John Beatty is an active Richmond artist who paints colourful, bold, and earthy pieces mainly in acrylic and often in plein air. His varied subject matter focuses on mood, atmosphere, and contrast with light. His style can be described as representational, with areas of impressionism and abstraction.

João was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. He graduated from St. Jerome's College at the University of Waterloo. He spent several years as the creative director for JM Drama at the Registry Theatre. Not only did he get a chance to practice and develop his own skills as a writer, he created a play festival where other aspiring writers could workshop their plays.

João's favourite moment with JM Drama was directing Snoopy! The Musical as a homage to his hero and idol, Charles Monroe Schultz. Radio Daze at the Gateway Theatre will be João's first professional production. João has lived in Toronto and Montreal, but now calls beautiful Richmond, British Columbia home.

Margreth Fry was born and educated in the Swiss Alps, where local crafts and folklore formed her early artistic life. More recently, Margreth began attending classes and workshops to explore and expand the boundaries of her artistic skills. Her unique style is attracting an enthusiastic following. Margreth is an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

I am basically self-taught, although some continuing education courses have been beneficial. At first my work was influenced by Cubism, especially Picasso’s Self Portrait, and by Symbolism. Later I studied Expressionism, which is reflected in French Café.
Finally I shifted my focus to Naturalism due to the influence of one of my teachers. This teacher was extremely meticulous about her work and I learned to be inhibited, constrained and to follow strict instructions. I did follow the lessons attentively but I was not hesitant to break some rules either and to eventually find a method of my own. I learned to absorb her technique but applied it with variation and subtlety.

Mimi Hui was born into a very artistic family.  Under the guidance of her parents, she developed into someone who excels in various forms of artistic expressions. Painting is her favorite.  In 1974, she   graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design in Bristol Polytechnic University of Britain. With her honor degree she went back to Hong Kong to further her career in fashion design and has since won numerous awards.

Over the past two decades, Mimi has since immigrated to Vancouver and has developed her unique form of interior design and her own style of painting, using a mixture of Chinese ink and water color. Her paintings can be seen in many successful exhibitions throughout B.C.  She is currently the owner operator of Mimi’s Fashion Design House in Richmond.

Pamela Holl Hunt was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, 1945. A classically trained artist, she received most of her training in London and Europe in the early 1960s and 70's. Eg: The Académie Julian (1965-66) in Paris. Today she lives in Richmond and paints abstract expressionist oils on canvas.

Jeanette Jarville is a contemporary international artist working full time from her studio located in Richmond BC Canada. She graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design majoring in Studio, in 1996. Jeanette was awarded four scholarships while there and received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. She also took the opportunity to study sculpture and art history in Berlin, Germany, spending one year in Europe.

Jeanette's signature style and medium is painting in reverse, acrylic on acrylic panels. A process beginning with the artists signature, painted backwards, and all highlights and closest images painted first. She finds this challenging for once a brushstroke is made it cannot be painted over. She also paints in oils and acrylics on canvas and has many of her paintings available in limited edition fine art prints.

Bold and colorful compositions with “lots of drama” is what Jeanette like’s most about her work. Jeanette’s art can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA, England and Germany. She has shown throughout the years in many exhibitions locally and internationally, has been published in magazines, newspapers and art guides and has received awards and acclamation for her work.

I am Canadian born and live a bohemian life style. I am a very sensitive personality with a knack with words and colors on a brush. I’d say my main influence for rendering works of art is the illusive nature of nature and humans. I am like a magnet I draw in my environment. Being a gatherer of natural resources in the summer I produce many edible unique delights for fall and winter use, gifts and works of art.
Through time art has been misunderstood, by the mind of humans. Going to deeper levels of connected understanding is important in this era of convoluted mind spaces. Non-verbal controversy is created by a divided mind. We evolve and do we grow, does our brain have that capacity?

Recently he turned to acting and has been in some 16 local film productions. His agent is Pamela Wise of Vancouver.

Born and raised in Northern B.C., I moved to the West Coast as a young adult and now reside with my husband, Craig, in Richmond, B.C. An avid painter and textile artist, it wasn't until 1987 when I retired from my job in a finance department that I was able to pursue both. I began taking as many art courses and workshops as possible. I now paint mostly in acrylic, moving away from realism into abstract and/or contemporary expression. Over the years I have found the creation of art with both paint and fabric very much connected. My studies in art have led me to designing art quilts, some of which have been accepted and won awards in juried competitions. I am an active member in four art and textile groups and my work has been shown at many group shows and other local venues.

Jenny began ceramics at Kwantlen College and then took a hand-building course with Laura Wee Lay Laq.

She loves the effects that wood has on the surfaces of vessels, both for the coil pots fired in sawdust and the high fired pots of the wood burning kiln, when ash is deposited on the pots during an exciting two day firing.

Born and raised in Germany and coming of age, she Sigrid left for greener pastures in North America in 1962.

In the early sixties she studied fine arts at the Academy of Arts in San Francisco and subsequently worked for a few years as a commercial artist in Vancouver.

After retirement from her secretarial career, Sigrid moved to Penticton in 1997 and took up painting, a goal of hers for many years.  She was a founding member of the Naramata Arts Studio and has successfully participated in many exhibitions in the Okanagan Valley.  

She enjoys working in a variety of mediums and subjects and is inspired by people and places she has visited in her travels around the world.  Over the years she has developed her painting skills by attending workshops and painting with other artists on a regular basis.

Sigrid became an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in the South Okanagan Chapter, and since moving back to the coast, she has joined the Richmond Artist Guild as well as the Riverside Art Circle.

My artistic style could be described as impressionistic realism. My early work was influenced by photography and my love of the beauty of nature. I took my first drawing class in 1991 with the noted atelier and painter, Joseph Wong. Since that time, I have explored impressionism, most recently in the rapid and challenging drawings of live models. My work has been sold both privately and by Ruddick's Fly Shop. Here I sold work from a series of impressionistic paintings of fishing flies. "Amy's gift" was inspired by a bouquet given to me by my daughter. The picture was drawn on illustration paper and coloured using Staedtler pencil crayons.