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Coral BarclayCoral is a Northwest coast painter and artist. She has been strongly influenced by her formative years growing up on the shores of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where her family lived in a small cabin. She is continually inspired and excited to attempt to capture the light and movement of the sea, sky, quality of light and colour of her surroundings. Coral has a fine arts degree from UBC and has been painting most of her adult life.

More of Coral’s work can be found at www.coralmaybarclay.com Her garden studio is open for the summer, Tuesday – Saturday 11-4pm, at 5025 DePape Rd (Sandpiper) or by appointment 250-702-0925.

Hallie Osborne Born and raised on Hornby Island, Hallie’s favourite hobby has always been painting, which she started at the age of 5. She did her first solo art show in 2013 at the Community Hall showing 50 pieces. She recently spent time in Australia and showed 17 works at a show on Flinder’s Island. Hallie has painted an eclectic array of objects including rocks, birdhouses, a chair and an Econoline Van.

Hallie’s work is currently on display at the Thatch Gift shop.

Dana Statham Dana Statham is a self-taught artist from the Comox Valley, currently living in Victoria, BC. Through thoughtful observations of her natural surroundings, Dana captures vibrant west coast landscapes with acrylic paint. The bold colours she uses invoke feelings of perpetual summertime, and aim to represent her idyllic island lifestyle. Dana is grateful for having grown up on Vancouver Island, where nature could be experienced and then expressed through creative means. The unique gulf islands of Denman and Hornby have influenced many of her warm summer landscapes. Her work has a strong island feel, and often features coastal shorelines, native arbutus trees, and underwater kelp gardens. Dana's work has been featured in galleries and shops on Vancouver Island and Hornby Island, both in group and solo art shows.

To see more of Dana's work on Hornby Island, please visit the Arbutus Arts Gallery in Ford's Cove or The Thatch Gift Shop near the ferry terminal. Art cards are also available at the Hornby Co-op. www.danastatham.com

Barb & Brian Smith

Juanita Selby Juanita Selby has created many birdhouses for the Festival. A Hornby resident she has been painting for 16 years. She participates in Life drawing, having started out as a model. She’s inspired by eclectic stuff and lots of colour. This particular birdhouse features pieces by her late mother Erma Parker, and other treasured family items.

Vaughn Neville Born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1948, Vaughn is a man obsessed by painting. He has lived on Hornby for 45 years and is a gardener, musician, woodchopper, builder, and all-round transformer of materials. He paints daily. His paintings are energetic, expressive, gestural, and layered. He loves painting in his outdoor studio in the summer, where he welcomes visitors by appointment. His paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the world. Vaughn shares his life on Hornby with his wife, Susan Cain, who is also an artist.

Visit more of Vaughn’s work on display at the Community Hall for the duration of the Festival. www.vaughnneville.com

John Grunewald & Bonita Thornsbury Bonita and John always collaborate on their birdhouses. John handles the woodworking, Bonita takes care of the decoration. They both have right of critique and veto at every step of the process. This particular birdhouse was conceived separately by each of them and their concept drawn out independently. The drawings were close to identical from the start. Their artistic vision is an outgrowth of nearly 40 years on Hornby, and all the inspiration they have gained from this community of talented and endlessly creative people.

Kyrié Samuel Kyrié is a young silversmith living on Hornby. She became interested in working with silver after taking a class when she was 13. A year later, she was fortunate to apprentice on Hornby, with silversmith Louise O. Jarvis. Now, using experimentation to grow, she combines techniques she has been taught, with new ways she finds to express herself. Her inspiration comes from the process itself and the amazing patterns and shapes found in nature. She values simplicity and elegance in her designs.

Kyrié’s work is available at the Hornby Island Farmer's Market and by contacting her at kyriesamuel@yahoo.ca www.kyriesamuel.ca

Leia & Michael Parker Leia and Michael Parker have been living on Hornby Island and making jewelry for over 40 years. Inspired by the beauty and magic of gems, together they hand craft every piece of their intricate designs. Their pieces are created with precious and semi-precious stones they have collected from around the world.

Their bracelets, earrings and necklaces are available at the Hornby Island Farmers Market.

Alina Milek Living on Hornby Island has been an endless creative journey for Alina. Growing up on Hornby, she has always been attracted to jewelry. This past year she attended the Metal Jewelry Design program at North Island Collage. The program greatly expanded her jewelry making skills and her portfolio of work. Alina is constantly inspired by nature and her love of gemstones; she incorporates both of these in her designs.

