artist directory

Anne Havard was born and raised in the Bulkley Valley, and struggled until she was 30, to discover what she wanted to do with her life. When she was finally caught by the painting bug, she took to it with a vengeance and has worked, at least part-time, as an artist ever since. Her inspiration comes mostly from the natural environment. When she first started painting, her work was fairly realistic, but as time passes, her work has become more and more removed from realism as she plays with color, composition and design, always trying to get movement, mood, and emotion into her works, and tries to let her intuition be her guide. Most recently, Anne has decided to take a break from watercolor, and is exploring 'painting' with fabric, taking advantage of the pre-made design and texture.
annehavard@hotmail.com
http://anne-havard.artistwebsites.com/

CURTIS CUNNINGHAM is a Smithers-based photographer who enjoys using his camera to create the extraordinary. A portfolio of fine art images from in and around Smithers can be viewed online at his website.

Dany Couture's artist's statement is to “ Enjoy the simplicity of life “. Dany studied commercial photography in Montreal and has an A.C.E. degree. She opened an Art Photography Studio in Smithers in 2010. Her passion is to capture in imagery the emotion of a single moment. Creatively, she is drawn to peaceful stillness in natural scenes and portraiture.
Dany Couture Photographe, Smithers Mall, Box 4264, Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0. (250) 877-8135. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dany-Couture-Photographe/115989945117986?r...

A son of a naturalist and a lifelong lover of nature himself, photographer David Watson moved to Terrace in September 2001 from the prairies. He immediately fell in love with the spectacular beauty of the area and its inhabitants, causing his long-term passion for photography to flourish. A member of the Prints Rupert Camera Club, and the winner of awards in the region as well as in the lower mainland, he founded the Northern Lenses Camera Club in Terrace in January 2005. Many of his fine art photographs have been displayed at various locations in Terrace, also in Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Smithers and Abbotsford. David sincerely hopes they attract visitors to the area and inspire both them and locals to have a closer look at the world around us and participate in conserving it! More of his images can be viewed at his website www.davidwatsonphotographicart.com, or you can contact him via email at david@photonorthwest.ca

Franzi Cody was born and raised in East Germany and now calls Telkwa BC home, where she lives with her husband Dmitri. She is a full time ceramic artist creating wheel thrown and hand build pottery at her studio and gallery, Art & Soul Pottery, located on 1269 Hwy 16 (Telkwa). Her "working studio" offers the opportunity to watch the process of making pottery and welcomes requests for custom orders to meet specific interests. Besides working with clay, Franzi also dedicates much of her time to creative writing and painting in oil, acrylic and water color. In being creative she finds her stillness and balance, and her hope is that her artwork inspires the viewer to see and feel the magic life has to offer to each of us. Visit her at her studio during weekdays, at the Smithers Farmers Market on Saturday's (Summer), or contact her at (250) 846-5727 or visit Art & Soul's website.

Kathleen Stuart is a paper and fibre artist. She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and grew up in a family that loved to spend time outdoors. In 1964, she immigrated to Canada and fell in love with the country, particularly the huge landscapes and the biological diversity of British Columbia and the Yukon. Largely self-taught, the colours,textures and designs found in nature are an endless source of inspiration for her paper and fibre arts. Kathleen lives in Terrace and can be contacted at merlincreations@citywest.ca.

Laura McGregor is recognized for her unique style of painting with gouache on linen. She is an avid artist who has shown her paintings and artist-books throughout Canada and abroad. Laura has her Masters Degree in Drawing & Painting from the Edinburgh College of Art. She obtained her Fine Arts Bachelors Degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 2004 after completing a three-year interdisciplinary Fine Arts Diploma course at Fanshawe College in 2002. Laura lives with her husband, son, and daughter in Terrace, B.C. and enjoys her free-time painting in her studio, planning for exhibitions, and giving workshops. To see more of her work, please check out her website.

Smithers Artist Linda Stringfellow has exhibited for the past 12 years primarily in northern communities though her work has travelled south and has be a part of the BC Festival of the Arts. Her newest mixed medium images are created with a combination of acrylic paint, handmade and metallic papers, wire and just about anything she can get her hands on. Linda’s mostly likely to create art that falls into the theme of “Women’s Issues” or “Social Justice.” In 2006 Linda created, was the curator and travelled the regional exhibition “Missing Women on Highway 16”. Linda teaches small group lessons in her “Le Salon” studio and is a registered Artist with the provincial program Art Starts. Linda lives in Smithers with her husband and her youngest daughter. You can find her original work at Nelson’s Gallery on Broadway Ave. in Smithers or by “Le Salon” Studio appointment. Contact stringfellow@hotmail.com

Born in Northern Ireland, Mairead loved drawing from her earliest years and was always encouraged by her parents. They provided oil painting lessons from a local artist when she was fourteen and when she decided on teacher training as a career she specialized in art education. She taught art/crafts at an inner city school in Belfast for a while before emigrating to Canada in 1971. Teaching and then raising a young family with husband Nick meant that painting was put on the back burner for a while. Having attended a watercolour course in the late 1980’s, her creative spark was ignited again and she explored the qualities of this challenging medium culminating in several group shows and in giving workshops in Smithers. Most lately, Mairead has been experimenting with acrylics. Her subject matter is mostly landscape with some florals and seacapes. Mairead exhibits most of her work at the Ice House Gallery on the Atlin Terminal in Prince Rupert.

Mark Tworow graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art in the 1990s. Mark paints landscapes, abstracts, and still lifes and his paintings are known for their strong formal structure and lush painterly colors. He has held several major solo exhibition showcasing over twenty works which are now held in private collections both here in Canada, the U.S., and in New Zealand.

His paintings can be seen online at http://marktworow.com