Member Directory

Short BiographyAcylic painter best known for her unique interpretation of trees! Inspired by west coast nature

Short BiographyA fibre arts guild with emphasis on weaving, spinning, knitting.felting and basketry. We are an active group of fibre enthusiasts who enjoy learning and creating together. We offer a variety of fiber arts workshops both on-line and in our studio. Check out our web site, qwsg.ca for more information.

Micheal Fox

Short BiographyMixed Media Artist, currently working in Encaustic, Acrylic, Watercolour, Gouache, and Print Making.

Ronnie dill

Short BiographyLocal vancouver island artist

Leslie Lendvoy

Short BiographyAFCA signature status west coast landscape and wildlife artist

Vi Taylor

Short BiographyTraditional 2D artist dabbling in digital

Tonya Godin

Short BiographyAloha! I am honoured to carry 30 years of teaching experience & healing care. As a retired crisis response, mental health nurse, I have focused on bridging gaps in health; by bringing teachings of mindfulness, earth based practices & energy healing to communities. I'm a Registered Reiki Teacher, certified meditation teacher & doula. Illuminating what was once dark & stormy is my passion in life, always has been.

Parksville and District Rock and Gem Club

Short BiographySixth Annual Rock and Gem Show coming November 30-Dec 1. Hobby group of folks interested in all aspects of rocks, minerals and gems.

Maureen Walker

Short BiographyContemporary prize winning artist and master silk painter.

Jan Kellett

Short BiographyI paint contemporary abstracted landscapes/waterscapes plus anything else that interests me.

Laurel Karjala

Short BiographyLaurel will tell you that any day is a good day to be an artist but the best day, for her, is a Friday, because on Fridays, on her way home from school, she would go to Mrs.McDowell’s Friday afternoon painting class where they worked together at a tiny dining room table using oil paints, sable brushes, and canvas boards. There was no room for easels, and students relied on old magazines and scenic postcards as image sources so they could paint realistic landscapes or bouquets of flowers. Painting was easy, fun and she loved it. After those lessons Laurel’s art education continued with a teaching degree from Western Washington University and she worked for a short time as a high school art teacher. In 1979 she had a solo show at the Federation Gallery in Gastown and then her art zig-zagged its way through a variety of careers as she continued her art education at colleges and universities. She exhibited work at the Sidney and Sooke shows, the Moss Street Paint-in, Victoria BC to name just a few. It wasn’t until her sixties that she could devote her time fully to drawing and painting in the landscape genre working with acrylic paint, inks and graphite. In 2020 while walking the wetlands and coastal trails of Vancouver Island she turned her focus to the concept of liminal change. A 2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Create grant gave her a year dedicated to research, drawing and painting. In 2023 her participation in the curated group show, OCTAD led her to gain professional status with Canada Council. Laurel's work addresses the liminal in the Canadian landscape. Liminality (from the Latin, limin) can be characterized as transforming from one state to another, a capturing of in-between situations and conditions, a crossing of thresholds or leaving something behind to move to something new. Her current work springs from images of BC’s coastline and Prairie grasslands looking for the qualities in these iconic landscapes that speak to her of the three phases of liminal change: gathering, transformation and resolution. Laurel works to capture the motion of change, especially in the illusive horizons where sky and land appear to meet. Laurel Karjala spent her childhood in and around Nanaimo BC and Protection Island.

Kaitlin West

Short BiographyI create ceramic sculpture and pottery inspired by the West Coast.

Brian Sutton

Short BiographyPhotographer interested in non-traditional image structures

Melinda Mary Wilde

Short BiographyMelinda Wilde Painting and teaching watercolours for over 30 years Melinda has a growing following of students in her spring and fall semester classes and summer seminars. Several local public art pieces can be seen throughout Gabriola: the electrical box at the ferry terminal, a hydro pole on the ferry hill, the mural inside the Agricultural Hall, many yearly murals at the Kid’s Club Summer camp at Gabriola Fellowship Church and the mural at Gabriola Elementary School library. Melinda has been involved in many artistic ventures from private and public murals to volunteer after school art programs, community “Art Start” workshops, Professional Development seminars for CUPE and BCTF and the B.C. Ferries Artist and Speaker program. Her works are in private collection in Australia, Europe, Asia and throughout Canada and the US. www.melindawilde.com IG@mwildeexperiencewatercolours FB melindawildeexperiencewatercolours

Teresa Lindsay

Short BiographyGeo Eco-fashion conscious Canadian designer for more than 10 years and an artist, gifted with painting, illusion and form in the drape of fabric and layers of acrylic and ink, Teresa Lindsay is an Vancouver Islander (from Qualicum to Victoria) her entire life. Her career beyond her artistic abilities has taken her to more than 13 different countries and over 25 different cities. She has been featured on Vancouver’s international fashion runway and in multiple magazines in Canada. Teresa is also the founder of a nonprofit, is a passionate people person, and for her work with DOE received a Letter of appreciation from the Honourable Governor General Janet Austin. Teresa is an adoring partner to designer, master upholsterer Michael Fischer, and loving mother to her daughter and her Irish Terrier.

Melinda Goetjen

Short BiographyMelinda is a West Coast photographer with a love for depth and meaning.

Cathy Kluthe

Short BiographyCurrently I reside in Parksville where the Vancouver Island landscapes invite me to capture the essence of its beauty in my artworks. Each day is a sensory adventure—translating the rustle of leaves, the dance of colors, beaches, ocean views, forests and the ever-present textures of the natural world onto my canvas. The culmination of each artwork leaves me feeling refreshed and excited to create more artworks of nature, in all its magnificence, with its infinite palette of sights, sounds, colors, and textures.

Diane Skirda

Short BiographyRecently retired