Alina’s work can be found at the Hornby Island Farmer’s Market.

Stevi Parker Kittleson Stevi has been a self-taught artist since the early 1970‘s. She works with silver, painting, building assemblages, graphic design and photo collage in her Hornby Island studio. Recent works, ‘Botanical Curiosities and Junkyard Byrds’ are composed using her own photographs of trash and or recycled debris.

Digital work available as matted prints and cards on Hornby Island at Botanica in the Beulah Creek Nursery as well as Hornby Creative or by appointment.

http://botanicalcuriosities-junkyardbyrds.blogspot.ca/

Caroline JamesCaroline began her young artistic career at 16 filling up sketchbooks. She continued to pursue art in University graduating with honours with a BFA from the University of Victoria in 1996. She then received a full scholarship to the MFA program at the University of Saskatchewan where she won the Governor General’s Award for Thesis Work in the Arts and Humanities for 2000. Caroline moved to Hornby Island and began her “Hornby Island Peace Work” in 2010. Oil, acrylic, collage and mixed media, all come together in an exploration of texture, spirit, color and quiet and the ever-present message of searching for “home”. She teaches Free Expression Painting; “The Process”, is magical, powerful, and frequently life changing. Caroline has shown her work in galleries across Canada.

More of Caroline’s work can be found at www.carolinejames.com, at the Hornby Island Farmer’s Market, and in her studio at 4600 Chandler Rd, 11:00 – 5:30.

Melissa MooreMelissa Moore is an artist based in London, UK, and an Associate Lecturer at University of the Arts London. She has a Masters in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, with distinction for research. Melissa first visited Hornby Island in 1999, invited by a friend who was studying its hand-built dwellings, and was immediately struck by its beauty and sense of restful isolation. Ultimately, her work here is like a dream rather than a document of the island, capturing a feeling of the place. A feeling that has drawn her back, again and again. This photo is from a series titled “Lands End” which has been shown in galleries all over the world.

Kari & Silas CroweKari and Silas Crowe are a dynamic duo of potters. Silas grew up creating pottery and learning from his mother Susan Crowe. Kari has been working at the family business for the last 3 years and has a natural talent for throwing pots. Their handcrafted artwork is made at their home studio on Hornby Island.

Kari & Silas's work can be found at the Hornby Island Farmer's Market, and at Cannon Rd Pottery, a family business owned and operated on Hornby Island by Susan Crowe since 1986. 3130 Cannon Rd, open daily 11-4. 250-335-1629

Rachelle ChinneryRachelle Chinnery grew up in Montreal, Quebec and has made her home on the West Coast since 1995. She moved to Hornby Island with her husband Doug to be closer to the ocean and live a quiet life. Kayaking expeditions off Vancouver Island’s western shores are the well source of inspiration for her sculptural and carved porcelain work.

From June through to October you can find Rachelle at the Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, or you can visit her in her Sandpiper Beach studio by appointment.

www.rachellechinnery.com

Vass Eva Vass Eva is a Hungarian born, self-taught artist who likes expressing herself using different tools and media in a variety of styles and themes. She has a selection of vivid and colourful acrylic paintings of people and places, expressive portraits, wildlife and rainforest. Vass Eva creates folk-art style clay figurines, sculpted and painted in great detail. She makes baskets and hats using local grass and other natural material. Vass Eva is working in a contemporary manner using her imagination, memory and observation of the world to create a unique mix of whimsy and realism allowing her intuition to guide her.

Tim Chapman

Stephanie Wells Stephanie Wells came to Hornby from Quebec 12 years ago for a summer job, and now is delighted to live here all the time.

Barb Smith

Karen Elder Born in Powell River and having lived in various places on the West coast, and now on Hornby Island, it is no surprise that the natural coastline, mountains, trees and water are Karen’s inspiration. From a very early age, Karen loved to draw and paint. In her 20's she started to take a serious interest in painting, began taking lessons and workshops and not long after that she began showing her paintings in some local art shows in Burnaby and then on the Northern West Coast of B.C She is mainly a self-taught artist and enjoys working in watercolours, oils and acrylics. While living in Prince Rupert she was honoured to be selected as a winner in a juried art show in Terrace for the Northern Region of BC and chosen to participate in the BC Festival of the Arts in Chilliwack that year. She has shown her work on Hornby Island in various venues with the Hornby Island Art Council and the Artist Run Gallery.

More of Karen’s work can be found at www.bent-tree-studio.ca and at her studio on Arthurs Road.