting. Her realistic, colouful work includes figurative, still-life and animals (especially dogs).
www.fortlangleyartistsgroup.com/robin
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Robert T. Barrett
Neighbourhood Art Studio
Robert opened his first teaching studio in 1968 in Vancouver for life drawing and portraiture. Described as an "inspirational artist", he has taught in Langley for nearly two decades.
www.theartschool.com
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Irma Bijdemast
Irma’s abstracts are rich in texture and feature bold, vibrant color. She works in acrylic and mixed media on canvas, melding and dripping colors together creating unique textural combinations. Her work is inspired by her love of nature.
www.irmabijdemast.com
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Julie Bourne
Julie specializes in raku clay works. Her sculptural subjects vary from whimsical sea horses, to wind-swept tree sculptures, maple leaves, sockeye salmon and dramatic horse heads. Julie also specializes in hand-made lampwork beads that she combines with silver to create one-of-a-kind jewellery.
www.fortlangleyartistsgroup.com.julie
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Carmel Clare
BC’s dramatic landscape and shoreline is Carmel’s inspiration—it fuels her desire to paint. Her subjects include washed white riverbeds, dark forests, misty river banks, blustering storm clouds, and warm sunlight reflected on bleached driftwood. She started in watercolour, but now paints in acrylic, experimenting with texture and bold colour, and using her watercolour skills to create loose, underlying washes, layering paint with control and precision.
www.carmelclare.com
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Sheila Davidson
Roxy Jewellery
The hallmark of Sheila’s jewellery is its chunky styling, asymmetrical design and unique mix of materials that includes Lucite, Swarovksi crystal and an eclectic assortment of beads and stones from around the world.
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Diana Durrand
Diana Durrand is a contemporary multimedia artist working in acrylic, pastel and found objects. Her work often contains humour, questioning and challenging human behavior. Diana’s art celebrates her love and passion of colour and form.
www.durrand-art.com
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Marney-Rose Edge
Known for painting light into her watercolours with dramatic intensity, Marney is an award-winning and published artist, and a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. In addition to watercolours, Marney also creates landscapes in acrylic.
www.marneyroseedge.com
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Susan Falk
Susan’s work is inspired by the surroundings of the natural ponds and forests of her ten-acre South Langley location. She is highly involved in the life of art through teaching, serving on the board of The Fort Gallery, and maintaining a busy exhibition schedule. Note: Due to her other commitments, Susan’s studio will be open only on Sundays during the tour.
www.susanfalk.ca
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Ann Fessenden
Windwood Studio
Specializing in slumped glass, Ann’s subject matter embraces both abstract and nature for the imagery and designs of her plates, bowls, jewelry and other items. The repertoire of this versatile artist also includes paintings and prints. Unfortunately Ann has had to withdraw from this year’s tour due to unexpected circumstances. We hope she will be joining us next year!
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Fields & Flowers Farm Store
From shortbread cookies garnished with vibrant petals to flavourful garden preserves, this cozy farm store reflects the changing seasons and celebrates special occasions throughout the year. They are delighted to showcase the work of local artists and artisans, from exquisite paintings to playful pottery and fiber pieces, to incredible hand-crafted jewelry. Benefit events are held each year in support of New Stride Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.
www.fieldsandflowers.com
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Morgan Fitzpatrick
The Little Red Shed
Morgan focuses on life-size sculptures of animals, humans and elements, with nature providing the medium. She works on a large scale that she feels is crucial to the work and uses materials that give some kind of aesthetic pleasure. Her desire is to have the art communicate; if art is not heard then it cannot reach out to its audience.
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Vivian Harder
Thunderfoot Studio
Vivian’s work is varied in three themes: her love of horses is evident in her passionate equestrian art, her charming Funky Cats are bold and graphic, and her BC scenes are inspired by the natural beauty of our province. She paints in oil using bright, saturated colors and a unique style that combines realism with creativity.
www.thunderfootstudio.com
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Donna Leavens
Donna strives for new experiences as she pursues art, working in
acrylics, pencil, calligraphy and photography. Her subjects range from
portraiture to landscape. She views art is a spiritual connector
and a source of enrichment to all who encounter it.
www.donnaleavens.com
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Candice Perry Moen
Candice is a printmaker focussing mainly on monotypes and etchings, but she also creates conté drawings, oil paintings and collage. Her subject matter consists primarily of portraits of people, as well images of babies and children.
www.candiceperry.com
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Marj Paonessa
Hour Glass Studio
Marj’s glass studio specializes in personalized glass etching on stemware, platters, vases and many other unique items. She also features exclusive Marilyn Monroe and Elvis stemware, original Canadiana designs, and numerous equine images.
www.hourglassstudio.com
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Alison Philpott
A traditionalist at heart, Alison gravitates towards heritage buildings as the subject of her drawings. The more gables, balconies or turrets the better! Other subjects which interest her greatly are flowers and stones. Her aim is to have an almost photographic representation while capturing the essence of the subject.
www.myartclub.com/alison.philpott
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Kathryn Ragan
A self-taught artist, Kathryn has been painting in watercolour for about 10 years. She finding her inspiration in the life around her, and strives to interpret her love of the visual world. Kathryn was recently accepted into the International Guild of Realism.
www.studioatthefarm.ca
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Bryan Robberts
An accomplished watercolourist, Bryan has a self-acknowledged tendency to "get caught up in the details", perhaps due to his background in civil engineering and manufacturing. He is now striving for a semi-realistic approach that places emphasis on shapes and colour while leaving more to the viewer’s imagination. His subject matter ranges from urban cityscapes to lush landscapes.
www.bryanrobberts.com
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Deborah Strong
Cat & Mouse Designs
Deborah’s cozy home studio showcases her colourful silk paintings and realistic coloured pencil drawings. She focuses on animals and nature, and is well known for her lifelike portraits of dogs, cats and horses. She is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and her work has achieved wide-spread recognition.
www.catnmousedesigns.com
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Judy Vanderveen
A long-time resident of Langley, Judy combines her love of painting and drawing with her love of horses and riding. Using pencil and oils, each piece of her highly-detailed artwork has its own story to tell.
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Maria Zaron
Specializing in both functional and decorative pottery, the highlight of Maria’s line is her horse-hair raku which utilizes horse hair during the firing process to create intricate and unusual surface patterns.
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